Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-10
l6-YEAR-OLD Lad
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1OBE IRIEDf0R
MURDER OF BOYS
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That is intention Now of Police;
Decision is Strengthened
BY Inquest !,

From evidence taken at the eoronef's
inquest this morning on the murder In
Makiki valley Mesday morning Of the
/ two little Hawaiian boys. George and
Kama kanoa, the police beiieve more
than ever that ts-yearold keawi ke-
aWekane, who has been arrested, is
the guilty party.
The jury brought IN verdict that
the boys came 10 their death BY axes
held IN the hands Of persons unknown
to the jury.
Deputy Aseh, who presided, announe.
ed immediately following the verdict
that keaWekane would certainly be
held for trial. E*2=-
The testimony Of two Witnesses, es-
pecially that OF the boys mother, who
seemed TO be hiding something in an
effort 10 shield him and Of George
Kopia Of the Makih pumping station,
who was the first TO notify the police,
tended to incriminate the boy, in the
opinion Of police officials who follow
ed the hearing. "
Mrs. Keawekane told the same story
that has been published-thath her boy
was with her all Monday morning
But later. under sharp questioning
from the deputy, she admitted this
was not the case, directly contradict
ing herself on this point and on sew
eral others which were brought up.
When she had finally admitted her
son had LEFT her for awhile that morn
ing she hastily added. But he was
not gone long enough to kill the Ka-
noa boys. although no ono had charg-
ed this. = -, ~. &
Throughout her testimony the moth.
er had an anxious but determined look.
At one time she said her son changed
his clothes early IN the morning and
was picking berries with her on the
hill until after the murder: at another.
she admitted It was later In the morn.
ing that he made the change. g.
Kopia said Keawekane had an espe.
for brutality and tfieyery. He testi-
fled that he had seen Keawekane beat
the two Kanoa boys severely at one
time, and had seen him strike anoth-
er boy on the mead with club at
another He declared that the young
prisoner was continually stealing bicy-
cles or something Of value
Police Surgeon r. G. Aver was the
first witness ai the. inquest, which be-.
gan at 1890 and continued until 1850
The doctor brieflyild described the ma
ture Of the wounds which brought
death to the boys, The small boY.
Kama. had three sIashes on his head,
ana the oder George. had two, ne
said.
Captain AfcDuffie of the detectives:
told or how ne found the bodies and
OF the search made In the surround.
Ing hills for guilty parties, He ex-1
hfbited the two axes and showed how
they lay IN respect to the bodies.
The mother Of the dead boys Mrs.
] anoa. geye The chief story Of the
whole affair and excepting minor de-
tails 1t bore ont the compiled story set
forth In the StarBulletin Tuesday.
An effort is still being made to dis
cover the ownership Of the two axes.
McDuffies Is concentrating all his
efforts on this today. ~
: The police do not know when Ke-
aWeIxane will be arraigned. They say
there is considerable to be done be
fore then. - 80
The defendant first said he was JIG
years old, later told McDuffie he was
IL, and the police believe he Is still
older than that He had been living
downtown for sometime at night, prior
to the day OF the tragedy.
Evidence at the inquest brought
out the fact that the shanty In which
the Kanoa family was living belonged
to the prisoners brother. John KeaWe-i
kane, but there was no testimony OF
trouble or hard feeling between the
Kanoa and Keawekane family or any |
other family IN that eighborhood
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