The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-11
DEAD IN
M0RGUERESULTOF
RyFGLARYATTEMPT
Three Bullets sniff Out Life Of
Japanese Who Resists Early
E.l5 Moraing Intruder
SLAYER ALTHOUGH YOUNG .
HAS LONG BEEN CRIMINAL
Gun ExpIodes While Telling Crime
Z To Supposed Partner and
~. Kills Filipino

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A bloody murder, the crowping eli.
max OF a young and wasted life; and
the inevitable hand of Fate laid with
deadly intent upon one who, while TAX
ing no active part in the crime, is,
nevertheless, believed to have assisted
in the planning of the same - such
were the principal elements of a double
tragedy early yesterday morning, the
like Of which, for bizarre features, has
no equal in local police annals.
Otokichi Hoshino, japanese fisher.
man, lies in the morgue, the life shot
out Of him by Il young Hawaiian who,
meeting with unexpected resistance
while engaged in robbery, shot, and
shot to kill.
And Keeping him company in the ST.
lent morgue is the body Of Isidoro Elsi-.
more, young Filipino, believed TO have
been partner in crime of the man who
killed the japanese, and who was acci,
dentally sent to eternity with u bullet
from the same gun.
In cell at the police station is
locked up Kapelicla Kaeha, a Hawai-
ian youth Of barely twenty summers,
and today will be written against his
name on the police docket the awful
charge Of murder. .... 81.
The Crime .'.....~ ...-.' IT.
The thumb-nail sketch of the crime
and its dramatic denouement:
Early morning. A Japanese man
slumbering peacefully A stealthy step
in the room. A cry Of alarm. A figure,
gun in hand backing out of the room.
A shot A struggle. Another and still
another shot. The dull thud of n fall
ing body. Cries of alarm. The pur.
suit Another shot. The getaway. The
home coming of the murderer. The
greeting of his sick comrade. The reel
tai of the crime The explanation of
why and how the shots were fred. The
shot of Fate. The thing on the bed.
The arrest.
Kapeliela Kaeha and Isidoro Elsi.
more shared q room in a shack on Ku.
kui Lane, in the rear of the residence
of DR.. X. +. Ii. Kaeha has always
been bad man and latterly has shown
no sign of having mended his ways,
He was member Of the gang. of re
form school Boys who two years ago
fomented mutiny at the Waialee in,
stitution, threatened Principal Tucker,
and escaped to the hills. For this es-
capade, Kaeha served a term in prison.
Robbery is Planned
Following the commission of n series
of petty robberies, Kaeha and Elsi-
more planned to rob Hoshino, early yes,
terday morning. The japanese was be.
heved to have received a considerable
sum of money as his share of fishing
enterprise, and the haul was expected
to be a fat one, and well worth the risk
cntailed.
Then the Filipino fell i'll, and Kaeha
volunteered to do the job himself,
promising to return to his lodgings and
report to his sick partner, the success
or otherwise of his nefarious expedi-
ton.
Neither the Filipino nor the Hawai-,
ian thought that they would meet with
any resistance. Their carefully laid
plan was to enter the room of HOshinO
at such an hour when he might be
counted upon to be asleep, render him
insensihle with a crack on the head
and then to remove the money, which
they had reason to believe the Japa
neso carried on his person.
Kaehn entered the room of Hoshino
which was on the upper story of a two,
story house in the Fuiii camp, near
River Street, about halfpast three
Clock
Shoots His Victim
Things didn't work ont as the would
be robber expected, however, for he
stumbled over some object before he
had taken many steps in the room, and
the noise awakened HOshnO. who cried
out in the night. Made desperate with
fear, Kaeha drew his gun, n service re.
vOlVer of foreign make, and fired point
blank at the japanese, whom he could
see by the light of a lamp which was
in the room. The bullet struck ltoslin0
in the right shoulder, but the latter
grappled with the intruder, who fred
again, this time splintcring the right
wrist of the Japanese. Still the wound
ed man clung to Kaeha, who placed the
muzzle of his revolver against the hear.
of his adversary and pulled the trigger
HOshinO fell backward, striking his
head against some object and emitting
his scalp.
Slayer Flees Scene
Raeha fled from the room. as the
neighborhOOd had been awakened by
the three shots, and II hue and cry was
raised. At the bottom of the stairs
Kaeha was confronted by another Jap
anese named Miyada, who sought to
stop him. The murderer fired shot al
him, the bullet inhicting superficial
wound in his hip.
In the clumOr which Cnsued, Kachu
made good his escape. The ambulance
bore the body of Iloshino to the morgwe
and the. police set out on Il search for
the murderer.
Kacha went straight back to his
room in Kukui Lime, and found EIsi
more lying in bed awake, and awaiting
his return. He started to tell the story
Of his adventures, and to make the re
citu more graphic, when it came to de
srribing the shooting OF Hoshino point
ed the gun at the Filipino. Just how il
hr"uGnrd no one knows, but there was
binding fash. q. roar, and Esnorr
II hack on the bed with his liver shat
tered and his life-blOod soaking intC
the thirsty sheets. This was shortly
after four O'Clock '...l a.a.... H !
Police Arrive e 81" ..s4r.
Outside the door OF he room crowd
gathered, butlonly one man dared ven