The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-07-11
TRAGEDY
IN A LOF I.
A Japanese SIashes
a Woman With
a Knife.
From Thursday s dahyJ

Fearing that he would be- arrested
and hanged FOR murder Umcmoto. a
Janancse yard boy employed ON the
premises of u. }. Lowrey at the corner
st Kapiolani and Lunalilo streets, at
tempted TO take his own life by cut
ting his throat and afterwards hanging
himself to raftcr in his room In the
left of the lswrey stable. The Japa-
nese had but a few minutes before fear
fully slashed and stabbed a japanese
woman named Hatsuyo, and he belioV-
- that he had killed her.
The double tragedy occurred IN the
early hours OF yesterday morning and
IL was owing to the early finding OF
Umemoto's suspended body by Por-
tuguese employe that the man is still
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 further
attempts at suicide. The woman in the
case is now at the japanese hospital on
Iiliha street, ans upon the outcome OF
her wounds depends the charge which
will be preferred against the would-be
murderer and suicide
Chester Doyle discovered that Ume-
moto had made an attempt on his own
life and also upon that of the woman,
with whom he had been Consorting, and
that he had spent the early part of
Tuesday evening at the room of Hat
suyo, who resides near GearNille at
Iwilei. He returned to his own room
over the Lowrey stable about midnight.
After 4 O'Clock yesterday morning ne
summoned Japanese hacknan named
Yoshimoto and sent him to lwilei to
bring Hatsuyo 10 his quarters. She
came in the hack sometime between 4
and O'Clock, and went to Umemoto' $
room. Just what occurred there mas
not been entirely diVulged by the wom-
AN or Umemoto, but according to the
patched up statements of the woman,
Umemoto became angry with her and
l.eldng the door got a knife, with which
he cut her throat. TWO or three cuts
were made upon the neck. He also
savagely thrust the blade into her
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 window
and while in the act of crawling over
the sill Umemoto struck her repeatedly
in the back She fell to the ground, the
distance being considerable, and as
luck would have II, she sustained nC
additional injuries.
Umemoto evidently believed that she
had been killed, and IT is presumed tina
a short time afterwards he used th'
same CORY blade on himself He mad'
a Trightful cash in his neck, whicl
severed the windpipe, but without cut
ting an artery. Finding that this di'
not end his life, Umemoto resorted Il
even more certain means, and procur
ing silk sash, such as japanese use II
Tying around their kimonos, adjusted {
moose over his already wounded neCl
and throwing the free end over raft
er, tried TO strangle himself.
While these gruesome incidents Wer
occurring Mr.. LoUrey came to make al
inspection Of his premises having beel
absent for several days Not finding
his yard boy about, he asked the Por
tuguese to look for him. The latte
tried Umemoto's door and found
locked. He climbed up and looked owe
the open space near the rafters ant
saw the japanese hanging. An alarm
was sent to the police station and OH
Ger Mulleitner was sent. He climbe
over the partisisn into the room an
cut away the sash catching the appar
emily lifeless body as 1t fell DR.. May
attended the man, in whom life yet re
manned. sewed up the windppe, band
aged UP the wounds and then ordere
him sent to the queen nOSpltal.
Some time after this Chester Doyl
was put upon the case To learn the mo
tive for the decd. He interviewed Ume
moto and learned from him that h
had attempted TO murder Hatsuyo BE
lieving that she was dead when she fe
out Of the window. umemoto then tre
to kill himself. Doyle at once went t
Iwilei, and after searching around tn
district for more than an hour cam
apon the woman hidden away in a bacI
room Of bssse. Several Japanes
were standing on guard around tn
place to prevent she police from gettin
entrance. Doyle, however. passed then
all. He smslt iosoform as soon as h
entered the house and by this mean
traced the woman. When he found he
she had already received medical at
tendance, as her wounds We're bandag
Ell. To Doyle she told the story OF he
escape.
When she fell from the window sh
ran to q place nearby where she arous
ed Japanese employe, and he went /
town on his bicycle for hack. Sh
was conveyed in this manner to Iwile
where the Japanese hangers-on mad
every effort to prevent information &
to her condition to leak out. Doyle
snce ordered the woman sent to Il
Japanese hospital. She is in o PR
carious condition from loss of bloc
but II is believed she will recover I'm,
motto is reported as doing well, and
Will also recover.