The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-28

a dastardly crime that has shocked
the community 10 an unusual degree
was committed last night S. T.. Da-
mon son Of Hon S. NJ Damon and "a
member of the banking house Of Bishop
and Company was fatally stabbed by a
Porto Rican criminal named Jose Mi
randa while I'm the act Of trying 90 pre-
vent the Porto Bican from stealing "a
lamp from the scene of some repairs
that were being made to the road near
Moanalua. The crime was witnessed
by four different people, and as there
was not the slightest difficulty I'm iden-
flying the murder and a confession has
been secured from him by the authori-
ties. the strongest case has evidently
been made out against the men. The
scene Of the murder was near the foot
Of hill near the Grace place which
adjoins the Damon property at Moana-
lua. The fatal wound was inflicted by
knife thrust in the abdomen on the
left side the victim dying within an
hour after being attacked.
So wanton was the crime and so GER
tain the facts against the murderer,
that public Indignation was aroused to
a high pitch and crowds gathered in the
vicinity of the police station last night,
and made threats to lynch the man. In
fact so threatening was the crowd that
the High Sheriff. and Secretary Akin
son who was present at the police sta
tion. thought it wiser to transfer the
man Miranda to the oahu prison and,
by ruse, succeeded in getting the man
safely away from the crowd over TO
the Oahu prison before any actual de-
monstration was made.
The fatal attack occurred shortly af-
ter o'clock last night while Mr.. Da-
mon was driving home from doing some
work on a boat in the bay. Repairs
had been in progress on the Moanalua
road, and in a fiat portion near a hill
| that rises on the Eva side of some
rice fields near the Grace place. a num-
Der Of lanterns had been placed by the
! contractors for the purpose of warning
drivers of rigs of the rough portion of
the road Mr.. Damon who was accom-
panied in the carriage by a Chinese
employee. noticed three people, two
men and a woman going from that sec
ton in the direction of Honolulu. One
of them, a man, carried a lantern. This
| lantern had been taken from the scene
of repairs, where it had been left as
a warning, so Mr.. Damon at once called
| to the man not to take the lantern but
to replace it.
Jose Miranda was carrying the Ian
tern and he replied You go to -, no -
business you" Mr.. Damon then go
from the rig and approached Miranda
and the two other Porto Ricans, tell
ing the man to replace the light
Evidently Mr.. Damon thought the trio
were natives and had not the slightest
apprehension of any danger of attack
for he spoke to them originally in Ha
waiian and made no demonstration Of
| violence against them. Without fur
Their warning Miranda, drew a knit
and plunged it into the body of Mr.
Damon, the blade entering the body OF
the left side just below the lower ril
and penetrating the abdomen yer!
deeply. The knife made a small WOUND
at the point of incision and ran ira
versely.
The deed was plainly witnessed b!
the woman companion of the Port
Rican, by Mr.. Damon's Chinese EN-
ployee and by Eugene Sullivan who ac
companied by young Chinese boy ap
peared upon the scene just as the as
sault was committed. I'm stabbed
Mr.. Damon is quoted as saying, ant
then staggered back toward his car
riage and got into it without assistance
Sullivan went toward Miranda VIII
still held the knife threateningly. "Yor
leave me alone l do the same to you
exclaimed Miranda advancing towar
. Sullivan. The latter was unarmed an
did not dare risk closing in on tn
Porto Rican, so backed away a fe,
PAGES. An instant later the two Port
Rican men and the woman retreate
along the road and disappeared in tn
darkness. Sullivan then FASTENED t
the rig to ascertain the identity of tn
victim of the stabbing.
To his establishment he discovere
that it was young Damon. Sulliva
3 realized that Damon was dangerousl
hurt and getting into the buggy, droy
as rapidly as possible to the city. II
81 drove to the police station and frol
the police station the injured man wa
J ldheH III lue pdlIOl NdBOut 10 III
Queens Hospital. But it was too lat
t At the police station, the eXtremities c
, he injured man were already cold an
by the time the hospital was reache
Mr.. Damon was unconscious. He wa
past all aid and died at SIS o'clock,
few minutes after being taken to IL
. hospital.
In the meanwhile the police had b.
i gun to search for the perpetrator of II
crime. According to the report fir
given to Deputy High Sheriff Chilling
. worth, Mr.. Damon had been attacke
. by three natives, one of whom was
woman wearing pink dress. Chilinl
worth drove at once to the scene
the crime and sent a large number
natives out to ascertain If any Of II
natives living in the different tenemel
houses and camps had gone out durir
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