I ka lā 11 o Iune, 1920, ma hope koke iho o ka puka ʻana o ka lā, ua pana ʻia ʻo Elwell ma ke poʻo e kahi pū pana kīwī .45 i loko o kona hale paʻa ʻo New York City. I kēlā kakahiaka, ua hōʻea mai ke kahu hale ʻo Marie Larsen e like me kāna hana mau ma ka hale nani o Elwell. Eia naʻe, i kēia manawa, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e kahi ʻike weliweli i hoʻopūhoihoi iā ia.
Ua hoʻōho koke ʻo ia he malihini ma ka hale o Mr. Elwell, a ua make ʻo ia. Ma ka nānā hou ʻana, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Joe Elwell ka malihini, me ka ʻole o kāna mau wig hoʻolālā a me nā niho niho ʻālohilohi, āna i hoʻohana ai e hoʻonui i kona helehelena i mua o ka lehulehu.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ua kī ʻia ʻo Elwell ma ke poʻo, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ka pepehi kanaka i wehewehe ʻia. ʻAʻohe hōʻailona o ka mea kaua i loko o ka lumi, akā ua ʻike ʻia ua kī ʻia ka mea pepehi kanaka ma kahi mamao o 1–2 mika (3–5 ft) ka mamao.
Hewa loa
Hoʻopilikia ʻia nā mākaʻi e ka hana hewa. ʻAʻohe pū i loaʻa ma kahi o ke kalaima, akā ʻo ka pōkā nāna i pepehi iā ia ua ʻike ʻia ua kau pono ʻia ma luna o kahi pākaukau. Hiki paha i ka pōkā ma luna o ka pā a ma luna o ka pākaukau, akā ua ʻike ʻia ke kau ʻana. E waiho ana ka pahu o ka poka ma ka honua.
Ua kūlou ka mea pepehi kanaka i mua o Elwell i kona huki ʻana i ke kī, i ʻike ʻo ia i ke kihi o ka ʻeha. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻaihue ʻia, ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā manamana lima haole ma ia wahi. ʻAʻohe hōʻailona o ka hakakā a i ʻole ke komo ʻana i loko o ka hale. Ua paʻa nā mea a pau, me ka lumi a me ka hale.
Ua ʻike paha ʻo Elwell i kāna mea pepehi kanaka a ʻae wale iā ia i loko o ka hale. Noho ʻo ia i lalo a nānā ʻole i kahi malihini i ka wehe ʻana i kāna leka uila. Ua kamaʻilio maikaʻi ʻo ia me kāna malihini i ka hana ʻana i kēia hana maʻamau? ʻAʻohe mea hōʻike e pili ana i ka hewa ma nā leka a ma ka honua.
Nā hōʻailona?
Ua ʻai pū ʻo Elwell me Viola Kraus, he wahine male male, ma ka hōkele ʻo Ritz-Carlton i ke ahiahi ma mua. Ua pili aloha ʻo Elwell me nā wahine he nui, me Kraus. ʻO Helen Derby, ka mea i male iā Elwell i ka makahiki 1904, ua hoʻolauna iā ia i kāna mau hoaaloha pili pono a me kāna mau hoaaloha.
ʻOiai ua lilo ʻo Elwell i miliona mai nā pāʻani alahaka, ua kōkua kāna wahine iā ia e hana i nā pilina me kāna mau hoaaloha a me kāna mau hoa pili. Ua haʻalele lāua i ka makahiki 1920. ʻOiai ʻo Derby ka mea hoʻopiʻi nui i ka wā mua, ua paʻa kona alibi, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i pili i ka make ʻana o kāna kāne mua.
Wahi a ka Loio Apana ʻo Edward Swann, e kamaʻilio ana ʻo Elwell i loko o kona keʻena ma mua o kona kiʻi ʻia ʻana, a no laila ua ʻike paha ʻo ia i kāna mea pepehi kanaka. ʻO ka manaʻo hoʻokahi o ka mea pepehi kanaka e pepehi iā ia. ʻAʻohe waiwai i ʻaihue ʻia. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻopuehu ʻia nā mea waiwai a puni ke kupapaʻu o Elwell.
ʻOiai ua hōʻiliʻili ʻia nā hōʻike āpau e ka poʻe noiʻi, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoholo i ka mea nāna i pana iā Joe Elwell, a ʻo ia ka hihia he mea pohihihi ʻole.
