The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-12-28
THE WAGES
OF SIN HERS
Japanese Woman Was
Nearly Murdered.
.ASSA|LANT IS CAPTURED
Kags, a Vagrant, Yields Jack
Knife In an Effort To
Kill.

Filled with Jealous rage over the re
II fusal of money which he had been II
r the habit of getting daily from one Of
the Japanese of Iwilei, Kaga, Japan
r csc vagrant attempted early yesterday
morning to murder Toma, a comely
Japanese woman. Kaga endeavored to
!. end her life with an ordinary jack
. knife known as the "IXL". Owing to
the desperate defense put up by his
would-b victim, he was foiled and fled
when he 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 snort
time since they quarreled and she re-
fused to do SO longer. Both had lived
in a room Just outside the confines of
the stockade, but after the quarrel the
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 S o'clock yesterday
morning, while Toma was sleeping,
knock at the door awakened her. kaga
asked to see her for q moment, saying
he desired to patch up the quarrel.
UnSuSpecting, TOma opened the door,
and the japanese rushed upon her ana
made a savage thrust at her with
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-
Tense, she was cut on the temple ana
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 fled
Policeman Spencer, the resident OH
Ger of the stockade, was awakened ana
sent the woman to the japanese HOS
pital. After her wounds were dressed
she told the story of the assault and
said Kaga was her assailant. Her arms
show the marks of the struggle, being
gashed in many places. The knife
was wrapped with cord at the joint to
prevent it closing.
Kaga left the scene of his assault In
a hack driven by a Chinese.
Shortly before 10 o'clock last night
Kaga came to the police station and
gave himself up. He simulated drunk
enness and said he had been drinking
plenty sah." Deputy Sheriff Chilling
worth saw at 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
japanese hospital. When Toma saw
Kaga she rose up on her elbow and
r exclaimed: THAT him! That him,
sure! l know him-Kaga!"
Kaga was subjected to n searching
examination at the Deputy Sheriff's
Office. He admitted that he had stab
bed the woman but said he was intoXi-
Gated at the time. He said he had
hraced himself up for the occasion by
drinking plenty saki." He said he
had trouble with her and his wife and
, had tried to get out n warrant for his
, wife for desertion about the time he
Quarreled with Toma.
When he went to Tomas room Yes
terday morning it was for the purpose
: of inducing her to return to Japan.
She would not agree with him and he
says he picked up a pair of scissors
from the table and struck her with
them. Afterwards. hearing others
coming to her rescue, he went out and
jumped into n hack and drove away
He stated he went to Punahou and
paid the hackman s2.25 When asked
. where he had been all day he said
abruptly, "in the bushes" He wore n
straw hat which he said he had gotten
-, at a barber shop at the corner OF Bere-
tania and Nuuanu streets. He said he
had eaten nothing all daY, nor had
drunk anything. yet he claimed to be
drunk when he came to the station
house.
The Deputy Sheriff suddenly leaned
forward and asked him how the blood
stains happened TO get on his shirt
cuffs. Koga was taken ahack by this
discovery and replied he didn't know.
The cuffs We're deeply stained with
blood The coat he wore was evident
ly borrowed from a friend, as II was
much too small for him. When asked
where the knife was he calmly put his
hands into his pocket and seemed sur
prlsed that II was not IN his clothes
No amount Of questioning would
cause him 10 tell where he had stayed
an day, The police, from their lnvestI-
: cations, are convinced he was hidden
: I'm friends house and that upon legal
, advice which the friends obtained de-
9 cided 20 give himself mp Toma Abe.
= the Japanese officer, says that by this
, action ne lost the $50 reward which tho
: IIlgh Sheriff offered I'm lieu NJ 81 600
BAN EaPa was nlaCrd I'm uel for safe
keeping he rs charged with assault
to commit murder