The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-10-04
Puunene Mystery
Has Central Maui
Guessing Vainly
Stones Are Thrown By I'm
seen Hands and Letters APP
pear Mysteriously Worry
ing Members of Family.

has a mystery which has
reused the interest of not only that
community, but of all central Maui
as news of it spread about. Stones
are being thrown, fairly showered up
on and around a house and from un-
known senders letters or notes are
being delivered. Though the police
officials AVE been working on the
case for some time, they have not
discovered the source of annoyance.
AS many as 300 or 400 persons have
gathered about the house of a night
to witness the strange happenings.
Though the stones appear to fall out
of a clear sky and though the notes
are delivered by some one unseen,
there has been no hint of ghosts" or
of discarnate spirits" in any of the
numerous notes the family has re-
ceived. There appears to be no oc-
casion to refer the matter to the
Society for Psychical Research, since
the writer has said he will "stay
with" the family he is annoying "un-
til my DEATH"
Police Story
From police sources it is learned
that the family which is suffering the
a%nnoyances is Portuguese and con-
sists of father, mother and daughter.
Their troubles started when notes be-
gan to arrive shortly after it was an
nounced tahtSthe daughter was to
marry her cousin. Then and since,
following a warning whistle, a note
written in lead pencil, large letters
on brown wrapping paper, would be
found under the door or on the porch
or some where about the house. In
time the family came to expect and
look for the letters after hearing the
whistle, and they always found one.
The language of the letters is fairly
grammatical but it is evident that the
writer DISCUSSES his handwriting. The
writer says the family knows who he
is and adds that he will never be
caught. He makes fun of the police
for failing to detect him and details
happenings in the house and about
the camp.
Long Continued
Fol months past, dating back as
far as June, the family would be
showered with gravel and broken
stones when returning from the pic
ture shows, or reaching the stone
quarry or perhaps not until almost
home, but none of the stones ever
struck any of them. Recently the
stones have fallen in the crowd
around the house, not striking any
one though one narrowly missed the
sheriff. They appear to come from no
particular direction nor do they
bounce or roll along the ground from
where they strike as a stone ordinari-
ly would when thrown near the
ground, but on the contrary, bounce
or roll a very short distance, more
as If they came from above. Larger
stones and a piece of iron weighing
six or seven pounds have struck upon
the roof of the house.
Day as Well as Night
1t is not only at night and in the
evening that the annoyances occur. In
broad day light stones and gravel
have fallen on or about the house but
no thrower of them has ever been
seen. So also, in the day time the
whistle has been heard and letters
have been found at the door or under
1t.
The sheriff has quite a collection
of such letters including n received
Friday night in which references to
Ills OlllC dlC NV SouNiCN ~ ''S''s
complimentary terms.
Parties organized in Waikiki went
up several nights last week and mem
bers of such parties came home mystl-
fed.
So persistent has been the annoy
ance that the members of the family
have become extremely nervous and
close by neighbors are becoming al
most as much SO. The section is very
closely settled.
Relief Promised
Saturday morning the family found
one of the notes lying on the stove.
It said the writer was sorry for all
the annoyance caused and would
cease the stone throwing and the
letter writing. Since then there have
been no repetitions of the troublesome
and mysterious incidents and the po-
lice believe their activities have
brought the end to the affair though
Investigations are still in progress.
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