Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-26
REPRIEVE GARCIA
AS HE CONFESSES
TRIPLE MURDER
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| representative OF the Star-Bullet1n.
AS Garcia reached the gruesome
portion of his story-the meeting with
Harriet Humane, the assault and the
| final killing-he rose from the chair
| in which he had been seated sketch.
| ing the lay of the country in that dis
| trict, and, using his lead pencil as an
imaginary knife and the prison inter.
prefer as the victim, illustrated by
separate thrusts the three blows that
drove life from the girl. Later N the
confession when he related how he
had slipped upon his rival that night
in the Sampaloc district in Manila, he
showed how he had brought down the
death blow upon the victim with a
heavy hammer.
Details Correspond
Details of the gruesome killing OF
the girl as we'll as the whole story OF
his actions in the last fe/ years, are
so clearly told that there is little
doubt of their authenticity. Attorney
Stainbach said this morning OF the
confession that so far as he had gone
it checked in every detail with the
known circumstances of the case.
Question after question put to the
murderer through the interpreter was
answered fully, generally at once but
occasionally after he had thought
back for a second. This latter was in
regard to names of places or dates
some time before or afer the killing.
Onft the location of tn housest and
other sites where the murder was
committed he was always ready to
answer Immediately.
According to the story by Garcia,
his girl victim begged for him to kill
her after he had assaulted her, threat.
ening to tell the police OF his crime il
she lived.
You have dishonored me now" she
is said to have told Garcia. You had
as we'll kill me- .-
1t is a pity for you to die the
murderer says he told her. do not in
sist this way. Eut she would not list
en- to me-"
Met Her at Dance
Garcia says that he had known the
girl for some time and that love
notes had passed between them. He
met her first one night at dance be,
ing held at the school. This was in
1914. He had seen her very often
after that, he said, and they came to
be on intimate terms. They woul1
write notes to each other. When
Harriet, or Annie as he speaks of her,
would go to school he would wait to
meet her sometimes. Then she would
pass him note Or ne would give one
to her. The last note was given while
1t said to meet her on Friday. Garcia
said he was delighted at receiving this
message
Harriet went with him into the cane
field off from the little branch road
at a distance of about $50 feet from
the main road, he says. She offered
no objection to this. She told Garcia
she could not marry him until she had
finished school, though she was willing
to dance with him or kiss him.
Garcia then made his advances, he
says, and pulling out his knife point.
ed it toward her. She begged him not
to kill her and he told her he would
not, but she grabbed the knife, cutting
her hand.
My own hand was cut, too" he
said today. and commenced to bleed"
He then pointed to a small scar on
the inner side of the small finger on
his right hand. We are both hurt
now" she told him, You had as we'll
kill me-"
1t was then, according to his story.
that Garcia knocked her down and
made the criminal assault The girl
resisted stoutly, he says, and her hat
and the examination papers she had
from school were strewn about in
the meantime.
The first blow was high up on heI
breast. the second on the left side and
probably only a slight wound. The
third time he cut her throat The
blood spurted out on him at the first
blow, he says.
Harriet wore a silk waist, a pana.
ma hat and a blue skirt
The murderer left the scene at once
and went over into the canefield by
the church, the realization of his crime
fixing itself upon him. The cane was
high and lie stayed for some time
until he heard the ''hanawai'' or wa.
ter men coming into the field When
the water began running past him he
left.
Il was much frightened" he says.
Il realized what | had done and
thought to myself that it was just my
luck to get into such trouble
Blood on Shirt
1t was about $50 O'Clock that night
that | returned to the camp Hhara 4