The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-04-03
HAWAII NEWS
Japanese Murdered at
Paaui|o.
The Usual Batch Of Kicks and Other
interesting News From the
Rainy City.

Sow pisuiio has "A murder case VITA
some OF the clemens Of mystery sur
rounding IT, 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 BIO in the vicinity, conducted
an inquest. The facts brought out at
the inquest were as follows:
Stkuda Mlneza and Fujihara Orie-
mon were laborers on ranch owned
by Miss Annie Horner, and which is
superimtended by another Japanese
On Saturday morning F'ujfhara Undue
ed Sakuda to go with him to 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
%. IN. Mrs. Brake heard :. gun shot, but
paid no attention to DIT until she had
heard a 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
flara had shot him and he was .afEald
TO go home as Fujihara might Kill num-
That night the man died and the
shooter was placed under arrest next
morning. A Portuguese gave evidence
that a Japanese had been 20 him with
a proposition to exchange clock for
a shot gun, that he had let him, nave
the gun Friday afternoon and that IT.
had been returned to his house about
four o'clock Saturday afternoon by the
Japanese and left in damaged condi-
ton; the ram rod missing and a screw
lost. That the Japane Sc had returned
later and rendered payment for the in
Jury done, In the meantime Fujihara
was arrested and the Portuguese at
once Unidentified him as the man. Inc
prisoner denied it and remarked that
he had never seen the gun and did not
know how to shoot. Other witnesses
swore that the man was a good shot at
quail hunting. Japanese testified that
Fuirhara came to the house where the
wounded man was and left without
making inquiry regarding his condi-
ton ..
The prisoner made a statement ad-
mitting that HE was in the woods with
Sakuda and unat while they were sep
ajrated he heard a shot and called TO
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. Sakuda made an antenortem
statement to his friends that while
standing at the u p OF a rise or ground
he heard the shot and felt the sting
of THE wound and on looking around
saw FujIhan running away with the
gun i'm his hand. He stated that when
they went out together Saturday morn
ing neither of them had a gun with
them. AS Fujihara borrowed the gun
late Friday afternoon DIT Is supposed
he took it TO the place where the SHOOT
ing occurred and hid it in the bushes
preparatory to use when he should
lure his victim to the spot. The coro-
ners jury brought in verdict of guilty
against Fujuhara and bound him over
for trial at the July term. Sakuda's
wife was held as a witness.
After the jury was discharged 1nfor-
nation was brought to the sheriff that
it was believed am intimacy had existed
between the wife of Sakuda and Full
hara- That the wife had absented her
self from home che greater part or Sat
urday, that this was unusual and in
the light OF subsequent events 1t was
Thought she had cognizance of the in
tention of Fujihara to kill her hus-
band. The prisoner was brought to
Hilo by Sheriff Andrews yesterday
Herald ..
The Postal Surplus
The Tribune acknowledges the re-
ceipt of the Postmaster Generals re-
port for the preceding year, which
contains many matters of interest and
many more which we passed over
lightly; long columns of figures being
confusing to the editorial mind, We
have, however, gathered this fact, or
rather it was gathered for us and pre-
scented SO clearly that There was no
missing DIT. The receipts of the de-
department for THE year 1899 exceeded
its expenditures by $4,000, all of
which said $4,000 went by the pecu-
liar process of the Hawaiian Govern
ulenL nlstCulnery luuO Vue 6tueIdl titdo-
ury, whence 1T Is now appropriated out
by the Council of State for various I'm
authorized public works, mostly be-
tween Diamond Head and EVA, while
the postal department itself is SO des-
titute of funds that number of en-
ployees have been discharged and the
rest have their salaries reduced from
ten to twenty per cent.
Now, when a postal department
makes money, at least when 1t turns
a surplus into the national treasury, !
there Is something very rotten In the !
Government system. A proper postal
system makes money fast and spends
it little faster in perfecting itself. A
worse and more unsatisfactory convey
ance and distribution of mail could not
easily be found than that of Hawaii,
Through slow and uncertain transmits
sion of letters hundreds OF thousands
If dollars are, without doubt. yearly
lost to the business interests OF the
country. II the department makes
$780, 900 why isn't 1t put into subsidies
a steamship cOmnanies and common