The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-07-11
MURDER o. MAUI.


One Jap Chops AWuhrr Up with n
latrhrj.
About holf.past SIX O'Clock yestcr.
day evening, rs two Japanese labor.
crs of the Wuihce plantation were
preparing their evening meal in the
CoUk.housc of their quarters in Wal
hve, they quarreled, the result being
The murder of one of them named
KauuZawn.
There had been ill-fee'ing between
the murdered man aud Il fellow
luborvr named lmnda, for some time
past the la~t-named having caused
the arrest of kanaZlwa Il short time
ago for setting iire To his mosquito
net and otherwise mu Hating hi, p r.
sonal property.
On the evening in question these
two were together in the loJk-
house. Imada was engaged in pre-
pairing wood for fuel, using an ordin
airy Ratchet for the purpose, while
kanazawa was attending TO the cook.
ing, when the quarrel took place.
Imada used his "little Ratchet" with
terrible and deadly effect. The
sanguinary battle took place in the
presence of large number of Japa-
nese and other laborers, none of
whom offered to interfere or prevent
the fatality,
A native rushed up TO the man
ayers house and informed Mr.. G. b.
Wells, who Immediately hurried to
the scene, having despatched mes
senger for John keaoha, the native
police officer at Waihee, who res
pended promptly. But a murder
most awful had been committed, and
they found only the frjghtfully mnti-
lated Kanazawa gasping and groau
ing in pool of his own blood on
the ground in the cook-house, while
Imada stood nonchalantly viewing
the result of his hellish work with
evident satisfaction-the little Ratchet
covered with blood still in his hand,
The Ratchet was secured and the
murderer promptly bound with stout
rope by the officer, and, upon the
arrival of Sheriff II. G.. Trcadway,
his deputy Mr.. Chillingworth and
several officers from Wailuku who
had been notified by telephone by
manager Wells, was lodged in Jail at
the latter place.
A few moments after DR.. Geo.
Herbert, Government physician, ac-
companied by the japanese doctor,
arrived, and together they made a
careful examination of the body of
the victim, whose heart had ceased
to beat. 1t was ghasGly sight, in
deed, there being no less than twenty
four frightful cuts varying from one
to four inches in length about the
face, neck and head. The left jaw
bone was chopped in two and the
throat cut.
The prisoner, 1mada, exhibited no
sign of conjunction or sorrow for
the brutal butchery of his fellow
workman, but on the contrary
seemed pleased with his thorough
success. TO a question put to him
by your correspondent he replied,
eyes, me kill with it," pointing to
Ratchet in officers hand My name
Imada," and then grinned with evil
dent delight. And thus another
horrible cold blooded butchery is
added to the already long list OF
very recent crimes, and the white
residents are beginning to question
as to where it will end. Are our
laws rigorous enough and promptly
enforced?
In court to-day Imada, the Wal
hee murderer, waived preliminary
examination and was committed for
| trial. He will be sent to Honolulu
by the steamer Claudine Sunday.
1t has been remarked that there
are a lot of under.sh and Off
GERS in and about Waikiki, drawing
salary and dong little else. Perhaps
it may be interesting 10 some of your
readers to glance over the following
record of the proceedings of the Pc,
lice Court at Waikiki for one day
only, viz, Friday, July 8: two adul,
terry cases, one murder case, two
demonstrating cases, one larceny 4tt
degree, and one burglary. And il
was not an extra good day for bear
either, therefore we would suggest
that the police force of this district
be reduced Immediately, and tn,
idlers who are allowed to remain
have slashing cut in their wages.
ANON.
Waikiki, July s, 1892.