The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-06-06
PHILIP NAoNE THE SENTENCED w1rE-NuRDERER


Philip H. Naone received from Judge
De Bolt the maximum penalty of the
law for manslaughter in the first de-
Friday last for the killing of his wife
on October 8, 1904. He was sentenced
to be imprisoned at hard labor for
twenty years.
When asked the usual question Ma
one had nothing to say, but j. j.
Dunno as his counsel asked for the
minimum penalty of ten years. Even
that period was enough, the advocate
said, to make the judge or himself. If
sentenced thereto, blow out his own
brains. He agreed that the jury, while
finding the defendant sane enough to
commit crime, indicated by their YER
in the heat of passion.
Judge De Bolt observed that he had
no desire to be harsh or appear I'M
just, yet he thought that the jury had
been extremely lenient. The evidence
would have justified a verdict of muir
der in the second degree, and he felt
that the verdict was more lenient than
the defendant had expected. 1t APP
peared to have been due to the ability
with which Messrs. Dunno and Thomp-
had conducted the defense that the
jury brought in a verdict for lesser
rant.
After sentence had been passed
Dunno asked that Naone should be
permitted to visit his parents and
three little children. Judge De Bolt
thought the request proper but doubt
ed the courts power to grant it and
suggested a reference to the Attorney
General. Mr.. Andrews thought it a
matter for the High Sheriff, and, ii.
nally, Mr.. Dunno was allowed to in
form that official that the court rec.
Naone's manner during the proceed
ings for his sentence differed markedly
from that he bore throughout the trial
While then his demeanor was that OF
acute melancholia, his eyes never being
raised from the floor, now he was
wide-awake with a well -braced attitude
to meet the worst the law had fol
him. During the trial, owing to the
fact that for the first time in such 6
case here the jury We're at full. liberty
between sessions of court, with fret
access to the newspapers the Adver.
tiser refrained from any comment up
on Naone's bearing and demeanor
Many times 1t was noticed by onlook
ers that Naone, when critical evidenc,
was being given or strong remarks
were being uttered about himself
would make visible efforts to proven
the betrayal of any expression tina
might indicate "a rational appreciation
of his position. In this he succeeded
well so far as controlling his facia
muscles and eyelids went, but Ger
tain bracing of the body to keep i'm
movable and hard gulping action o
the throat showed an intense realiza
ton of everything. Some who ha,
harbored an idea that he must hav
been insane when his terrible deed wa
committed changed their minds from
observing how perfectly self-containe,
he kept himself through the awful lif
or death ordeal in the courtroom.
KAPPA IN COURT.
Henry Kapea, indicted last yea
after he had fled the Territory for EN-
bezzling a bond of Waialua Agricul
tural Co. valued at $500 from the Ha
waiian Trust Co. and brought bacl
from London under extradition pro
ceedings. was produced in court be
fore Judge De Bolt for arraignmen
yesterday morning. AT his request h
was allowed to reserve his plea unit
Wednesday morning so that he nigh