Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-15

! Then the cell door was unlocked anC
| officers stepped within to apply tn,
straps to the arms. High Sheriff Hen
~ stepped forward and extended his
hand which was seized with great
, quickness by Moritaro. "Guru by" he
said.
. AS the men with the straps entered
. the cell the Japanese minister of the
. gospel also went in and continually
. talked to the prisoner. Matsumotc
, Moritaro laughed he did not show
any signs of weakness. Again and
J again he called ont in a loud voice. bid.
ding good by to the prison officials.
thanking them for the kind way in
which they had treated him. Be.
tween two officers he was led to the
gallows. Standing on the trap, before
the black cop was placed over his
bead, the man about to die delivered
himself OF the following address IN
those gathered around:
y no not believe that Mr., Glennan
was q wise man in his treatment of
Japanese workmen, but that does not
excuse me for my great sin, and In
Gods providence | must now die for
my crime.
. Y ami Cry sorry that my bad deed
leaves MIR. Glennan's family in such
sorrowful condition; may God bless
them.
II want to thank all the officers in
the Jail and all my Japanese friends
for their great kindness which now
helps me TO die.
since have been in Jail | have
studied the Japanese alphabet and
can read my bible. Before the true,
loving God | have rCpented of my sin
and through Christ believe God has
pardoned me-.
Il can die in peace with the hope
Of heaven"
Matsumoto MoritarO's fayorite text
from the Bible, adopted since le has
been in prison, IS taken from tho
tenth verse of the second chapter OF
Revelations aud reads: BE thou
taithIn! unto death"
While The death warrant was being
read to Moritaro, Edward Mitchell
Jones. who has for 80 long been con
fined in jail ON the charge Of muir.
der. having in August OF last year
shot his wife and mothcr.in.Iaw
watched the proceedings with great
apparent interest from through tho
bars of the cell opposite the condemn.
cd japanese. He seemed very much
impressed with the significance of the
occasion.
Moritaro said good.by to Sheriff
Coney with evident good feeling.
The crime for which the japanese
th.s morning paid the death penalty
was one Of peculiar atrocity. He plac.
cd several sticks Of dynamite beneath
the cot of Engineer Glennan, who
was in charge of work on "a big ditch
ON Kauai, because. as he says, Glen
nan was hard In his treatment of the
Japanese workmcn. He touched of
, the awful charge and blew his en-.
ploycr TO pieces, running away in fear
/ and cndeayorinr to hide. As soon as
Sheriff Coney heard of the crime he
, left no stone unturned to bring the
| villain To justice and the work of ap.
| prchension he was most ably assisted
I by Chester Doyle, who also managed
TO obtain confession from the muir
. derer. MoritarO was one OF a gang U
. hard characters whom Glcnnan fear
lessly endoavored to suppress.
E Mr.. Shiozawa. the editor OF the liza
.
! vcived. permission from the iIlgl
! Sheriff To get an ante morton state
, mcnt from Moritaro whose Statement
was as follows:
II come from Hiroshima. Japan. an,
: am the eldest Of three brothers.
came here in 1897 and had been drift.
Ing about from plantation to pianta
/. ton, when | finally arrived at Maka
well about Il year ago. | went 10 wOrl
on the ditch being constructed unde
= the superintendent of Glennon abOu
ten miles from the mill. GiennOn va
very brutal in his treatment of tn
men. Once he mad rope put ar0un
man and had him dragged and bca
en-. On Jan. Sth ! was working q
usual when one of the men asked III
10 get some water. Glennon saw m
as | was starting and called out 70
me to quit loaiing. Two Of his uude
lunas thereupon gave me severe bGa
Ing, and when they finished told nj
to get out, they did not want me an
more. Glennon refused to pay me 70
my past work. From that moment
decided TO fix him, That night hire
OF my friends and myself drank fort
bottles Of sake between us. ana then
went and hid In the hills ali the lex
day. Before daylight the next morn
Ing | got four or five sticks Of dynu
mite and CARED them to Clennon
tent. set fire to them and ran. | sool
heard the explosion. | was 30 excite,
that ! ran all the way to Wahiawa
twenty-five miles. wher" ! went to tn
house of Kawahara and Fukushima
who are like brothers TO ne and 4 hii