The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-24
DEATH SENTENCE
FOR KANAGAWA
Murderer of Japanese Woman
Must Die by the Moose of
the Hangman.
PRISONER DID NOT FINCH
Secret of Why He Killed Reyo
Will Probably Die
With Him.

Kanagawa must hang by the neck
until he is dead. Such is the sen,
tence pronounced yesterday afternoon
by Judge Pc Holt upon the Japanese
who ruthlessly cut the throat of the
pretty little Japanese woman, Reyo,
who worked for Judge Lindsay at his
Manoa Valley residence.
1t is the world-old law of an eye
for an eye, tooth for a tooth-even
life for life. Reyo met her death
by the murderous knife Of Kanagawa;
Kanagawa must meet his by the hang
mans moose. He has taken life; hc
must pay for it with his own.
And yet-Kanagawa looked little
like murderer as he stood before the
judge yesterday and heard the death
sentence pronounced upon him. He is
particularly Notwithstanding Jap
anese, very diminutive of stature, with
an open, pleasant face and ready
smile-a smile that showed signs Of
breaking out even few minutes after
he had listened to the terrible words
that informed him that his days on
earth are numbered and that he must
die the disgraceful death of the muir
derer.
Kanagawa's Secret.
What moved Kanagawa to his awful
deed only he himself knows. Ever
since his arrest his lips have been
closed so far as any discussion of his
crime is concerned. The woman he
killed was young, pretty and appar.
emily incffensive. Probably the secret
of what may have been in the eyes Of
the murderer crime on the part OF
the woman will die with the man. 1t
may be that he was justified in his
own eyes when he took the life Of
Reyo.
The prisoners counsel during the
trial argued that Kanagawa was in
sane. The jury decided he was not
The Sentence of Death.
Kanagawa is to die. He sat with
bowed head, his neck bandaged to hide
and protect the terrible wounds he in
fiicted upon himself, with suicidal in
tent, after he had killed the woman
and heard the knocking at the door
that pronounced his discovery and
doom. When the Judge entered the
courtroom, he rose, like the others, in
honor of the law represented in the
person of the judge and which he out,
ragged when he cut the throat of Reyo.
Later, when his name was called, he
again arose and stood, mutely and with
bowed head, before the representative
of law, order and authority. When he
was asked if he had anything to say
why sentence of death should not be
pronounced upon him, he replied in the
negative, in a low voice.
And then Judge De Bolt, solemnly
and with evident reluctance, told him
that he had been indicted and duly
tried and found guilty, and that the
laws of the Territory prescribe that he
who is found guilty of murder in the
first degree shall die.
At this iuneture, Attorney Larnach,
who defended the prisoner and made
"A good fight to save him, interposed
formal motion for n new trial. The
judge read it and promptly denied it,
Then, turning once more to Kanagawa,
he said:
"The judgment and sentence of the
court is that you, Kanagawa, suffer
the punishment of death by being
hanged by the neck until you are
dead.'
Kanagawa did not finch. Not
muscle of his face twitched. He re.
sumed his seat as calmly as if he had
just received an invitation to dinner.
els there any more business to come
before the court9'' inquired the judge
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