Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-16
REIGN OF TERROR
BROUGHT TO END
BY PISTOL SHOT
D. Nakashima, After Hounding
and Abusing Woman Who
Posed as His Wife, Mounds
Her Twice, Takes Own Life
POLICE HAD EXPECTED
Tragedy FOR MONTHS
Many Relief Homes in City Had
Turned Woman Away, Fear
i1l Desperate Man Would
Pursue and Attempt Violence

ing Desperate Man Would
Pursue and Attempt Violence
After months Of bounding sand
3 brutal abuse months during which
he took all a woman,s wages, beat her
cruelty. kidnapped her once, and re-
peatedly threatened TO take her life.
ID. Nakashima, Japanese, this morn.
ing brought the sortiid tragedy Of his
life 70 a climax by shooting her twice,
infiicting merely trivial wounds, and
then turning the revolver upon him
self and with one well directed shot
taking his own life.
Nakashimass suicide was surprise
bat his attempt to murder Full, the
little woman who posed as his wife,
mother Of a four-year-old child, had
been expected for many weeks, even
by the police, and Judge ]. NJ Mon
sarrat had even agreed TO put the
man In prison because he gave ere.
dence to the stories that Fujiis life
was in danger as long as Nakashima
was at large.
The woman has been employed as
a servant at the home Of G. r. Loomis,
Beachwalk.
Early this morning shots were
heard In Nakashimass house on the
corner Df AIapai and Beretania
streets, and when Chief of Detectives
scene thev found the shs warnan - = Fs,si ..i
bleeding nrosnseiv fram ) do,h,s
wound IN her rheel. rhars hrIlst
hadlv aimed hsd sntareS al. snS Z ~. ,-' ~
,Sav ont Nsfashtsra lev deaS ne
had Turned fhe reVolver wit6 wh,ch
he shof The women s,non btusalf
Fnii wne also woundad n fhe Ieff
hand.
1.adas Naka.,,i;,,s s,...s 49, =,
Il, n, ,,s .'. i..e..
Al Wonses.af snS $500. ,.s J : ~. ~
.he-s. ~ s.ss',s, ~ sas tt.ss : 9. - {
{ fef,'e,s IN csr1s,',,sr ~ rs,a -.
the time AZ h,s .,rst arrest ~ Ane,,ss ,,
IL. when he had hsen arrestad =. FOR FOR
inyadIne ne premlses az Z, = i -, oo,,,s ~,
At tl1e lima when the woman ioaead lr.sI....lI
the COMPLAINT she tald tha cnurt tbaf
she feared for her life n NsEashiTos
should he left AZ lilerfv and for this
reason the ,,all wae 1eaa high
Al the lime az his arresf On tha
charge nreferred nv ,oomis for whom
the woman worked the court snsnand.
ed the case in view of the nromieaa
made bv Nakashima thaf he wonld
mend his hahavso, in Che f,,tnra
TaIked of DIvoree psner,.
Later On the nretef,ca that ba want.
ed 10 allow her To sign articles lead.
ing 10 their divorce. he sent his nncla
to I,oomis and Dersnaded him y, allow
the girl Ia come "a his honse. once
fhere he threatened her with -.
yolver and forced her to accomnanv
hin, onfa trim Is EVA and Wahiawa
Finally On the nretense thaI sha
wanted ~ corna ~ ;own =, Get some
roonev aia gndnced NaLashima to a..
romnanv her ~ the Y Az q a while
Ia waited across the street Mr. loom.
.,e - whom tbe girl told her sfory
telanhoned fo Cantaln az Detect,yes
McDuffie. who sent detectives to ar.
rest the mar, where he stood
Aftnr tha arrest the wnman wanted
~ have Nakashima kent IN iail M to |
the time of the trial. hut ali that Judge
aTonsarrat coul6 do was To Ar The hail
!, the ,,npsnaI figure Of $1,000
This morning. IA fear for her life.
the threats 81 Nakashima forced the |
woman 10 come TO his home al Aiapai
and Beretania streets. where the |
shootine occurred almost Immediately. |
she was taken to Queens hospital |
,pbara tI,e statement a made that she
!. - -. .s...,.z,,s $500, f,.,,,, shSx.R, i
and loss Of blood. She will be able
- leave the hospital In few days.
Eni; fold the nolice this morning