The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-28
INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK.I A CASE Of MURDER
KUKUMA'S KNIFE WOUNDS
PROVE FATAL.
Evidences That the old Man Was
Ovcrpowered and His Room Thor
oughly Searched.

Kukuma, the old South Sea Islander
who was attacked and terribly cut
early Saturday morning. at the Kalihi
poi factory, is dead and the case is
now one of murder There is very little
danger that the murderer will be
Brought to answer for his crime kekai
thc native who first found the old man.
has been questioned but is not able to
give important new evidence.
Investigations On the scene Of the
fearful fight that cost Kukuma life,
throw new light on the events of the
fatal night, but afford no CLOVIS to the
identity of the man with the knife Ii
is evident that Kukuma was finally
oyerpowered, and that the robber had
time to make thorough search for
booty before help came The crime
msy have been committed some hours
before it was discovered.
The robber, who is now a murdered
as we'll ransacked the old mans room
after the fight. While Kukuma Law
bleeding outside, the murderer tore up
boards in the floor in the search for
treasurer. Whether he got any or not
is not known. 1t is thought that Ku-
kuma ought to have saved more than
! the $l4 that were in the small bag he
Wore hanging from his neck.
An examination Of the premises in
dicates that most If not all Of the fight
ing was done outside the room. Trails
of blood are the only evidences. Fifty
/ feet from where Kukuma lay i'm pool
OF blood the red record begins in a
large room Of the building. 1t Is
| thought hat the robber attacked the
! old man in the darkness of this room
! probably after Kukuma had been
awakened and I'm fulfilling his duties
as a watchman had gone to look FOR
! intruders The two men fought "a
the door of kukuma's room, where Ku-
kuma fell ard then the robber search
ed the room, tearing up boards from
! the floor and turning everything upside
down.
&ekai lives in a small house about
- feet from Kukumas room. He
states that he heard cries and went tC
see what the trouble was. Kukuma
may have been laying unconscious for
some time and have revived and be-
| gun 20 shout. When Kekai went To
call Judge Wilcox there was blood on
his clothes, and he was suspected for
time but he told the police that he
| got the blood in helping Kukuma and
/ there Is no evidence to connect hin
with the crime.
4, Montgomery is the only man who
| tried to have any conversation witt
Kukuma after the fight. Kukuma die
not talk either English or native, bu
/ he indicated by signs that Jap haC
done the cutting. Kukuma died before
the police had secured an Interpreter tC
| talk with him.
The inquest in the case will probably
/ be held tomorrow. There is little hope
that Investigations will disclose the
| identity of the murderer. Whoever
| fought with Kukuma must have got
much blood on his clothes and a search
| among the Chinese and Japs living
near the poi factory might have haC
some results just after the crime hat
been committed, but now there has
/ been plenty of time to destroy evi
dence, and the case will probably b'
added to an already long list of un-
solved mysteries of crime in Homo
| lulu