The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-07
KOSEKI IS
IN CUSTODY
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| the police station last night, shortly
after dinner time. He had hailed
| japanese hackdriver who CHANGED to
! be passing along King street at the
| corner of Piikoi a little earlier, and
had told the man to drive him to the
| police station.
Now, as matter of fact, the police
had about rounded Koseki up before
he found it expedient to surrender him
self Shortly following the tragedy at
IwiIei, High Sheriff Henry posted men
on all the roads leading out of town,
and the High Sheriff himself kept
close watch on the steamer Ventura,
about to leave port. Besides, a detail
of men conducted a systematic search
through the japanese quarter, and ev-
cry Jap who was known to be friendly
TO the fugitive suspected of the murder
found himself so kept under espion-
age that he could have extended no
help to Koseki, even if he had been
SO minded.
The man looked as though he had
passed rather a hard night when he
came into the station. He was attired
in a dark colored kimono, and not a
great deal besides that, and had Meth
er money nor tobacco on him. The
kirHono, however, was clean, showing
that he had found a friend somewhere
who had relieved him OF his bloody
garments, and his hair was combed al
though his face and eyes showed lack
of sleep.
He was locked up in the tanks for a
few hours, a charge of murder being
entered against him, and little later
was taken to Oahu Prison for safe
keeping.
The murder of suyetomo. particu-
larly brutal and bloody crime, seem to
come as the sequel to Japanese
tragedy which occurred at Waialua
few weeks ago. The waialua affair re-
suited in the sending of one Hayashi-
da to prison for long term. the prin-
cipal witness against him being SUI
yetomo, the man killed at Iwilei on
Monday night. The slayer, Koseki, is
said to be friend of Hayashida. Ko-
seki was one of those present at a sort
of japanese drink feast, given at the
rooms of one Miyamoto, and upon the
supply of drink giving out, remained
at the rooms in company with the
murdered man while the host went III
town for more liquor.
That was the last time anybody saw
Suyetomo a1ive-and the last time any
body is known to have seen Koseki
until he walked into the police station
and surrendered himself last night. |
When Miyamoto returned to his room
from his trip after booze, he found the
body of suyetomo, hacked to the un-
dershirt and all covered with blood, /
lying on the floor. and the rest of his
company vanished. He notified the |
police at once, being naturally much /
perturbed, and suspicion at once point
ed to Koseki, who had had a row with
Suyetomo earlier in the evening
at that time striking the man who was
later murdered with beer bottle, cut
ting an ugly cash in his head.
The Deputy Sheriff yesterday morning
found the knife with which Koseki is
alleged to have killed suyetomo. It
vas in the large open lot back of the
'ow of tenements and was probably
brown there through the open win
low of the room.
According TO Koseki, suyetomo is al
eyed to have said during their
arousal that he had killed one man
nd that another was serving time for
he deed in Oahu Prison, and that he
ould easily kill another.
The inquest was postponed and will
axe place this afternoon at $780,