The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-06-16
JAP ANO KNIFE
Determined Effort 10 Dispose Of
Two Lives.
CASE Of FliTHleSS WIFE
r Followed From Lshsina by the Illus
band - He Opened ser Throst-
Tried 1ari.kari.
(From Wednesdays Advertised

An attempted murder and suicide
startled the denizens Of rauahi street
last night about II o'clock. A sailor
wandering along saw a japanese wo-
man suddenly rush blindly and wildly
out from one of the dens Close be-
hind her followed a man, also Japan
csc. Into the street they ran, but the
race was not far. The woman fell to
the earth, and close beside her toppled
her pursuer. In those few brief mo-
ments both murder and suicide had
been attempted, and both nearly ac-
complished.
The sailor gave the alarm and rush
ed to where the bodies lay. Behind
him came two policemen who had
heard his cry. The woman and man
lay gasping, the latter still retaining
fierce hold upon his victim. Blood
was everywhere. When the bodies
were moved into the light 1t seemed
as II a knife duel had been held In
the abdomen of the man there was
wound, about seven inches long, pene-
trating the flesh slightly. The wo-
mans throat was cut around, and so
deep that the windpipe was touched.
The man was taken to the police sta
ton, where DR.. Emerson, who had
been hurriedly summoned, stitched up
the wound. The man will recover.
The woman was taken to the hospital.
She also will probably come out all
right, but not without a struggle.
The case is another Of the outraged
husband and maynard wife" Five
months ago these two japanese came
as free labOrers from the land of the
rising sun. Together they went to the
canefields Of Lahaina, and all went
well with them for while. After
time child was born TO them. - few
weeks ago the wife suddenly departed
from her home. The husband heard
she had gone to Hilo. He followed her
there. He then heard that Honolulu
was his wife's place of residence. He
followed her here. The woman was
told her husband was in the city and
was after her and she hid for a few
days. Yesterday she heard that her
lord had left for Lahaina by the Kinau.
She came out from her place of hid
ing feeling secure. But the.man also
had been hidden and decided upon last
night as the time to carry out his
scheme of vengeance. II is thought
that he waited until the street of vice
was quiet, and then confronted his
wife. No one knows just what took
place within that room. Most prob
ably the man stabbed the woman and
then himself.
The weapon used was a cheap iron
handled pocket knife, having the
blades ground down to a fine edge.
When found it was slippery with
blood, and was under the japanese
man. The blade used was about two
and half inches long.
II will be some time before anything
definite can be learned as the woman
cannot talk and the man will not. The
most direct evidence is that of the sail
or who saw the two issue from the
room, He did not see the assault.
Despite the seeming certainty that the
man was the assailant there is that
element of mystery in the affair which
delights the lovers OF the morbid.
A japanese officer reported TO Mar
.shal Brown all the facts known OF the
two people In the bloody stabbing, The
man at the station pad in his wallet
Sl.i5 money several papers written
or printed in japanese characters and
an 1899 tax receipt IRON Wailuku dis
trict, which the japanese officer said
belonged to another man. The receipt
name Is Kosokamba aud the nsmber
1926.