Kauai County HI Archives Obituaries.....Soon, Kim January 23, 1916
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The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., 1-25-1916
SOON, KIM
KOREAN SUICIDES ABOVE HANAPEPE.  Kim Soon, a Korean, took off his clothes near the 
site of the old school house above the bridge in Hanapepe on Saturday morning and 
jumped into the river. He could not swim. Sunday morning the body was discovered 
on the surface of the water near the point at which the man had taken his fatal 
plunge. A coroner's jury was empanelled by Deputy Sheriff Blake on Sunday, viewed 
the body, and returned a verdict of suicide. A somewhat amusing incident developed 
from the affair. The body, it appears, was taken over to one of the laborer's 
camps at the Makaweli side. A citizen became excited about it and, getting a wrong 
account, telephoned the police that a man had been killed in the camp. There was a 
second scurrying of the minions of the law and preparation for another coroner's 
inquiry. When the police arrived at the camp, however, they found the quite calm 
and peaceful remains of the Korean who had previously taken the water route to 
glory in Hanapepe river. 


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