The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-19
JACK THE RIPPER
!. crime AT KOHALA
Sixteen-Ye ar-0ld Hawaiian Girl
Assaulted and Murdered
IT, In Cane Field

HlL0, Hawnii, October 16.-Citizens
# all nationalities throughout the re,
zion Of Kohala, this island, are deeply
stirred by the bestial assault upon and
murder of Harriet Kunane, sixteen
year-old daughter Of Charles X. Ku-
lane, former deputy. sheriff, on Friday
afternoon. $50 1E.H
Her mutilated body was found in a
cane field half way between the Union
church and her home. Her throat was
cut and her hands and one side of the
body bore deep Knife wounds. Her
assailant has not been found. The
crime Is described as one of the most
atrociOus ever committed on the Big
Island and the worst ever known in
Kohala. f ..
Man Hunt Under Way
The people of the community are
aroused and man hunts, under the di.
rection Of County Sheriff Pua, and
with men of ali races joining the
posses, are working daily. A large
number Of Fihpinos have been gath
cred, but the police refuse to say
whether they have obtained a definite
clue. g. 'a.-rs
Harriet Humane had been a day stu,
dent at the girls school at Kohala,
where she was studying dressmaking.
She left the institution shortly after
noon Friday, October 3, for home. Her
moEber had been away from home until
four or Ave o o'clock and she spread
the alarm after she had returned home
and did not meet the girl.
Searched For the Body
The police soon were informed of the
girls disappearance and the telephone
central notified all the company's sub
scribers in the region. Shortly after
nightfall searching parties set out. The
body was found after midnight. The
girl had been carrying some bank
checks home to her mother. These were
found in the government road near the
scene Of the assault, making it very
evident that the murderer did not seek
money.
lshikawa, a Japanese auto driver, has
informed the police that as he was
driving into the plantation at one
o clock that day he saw a Filipino in
black coat standing near the gate.
He stopped, thinking the man wanted
to ride, but received a negative answer
to his, query. At about the same time
ishikawa said he saw Harriet Humane
walking down the road in the direc-
tion of her home. Harriet 5 brother
Joe is said also to have seen a man
answering the same description stand
ing near the gate about one o clock.
Fought For Her Honor
Every feature disclosed thus far
ends color to the theory that the girl
was enticed Or frightened from the
road into the cane field, when the
criminal seized her and perpetrated his
crime. Her windpipe was severed;
hence she mnst have died few mo
ments after that. But the rumpled
hair, the condition of her clothing and
the knotted muscles of her arms and
hands indicated she had struggled
fereely with her assailant, possibly at
tempting to ward OFF with her hands
the blows with the kr'fe. There were
said to be marks on her dress where
the knife apparently had been wiped,
The body was left where it was dis
covered, until daylight Saturday morn
ing, when the coroner = jury, has lily
empaneled, viewed the scene. The
idHtGHl was Htlu inc
at one clock the same day, interment
at the private cemetery on kohals
Plantation, where, a few months ago
the father was laid to rest.
ak of Summary Action
Realization OF this crimes meaning
has brought fear to all parents in thu
district, and there is talk that if tht
criminal be found and his identity
fixed he may meet summary punish
ment.
A feature Of the affair is that one OF
the plantation managers has enlisted
the aid Of the Filipinos in the search
many of whom have expressed eager
nrss to lay hands on the misereant
! he law abiding members of that ract
are feeling the stigma the incident hal
liven them and are anxious to assis
materially in bringing the brute to jus
tee. At latest reports, however, thu
| man has not been found, or If he had
nothing fixing the crime upon him ha'
l,eel discovered.