The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-28
CONFESS
killing l JAPANESE
Police Claim All Six Men Held
= Admit Participation In
Crime Near Kaneohe

ported to have confessed to being con.
nectcd with the burglarizing of the
store near Kaneohe and the murder
of the japanese storekeopcr, Tsunetaro
HayashibaTa. II was said that the
last Of the six confessed Yesterday
afternoon and it was also said IL was
likely that a session of the grand Jury
will be held tomorrow night. One Of
the six admits that he Joined the other
FIVE intent on burglary and theft but
denies that he had any intent to par.
ticipate in a murder. -. .
The six Filipinos who are charged
with the murder of the Japanese store.
keeper are Isidoro Alario, leader of
the gang and gambler; Eduardo ASH.
micion, pineapple laborer and gambler;
Gabriel Veryer, pineapple laborer and
gamblers. Floreneio Bonella, pineapple
laborer and gambler; Pedro Poras, pick
pocket, who has served Jail sentence
and notorious gambler: Amador AL.
beta, pineapple laborer and gambler.
They were in police court for n
short time yesterday morning but the
hearing was postponed until Tuesday
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Police Have Story .
The police claim to have obtained
the entire story from the confessions,
They say that five of the Fihpinos, Ala.
rio, Bonella, Poras, AsumiciOn and AL.
beta left Kualoa on Monday night,
August 20, with the intention of rob
bling the store of T. Hayashibara near
kaneohe, where they knew the money
and valuables of laborers who worked
in the vicinity were kept. When they
arrived at the scene, the store was
closed nightly, and the attack was post.
poned.
During the following day, Gabriel
Verver, another Filipino, was invited
to join the party in their second at.
tempt to get the money on Tuesday
night. He accepted the invitation and
at about O'Clock Tuesday evening
the party left Kualoa, six in number.
Tor the store out on the road to Kane
ohe. ="
Find Doors Open ~.
1 Isidoro Alario, the leader of the
gang, according to the confession
entered the store first around II
| " eiOOh uSSudy HlBHl. Inc uOOft
were wide open they said, contrary n
what was first heard, and Pedro. Pora,
Followed the leader. Gabriel Vervel
/ followed Poras and Verver was in turn
followed by Florencio Bonella. Eduar
do Asumicion stood by the door Will,
Amador Albeta stood guard on the
street.
1 Commanding the Japanese storekeep
or to put his hands up, Alario tool
charge of the Japanese while POras, il
was admitted, opened the safe and OBJ
tanned $50 in cash from it. POras alsc
went through the cash register, bu
found nothing in it.
The Japanese and his wife wer,
bound in the store under the super
vision of Alario. Verver took Haya
'hibara and dragged him out into tn,
'treet while Poras followed him Will
the mans wife. uN. .E3
March Couple Away
Up the road towards the Pail TO
| about a quarter of mile and thel
about 200 yards into the pineapple
field, the couple were marched, accom-
ranied by the robbers. g.. ..f'
Arriving in the field, the party stop
ned and AlaEio, leader of the. gang
he confession said, deliberately sho
he Japanese with the revolver he hat
| in his possession. Verver, arrcofdin,
% Asumicion and Albeta, who haC
ragged the man out of the store
then stabbed him. The woman wa
not molested, and gave notice to tn
'oIice not long afterwards when sh
had struggled free of her bonds.
The bloody shirt found near tn
wcne of the murder by the police tn
ncxt morning belonged to Verver, VIII
had stabbed the man. The two jump
'rs also found belonged to Alario am
Bonella.
Tell Of Criminal Record
Pedro Poras, say the police, ha
served a sentence in the penitentiary
FIRST as pick pocket, and second
or having in his possession a "blacI
Jack Poras was caught in the frs
Jet last year on March 20, at the In
dependent Theater and was sentence,
20 six months. He got six more month
'or having in his possession tn
black jack. |.@''. '.r.'
Isidoro Alario, the leader of tn
gang, was for -four years an informe
for the liquor license inspectors. II
IS well known as gambler, say tn
lOlice, - =. ' -.
Other men of the gang are Iaborer
n the pineapple fields and have al
Deen known as gamblers.
Pedro Poras owned the knife foun
near the scene of the murder whie
was used by Verver to stab the mar
In the distribution OF the booty
Asumicion received IS and Verver i
lnown to have received IS also.
Email Booty is Divided res
Amador Albeta was one of the tw
TihpinOs taken off the automobil
passenger truck which came into Homo
uIu the second morning after the mul
'cr. Pedro Poras was caught with,tw
'ther Filipinos Digging grave at Kua
GA. The two others were discharged
Floreneio BOnella was caught in
pineapple field at Waikane.
Although the murder occurred lat
tuesday night, the police were abb
to locate all of the men within tw
days. 10 80. = ."
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