Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-17

| homes Of those who had been hit by
| the flying shot there was a scene OF
terrible confusion.
Most OF the residents of the val:ry
are Portuguese or Hawaiian. All
knew the teacher. her husband, and
every child Of the thirty-three that at
tends the school is known throughout
the valley. When he children scatter
ed with their story that johanna Mas
cCto," as she is known, had been snot
and killed by her husband, dozens of
men and women began running up the
road to the school house
First of all. say the children, was
! the mother of the woman who Nad
been shot. She found her daughter
lying on the grass, almost unrecogniz-
! able from the effects Of the leaden
hail. The mother even in her horicr,
did not forget a mothers care She
ran into the little house and brought
two pillows, and when the police arriv-
, Ell. the torn head of the teacher vas
re- ting on the pillows and the mothe'
meaning and hysterical, was trying to
aie the sufferer. The man was some
, twenty feet away. A hasty eXamina-
. ton convinced the police that the
/ chances Of life for both of them were
! very slim.
| Then the police and some men and
women who were not unnerved enough
to prevent giving assistance, carried
Fernandez and his wife to the police
ambulance and they were taken to
Queens hospital. Also, the police
sought out the injured children and
took them down town for medical
treatment also.
Valley in Hystera.
As the two police machines, carrying
the injured people and mothers or SIS,
1 ters, went down the long road that
leads from the valley, the houses were
smptied of people. The Portuguese.
and HaWaiians were all in their yards
and many of them were screaming OF
crying aloud. The story Of the tragedy
. had spread like magic. and the whole
valley was in a state of nervous excite
ment and hysteria.
-" The story of the shooting, with its
setting CT the school yard and it's at
tendant features Of the injury Of seven
Of the pupils, is one Of the most re-
tmarkable in the police annals of Ho-1
ioluiu.
Insane jealousy is given as the cause
af&the shooting Fernandez has often
quarreled with his wife, and the neigh
boEs say he accused her of unfaithful-
ness. She Indignantly denied the
charge. Gossip added to the story.
The Aeighbors also say that johanna
was a good woman" and the children
this morning said that they liked her,
that Fernandez vase bad to her" and
(. that she was good and kind. -. j.
| She has been in the school depart
ment for thirteen years and this morn
ing School Inspector Gibson, who hur-
ried to the, seenef of the tragedy .bsaid
that she was a good teacher and had
fdone efficient work She had taught
: in, the department. both before and al
tier marriage. The couple have three
children, Mabel, about seven, Mary,
about six, and little boy, George,
Fabout two. ..'.
STORY of ,olarrels.
i according to the story told by neigh
jhOrs, after repeated quarrels Fernan-
dez and his wife separated some eight
| months ago He saw her frequently
IStlCISd1pClg IOt mt SOhItAhOu W 4ANO
| the little four-roemed house forty feet
from the school building. She teacher
went to live with her mother, a quar-
ter of a mile away, taking the children
with. her. s:.>: *ss..~., y:
The house; however, continued to
| be used by both of them to some ex-
tent. Some days ago, last Monday,
according, to one story, and ten days
earlier, according to another story,
Fernandez and. his wife apparently
settled their difficulties, for she camed
| back to live with him. They have
been living together all this week.
Fernandez, who works on the water
front for the Lord-Young Engineering
Company, started out this morning
about $50 o'clock. The teacher call.
| ed the school at nine o'clock as usual,
ringing the bell.
The little school repeated the open
ing morning song, Our Father Who
Art in Heaven" and then there was
short recess. The teacher told some
of the pupils that she had some school
papers to get in her little house, and, i
started across the yard toward it.
Some of the pupils were coming out
of the door but most were still at !
their desks when they heard loud !
voices. 1t was Fernandez, who had
suddenly appeared in the doorway OF
the little house and was Querrling !
with the teacher, who answered him |
with spirit. 1t appears that the quar-
rel started inside the house and that |
the teacher had already secured the |
desired papers from her bedroom and /
was returning to the school when she
stopped to argue with her husband,
who had followed her out and was
standing upon the doorstep. There ;
are two steps, and the man was some !
standing above the woman and some
twelve feet away when the children, !
attracted by the noise, came out Of Tie :
school house and gathered in knot
behind the teacher and about twenty !
feet from her.
Children in Line of Fire
Then came the tragedy. Suddenly |
Fernandez produced the shotgun !
Some of the pupils think he got it
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