The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-05-27
JAPANESE
MURDERED
Shot Deliberately
and Repeatedly
Last Night.
(From Thursdays Advertiser)

YamasaN, Japanese, was muir
dered in cold blood at the corner OF
Pauahi and River streets at $3.50 last
evening. His self-confessed murderer.
Kansioro Tanda, laughing and joking
over the tragedy was arrested imme-
diately by Detectives McDuffle and
Renear. who were within forty feet of
the scene Of the crime, at the time OF
its occurrence. The shooting was the
result Of an alleged disparaging re-
mark by the murderer about the Japa-
nese clothes worn by the murdered
man. Five shots were fired, the man
with the gun standing within two feet
of his victim, although but three of the
shots took effect. These were fired
so close to the murdered man that his
kimono caught fire.
| The murder occurred in front of
the Roma Hotel at Pauahi and River
streets. According to the story told by
the two witnesses who were arrested
with the murderer there was n
wordy quarrel between Yamasaki
and Tanda and the latter
| pulled his revolver Immediately and
began firing, emptying his Smith &
Wesson 3S of five shots. Three struck
Yamasaki, one in the breast, another
just below the heat and the third close
to the navel. The latter was fatal.
Renear and McDuffie were in the
rear Of the hotel looking for a gam
bling game when they heard the shots.
Renear says that the first two sound
ed loud and clear, while the third was
muffled, as IL 1t had been held in the
folds Of the kimono. The fourth shot
also sounded sharp and clear while the
last was muffled, and probably took
effect The two detectives ran i'm
mediately in the direction Of the
sounds, and found a crowd of Japa-
nese already collected there. McDufiie
grabbed the man with the revolver,
and Renear got the murderer who was
trying to escape through the hotel.
The injured man had staggered in the
direction of the hotel, and fell Just
within the doorway. Two men, Ma
goroku and Fujumura, were taken in
to custody They were the only wit
nesses to the tragedy and had taken
the gun away from Tanda immediate
ly after the shooting.
Yamasaki was taken to the Queens
Hospital in the patrol and he died
there just at ten o'clock.
Tanda was taken t. the police sta
ton, together with the two witnesses
The japanese was laughing and joking
as he stood in before the clerks desk
to be searched. To those in the patrol
he shouted Goodbye ALL"
Yamasaki, according to the story told
by Magorol<u, one of his companions
during the evening, had just come from
the bath-house, and wore only under
clothes and a kimono. "Tanda, who
was passing, called out Look at that
man. pointing derisively at his clothes.
Yamasaki came out then and said,
What do you mean by making fun of
my clothes?'" said Mogoroku i'm a |
statement to Chillingworth. "Then
they had a wordy quarrel and Tanda,
who was sitting down, stood up and
said, Don't you know a brother from
American Then he put his hand to his
coat and drew his revolver, both of
them went for each other and this man
shot the other. l heard five shots. va
masaki fell on the sidewalk and 7 grab
bed this man and took the revolver. No ,
one hit Tanda."
YES, i shot him." said Tanda when
questioned by Deputy Sheriff Chilling
worth in his Office last evening. "He hit
me in the eye. ! bought the gun in
Sacramento. / never knew these men
before, they were not my friends. This
man and the other two men" (pointing
to the two witnesses) "came for me,
and one of them hit me, also the man
shot. He hit me in the eye. Yes, l
had sake this evening. ! came here in
the Ventura on the twentieth and have
MT been working since. / used to work
in saloon at sweeney and Wells In
THE man Is make" Renear inform
ed the prisoner.
TOO bad" was all the comment he
made. He didn't seem either worried
or repentant, and discussed the murder
as II II was an everyday affair. lie II
reported by japanese 10 have told them
that that was the way all san Fran
cisco Japanese would treat those In lia-
wall unless they did the right thing.
Tanda IN a japanese OF small stature,
but stoutly built win n heavy head Of
hair lilo was well dressed, Both ~
the Japanese arrested as witnesses de-
MED that they had attempted % strike
Tpndn or that the deceased had done
F0.
Deputy sheriff rhillngw0rih impan- |
oiled ror0nerH jury mat evening
witch Viewed no body Rl ihe qnfuus
llnspllal Tho Inquest win he bold ipr
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