Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-19
DEPUTY SHERIFF
GIVEN NO BLAME
Special Star Bulletin corr.spOndene.l


three-time murderer met his end anf
there then did not remain a chanc,
Of the slayer being tried, convicted
and then pardoned by the governor
Mike Octobre, the Filipino police Off
! Ger. who was shot down in the pres
ence Of Deputy Sheriff Richard, haC
been avenged more surely than If the
desperate had been arrested and tried
| for the killing. The verdict of tbs
K eoroner's jury to the effect thai
! Deputy Sheriff Richard did his duty
when he killed the outlaw is publicity
I taken as the only one possible in the
case. H.. -. . !. +:
4 Story of Crimes "
Maxine Bondad stabbed and killed
| a countryman of his at Kalopa, three
weeks ago. With the knife in his hand
he grasped the little son of the muir
dered man, and allowing the blood to
drip on the child's upturned face
threatened the boy with instant death
The child begged to be allowed TO live
and the murderer threw him aside
and left the house. 81" -. -.
Early in December in the Kalopa
district there was found the body of
a Japanese cane planter. The dis
coyery was reported to Deputy Sheriff
Richard and he went to inspect the
body before allowing it to be buried.
Something made him place his hand
on the breast of the body and he there
felt hard lump beneath the skin.
Turning TO the physician, who had just
arrived, the deputy remarked that
there was something peculiar about
the body. Some friends of the Japa-
nese then stated that the man had
broken his ribs in wrestling match
some years ago. Richard was not
satisfied with this suggestion that the
lump on the mans breast was caused
by broken rib so he asked the doc
tor to examine the corpse. There
we're no wounds on the front of the
body, but when the doctor opened the
lump on the breast two 3S-caliber re-
volver bullets were found.
The corpse was turned over and
there were found two holes in the
backbone through the shoulder blade
and the other through the body, lower
down. Strange as it may seem, both
bullets, although they entered the I'M
fortunate mans body at different
angles, penetrated the heart and
lodged together in a little bag of skin
above the breast of the victim. 1t Is
the theory of Deputy Richard that the
murderer fired the first shot into the
body of the Japanese as he squatted
eating his midday lunch, and that as
the body fell sideways another bullet
A.. 81
that the two wounds in the back were
so far apart and yet the two bullets
met in the front of the dead mans
body after pentrating the heart Is
considered to be remarkable.
After the discovery of the body OF
the Japanese certain evidence pointed
to Bondad having committed the Sec
ond crime. A nest in canefield was.
discovered and it was thought to be
the Filipino's hiding place. He was
known to have q revolver and he had
been seen in the vicinity of the MUIR
der. He was known to be In need OF
food and the superstition was that he
had murdered the Japanese for the
sake of the boiled rice the man had
with him.
octobre on Hunt
When the second murder was re.
ported to the sheriff's department in
Hilo, Deputy Martin sent Police Off
Ger Mike Octobre on a hunt for the
wanted man. Oetobre was told to stay
out as long as needed and to visit all
the plantation camps in the guise OF a
laborer looking for job.
Octobre was out about 10 days
when he got a clew to the where
abouts of the murderer. The police
officer at once communicated with
Deputy Sheriff Richard of Honokaa
and that officer Immediately started
off to meet the Hilo policeman.
Octobre had secured information to
the effect that the murderer was
camped on the side of hill above
Kalopa and that he was subsisting on
sweet potatoes that grew on a patch
of land there. Through another Fill
pino Octobre also heard the news that
the murderer had sworn that before
he was captured a dozen or more men
would die from his revolver.
Officers Bravery s...
When Deputy Richard met Octobre
the two decided to make their way
up towards the spot that Bondad was
supposed to be hiding in. Before they
left, however, the deputy arranged for
the three remaining officers of his
district to come along and try and be
ready to capture the murderer should
he make a break for liberty. Several
of the National Guardsmen who had
heard the news also got ready to back
up the police and try and surround
the place on the hill where the Fill
Pine was said to be hidden.
Richard and Octobre made their
way up the face of the hill as rapid
" as possible They had to proceed
cautiously as the hillside was covered
with long grass, abounded in holes
and also had acres of short shrubs on
it. As the two officers advanced
they would peer into all possible hid
ing places and Octobre would call
out in Filipino for the murderer to
come out and surrender. There was
no reply to any of the invitations, but |
after about an hour of climbing and |
the two officers heard a |