The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-17
CH|NAMAN
MUT|[ATEO
Hand Severed and Arm
Broken.
JUDGE ESTEE At HILQ
Fujihara's Counsel Tries to Get Stay
Of Execution--harrow Es-
cape Of Tourists.

HILO. Sept. f5.-The Chinese seem to
be getting it in the neck and various
other portions OF their anatomy, no less
in Hawaii than in their native land,
though their own brethren are. in part
at least the perpetrators. on Monday
night an old Pake. who has followed
the modest but very honorable profess
sion 81 market gardening In Hamakua,
suffered mutilation at the hands of
some person or persons unknown.
though two compatriots OF his who live
near by and who have frequently been
heard TO express many III wishes in
respect to his future. in excellent Chi
nese. are under arrest on suspicion OF
having been concerned in the outrage.
The victim states that on the night in
question he was peacefully sleeping the
sleep OF the just. neither disturbing his
neighbors by snores nor imagining any
EVIL against them in his dreams, when
he was awakened by some noise in his
room, which. however. appeared To be
but a rustling or shutting such as
might be made by the harmless but
necessary cat; whereat he proceeded to
fail asleep again,and make up for lost
time. The next matter OF which he be-
came aware was that some one had
dealt him a blow with knife upon the
right wrist, which completely severed
the hand from the arm. He was then
beaten with some heavy instrument
! several times, the same arm being brok-
Isff r,Ia
received upon the shoulders and head
though at no time did he become I'M
conscious. His assailants then let up
on him, and in the dim light he saw
shadowy forms creeping from his hut
. fIe managed to summon strength
enough to reach a Kanaka house a lit
tie way off. where he was so far taken
care Of that his life was saved No rob-
berry was committed. and the only mo-
, ton apparent was revenge. 1t would
seem that mutilation rather than de-
liberate murder was the object of the
, assailants. though the latter might well
have been the result Of the wounds in
: nicted.
JUDGE ESTEE AT HILO.
Judge Estee of the Federal Court
paid Hi1o a>brief visit this week and re-
ceived into tSe fold a considerable
number of persons who had seen the
error Of their ways Judge Estee is a
typical American citizen. thoroughly
democratic in manner. though a Re-
publican in|principle. and a most genial
and interesting conversationalist.
Judge Estee is keen observer OF
men and things. and his comments up
on certain phases OF official character
and official life in Hawaii are very
much to the point. We only regret tha
we cannot publish them.
Relative to this Island, Judge Este,
said: THE beauty and apparent fer
tility Of the whole windward side 70
this Island seemed marvellous to me.
think / never saw a more wonderful
agricultural country than this seems L
be. I believe this Island is the natura
head Of the group and ! can't under
stand how the town of Hilo. which /
the natural distributing point for al
this wonderful productive area. shout
be as IL is. but "a little half-built tow
=. of three or four thousand inhabitant,
Your natural modesty must put
a. handicap over you"
The reporter admitted that Hilo wa
afflicted with more than it's fair porto
of modesty and retiring disposition, hi
y insisted in spite of this drawback. W
y should have been far ahead of whei
y we are now had the stream of con
y merce and transportation not ben
y turned from it's natural course by on
b side influence. and the bulk of our oW
l. taxes not been expended elsewhere
l. well. that is very unfortunate" sa
. the Judge. "and cannot i'm the end
anything but disastrous to the who
Territory. You can't build up any oil
place at the expense of all others: Y,
have got to grow along together and
. mutual contributions of assistance"
y Judge Estee returned 10 Honolulu
y the Kinau. While here he appoint
y T. g. Ridgway as commissioner
y bankruptcy and Carl S. Smith as I'm
y ed States Commissioner.
4 FOR STAY OF EXECUTION.
y Attorney T. G. Ridgway. counsel (
Fujihara. the Japanese now Confined
Hilo jail under sentence of death 1
Y the murder Of a countryman at LauI
hoehoe. sent down to Governor Dole
yesterdays Kinau. asking for a stay
proceedings in the matter OF the &C
demned mans execution which is
r for the 21st inst. He also goes Def,
corpus. This action is based upon I
ground that the mittimus issued
Judge Little was improper in form. a
that the trial was Illegal for defect
'u' the drawing of both the grand a
se' petit juries.
men NARROW ESCAPE OF TOURIST
Johnston Nickens. at one time Ma.
~ of Tacoma and Attorney General
IN Dakota before that Territory was
"A vided. is in HiIo. accompanied by
aek wife. He is i'm search of health &
,u.h will probably locate permanently
bor- Hno. on Tuesday Mr.. Nickens &
,ob- wife visited the w. a. Rays at Par
kou and on returning took ST
: =. driven by Japanese. Only sh
distance from the Ray residence
Ie' horses took fright and ran away.
Tne Nickens succeeded In getting out
ry. back of the wagon. drawing his v
oper with him. They escaped injury but
En- Japanese driver had several bad c