The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-28
The WAGES
OF SIN HERS
Japanese Woman Was
Nearly Murdered.
Is CAPTURED
kags, a vssrant, WitIds a Jack
Knife In an eff5rt 10
XII.

f0sal of money which he had been in
the habit of getting daily from one of
the Japanese OF IwiIti. kaga. a Japan
ess vagrant, attempted early yesterday
morning to murder Toma. a comely
Japanese woman. Kaga endeavored to
end her iife with ar ordinary jack
knife known as the ''IxL". Owing to
the desperate defense put up by his
would-be victim. he was foiied and fed
when ne heard the noise OF people hur-
rying to the scene.
The woman, as is customary among
the inmates Of Iwilei. gave her earn
ings to Kaga regularly. but short
time since they qusrreled and she re-
fused TO do so longer. Both had lived
in room just outside the confines of
woman took up her residence in her
numbered room in the stockade. Kaga
endeavored to gain the woman's favor
again but in vain.
Shortly after o'clock yesterday
morning, while Toma was sleeping. d
knock at the door awakened her. kaga
asked to see her for moment, saying
he desired to patch up the quarrel.
IUnsuspecting, Toma opened the door,
and the japanese rushed upon her and
made a savage thrust at her with a
knife. A deep cash was opened in her
forehead. She retreated to a corner and
the man again assaulted her.She threw
up her arms for protection and scream
ed for help. Notwithstanding her de-
fense, she was cut on the temple and
one slash narrowly missed her eyes.
At length other Japanese heard the
screams and rushed to assist Toma,
finding her lying on the floor with blood
streaming over her face. Kaga drop
ped his knife, left his hat, and fed.
/, Policeman Spencer. the resident off,
] Ger OF the stockade. was awakened and
J sent the woman to the Japanese Hos
lpital After her wounds were dressed
: she told the story of the assault and
said kaga was her assallant. Her arms
show the marks Of the struggle, being
gashed in many places. The knife
was wrapped with cord at the Joint to
prevent II closing.
Kaga left the scene OF his assault In
} la hack driven by a Chinese.
Shortly before 10 o'clock last night
Kaga came 10 the police station and
. gave himself up. He simulated drunk
enness and said he had been drinking
plenty saki." Deputy Sheriff Chilling
worth saw at a glance that the drunk
. enness was put on and shook him Wig
Orously. The man sobered up in an in
slant.
The assalant of the woman was
: bundled into a hack and taken to the
JaIanese hospital. When Toma saw
Kaga she rose up on her elbow and
exclaimed: That him! That him
lsUrel 1 know him-Kaga!"
0 Raga was subjected 10 searching
4 examination at the Deputy Sheriff /:
q off.oe. He admitted that he had stab
a bed the woman but said he was intoxi-
: Gated at the time. He said he haC
i braced himself up for the occasion BY
4 drinking plenty saki." He said HI
: had trouble with her and his wife anC
A had tried 10 get out a warrant for hi!
wife for desertion about the time h,
: iquarreled with Toma.
- When ne went TO Tomas room yes
: terday morning II was for the purpos'
OF inducing her 10 return 10 Japan
!, She would not agree with him and n
: says he picked up pair OF scissors
fIcr the table and struck her viii
them Afterwards. hearing otherl
looming to her rescue. he went out anS
!, jumped into "A hack and drove away
: He stated ne went 70 Punahou anC
paid the hackman s2.s5. When asks,
where he had been au day he sale
abruptly in the bushes" He wore
'straw hat which he said he had Eotte,
at a barber shop at the corner of Bere
tania and Nuuanu streets. He said h
+ had eaten nothing ell day. nor ha'
,f drunk anything. yet he claimed % b
" drunk when ne came to the statiol
,e house.
m The Deputy Sheriff suddenlv leane,
" forward and asked him how the blco'
N stains happened to get on his shir
v. cuffs. Koga was tafen eback by thi
discovery and replied he didn't know
lg The cuffs were deeply stained WIT
A. blood The coat he wore was evident
pf ly borrowed from a friend. as IL wa
,e much too small for him. When aska
+ where the knife was he calmly put hi
hands into his pocket ard seemed sur
prised that II was not in his clothes.
No amount OF questioning woul
cause him 20 tell whore he rad steve
- all day. The police, from their investI
cations, are convinced ne was hidde
In a friends house ard that upon legs
advice which the friends oh'al-ed dc
A cided 10 give himself un. Tor~a M
" the japanese officer. says that bv thi
he faction ne lost the $50 rc--q~7 wNir~ ~
Is. High Sheriff offered. In l'er Of - ~
n bail Kaga was placed IN a cell FOR saf'
y. J. keeping. He is charged with assau
- 20 commit murder.