Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-17
SENTENCE OF
DEATH PASSED
UPON FILIPINO
AICantara, Who Murdered
Woman at Waipahu, Ex.
pected Life Imprisonment;
Judge Ashford Warns Brown
Brothers Crime Must Stop

Hermogomes Alcantara dreamed a
day dream. Il hope" he told the in
terpreter, that the judge gives me a
life sentence. l am young and 1t
would be hard to die" But Alcantara
was rudely awakened from his reverie
this morning when Circuit Judge Ash
ford sentenced him to death. Hang.
ling is the penalty he VIII pay for the
brutal murder of a, Filipino woman
at Waipahu few weeks ago.
Jealousy prompted Alcantara to en-
ter the home of Filipino woman at
| Waipahu and stab her. After commit
ting this assault he went into an
other room and stabbed a Filipino
man who was sleeping on the floor.
The woman died but the man recov-
ered . -.
After AIcantara had been sentenced
his attorney, Noa Aluli, filed a mo-
ton for a new trial. Judge Ashford,
although he called the attorneys at
tention to the fact that it was rather
late for filing of such a pleading, has
taken the motion under advisement
and will rule on . it next Saturday
morning. Meanwhile Alcantara will
be confined in Oahu prison The date
on which he will be hung will he fixed
by the governor. 49, .....
Ashford Issues Warning
Your case is one among a great
many violent crimes committed by
Filipinos," declared Judge Ashford be-
fore sentencing Alcantara. "Filipinos
have come here in large numbers and
have brought civilization, or lack of
civilization, and code of morals al
together foreign to Inose prevailing
pin this country.
mo element coming here has
shown such a large proportion OF
crimes of all classes, from larceny
and burglary to crimes of violence, in
Guiding murder. | presume this is one
of the inevitable consequences of our
industrial conditions. We are an agri-
cultural community, obliged to reach
into the uttermost parts Of the earth
and recruit labor to work in our cane
fields and in other agricultural indus.
tries
The little brown brothers brought
mere habitually carry knives, stilettos,
slungshots and pistols, and are alto
gether too ready to use them. One
consequence is that our courts are
fairly clogged with criminal cases,
vast percentage of which pertain to
Filipinos. But We cannot permit our
civilization to be overcome with these
criminaliy inclined laborers who are
brought in here.
Can Solve Problem
we must protect ourselves, our
forms Of government and society and
our civilization. And so long as we
have prosecuting officers, judges and
juries who fearlessly do their duty
without prejudice or sickly sentiment,
We will reach solution of this prob
lem.
There is no doubt that you commit
ted this murder deliberately. Tie
jury, acting intelligently and con-
scienticusly, could have done nothing
other than convict you. You took the
law into your own hands and sent a
woman to her last account by your
act. Fortunately, the man recovered.
There was absolutely no excuse for
the crime, and / thank God the death
penalty still obtains In Hawaii. It Is
the only tit and proper punishment
to mete out in cases of this kind.
1t will place YOU where you will not
repeat the crime" ..