The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-12-30
Murderer Slashed Woman to
Delth, Then Took Her Child to
Bed with Him to Calm Its Fears
will Be Sentenced to Death
on Tuesday - First Such Sen
tence in Hilo for Some Years.
CNiaiI Special to The Advertiser.

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IilhV' Decehipcr 70 or tht "'st
time in about eight years the death sen
| tcncc viii be pronounced in the Ililo
circuit co,,rt nm Tuesday norning Thc
| lotor,Iant ia a Fiininn named SimnIi.
cio ,IavcI,,no y,bo was found oniIty
last ,,cof an a cbnroo of ,,urdor in The
| first dcgrec. As there is undcr the liza.
waiian statute only one punishment for
this Oifcnsc, namely, that of death,
Judge Parsons has 70 choice, and this
will be the sentence which Will be
| passed today.
The murder was committed in Paauilo
some months ago, and the ease contain
I'd much material OF dramatic interest.
! The prosecution was in the hands of
| Attorney Correa, who was specially en-
gagged by the county attorney 5 depart
ment when Deputy County Attorney
ilecp Was called to Honolulu on account
/ of the sudden illness of his father. Al
though he had only few days in which
to prepare, Correa handled the case
with a display of considerable ability.
Attorney Russell, who appeared for the
defendant, did the best that could pos
sibly be done with "A practically hope.
less case. Realizing the weakness OF
the position of his client, Russell de
cIincd to make any defense whatever
directing his efforts mainly, through the
cross-c&anination, towards an attempt
to get suggested to the minds OF the
jurors some idea along the lines of the
sO.callcd "unwrittcn law.
4 Callous Crime.
Tho cytrcmc utrocitv of tbc murde,
and rho ,ulIousrnss i,srlovnn nv Tin,
r,rrdrrrr nttrr thr kiIrn~ rontributcI
to,yoris the br,no,irg ot rho verdict
which il sn rnr, IN t'is mrislict;on a.
tho i,rnrs kuo,, tb.t +, mans dooth
/, ,,,.,. sl,or,n ,b.t Sir,nIi,;a I,J hoo,
IHyipg with the woman ,ybnm no ,iIIcr
tor nbout ,brcc mortbs ana that sh,
had lett him about five DAYS bctor,
the killing, because he failed to sup
port he. ',hn went to live with friends
IN the Paauilo plantation camp. The
murderer managed, ON the evening OF
the night OF the tragedy, to get init
the room adjoining that where the wo
man slept with her friends, wlthou
their knowing that he was separate,
. from them 10y only partition.
SimpIirio bidcd his time, watching
and waiting, until about two o'clocl
r the following morning, when every
. thing was quiet. Then he sneaEed t
> the window of the room whore the Wa
B. man slept. Her bed was right by IN
. window, and it is believed that h
g strucl, he. couple of blows throug
. the window, before he climbed throug
ii into the room, where he complete
his crime by literally Slicing the untort
innate woman to pieces.
In the mean time the other Filipino
d in the room had been awakened, an
Is they led in panic. The woman flc
r, with them, but fell to the ground on
D. side the house. Weak as she was frol
It loss of blood, she managed to cree
c under the house, where she remained
f. Fondled Her Child.
& Tho uurdoror ,,ort o,,sido and 90
in.I rho "at'on',sv a,,r'. ~ mo woma
no. ,r,, sn,i.g"I ~ gLo ,,,as Joad
" %o s,a,J ,L,r, ;,' tto .ilomt ni,,nt oa
d. t,u,,l,,',,, III, ,r,n,o La,," snr,,,,I,
or ~ H. dn,r ,nw1r5. hin; /, ~,
' thc ,hirt"co'1"ntbs'o al rhiid ~ ,ho AZ
. man md n ,yas' Sol mo its motber
Ilrrc bunuencd an ala Iii of nsyc,
o,,,,,I ,nrltovi,.IIt, FuIed ,yith MI
= tnr tho rLiI5 ,bo nn,rdor,r ,rbos, han
:, .err sin Irpnimg Win me blood
10 the murdered mother, picked up t