The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-05-09
HUNG FROM
MANGO LIMB
Murderous Jap Takes
His Own
Life.
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A terrible tragedy took place early
yesterday morning on Wyllie street.
two japanese, a man and a woman, be-
ing the principals. The woman lies in
the Queens Hospital suffering from
cruel looking wounds about her head
and shoulders inflicted with a sharp axe
In the hands of U. Kato, whose body
was found afterward hanging from a
rope attached to the limb of a mango
tree in the Hoffman premises on Wyllie
street.
The tragedy reveals the story of a
japanese husband who came here from
San Francisco On the Ventura for the
purpose of taking his wife back to the
coast. Blind rage and jealousy are be-
lieved to have been the motive Of
Kato when he welded the axe. That
he did not succeed in killing the woman
is almost unexplainable, for the axe,
of the Globe Axe pattern, was new and
sharp. The steel dug deep into the
woman's body. one severe wound being
in the left cheek, the blow also break
ing her jaw. The other wound is in
the left shoulder.
Yoshi, the woman, has been in the.
employ of Mr. Cooley of the Oahu Rail-
way Company, his residence being on
Wyllie street. The husband had writ
ten to her repeatedly to join him at
San Francisco, but evidently she paid
no attention, and it is thought she had
an attachment for a Japanese here. At
any rate Kato is said to have given no
notice of his arrival in the city. but
learning that his wife was attending a
performance at the Japanese theater
on Wednesday evening, went there and
found her in the company Of another
man.
| Sometime during Thursday evening
Kato went to visit his wife on Wyllie.
street. What passed between them is
not yet known as the woman Is not in
condition to make a complete state
ment. About midnight, however, the
| pair evidently had a quarrel, with the
results as above. The sad plight of
the woman was not discovered until
yesterday morning when somebody
/ heard screams. Yoshi\ was lying on the
floor, blood still flowing from her
wounds. She was almost unconscious
from the assault and from loss of blood.
The police were telephoned for and the.
woman was taken to the Queens Hos
/ Pieoi III thC PotiOl Wd6On.
little later the wagon used by
the U. S. army hospital, which is locat-
ed on the same street was passing the
Hoffmann place. The driver, in glanc-
ing into the yard was Mortified to see
the body of man dangling from the
end of rope attached to a mango
tree. He gave the alarm and the po-
lice were once more called to the scene.
Kato was the suicide, and he had been
very deliberate in his operations. He
| had climbed out on limb fastened the
end of very small sized rope securely
to branch. The other end he tied
about his neck, and then dropped to
his death. His feet We're about twelve
feet from the ground. The rope had
cut deeply into his neck, and death
must have come almost instantly. The
body was cut down and conveyed to
the morgue. A coroner's jury was sum-
moned and visited the scene of the
tragedy. The inquest will be held this
evening at the police station.
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by Senate. reinserted by the House.
The committee reported the bill as
amended and will submit written re-
port for adoption on second reading
this morning.
House Bill No. was formally pass
ed through second reading.
SHIFTED APPROPRIATIONS.
House Bill No. passed second read
ing. 1t is to amend Sections 2, 4, 5
and of Act IS, extra session, 1908,
making special appropriations. 1t will
| m la bo fnlIouyipn abap
Item for 'wharf at Kahului, $780,
000," to read "new court house and
furnishings, $50,OO0."
Item for "new county building and
furnishings, Kailua, $15,000," to read
"new court house and furnishings, etc.,
| $15,vJ0."
Item for "new county building, Lii
hue, $40,000," to read "new court
house, furnishings, ETC., $40,000.'
Item for "new county building, Hi
10, $20,000," to read "High School
builuing, $4,000"
Item for ''new county building, Wal
luku, $35,000," to read "new court
house and pail, Paia, $4,000; new court
house and Jail, Keokea, $4,000; new
court house and Jail, Keanae, $500;
new court house, Lahaina, $4,000;
extension Lahaina water works system,
$4,000; extension Wailuku and Kahu-
lui water works, $4,000; 1000 feet wa
ter main, Wailuku and Kahului, $4,000.
Total, $4,000.
Item for "high-lift pump, Kalihi,
$23,u00,'" to read "high-lift pump
Beretania street, $23,000."
Item for "steel and concrete bridge,
Kaneohe, $5000," to read "steel and
concrete bridge, Kaneohe, Koolaupoko,
$5000."
The items for "school house, Kau-
mana, $1,000; school house at Olaa,
$1,000; school house, Puueouka, $1,000;
school house at Keiaukaha, $1,000;
school house at Papaalau, $1,000; school
house at Keehia, $l20O," to read
"Hilo High School, $5400."
The House rose at 1925 O'Clock.