The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-01
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AT COUNTRY CLUB
Bernard Lehman Lonely, Blew
Outfits Brains Near Flag Pole
III of Fashionable Resort

Twenty.four hours after his disap-
ipearance from his place OF business,
the body Of Bernard Lehman, proprie.
tor Of Beibman's Bazaai, was found
on the Country Club grounds yester
tiay afternoon about four o'clock. All
Indications point c6hchsiveiy to sni.
eide, a gunshot wound through the
mouth extending into the brain. The
gun was Found beside the body, Death,
which must have been almost in
stantaneons, had apparently occurred
late the day before.
From his own words, from the man q
scanty history, from letters he wrote
and from letters others wrote him
which were found In his clothes, loncli
ness, dependency and the lack of
something TO live for led him to take
his life. J, Y. 3.,s Rsis a,
On the, body was found a note saying
letter was on his desk IN bis store,
explaining matters The litter was
secured by the police and found to be
addressed TO II. Halpern OF the Hawa-
iian Electric Company. Mr., and Mrs.
,Halpern are his closest and perhaps his
only intimate friends in Hawaii.
Lonely and Despondept .,ts
In this letter he stated that he was
lonely, despondent, unable to sleep
nighls aud that he no longer had any
thing TO live for. He desired Mr.. Hal
perm 10 close up his affairs for him
and this the latter win do. Halpern
states that from his personal, knowl-
edge Of ,Leibman's business he knows
that the. assets exceed the liabilities.
The outstanding debts due Lehman,
he says, win more than pay Lehman 5
efedftofs. He has retained Borrin An.
drews to close up the estate, -
Lehman Is Bazaar occupied -four
stores In a block facing the Central
Grammar School on Emma street. Ev-
cry account states that this business
was fourishing and that Lehman had
before him the. brightest of financial
futures. He was strictly honest in oil
his relations and many illustrations of
the sincerity and sensitiveness of his
character are related s.. "a. Isl
One illustration of this forms an in
cidentN of his last day of life for he
wrote out "A check In favor of Mrs
ldlPSIH WhlEu nv EOHucbbOu WI. LAT
perm to give her as Remembrance of
the many kindnesses he bad received
at the hands of the family. He pre-.
dated this check to September 25,,
Lehman, who is about. thirty-f ye
years of age was single. His parents
live at North Adams, Mass, to which
place his. brother Jack has just 70.
turned His sister. Jane Stone, lives
at . Wales, street, Dorchester, Mass.
No other relations, are known. r.s .i,U
His brother Jack figures most prom
inentIy in the story that came out fol-
lowing the gruesome find on the Coun-
try Club grounds. Jack Lehman,
twenty-one years of age, was sent for
by his brother, who at that time was
earnestly enthusiastic about his bust
ness and had ambitions TO build up n
large wholesale house. The boy ar.
rived here and entered business with
Bernard, but did not like either the
place or the business and left shortly
afterwards for the mainland, Bernard
paying his expenses home, r.lts>.... "
The elder man took this great deal
to heart, according to the Halperps,
who knew him best, but he never .af-
ficted Others with any stories of his
disappointment. 1t was evident, how
ever, that he was deeply disappointed,
and occasionally remarked that he
VAS lonely. He lost his ambition, and
although the Bazaar continued to do
Well, his heart was evidently not ip IT.
Out "ro Get An Order :.
Leibman left his store at tWI
D'clock Tuesday afternoon, putting it
in charge Of Mary Farias, his young
Assistant. He told her that he was 60
ing out to get an order but as he did
not return later, she. closed up the
store and went home.
Lehman body was discovered by
a workman on the Country Club
grounds, lying in cmmp of guava
bushes near the hagpole. None of
the employees residing on the place 70,
member hearing any shot.
Mr.. Haipern last night notified the
sister by wireless of the tragedy.
The funeral with be rOnducted under
the auspices of the Modern Order of
Phoenix of which Lehman was mem,
Der. The coroner has called the inquest
for this afternoon.