The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-21

turning away.
wagon, the hardened police officers
Alarm Is Given.
Acting Chief of Detectives Kellett
was sitting in the police court room
when he was notified that there had
been a shooting in Kalihi Valley and
that woman was dying. He took De-
tective Hebron and raced downstairs
to his auto. He was told that it was n
Portuguese row and asked Manuel OLE
son, who the day before had been com
PEELED to give up his star by the sheriff
for disorderly conduct, to help him out,
as he now had no Portuguese interpre.
ter. 0leson joined him and did rapid,
excellent work at the scene of the
tragedy.
A half-mile up the valley road the po-
lice auto became stuck in the mud and
the officers jumped out aud waded
through it to the house. They ran past
the figure of the man where he suuatted
on the lawn to where the nother of
Mrs. Mascato was wailing beside the
body. Two cushions mad been put un.
der the head. The stricken woman
mumbled cry for water and Kellett
ran to get it for her She drank it. n
blanket was hastily knotted and she
was lifted into it.
Then Kellett turned and saw Mas,
coto. The officer was half-crying. He
went over to the figure where it sat on
the grass and kicked it.
"Get mp. You brute, he ordered
The figure rose, sit down again,
snapped the officer. in the prelude OF
that unmerciful sweating that comes
when the heavy hand of the authority
of the law is laid upon the shoulder OF
such a criminal as Mascoto and wiring.
confession from him.
Is Stricken Dumb.
Mascoto turned his face to Kellett
the officer closed his lips over an oath
| dumb with horror.
The woman was picked up tenderly
! by two of the officers in the improvised
stretcher while another assisted hel
! husband to his feet and steadied him
as he walked to the gate. When they
got out of the road they saw Deputy
Sheriff Rose and Captain Baker hurry
ing up with several TRUSTEES and tn,
burden was transferred to fresh shout
ders. The patrol likewise had become
stalled in the mud below and the walk
to il was one of over half a mile.
| Mrs. Mascoto's body was borne Il
the operating table at the Queen 4
Hospital but the doctors shook theil
heads at the fret glance at her. Hei
wound was dressed and she was put
to bed, but died at half-past eleven
two hours and half after being shot
piece of the skull had been blown
off the right parietal space, exposing
the brain in an area of five by tire,
inches.
Mascoto stepped out of the patro
assisted only by Baker, who had TIED
a handkerchief so that il fell over hi
face TO hide its horrible mutilatior
from the sight of the other patients
As they approached the steps the muir
derer raised his hand, lifted the hand
erchief and picked out a way for him
self with his one good eve until tn,
police captain ordered him sharply Il
cover himself again.
Domestic History.
Relatives ~ the dead woman an,
residents in Kalihi-uka hold no goo,
opinion OF the murderer. Sisters o
Mrs. Mascoto Yesterday stated that th
husband had frequently threatened he
and the police have records OF his ar
rest for thar ofense They speak wit
contempt Of his inability 20 saw
money, stating that he held positio
al two dollars and a half day an
continually had 10 borrow money froI
bis wife aud her family 10 get shaved
They had been serHrated Cor som
time dudng which Mrf Massoio slep