The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-09-15
COLD 4LQ0DED
MURDER DONE.
Highwaymen Commit Bold Deed
For Small Gain On \
Big Island

Hawaii Herald: John !Tiada, span
lard, was shot dead BY highwayman,
and Manuel Ofiveira was wounded
four times, on "Wednesday evening at
seven o'clock on the government road
at Kappakuea, Pepcekeo. The muir.
derer was accompanied by two other
men and athc crime was deliberate
and evidently, well planned one.
The object of the holdup was TO OBJ
tain the money that Tiada and Olivelra
had collected from various creditors in
the plantation camps. Olivcira and
Tiada worked FOR A. II. Martins, a
stone mason and owner of cattle Mt
HonoInu. A. Filipino has been arrest
Cd on suspicion, and the police have
every reason In the world to believe
that he Is the man who killed Tiada
and wounded Oliveira.
.l' Brutal crime I, y.
The crime was most brutal one,
and the murder was Absolutely a
cnld blooded one The holdup mon
simply ran from a field of young cane
and one Of them gfasped the lines OF
the horse that 0liSeira was driving
In his brake. The other two men
made for the brake, but as Oiiveirat
started his horse going 1T It's TOT
speed, the men did not manage to
get q hold on the ivehicIea The man
who had grasped the feins, however,
had revolver in his hand and be,
as the horse was whipped up, fredNh
shot, point blank ut Tiada. The hui.
let struck the unfortunate man over
the right eye, and went through his
brain, emerging on the other side iof
Ms head Without d gfpan even, the
Toll Forward, dead. Oliyelra
slipped his arm around the man and
prevented him from falling to the
ground. 9N ,,t..5
Wopnded Four Times sei
As OliFeira drove on, the Filipino
fred four more shots and each bullet
struck Oliveifa in the lower part Of
the body. One bullet hit the young
man In the right knee; another pene.
trated his groin on the right side and
two Others struck him on the lift.
thigh. Oliyeiras injuries are serl.
ons, especially the wound In the.
groin. but the physicians state that the
man viii pull through. b, III.
The holdup appears TO have been
planned in advance. Tiada and Oil q
iveira had driven around the different
camps ollecting money due Martins,
ana the last was the one that Is To-
Gated r,akai o. the government road
ItJwas after they left the leaniR, and
shoHtly after they reached the gov
sEAAsgf seaS lhst tAs kelaeP ana and
The collectors noticed some Filipinos
leaving the last camp that was visited,
hut no attention was paid to them.
The Filipinos must have cut across a
cane field and then waited on the gov
eminent road till their prospective
victims arrived.
Filipinos Arrested
(, As soon as Oliyeira reached Homo,
mu with his dcad friend, the alarm
was sent out to the police. The Of.
feers at once got busy and Deputy
Sheriff Martin, who happened 70 be
on his way. to Hakalani-tD investigate
another crime, was stopped on the
road and informed OF the murder. He
at once started ont and visited the
Filipino camps. Atsmidnight, In the
makai camp, . Filipino was caught
making shis way to his room. In
mans possession WIS revolver and
thirty cartridges The revolver was
examined and il showed signs of hay-,
ing been recently fred. A smell Of
powder still chung to the gun, say the
police. Later on two other Filipinos