The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-09
MANDEAD, WOMAN
WOUNDED, TOLL OF
ETERNAL TRIANGLE
Filipino In IaiI, Accused Of Muir
der Of Another and Attempt
,f pB To Kill Third
DRAMATIC TALE TOLD
By INJURED VICTIM
Bloody Tragedy Occurs In Up
town Hotel Man Stabbed
Dies In Hospital

in Honolulu yesterday, and as result
Scriaco Pason lies dead Of stab
wound, in the morgue, while Anna vii.
laeuna, a, comedy Filipino woman, is
being treated for knife slashes on the
arm at the emergency hospital and
Francisco Meleardo is confined at the
police station, charged with first degree
murder. E.
The story of the stabbing and its at.
tendant circumstances is far removed
from the ordinary. It is story Of a
woman who had given her love and
horne child to man who refused to
marry her; Of another man who loved
her and who desired to marry and make
q good woman Of her; and Of the kill
ing of third man who was in the
company of the aggrieved woman
through no fault of his own.
The stabbing took place at the Ma.
Jestie Hotel, on Beretania Street, near
Fort Street, about two o'clock yester-
day afternoon. Francisco Melcardo,
according to stories told by the woman,
.
ing therein Anna Villacuna and Seriaco
Pason, fatally stabbed the latter and
cut the woman severely on the arm.
After the stabbing Francisco walked
along Beretania Street toward Emma
Street where he was apprehended by
Traffic Officer Aea. -.
Dies at Hospital 81. .... +.
With his life's blood gushing out
nj a - IN.
managed to stagger down Fort Street
as far as Hotel Street, where he was
met by the patrol-wagon and taken to
the emergency hospital, expiring about
twenty minutes after admission.
The first apprisaI that the public had
of the tragedy was the spectacle of
hatless Filipino brushing through the
well-populated sidewalks of Fort
Street, crying SDoctor, DOCTOR" and
finally eollapsing from loss of blood
outside the Doris Beauty Parloss, lit.
tie on the mauka side of Hotel Street.
Anna Nillacuna has two children, a
boy Of four years ana n girl of ten
months, Francisco Melcardo being the
, father of the baby. The father. of the
boylis dead in the Philippines. -,Anna,
in the roseate islands Of her home, loved
a man and was married to him and
bore him child. Following his death
she met Meleardo and fell beneath his
spell. He painted alluring wordpic
lures of paradise in the Hawaiian Is
lands, and finally obtained her consent
to accompany him hither. With them
went another Filipino who really loved
her, Cipriano Conahap. 49,. y
Arrived here about three years ago
Anna elected TO accompany, Francisco
to Kauai, where the couple worked on
a plantation for some time. Cipriano
offered to marry the woman but she
refused to listen to his suit and he
came to Honolulu and engaged in the
tailoring business. H.' ,
Francisco soon tired of the hum drum
Of plantation life and, according TO the
woman's story, sought TO make for.
tune quickly by engaging in gambling.
Eventually he moved to Oahu aud took
up residence ut Wahiawa, about six
months ago, Anna following him, fear:
ing that Francisco would kill her if
she left him, '...
Woman Worked Hard % ..
At Wahiawa Francisco is said to have
mpde living by gambling and to. have
attempted to force Anna to follow q
life of prostitution. This she refused
to do, and instead worked at any job
which she could lay her hands to in
order to make an honest living for her
self and her two children. She re-
peatedly asked Francisco to marry her
and make an honest woman of her but
he refused. 49,. E.t' .ag}s
Matters went from bad to worse
and Francisco is said to have repeat
edly attempted to drive Anna and the
children away, sometimes threatening
her with knife so vehemently that
she. sought refuge with neighbors. 4
Unable to stand Francisco's treat.
ment any longer, Anna left Wahiawa
for Honolulu last Monday and on that
night as well as on Tuesday night
slept with her children at the residence
Of woman friend, 49,. - rs@,
Was To Be Married EN'
On Wednesday she CHANGED to meet
Cipriano and after she had explained
how things were with her he asked
her to become his wife. The woman
told Cipriano that she would do so and
the latter told her that she could
spend Wednesday night at his room in
the Majestic Hotel and that they would
be married the following morning. To
this arrangement the woman consented
ana hI nix q CLOCK On wednesday dIteT'
noon she, Cipriano and the two chill.
dren went to room No. III in the Ma.
jestie Hotel, A. .,
Meanwhile Francisco, missing his
wife, came to town to seek her and
heard from a fellowrcountryman that
she was stopping with Cipriano at the
hotel, ..'t =. :. ....# -.
Yesterday morning Cipriano went to
work at his tailor's shop and early, in.
the afternoon told his brother, Seriaco
Pason, to go to the Majestic Hotel
and see if his wife was at home. Seri,
ur0 fulfilled his brothers bidding and
was in room No. III when Francisco
arrived, seeking the life of Cipriano.
Woman is Stabbed . d, q"
When Francisco entered the room
he accostcd Anna and asked her II
she would go back With him, to which
the woman replied that she was afraid.
According to the woman, Francisco
then drew Il clasp,knife with razor
sharp six inch blade aHd, Attempted to,