Kauai-Honolulu County HI Archives Obituaries.....Kahoonei, Kalau February 22, 1922
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The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., 2-28-1922
KAHOONEI, KALAU
WAIMEA POLICEMAN SHOOTS WOMAN AND COMMITS SUICIDE.  Kalau Kahoonei, a policeman in 
Waimea, 35 years of age, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head, 
dying instantly, after he had attempted to kill Mrs. Arthur Hunt of Waimea by 
shooting last Thursday evening. According to the story told the police, Kahoonei 
called at the Hunt home last Wednesday evening after the Hunts had retired. He 
knocked on the door, and when admitted he had a revolver in one hand and a 
flashlight in the other. Practically without warning, he opened fire on Mrs. Hunt, 
hitting her in the throat, and the bullet passed through and shattered her jaw 
bone on the opposite side. Then he turned the gun on himself and pulled the 
trigger. Mrs. Hunt was rushed to the Waimea hospital, and Dr. Dunn called as Dr. 
Tuttle was in Honolulu. Temporary insanity is believed to be the cause of the 
shooting as no other motive is known. Mrs. Hunt has an even chance for recovery 
unless complications set in from the wound in her throat. It was reported that 
Kahoonei had also killed the woman's husband, but this rumor is untrue. Mr. Hunt 
was not at home at the time the accident happened. Mrs. Hunt's vocal organs are 
affected so that she could not talk for some time. She was able to say a few words 
last night, however, and it is thought that there will be no permanent injuries. 
While rushing to the hospital from Makaweli, Dr. Dunn skidded on the Pakala turn 
and damaged his car badly. He borrowed a car at Pakala to finish the trip. 


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