The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-14
JAP And KNIFE
Determined Effort to Dispose Of
Two Lives.
CASE OF FAITHLESS WIFE
| Followed From Lahaina by the Hus-
band He Opened Her Throat
Tried Hari-Kari.
CASE OF FAITHLESS WIFE

An attempted murder and suicide
startled the denizens of Pauahi street
last night about IL o'clock. \ sailor
wandering along saw Japanese wo-
man suddenly rush blindly and wildly
out from one OF the dens. Close be-
hind her followed a man. also Japan
ese. 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 victiu Bloou
was everywhere. When the bodies
were moved into the light Il seemed
as If knife duel had been held. In
the abdomen of the man there was a
wound, about seven inches long pene-
trating the flesh slightly. The wo-
mans throat was cut around. and 50
| deep that the windpipe was touched.
The man was taken to- the police sta
tion, 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 n struggle.
| The case is another OF the outraged
husband and wayward 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 n while. After n
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. lie
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 heI
lord had left for Lahaina oy the Einau
She came out from her place OF hid.
ing feeling secure. But the man alsC
had been hidden and decided upon last
night as the time to carry out hi.
scheme of vengeance. II Is thought
that he waited until the street OF vic,
was quiet. and then confronted hi.
wife. No one knows just what tool
place within that room. Most prob
ably the man stabbed the woman au,
then himself.
The weapon used was cheap iron
handled pocket knife. having tn
blades ground down TO fine edge
When found it was slippery Will
blood. and was under the Japanes
man. The blade used was about tw,
and a half inches long.
1t will be some time before anythiu.
I
definite can he 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 th'
room. He did not see the assault
: Despite the seeming certainty that IN
man was the gssailaut there Is tha
i, element Of mystery in the affair whigi
delights the lovers Of the morbid.
\ japanese officer reported To Mar
shall Brown all the facts known OF th
3 two people in the bloody stobbiuE. The
man at the station had in his walie
= Sl.45 money. several papers writer
or printed in japanese characters an.
an 1899 tax receipt from Wailuku dis
. trict, which the japanese officer sai'