The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-03
HOW IS TAKEN TOPRlSON TO
 SPEND HIS IIFE

o. ltow. the convicted Japanese murderer was taken south this morn. ing on the steamer Humboldt on his way to McNell Island where he win spend the balance of his life. Itow was to have been hanged on February 18th and the gallows was constructed and ready when an or der from President Wilson granted 60-day reprieye was received. Af- terward the sentence of death was committed to life imprisonment
 The crime of which ltow was con yicted and for which he will spend the rest of his life in the McNelrs Island PenItentiary was committed at Dundas Bay cannery on the even ing of July IA, 1912, when he stabbed Frank Dunn, a white boy through the body from shoulder to groin with a long keen-edged sword At the time of the killing Dunn was on his knees and was being held by two other Japanese, one of whom is now serving 20 years at McNeips Island for assisting in the murder
 Story Of Crime
 The story of the crime as brought out during the trial is as follows: At n or 12 o'clock on the night of July 14th, Albert Nelson, superlntend- ent of the cannery was awakened by someone pounding on his door and shouting that a fight was being staged in the Japanese bunk house. Nelson dressed and rushed from the house, meantime calling for the oth- CT white men about the place to help him. While a few feet from the Jap house, How jumped up on the walk from the beach swinging a long sword and with a revolver in his hand shouted towards the bunk house. You fellows come out here and l will kill you"
 As Nelson approached How fired @ shot towards the bunk house door way and then threw the sword and gun on the walk where Nelson pick cd them up. The sword was GOV cred with blood. Shortly afterwards the body of Dunn was found on the beach in front of the bunk house and close to the water The bullet fired by Itow hit Fernando Costello, cutting close to the heart and near ly killing him.
 Sword Plunged Into Body
 Eye witnesses to the affair testi- fled that they were standing near the door to the bunk house when three Japanese rushed past them with Frank Dunn betwen them. They testified that the Japs jumped from the walk to the ground, a distance of five feet. and that Dunn fell to his knees. They also testified-that while in that position. and with the Japs stll holding him. How drew the long sword and plunged 1t into Dunn's body. Dunn with choaking cry fell to the ground and died. The two Japanese who were holding him fled, but How acted as told above.
 The defense claimed that Dunn was drunk and attacked ltow and Fushlmi. who was charged with as- sisting in the murder by holding Dunn, and that he knocked Itow- from the walk. after the latter had secured @ weapon to defend himself. They claimed that How fell on his back and that Dunn jumped or also fell from the walk and fell on the sword which was in the hands of Itow
 Quick Verdict Reached
 The jury in the case was out just four hours and twelve minutes and returned a verdict of guilty Of first degree murder in the case of ltow and manslaughter in the case of Fushimi
 Attorney John II. Cobb appealed the case to the Supreme Court and that body decided 1t had no juris- diction. The case was later appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals and the findings of the District Court was upheld and the sentence af- firmed
 The verdict was returned on Jan- uary 14th, 1914. exactly six months after the crime had been commit ted. The jury before which the case was tried was composed Of Ed Woods, R. A. G. Galvas. E. c. Car penter, J. II. King. z. M. Bradford, b. G. Trentow, W. G. Powers, c. F. Cheek. A. Roche. W. C. Miller and John r. Spickett.