The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-10
TRAGEDY
IN 4 LOFT
A Japanese Slashes
a Woman Witt,
a Knife.
THEN he CUTS
AND HANGS HIMSELF
Both Wounded Orientals VIII
Probably Recovsr-Doyie's
Detective Work.

and hanged tor nluTuSI'
Japanese yard boy employed on the
premises of F. j. Lowrey at the corner
of Kspfolani and Lunalilo streets, at
tempted to take his own life Dy cut
ting his throat and afterwards hanging
himself to a rafter in his room IN the
loft of the Llowrey stable. The Japa-
n,se had but a few minutes before fear
fully slashed and stabbed a Japanese
woman named Hatsuyo, and ne peileN-
ed that he had killed her.
The double tragedy occurred IN the
early hours of yesterday morning anu
If was owing to the early finding OF
JT1nemoto's suspended body by Por-
tuguese employe that the man is stu
in the land of the living. He IS now at
the Queens hospital, guarded at the IN
stance Of the high sheriff TO prevent
him from escaping or making turther
attampts at suicide. The woman III the
case is now at the Japanese hospital on
I.iliha street, and upon the outcome Vi
her wounds depends the charge when
will be preferred against the "o"luDe
murderer and suicide.
chester DOYLE discovered that Cme-
motto had made am attempt on MS own
life and also upon that of the woman,
with whom he had been consorung' anu
that he had spent the early part Oh
Tuesday evening at the room OF NAT
suvo who resides near GedTNllle CT
JyvtIei He returned to his own room
over the I.owrey stable about midnight.
After O'Clock yesterday morning ne
summoned Japanese hackInan hdLieu
Yoshimoto and sent him to Iwllel 10
bring Hatsuyo to his quarters. She
came in the hack sometime between
ana ) O'Clock, and went to Umemoto $
,,ool,, lust what occurred there has
not been entirely divulged by the Wom-
an or TTmemoto, but according to the
matched up statements of the woman.
Umernoto became angry with hef anu
locking the door got a knife, with winch
he cut her throat. Two or three cuts
ware made upon the neck. He also
savaeeIy thrust the blade into hel
breast. making several ugly wounds.
| Hatsuyo attempted to go out by the
/ door. but the craZed man had removed
the key She then ran to the Wlndo"
and while in the act of crawling oNel
! i'm the back She fell to the ground, tn
! distance being considerable, and al
! luck would have it, she sustained NJ
81 additional injuries.
Il Tnemoto evidently believed that sh
/ had been killed, and it is presumed ina
q short time afterwards he USED Ut
same CORY blade on himself. He mad
frfghtfuI cash in his neck, whic
; severed the windpipe. but without cut
ting an artery. Finding that this al
) not end his life, Umemoto resorted I
:. even more certain means, ana procut
ing a silk sash, such as japanese use
tying around their kimQnos, adjusted
moose over his already wounded nee
and throwing the free end over a ran
ar fried TO StranEle himself.
While these gruesome incidents WEI
occurring Mr.. Lowrey came to make a
inspection of his premises. having pee
absent for several days. Not hndln
his yard boy about, he asked the POI
{ tuguese to look for him. Ihe Iatte
t tried Cmemoto's door and found
+ locked He climbed up and looked oVf
p the open space near the rafters an
: saw the Japanese hanging. An alar
: was sent to the police station ana On
Ger AIulleitner was sent. He cllnot
over the partition into the room al
cut away the sash catching the appa
entity iifeless body as it fell. DR.. Ma.
attended the man, in whom life yet
manned. sewed up the windpipe, BAN
r, aged 90 the wounds and then order'
; him sent to the Queens hospital
Some time after this Chester boy
was nut upon the case to learn the m
tive for the deed. He interviewed I'm
i, moIo and learned from him that
had attempted to murder Hatsuyo. Is
Heviag that she was dead when she +
out % the window, Umemoto then trl
to kill himself Doyle at once went
IwiIei, and after searching around t
district for more than an hour, car
upon the woman hidden away in pa
room of a house. Several Japane
were standing on guard around I
place to prevent the police from gettl
entrance. Doyle. however, passed tins
- all. He smelt iodoform as soon as
entered the house and By this mea
traced the woman. When he found L
she had already received medical {
J tendance, as her wounds were banda
ed. To Doyle she told the story OF 4
/ escape.
When she fell from the window S
ran TO a. place nearby where she arot
ed a Japanese employe, and he went
town on his bicycle for a hack
was conveyed in this manner TO lwll
where the Japanese hangers-on ma
yn every effort TO prevent Information
nm to her condition to leak out. Doyle
49, once ordered the woman sent to
Japanese hospital. She is in a p
40 carious condition from loss OF bio
but IL is believed she will recover On
moto is reported as doing well, and
Will also recover
nd