The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-27
JAP SLAVE OWNER ATTEMPTS
BRUTAL MURDER.
Slashes His Former Mistress in Shock
ing Manner Because She Refused to
Live with Him.

Maddened by jealousy and made saw
age by the fear he would have to earn
his own living, Kaga one of the in
famous japanese slave owners at the
Iwilei stockade is believed to have made
murderous assault this morning upon
Toma, a Japanese woman who had un-
til recently supplied him with money
That the woman was not slashed to
death was due only to the desperate
fight which she made for her life Af-
ter this she took up her residence in her
head and arms the cowardly assailant
made his escape. and at noon today was
still at large.
The affair ACQUIRED shortly after s
o'clock this morning i'm one of the cribs
in the stockade but had its origin some
weeks ago. firing of the fellows abuse
and weary of his constant demands for
the wages of her sin, the woman rebel
ed and refused to live with him any
longer. They had been in a room close
to the stockade for some time past Af-
ter this she took up her residence in her
room inside the pen, although she fire.
quently slept outside of the inclosure
The man sought on a number of oc-
casions to induce the woman to return
to him but she always refused, prefer
ing to live by herself lonely and soli-
tary as ~ might be- to having his con-
stant demands for money enforced by
abuse. The man also broOded over his
fancied wrong: and knowing that the
woman was practically at his mercy de-
termined to exercise what he no doubt
considered his perogative by removing
her from this world
The room the girl occupied was ST.
/ tuated some distance Waikiki from the
police station and as there would be
! but few people inside the stockade early
| in the morning the man selected that
/ time of the day as the best suited fol
doing murder A few minutes after s
/ O'Clock Toma heard a knock at her door
| She incurred who was there and says
| she heard Kagas voice. He replied thai
| he wanted to come inside and talk over
! their quarrel with her Not suspectine
! any danger the woman opened the door
The instant that her former owner en-.
! tered the room, she realized that hel
| doom was near. without any warning
! the man rushed at her and made a
| savage thrust at her head with knife
| She screamed and ran to the corner o
the room, closely pursued by the man
He had caught her unaware and the
first slash of the knife had swept acros,
her forehead, cutting a cruel cash from
| which the blood flowed down into he
eyes and nearly blinded her. Accordin,
| to the wOman's story Kaga forced he
on her knees and kept slashing and cut
ting wildly at her. She threw up he
| arms to protect her head but withou
| avail, for twice did the knife cut dow
across her face almost injuring her eye
She was slashed across the right tenn
pie, gashed in many places about tn
head and her arms were cut in man,
more places. Realizing that help mus
soon come in answer to his victim
shrieks the man finally dropped hi
knife and leaving his hat where it ha
fallen, dashed from the place and es
capped.
By this time a number of Japanes
who had been alarmed by the woman
cries, hurried to her room which wa
covered with blood. Several awoke Po
lice officer Spencer who sleeps at tn
branch police station. He hurried T.
the scene of the assault and found tn
woman almost unconscious from tn
loss of blood She was Immediately sen
to the Japanese hospital. In answer t.
High Sheriff Brown she stated that Ka
ga had attacked her. Though very veal
she was able to relate the circumstance
as already given. The doctors said sh
would recover. She is young and yer,
pretty.
The knife with which the attack wa
made is a cheap barlow implement wit
a blade about two inches in length. i
order to prevent the blade from shut
ting the Jananese had tied it over tn
Joint with rope. The officers are bus
searching for Kaga and it is eXpecte
he win be caught within a short time.