Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-10-01
IDENTITY DISCOVERED
DEAD JAPANESE GIRL
MISSED BY HUSBAND
SOME MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE
pEATH-PoLlcE THINK IA.
KA COMMITTED
SUICIDE.


dead In the water outside Governor
Dolos Waikiki residence yesterday
morning, The name OF the deceased
was Taxa, just prior to her death sue
had been living ut Molliili with Jap
nnese Shlmatsu Tanaka by name
The police got ON the right trail by
ascertalnlng that woman had boon
missed from Moililll and that her
friends were looking for her A jap.
onosc detective located Taraka aud
held him for investigation, Tunaka
and his friends had been searching Cor
the missing woman all Tuesday night
and all Wednesday.
Last night Tanaka was taken to the
morgue, where the body Ut the de-
ceased was, He was not able to pos
itiyely Identity the wOmans fave
which, on account of post-mortcm
changes was not ensy to recognize US
II was quite swollen and the features
lndlstinguisrUble, lie thought that he
recognized certain frccklcs ON the face.
When he was shown the clothes In
which the deceased was found, lana.
ka positively Identified thcm no these
OF his wife, There can therefore be no
more doubt In regard to the wOmaHs
identity
This morning Tannka was closely
questioned In his cell by Deputy H,gh
sheriff ChlllIngworth. lie stated that
he had lived with the woman since
September o, 1908. Her name was
| TnLa In naId Anon .,, ,Lo ,t,,,... -.
one Sugioka, who was to pay II to an
other japanese by the name OF ShIroca.
Tanaka last saw his wife at Z o'clucl;
Tuesday night. She was then at ms
home at Mollllli with some other Jap
nnese who lived there. lie got homo
Tuesday night at . o'clock. The door
OF his room was open and the light
was burning His wife was not there.
lie went to her friends, who lived close
by. They said that Taxa had probably
gone out to see some friends who live /
In the neIghborhood. They went 20
this house but failed to find her there
The occupants had gone to n luau. Ia
naka saw them later on aud they told
him that they hni not seen his wife.
Prior 10 the time when Taxa came "a
Tanaka she had been living with u
man called Numura for u week. MI
mura was to pay $3.50 tor her but was
not able 10 raise the money. Accord
ingly she was sold to Tanaka. who paid
$50, Tanaka was released from Gus
tody this noon.
The police last night placed under
arrest the man Numura, with whom
the woman had been living prior "a
the time when Tanaka purchased her
lie Is at present being held for IN.
yestigatlOn Numura does not want 10
talk much about the AFFAIR He stated
this morning that he had not seen tho
woman for the past three weeks. On
Tuesday night he had been witn
friends and later on had gone 10 hi.
room, which Is on Bcrctania street be
tween KGeaumOku and plikOi streets
He named several OF his friends vii,
could prove his alibi. These men vii
be seen by the police today that II ma,
be ascerlpHed II they confirm IN
story,
It Il sid although NumurH Is rc
tICcnt on this point, that he was yer'
much IN love with the woman. WheI
she left him for Tanaka he Is said I,
, have pleaded with her and upon ne
: refusal TO stay with him to have wep
, like a child
, The facts developed ut the post
mOrtem examination furnish seyera
theories for the police 10 work on
n Hemorrhages were found In the wO
, mans brain and also two interDa
scalp wounds which were not ysibl'
externally. These might hive beef
, caused by blow with some blunt In
strument. On the other hand the!
q might possibly have been received ate
: death by the waves knocking H.,
woman's head against stones.
+ The fact that the deceased's lung
were filled with water when she wa
n found Is a strong indication that III,
a was alive when she fell into the waite
and that the cause Of death was drown
=, ing. That the woman could have beel
|, killed At her home and her body takei
A all the way from MOiliili 10 waikiki
/ seems hardly probable. That a muir
derer could have enticed her 10 Wal
klki and killed her there and thei
thrown her body into the sea II also
rather unlikely snpposltlOn.
Deputy Sheriff ChilllngwOrth sug
!" gosted theory which seems 10 be
most likely one. namely that tn
: woman committed suicide. The Rapi
y Transit car passes very close 10 IN
= house she lived In at Molllill. Sh
y could easily have taken the car o.
u Tuesday night without attracting ID
u notice Of anyone. She could then, ate
. reaching the WAIKIKI terminus OF th
u car line walked the short distance /
:. the steep bluffs on the further side q
y the Dole place, from which jump Int
y the sea would he an easy thlng.
u The woman Is known to have had n
% less than four husbands in rapid suC
J" Ccs6lOn AMI Il Is said that some q
these former lovers bothered her
great deal. Il may be that the poo