The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-09-05
AGED MAN KILLS
FORMER FRIEND
Manuel Garcia, Brooding Over
Fancied Wrong, Murders His
German Companion.

A mania of hatred engcndcred out 81
months OF jealousy aud lonely living on
the country ranch Of Sheriff William r.
Jarrett, led Manuel Garcia, Spanish,
ifty.tve years of age, to shoot and kill
his fellow.laborcr, Charley an aged
German, yesterday morning. The ira.
gedy occurred on the sheriff s ranch at
Aiea. Garcia fed after the crime, but
was captured and is being held at the
Eva Jail pending today's inquest in
that district. lie will he removed to the
local Jail this afternoon.
Seven months ago the sheriff took a
long lease on the old McGrew place at
Aiea aud placed the Spaniard on it as
carctakcr. lie spoke little English,
however, and did not understand orders
well, that leading to the employment
later of Charloy.' lie is not known,
by his employer or others, by any other
name, and is not believed to have any
relatives. He. was well advanced in
years, but still strong, a willing work.
cr and possessed of good disposition,
IL is said.
Men Had Worked Together.
The two men lived and worked to.
gcther subsequently, and until recently
they appeared to get on well. They
lived alone, quartered in II small house
some distance from the main ranch
house. The first signs of friction be
tween the two men appeared several
weeks ago, and both appeared quer
ulous. The sheriff noticed it and upon
asking the trouble was answered by
each that the other "tall;ed too much.
Finally he decided to send Manuel
away ms II was plain the strain between
the two old men was becoming worse
| The Spaniard should have left during
the past few days, but he was needed
to milk the COWS and perform other du
ties that Charley could not.
Purchased Revolver.
On Monday he asked the sheriff foi
fifteen dollars, saying that he wished
to send ii to his sister, in llilo. II,
sent her ten dollars, according to his
confession to the sheriff later yester
day afternoon, and with the other fiv,
came to town and purchased II revol
yer.
He returned yesterday morning by
train and took a hacl at the station t
drive to the ranch. On the way over
he showed the revolver to the hackman
but did not intimate that he intended t.
use it to such ghastly purpose in 81
short time.
Upon arriving at the ranch he looked
Charley up and commenced an argu
ment with him, in the midst of which
he suddenly drew the weapon and emp
tied its chambers into his companion 4
body. Four bullets took effect and il
fifteen minutes Charley was dead, bu
not before he had told others who hat
done the shooting.
Manuel turned and ran into the can,
field and was still hiding when Deput,
Sheriff Fernandez of Eva and Sheriff
Jarrett arrived on the scene. a poss,
was organized and the officers com
menced to beat the fields in the neigh
borhood without any success, using TIVE
police dogs from the prison, which die
little or nothing.
Confesses After Capture.
Late in the afternoon, however, whei
the thunderstorm was at its worst, Man
mel was seen to run out of the canefeld
crouching along the ground, and taxi
shelter in his old house. Fernandez an,
his men caught glimpse of him an'
surrounded the house quickly. lie sur
rendered without resistance and wa
found armed with the same revolver
which had been reloaded.
He told his story in broken Englisl
to the sheriff, making no denial of hi
guilt and expressing in every haltini
word and emphatic gesture the hate h
felt for the second lonely old man VIII
had usurped first place on the ranch;
hatred which expressed itself as h
stood over the dead body later in vii
epithet.