The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-08-12
EIGHT ARE
IMPLICATED
COroner's Verdict
On Murder in
HiIO.


sncse who was found dead with his
throat cut, has returned a verdict ac-
rasiug Nasal and Jatsagora and i'm
pbcating six others, two OF them WOO
men. as accessories before the fact. on
The jury impaneled by Sheriff Andrews
were l.. NJ Whitehouse, J. ID. Easton
and four Japs, $. Sato, r. Machida, Y
Hamada and r. Ikeda. They found
that Motohiro kitaro came to his death
by being stabbed In the neck with a
knife and that the said deceased was
murdered by Watanabe Masaji and
Funakoshi Tatsugoro. and that Sec
Ichitaro, Taxa SEQ ,w), Kane Funako-
shi wv, Ushiima Matzutaro, Hayashi
Tetsu. KObatald Toyotuchi, and other
persons unknown to the jury are access
suries before the fact"
The two principals were brought be-
fore Magistrate Hapai on TUESDAY +rr
arraignment and upon motion of the
defendants attorneys a continuauc"
was granted iur three days for consul
tation with the prisoners.
The de- admits in the case are NE
ly from Iwnei.
BIG RUSH FOR LAND.
Nearly three thousand acres were al
lotted as homesteads in the Puma and
Olaa districts by Land Agent Baldwin
this week. There was a big rush for
the government lands, one man taking
a place three days before at the door
10 the office. which position he after
wards sold for $3.50 cash. ON Saturday
evening preceding the Monday sale
people began e. camp on the street,
and when the doors We're opened the
line was several blocks in length. The
highest price asked was twelve dollars
per acre. Some of the land offered was
of an inferior quality. Most of the land
offered was taken by Hawaians and
Others who had asked to have it thrown
open
OLDEST MAN IN THE ISLANDS.
The Hiio Tribune says:
Probably the oldest inhabitant of
the Hawaiian Islands died at his home
near Waimea week before last. This
venerable Hawaiian was Kakauila, and
competent authority figures his age at
the time OF his death at us years. ka-
kauila was a splendid specimen of Ha-
waiian manhood. He was physically
modelled on Herculean proportions and
life OF abstemious habits served to
preserve his wonderful strength to far
pas the century mark.
Not Il year ago, Kakauila was able
to look after his patch of potatoes, hoe
ine- and n,ontinp his IittIe field without
nbvsicsJ diseonrort His death was
NOT dpe +n my snecifc disease hut was
- PAINLESS suspansion of the functions
az nfa u,h. d.caas.d y,,s tho fa+ber
of eighteen children
His ace IL computed nv Sam Pua
th. attorney AZ Waimea THE deceased
remembered certain historic occur
rences in the life of Kamebameha l..
which ara the hasis of ARRIVING ar the
date of his birth He couId relate with
ara nbic 6etaiI the story of the huildipr
Of the dan, Inv the first kings army
across the river lao on Maui
church deacon by Mr.. Lyons, one or
the earliest missionaries, and he re-
tained his interest in church matters
10 the time oil MS death.
THE ELECTIONS.
Polls opened for the urinary election
of delegates to the Territorial Conven-
tion and District Committee AZ . u,
m last SATURDAY. In some of IN. ure-
cincts there were no contests: the clubs
norninstine ONLY the number to he sent
In Hil, Their. were more rhan the r.
uuired rlInber but the voting was
Slow During the six hours' tim. when
the polls were open in Hilo 112 persons
cast their ballots ana TINS out OF CLUB
membership OF lSo. during the same
H.