Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-12
I RIP TO COAST
A PRICE FOR
silence

I
was designated as the price for 81.
lence upon the part of CelestinQ Ma
nalo, who is one of a quartette OF Eli
ipinos held upon charge of murder
Of a Chinese merchant, Lin All Kan,
End his wife, Lum Sec, at a Kahauiki
store week ago last Wednesday
evening.
Domingo Rodrigues the first 10
come forward with d confession is
alleged by Celestino to have made
this tempting offer to him while both
Filipinos occupied cells at the city
and county Jail following the commits
sion of the crime.
Celestino sent for Chief of Detec-
tives McDuffie this morning, an
nouncing thar he had true and cor
rect statement to make concerning
| the double murder of the Chinese and
| his wife
In the presence of Chief AIcDuffie.
| Prosecuting Attorney Brown, Deputy
| Kellett, Officer Olson and others. Ce-
! lestinO traced the movements of the
| party on that evening, from the time
that he called upon relative at Fort
Shafter mess, until the completion of
the dastardly crime that will go down
| in the annals as the most atrocious
! hutchery ever committed in Homo
zulu.
Say Domingo Butchered Both.
| Upon the name of Domingo Rodri-
CUES is fastened the responsibility of
the double murder, by the now peni-
| tent Celestino. He declared this
/ 80. 81, 49, g. RI
while an inmate of the municipal bas,
tile ne was threatened by Domingo to
| the effect that unless he finally told
& story that would serve to either
i clear or tighten the sentence that
might be imposed upon Domingo, the
Manalo life would be practically val
Ueless WREN Domingo once gained his
| liberty On the other hand, Celestino
was to reap in the questionable re-
ward of being sent to the coast, sup
piled with plenty of money, should
al go well with Domingo in the pres.
ent investigation.
Celestino's story as 1reef.>; old to
Chief McDuffie and Prosecuting At
tOrney Brown recited incidents that
| led up to the meeting of the four Fill
pinos, including Domingo, Hildo, Mi
guel and Celestino. The latter in his
last confession states that Domingo
stabbed both the man as well as the
woman. The affair was talked over
some time before the crime was COM
mitted and later carried out accord
ing TO prearranged program.
] Celestino claims that he was on a
visit to a cousin at Fort Shafter
when he fell in with the three Fill
pinos He was in quest of money,
but the relative failed to make pay
ment, so all departed for the street
railway terminus, where Domingo sug-
gested that they wait awhile Do
mingo then outlined the plan for the
robbery of the store.
The story of the stabbing as told
by Gelestino lays the death of the two.
inmates of the store to the knife and
dagger carried by Domingo These
weapons are alleged to have been the
property of Domingo Celestino says
that it was he who entered The store,
followed a few minutes later by Hill
do, Miguel and lastly Celestino. Do
mingo asked the Chinese for some
apples, the stGrekeeper bending over
the box only to receive a thrust from
a dagger held by Domingo. Miguel
held Lin All Kan bv the. shiulder
and neck while the blow was inflict-
ed. Domingo is then alleged to have
run to the rear room where he was
confronted by the pretty Lum See.
One stab from the Domingo dagger
sent the woman to her knees.
Hildo is saiG to have assisted in this
death by holding the woman while
Domingo sent the knife on its mission
Of DEATH
A call from the front Of the prem
ises sent Domingo to the store, where
he was told by Miguel that the Chi
rain of blows from both dagger and a
large clasp knife, now in the posses
sion of the police Fifteen or more
wounds were inflicted before, in the
opinion of the alleged murderer. the
victim was dead
Domingo is then said to have re-
turned to the work of butchery in the
bed chamber, and the woman was
given a dozen or more blows with the
weapons Domingo is alleged to have
made sure of his work of destruction
by slashing the throat of each victim.
ceIestino Opened Cash Drawer.
Celestino admits that he had a hand
in the opening and rifling of ono of
the cash drawers He turned tho
money over to Dominga. who later is
said TO have handed back a dollar or
so in small change To insure the
party against possible INVASION from
the street. Domingo is declared 10
have closed the front door Celestin0
gave a realistic and greWsOme exhibit
ton, showing the relatf~e positions of
victim and alleged murderer, using Off
Ger Ocampo to represent the deceased
lin All Kan In acting out the series
of movements that served TO snuff out
two lives. Celestino made it quite
plain to the officers just how the ma.
iority of the wounds happened to be
inflicted upon the right side of the |
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