The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-26
FULLERPLANNED
aDOUBLESHOOTING
Letters Written BY Suicide show
He Had Made Preparations
To XIII Wife and Himself

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Finding Of three letters in the per.
sOnnl effects Of John Fuller, the Ha-
waiian who killed himself and attempt
cd to take the life Of his wife with
two revolver shots Sunday night, show
that he had deliberately planned his
double crime. -
The notes were dated on Sunday,
and were evidently written a few
hours before the tragedy occurred One
of these letters was addressed to ttwho-.
ever opens this" In the letter the
statement was made in Hawaiian by.
Fuller that he and his wife were ego.
ing away" q
Another of the letters was directed
to his eldest boy, in which was includ.
ed an order for four days wagss which
the man said he had coming TO him
from the Honolulu Iron Works.. which
he wanted the boy to have to buy
provisions for himself and other ebii.
dren until a home could be secured for
them. T. -
The third letter was in the form Of
a will which left all HIS, property to.
a daughter, one Of the seven children
Of the Fuller family. 49,
Fired Fourth Shot L
According to the statements Of Mrs.
Fuller; made yesterday to the police,
Fuller did fire his fourth and last shot
at her as he lay dying on the floor with
two bullet wounds in his head This
statement Agrees with the account of
the suicide and attempted murder as
given by William PoloIu, an employe
of May Il Company, the only witness
Of the shooting. ~ 1
Although Dr. r. @. Aver, Of the
emergency hospital, did not expect
Fuller to live but few minutes after
he was first examined, he did not die
Sunday night until one-fifteen O'Clock.
At one time two hours before, IL was
believed for several minutes he was
dead, but hevived.
The wonderful vitality shown by
Fuller after he was so desperately
wounded probably accounts for the
power which be found to fire his re-
volver a fourth time, when death was
so near.
Third Party"
Mrs. William Pololu, divorced wife
of the eye witness of the shooting
told the police yesterday that her form
err husband was the third party who
was responsible for the jealousy which
caused Fuller to take his life and
shoot his wife. Suspicion that Pololu
was the cause of the domestic auarrels
1T the Fuller couple was entertained
by the police Sunday night, because
of statements made by other acquain.
tances of the Fullers.
Domestic Troubles
Seven months ago the FuIlers and
the Poiolus occupied the same house
in Dowsett Lane. Last August Polo
In left his wife and moved with the
Fullers to Kakaako. Later Mrs. Pc
lolu secured her divorce and her hus-
band was ordered to pay her six dol.
lars a month as alimony.
Mrs. Pololu charges that last We'd
nesday night while Fuller was drink
ing heavily Pololu and Fuller had a
Quarrel which terminated in a fight.
afterwards she says Pololu and Mrs.
Fuller went up Punchbowl and remain.
ed until Sunday, when Fuller found
them and brought them back to the
house at Second and South Streets.
Mrs. Fuller denies the charges made
hv Mrs. POlolu and tells the following
story regarding the shooting:
We had been quarreling because
he had sold my photograph, But we
hnd made that up when he caught me
IN his arms and kissed me, Just as he
was letting me go he drew the revolver
and fired. The flash blinded my left |
eve, but with the other could see him
put the gun to his head and fire twice. |
i'oloIu then came in, and while he was
bending over me, my husband fired |
again, the bullet hitting me in the
back Of the head"
After Pololu's testimony regarding
the shooting was taken Sunday even
ing by the police he showed great
anxiety to get into communication
with his wife.
must go to see my wife," he
said to reporter.
The coroner's inquest over Fuller y
body will be held today. Although
Mrs. Fuller's wound in the side of
her face is painful when she talks,
and makes her enunciation hard to un,
derstand. she will be able to appear
as a witness at the investigation.
Unless something not now anticipat,
eI develops at the inquest, it is not
IiKeiy that any action will be taken
R"a'nSt Pololu because of his former
WIRE = charges, it is asserted by the
police, because her statements could
nor De proven so long as they are de
med by Mrs. Fuller and the man.