The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-10
A DRAMATIC ESCAPE
INFURIATED LOVER TRIES TO
MURDER CONsORT
Who Saves Her Life BY Leaping From
Second Story Window-Why Japan
csc Tried Suicide Yesterday.

Back of the double attempt Of Ume-
motto, f. J. Lowrey's stable boy, to
commit suicide yesterday morning, is
a story Of savage jealousy, in which
Umemoto tried to take the life of Hat
suyo, the Japanese woman with whom
he had been consorting. 1t was only
after she had effected a highly dram
attic escape from his murderous attack,
that the stable boy determined upon
taking his own life for he supposed
that his mistress was lying dead be-
meath his window from where she had
cast herself.
Umemoto had been on friendly terms
with the woman, for some time. The
early part of Tuesday night Umemo-
to passed in her company at her quar-
tiers in Iwilei. He went back to his
own room which is in the loft of Mr..
! LOwrey's stable at the corner of Luna
| lilo Ond Kapiolani streets, about mid
| night and, in the course of an hour or
so, sent a vehicle for the woman. She
went to his. room.
A quarrel of some character started
| between the pair, for according to the
statements of the woman, Umemoto
/ suddenly grabbed a knife and made a
| savage attack on her. He cut her
neck and made several thrusts into her
]
es and made for the door, but found
! escape impossible, as the man had
| locked the door, and removed the key.
The only other means of escape was by
tn open window. Although the win
dow was fully twelve feet above the
ground, she crawled over the sill with
the intention of casting herself on the
ground below. Umemoto continued his
attack and, while she was getting out
of the window, cut and slashed her
about the back and shoulders. The
woman finally escaped from him by
dropping to the ground. She was TAX
! en- to Iwilei where her friends took
! care of her and made every effort to
prevent the facts of the assault becom-
| ing known to the authorities.
Maddened by his jealousy and fright
ened over what he had done, Umemoto
no doubt thought he had killed the wo-
man. and he Immediately took steps
to try and kill himself He slashed his
! throat with the knife, cutting the
windppe. A small artery was severed
/ but neither the carotid artery nor the
/ jugular vein were touched, so, finding
himself still with sufficient strength,
he made another attempt to commit
suicide. He took his silk sash and
made it into a moose, and hanged him
| self from the rafters of the building.
Mr.. Lowrey's family had been away
J from the premises for some days, but
| he happened to visit the place yester-
day to look over the premises. Not
| finding the stable boy he asked anoth-
| er servant to summon Umemoto, and
the discovery of the attempted suicide
was made. The still living Japanese
was cut down and the police notified,
| DR.. Mays attended the japanese, after
which the injured man was removed to
! the Queens Hospital.
| Chester Doyle was dispatched by
! High Sheriff Brown to Investigate the
circumstances of the attempted sui
eide, for at first, nothing was known
! of the woman in the case. Doyle learn
| ed sufficient from Umemoto to put him
on the track of the woman who was
/ subsequently found at Iwilei, carefully
guarded by her friends. The woman
was removed to the Japanese Hospital.
Both of the injured parties will, it is
thought, recover, although the injuries
Of UmemotO are serious.