David Kanewanui, of the editorial staff of the Kuokoa, accidently shot himself last evening while handling a revolver which he didn’t know was loaded. The ball entered his cheek, so it is reported, and is now lodged in the back of his head, and to probe it at present is very much feared.

[It is best to check all sources and not to rely on just one article!]

(Independent, 5/7/1902, p. 3)

The Independent, Volume XIV, Number 2201, Page 3. May 7, 1902.