Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-14
Carnival OF
crime Staged
At KAUP AkULA
One Filipino Dead and Another
Badly Wounded in ARRAY
on Government Road.

Especial Star Bulletin Correspondence
HILO, Sept f0.-Jchn Tiada, q
Spaniard, was shot and Manuel Oil
veira was wounded four times by a
highwayman Wednesday evening at
o'clock on the government road al
Kaupakula, Pepeekeo. The murderer
was accompanied by two other men
and the crime was evidently a we'll
planned one. The object Of the hold
up probably was to obtain the money
tion camps. Olivefra and Tiada work
from various creditors in the planta,
ton camps. Oleyeira and Tiada work.
ed for A. F. Martins, a stonemason
and cattleman, at Honomu A Fill
Pine has been arrested on suspicion.
The crime was brutal one. The
hold-up men ran from field of young
cane and one of them grasped the
lines Of the horse that Oliveira was
driving. The other two made for the
brake but 0liveira started his horse
going and the men did not manage
to get a hold on the vehicle. The man
who had grasped the reins, however,
had revolver in his hand and as the
horse was whipped up, fired at Tiada.
The bullet struck Tiada over the right
eye, killing him almost instantly.
AS 0liveira drove off four moro
shots were fired and each bullet
struck Oliveira in the lower part OF
the body. -. II.
The holdup appears to have been
planned in advance. Tiada and Oil
veira had driven around the different
camps collecting money due Martins.
Three Filipino camps were visited and
the last was the one that is located
makai of the government road 1t
was after they left this camp and
shortly after they reached the govern
ment road that the holdup and murder
occurred
According to 0liveira the collectors
noticed some F'ilipinos leaving the
last camp that was visited, but no at
tention was paid to them. As soon
as Oliveira reached Honomu with his
dead companion the police were noti-
fed The officers and Deputy Sher-
if Martin at once visited the Filipino
camps. At midnight in the makai
camp a Filipino was caught making
his way to his room. In the mans
possession was a revolver and 30
cartridges. The revolver was exam
ined and showed signs of having been
recently fred. A smell of powder
still chung to the gun, say the police.
The Filipino who was arrested is be-
ing held for investigation.
The sheriff says that there have
been a number of suspicious looking
Flipinos wandering around lately.
People have reported that thew have
been stopped at night by Filipinos
who, when they saw that the travel.
ers were on their guard. asked for
matches or made some other excuse
for the stopping.
Martins, foster father of Oliveira.
was held up on September Z by Fill.
pinos who insisted that the give them
Ae he had none at the time,
and did not show fight, he escaped
without injury. Another man, Jap
anese, says that he was held up
short time before the murder of We'd
nesday and that some Filipinos. who
wore black masks, took small sum
of money from him. i
Captain Da Silva of the Hilo police
also tells of being aecost-
ed by Filipino one night He stop
ped his horse and the Filipino, who
was carrying lantern, raised the
light and uDon seeing whom it was
he was speaking to asked the captain
for match. H.. -