The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-10
TWELVE DISGJSIED MEN. he DIED FROM JEALOUSY
COMMITS SUICIDE THIS
MORNING.
Was Jealous of Wife and After At
tempting Her Life Tried Hari-kari.
Cuts His Throat.

Maddened by jealousy Ichi, Jap
anese steward employed at Waikiki
tried to kin his wife at an early hour
TINS morning and failing to succeed,
| TOOK his own life. The woman received
/ only a sight flesh would but so wild
was the husband that after his wife
/ Ned from MIN, he made two attempts
to xiii himself before he was success
full.
me Japanese was employed by
Joseph Gilman and, in company with
a japanese wife, lived at the servants
quai Jeis on the mauka side of the road
opposite Marshal Browns place. Ichi
seemeu to be an excellent servant. he
was always quiet and performed his
work satisfactorily. The woman did no
work about the place but lived with her
husband. There has been trouble be-
tween them for the last two or three
weeks. Ichi seemed to think that she
was not conducting herself as a wife
should. He accused of her of consort-
! ing with other men. She would fire.
quently, it is said, be away from the
mouse at nights.
Evidently lchi determined to compel
the woman to either cease her objec-
| tionabie conduct or else intiict murder
upon her. Last night he armed him
self with the carving knife. His inn
portunings for the woman to discon-
tlnue her suspected waywardness were
| evidently not met with the spirit he
] had hoped for. About midnight High
! Snerim Brown returning home, heard
the pair quarrellir~ in their room. Tne
High Sheriff did not of course, under
Istduu Mnal was SAID as they spoke in
| their native tongue. The row must have
continued for some time for about 2
! o Clock TINS morning Joseph Gilman
was awakened by hearing a frighttul
scream. lac hurried into the yard to
ascertain the cause.
Ichi, maddened beyond control by his
jealousy, had attacked the woman. he
made a lunge at her heart but the wo-
man prolecIed herself with her right
arm. She received flesh wound about
i half an inCh deep ana three or four
inches wide. She ran screaming from
| the room across the yard lnuo quarters
OF the other Jananese and when Gilman
reached her the wound had already
been Dound up with a cloth.
! What the matter here| inquired
Mr.. Gilman of the terrified woman.
"Ichi, he sab me-" sne replied.
! A searcn was at once made for the
womans S assailant but no uace of hlm
could be found although every place
within the immediate proximity was
secured. About 8 O'Clock this morning,
some native boys discovered the llte-
less bouy of Ichi lying by the side of
the road about 200 yards Eva of Gill
mans place. The body presented a
horrible sight being blood stained from
shoulders to toes.
After the woman escaped Ichi evil
denIly determined to take his own life
and went out into the road. About
twenty feet EVA from his gate he no
doubt, made the first attempt upon his
life for a small pool of blood was dis
covered there this morning. He tried
to commit hari-kari for across the left
side of his abdominal cavity was a
small wound about four inches in
length. The wound did little more
than puncture the skin so the Japanese
must have abandoned his intention to
die in the fashion of his own country
and chosen the less elegant and more
|, practical way of cutting his throat.
He showed the end of the kniIe into
his throat just above the breast bone
The knife no doubt pierced the carotid
artery for the man left a trail of blood
running almost from his gate to where
his lifeless body was found. The blood
must have gushed from his throat fol
the ground about the body was damn
with the life fluid. 1t is possible how
ever, tht the artery may not have beer
punctured until after he had Travelled
some distance as the blood did no
show in such quantities until near thu
spot where the body was seen.
The remains were removed to thu
office of the board of health and DR.
! Mcdonald will hold an autopsy OF
them. A coroner's iurv was subpoenaeC
and after viewing the remains, ad
B journed until o'clock tonight. Tn,
injuries of the woman will not prove
} serious.