The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-03-26
superintendent of Public .Instruc-
iioa knocks Out Loves ii;
Glazed Japanese
ULLETS FROM MANAGES II
PISTOL Barrel r.sPED BY
Each Time Shilge Fired, Sergeant
bakel!ett Knocked Down His VA
Pistol Hand ~ 4S

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4 TO teaeh the yonng idea to shoos is
part Of Superintendent Henry W. Kin.
ney . job, as heai of the department
Of public instruction, but when he took
: the place he had no thought that 4
might include dCdging bullets, reseuine
maidens in distress, pursued by maniac
tIovers; bottles Of ehloroform, vfals Of
poison. automatic pistols, handouts, and
other stage properties that he learned
yesterday went with the part. ~
Yet SO it was. If Mr.. Kinney had
I. not become superintendent Of public
Instruction, he would still be living in
4 HilO. of ne had not come to homo
lnlh he would have not have brought
4 with him Matsuyo Terada, n Japanese
housemaid. If he had not brought
Matsuyo Terada, She would not have
been followed by s. Shiige, most I'M
\ lpelaene -adDIsiref AsSl- if Shiige had
Y tnot followed, her, there would not have
n been staged a first class mel0lrama
yesterday in the Kinneyas house on
Ninth Avenue, near Kaimuki street.
y An Unwelcome Euitor = RFsa =,
III tISaperintendent Kinney knew all
about the little Japanese housemaid
and her dread of Shii Q, who had perses
euated her with his attentions at Hilo.
J, He Knew the girl did not want TO mar
n ry Shiige. He knew Shiige had threat
4 ened TO kill her unless she did; that
he had given up his position as appren-
tice to a druggist in Hilo and that,
upon his last refusal, he had thrcaten
!, ed to pay his next visit armed with a
bottle of chlorofoTm, vial of poison
and pistol. Then, if Matsuyo would
/. not have him, he purposed to stupefy
her. with ehloroform, force poison down
, her throat while she lay unconscious,
and then commit suicide. 1851 .l, {.
And Shiige was man of his word.
. He did hisIbes yesterday 70 put his
threats into effect and it Is no fault
1 Of his that he and little Matsuyo are
not both dead today. nv =
When Superintendent Kinney. went to
his Office yesterday, his wife left the
house soon after him, in the care of
Matsuyo. slAbont noon, the Office tele.
phone tangled. 1t was Matsuyo ON the
J wire. In agitated, broken speech she
q told him that she was locked in the
! house and that Shiige was raging in the
= yard outside. AT any moment she OK
pected him to break in.
e Police Summoned ...
: Superintendent Kinney called up pc.
\ lice Headquarters, set forth the emcrg-
lency briefly, and in a moment a police
Q automobile was whirlin him to his
a home, Sergeant John Kellett, Of the
detective bureau, at his side. go. o.
Fate is the best of stage managers
She had given the cue not second too
soon, not a second too late. Just as the
automobile, drew up at the curb, out
Z from the house burst MatsuyO, half
clad and wholly distraught, Shiige Mt
her heels, pumping lead at her with
. ] very bad aim from an automatic piet0l.
I Just as she had feared, Shiige, when
> The would not LET him in, had broken
window pane, slipped the catch and
forced an entrance. She could take her
4 choice, he told hcr-marry him or die.
Sincerity was in his voice and life was
sweet to the little Japanese house.
maid. She temporized.
Ruse Gained Time
1t was not fitting that she should be
married in her working clothes. Even
20 impetutous suitor as Shiige would
give his bride time to dress for her
wedding. And so deep in the instinct
IT If the proprieties in the heart of man
D, that a loye-crazed mailman listened to
,e her. Matsuyo was able to make hast g
\ 30 slowly that she cave the autOmO'
;" lille time to reach the house. .. F..
o Shige had not heard it, and would
VI have attached no significance to it If
be had, but Matsuyo was all ears. As
'e soon as the sound of the motor reached
s. her, she diverted Shhge'S attention
. long enough to get her hand on the
4 doorknob and dashed outdoors.
'e 1t could have been matter of in
q gtants only before he had caught heI
p 4 and shot her down when John Kelleti
u leaped from the cara Before the In
Q ruriated Japanese could fire again, he
Id wrapped his arms around Shiige s body
u Ginning HIS hands to his side, r-s.a
W Kinney's Marrow Escape
g. But Shiige could still wiggle hi
wrists aud crook his tri ger finger, am
the magazine of the automatic was no
vet exhausted. Each time he crooke'
his finger the pistol barked, but Kellet
Z was quicker still and knocked down hi
e. wrist, DETECTING the pistol Two bul
lets struck the ground at Superintend
n. ent Kinney's feet, as he was. stpopin!
n. to pick up a rock, Shiige was franti
it with love and hate, ready to shoot any
us thing that stood between him and hi
H. desire. n.4' ~. " - e. so i.
a. At last a rock was found and sen
ID. srashing against Shiige 3 head, Tn
he Japanese fell limp in Kellettis arms
knocked out cold, end when he opene,
- his ewes nc the END Of three minutes
=, the handcuffs were on his wrists. u
the shrubbery nearby was found n hasl
l., Of choloroform. Seemingly the vial o
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