The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-05
LOCKS MAN IN, FIRES
ON HIM At WINDOW
Deliberate Attempt at Murder in
Manoa Valley Fails from
Poor Shooting.
(From Saturday IS Advertiger.) }

A deliberate attempt to commit mur.
der shortly after midnight yesterday
morning miscarried, and the Japanese
lad whose life was sought is, apparently,
in quandary to know who might be
his deadly enemy, Nnmura, the driver
for Miss Davison's dairy in the Manoa
Valley, was the victim of tho murder.
Gus intent, and he only escaped as a
result of poor craftsmanship end a pre-.
vious misfortune which caused him to
occupy different room in the quarters
occupied by the men who run the dairy.
About six weeks ago prisoner who
escaped from gang that was working
out in the valley entered his room and
got away with his clothes and what
money he had in the pockets. This oc.
currence induced him to share the ad-
joining room with Wakisaka, another
Japanese employed on the Dawson
place.
Fired Through Glass.
Shortly after midnight yesterday
morning a shot was fired through the
window of the room Namura formerly
occupied, and the noise of the discharge
and the falling glass awoke the two
next
room. The light was burning low in
the room they were occupying and
when they opened the door and entered
Namura IS old room the midnight marau-
der fired on them through the hole in
the window. The two frightened Japs
then rushed for the door which led ont
INTO the open, and were dismayed to
find that exit barred on the outside.
The mysterious assailant continued fir.
ing through the hole in the window, and
four thirty-two- -caliber bullets whizzed
past, through the outer wall of the
house, and lodged in the side of the
building which stood close alongside of
the one the Japs were occupying.
John Smith to Rescue.
John Smith, part Portuguese boy
who had only recently been EMPLOYED
in the dairy, was aroused from his slum.
bers and hastened from his room in the
same building to releases the impris.
oned human targets. When thew cot
out the villain ceased firing and had
disappeared when the three EMPLOYEES
of the dairy ventured around to the
rear to investigate.
Ihe would-be assassin had first rested
stout stick across the doorway to
what he supposed was Namura Is room
and secured the knob of the door to
this crossbar with stout rope and wire
so that the door could not be opened
from the inside. Then he found a lad
der and placed it under the window
which was high above his head. Be.
lieving that Ramura was sleeping un.
der this window ON the bed inside, he
climbed up the ladder and fred shot
through the pane of glass to wake Ma.
mura up, evidently thinking that his
victim would rush for the door and he
would be able TO kill him while he was
trying 10 get out. His plan worked
well enough, even though Namura hap.
pened to be in the next room, and he
might have made il double murder
with Wakisaka there too, but he was
such poor shot that all his bullets
went Wild
Heighbors Heard RhotA.
An the neighbors within two hun.
dred yards heard the shots, bat the
wind WAS blowing hard, there wore q
good many hangIngs 10 listen 10 and
they got 1ired ef paying attention to
aaunds
This lapuaese on tha Dawson place
dia not arouse AHy oEa ana nothing
Was n0Wu ~ ne attempted murder
until along ID tho mefnipg when me
shooting aal 4alaed about
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hHlipi lodged III tho frame ~ ~ aest
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aitsF fhaiH Nfni through. lhf bfalea
NindaN ana feafahal lalf N ~ aal
lsif ila ladael ffsina aaael laf ap
qaa aaa lhe sl'ss, Iepl saa NH iaHs