Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-29
SIGVS0F Fight
BEFORE Soldier
HAD THROAT CUT
Deep Burrows in Hillside Above
Bedy of Murdered Negro;
Five Bullet Wounds
Especial Star Bulletin cOrrespondencel

SCHOFIEED BARRACKS, Jan. %
"A brutal murder was discovered yes
terday afternoon when two soldiers
from Schoheid Barracks walking in the
,Waianae range discovered the body OF
PVT Jessie EctoT. Company RI. 25th
Infantry, his throat cut wide open and
three bullet holes in his left side.
Ector has been absent from his
company since Wednesday, and was
carried absent without leave until his
body was discovered
Lance Corporal Benjamin Turner
and Pvt J.. A. Woods. both of the End
Recruit Company tcolored), were the
men who first discovered the tragedy.
They took a stroll 10 the top of Kole
Kole Pass, and overlook two men from
the 4th Cavalry band at the summit.
Cpl John Papish and Pvt John j.
Gordon The two men from the re-
cruit company started down the path
toward Waianae. and had hardly gone
200 yards when they called to Papish
and Gordon, who had remained at the
top Of the pass. The four men peered
over a 15-foot embankment and be-
held colored soldier lying on his
right side with his throat cut and
three bullet holes in his left side.
They hurried to Schofield Barracks,
and at $3.50 p. m. reported what they
had found at the post hospital
Found Road Washed Out.
First Lieut.. II. H. Duenner. Medical
Corps. with detachment from the
hospital hurried out In a motor am
bulance The road to the pass has
been washed out so badly by the re-
cent rains that II was necessary to
walk the last mile to the top OF the
pass. Hardly had the detachment ar.
rived on the scene when a mounted
messenger arrived from the post con-
mander with instructions not TO dis
turb the body IL found off the military
reservation.
The body was 200 yards beyond the
reservation line which runs along the
summit of the pass, so ii was left
where 1t was found and there re-
NAMED until / o'clock this morning,
when II was brought to the post. Later
examination revealed five bulles holes
In the body. two being in one OF the
arms. A .32 caliber revolver bullet
was found imbedded in one of the arm
wounds.
Hat Found High on Slope.
No weapons nor empty cartridge
shells could be found I'm the neighbor-
hood OF the body. His name was de-
termined from his Identification tag.
which was on key chain attached to
his belt. No examination was made
as to the contents Of his pockets.
There were evidences OF flight down
the slope from the summit of the
pass. The slope is steep and anyone
trying to make time would cut deem
burrows in the ground where II is not
covered with grass. Near some of
these burrows aud about rs yards from
the body his campaign hat was found.
The top was crushed in, and the hat
band and hat cord torn off.
The top OF the bank over which he
apparently fell might have been his
last stand, where he WIS finally shot
or had his throat cut. The three shots
IN his side looked as il they had been
made by some one firing from the
bank above him into his PROSTATE
body. A bruise and cut over his right
eye gave evidence of his probably hay.
Ing been in a scuffle of some kind.
= Nv NCCp SASH III HlS tuTOdI was MADE
by some dull cutting instrument. He
had been dead "a hours or more. No
clue that might lead to the murderer
has yet been discovered.
Home Was In Texas.
Ector comes from Marshall, Texas.
and enlisted at Jefferson Barracks.
Missouri, November 3, 1913. He was
not quite 81 years of age. 1t was said
around his company, that Ector made
fairly good soldier and that he was
not OF q Quarrelsome or disagreeahle
nature; but that he was an inreterate
gambler and took every opportunity
70 get into some game. He had been
absent without leave before. so that
there was no suspicion of his death un.
az news was brought to the post YES
terday afternoon.
Today the first sergeant of his com.
peny Is out with a detachment seek
ing additional evidence in the hiIls.
The general opinion is that the crime
was not committed by fellow soldier
For the civil authorities, Deputy