The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-20
kAMAKA FACES THE
COURT FOR MURDER
Once Taught Sunday School, in
the Jail Where He Is Now
Awaiting Trial.

Makaio kamaka, facing two charges
of murder IN the first degree vester-
day appeared before Judge Andrade in
the district court for preliminary hear
ing, beng represented by Attorney ".
l. Rawllns. The case went over until
this morning.
RaWilns' connection with the case is
the latest in series of condolences
which have connected his name with
the prisoners for four or five wears.
Their first acquaintance was when ne
was deputy attorney general under
Governor Carter's administration at
which time he prosecuted the man for
manslaughter on Hawaii.
kamaka had killed an invalid by hit
ting him on the head with a brass
bound Bible. The man is a religious
fanatic, processing Christian Science,
but excepting in that case has never
been III trouble until he shot and killed
his wife S paramour and his wife Sat
urday night
. After being sentenced to two wears
IN prison Kamaka was brought with
fourteen other prisoners, to Oahu bv
Rawlins and one police officer. On the
voyage up, riot broke out among the
prisoners and Kamaka held out his
hands saying that if he (Rawlins)
would take off the handouts he would
help quell the fighting. Rawins took
the key from the police officer and did
SO and kamaka kept his word.
After the fighting had been stopped
kamaka again held out his hands for
the bracelets but Rawlrs refused to
put them on. In return for this service
Governor Carter granted Kamaka his
civil rights after he had been released
from jail.
During the time he served he was
made trusty IN the county police of
fees. At the same time Rawlins be-
came deputy sheriff and the two again
came together, Kamaka taking care Of
the Office Of the man who had sent him
to prison.
Kamaka knows the Bible probably
better than any other man in the Is
lands if reports of him be true. He
can place any biblical quotation and
can match it with quotations from other
books. During his career as a trusty
he conducted Sunday school in the
city Jail.
When he was finally released he went
to Kailua where he was a fisherman
at the time when his Jealous passion
caused him to commit the double muir
der Saturday night. He was a hard
worker, unusually so for Hawaiian,
and at one time was working on the
rice plantation at Kailua with China
men for thirty five cents a day pick
ing rice.
The coincidence that seemed to con-
meet Rawlins with Kamaka s fate con-
tinued up to the last. 4 few days be-
fore the tragedy occurred Kamaka s
sister came to Rawlins bringing Ka-
maka s wife whom she introduced to
the attorney. who had befriended the
husband
She explained that Kamaka wanted
to homestead some land at Kailua as
the return of his civil rights permitted
him to do, ana asked Rawlins to pre-
pare the papers for him. Rawlins ad-
vised her to tell her brother to fish
Saturday and then come to town with
The catch. calling on him at the same
time to see about the papers
Kamaka in consequence spent the
day before the shooting on Kaneohe
Bay, but luck was against him and he
caught none. Had luck waited upon
his efforts in the afternoon. he would
not, few hours later. have become a
murderer. but would have been in the
city LAYING the foundation for his fu-
ture prosperity and his wife's crime
would have remained unknown to him.
In the same way and probably on the
same day that the attorney who VIII
defend the case saw the wife, the Judge
that will first pass upon the case saw
Axe. Several days after this the Judge
and the attorney come together to pass
upon the guilt Of the man who killed
the man and the woman.
Judge Andrade was on a trip TO the
Kailua district as member Of the land
board and while crossing the bridge be-
low the rice mill, he noticed AXE
leaning against the rail and spoke to
him.
Kamaka 5 first idea upon arriving in
the city after the shooting was to hunt
mp Rawlins. but as he did not know
where his house was he gave himself mp
to the police, communicating with his.
old friend at the earliest opportunity