The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-03
HAWAII NEWS
japanese Murdered at
PaauilO.
The Usual Batch Of Kicks and Other
interesting News From the
RAIN City.

New PIaui.o has a murder case Win
some Of the elements OF sys,ery sur
rounding IL. The man who stands
charged with the murder and The vic
tim are japanese who have lived on
the island for some time. The murder
was committed last Saturday after
noon and Sheriff Andrews, who hap
pened to be in The vicinity, conducted
an inquest. The facts brought cut a,
| the inquest were as follows:
SaGuda MineZa and Fujihara Orie-
| mon were labOTers on a ranch owned
by Miss Annie Horner, and which Is
experimental by another japanese.
On Saturday morning Fujihara Undue.
ed Sakuda TO go with him to a place
about one mile from the ranch for the
purpose of gathering milkweed for the
cows. The men left, one riding horse
back and the other walking. About 3
p. m. Mrs Brake heard ., gun shot, but
paid no attention to it until she had
heard japanese was shot
Some time after tne shooting Sakuda
walked into the ranch house and told
the japanese woman he had been shot
and showed his wound. He asked per-
mission to remain there saying Full
hara had shot him and he was afraid
20 90 nome as Fuj.hara might kill HIM.
That night the man died and The
shooter was placed under arrest next
morning. \ Portuguese gave evidence
that Japanese had been 20 him with
a proposition TO exchange "A clock for
N, .r no. III To- q Inn d
che gun Friday afternoon and that it
had been returned 90 his house about
four O'Clock Saturday afternoon by the
japanese and left in a damaged cOndi-
ton; the ram rod missing and a screw
lost That the japanese had returned
later and rendered payment for the in
jury done. In the meantime FuJ.nara
was arrested and the Portuguese at
once Unidentified him as the man. The
prisoner denied &c and remarked that
he had never seen the gun and did not
know how to shoot. Olher witnesses
swOre that the man was a good shot at
quail hunting. japanese testified that
Fujihara came % the house where the
wounded man was and left without
making inquiry regarding his cOndi-
ton.
The prisoner made a statement ad-
hitting that he was in The woods with
Slkuda aid that While they were sep
a.ated he heard a shot and called 20
his companion but receiving no answer
he ran away fearing some one might
hurt him. He denied shooting the man
and said he knew nothing concerning
the case. Sdkuda made an antOEJrtem
statement TO his friends tina. while
standing al the L p OF rise OF ground
ne heard the shot and felt the sting
of the wound and on looking around
saw Fujinara running away with the
gun in his hand. He stated that when
they went on, together Saturday morn
ing neither of them had a gun with
them. As Fujihara borrowed the gun
late Friday afternoon il is supposed
ne took il 10 tle place where the Shoot
ing occurred and hid f. in the bushes
preparatory TO use when he should
lure his victim to the spot. The cOro-
ner's jury brought in a verdict of guilty
against Fuj.hara and bound him over
for trial at the July term. Sakuda's
wife was held as a witness.
After the jury was discharged infOr-
nation was brought to the sheriff that
it was believed an intimacy had existed
between the wife Of Sakuda and Full
hara. That the wife had absented her
self from home he greater part of Sat
urday, that this was unusual and in
the light of subsequent events it was
thought she had cogniZance of the in
tention of Fujihard to kill her hus-
band. The prisoner was brought to
Hilo by Sheriff Andrews yesterday
Herald.