The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-05
|MURDERER'TOLDOF
! DEATH1STRUGCLE
One Armed Kaahui Describes
How He Slew kaaa With
His Naked Hand

WAILUKU, June 1--After sullen,
stubborn silence Of five days, Sam Kaa.
hui, the Hawaiian arrested on suspicion
of having murdered Noah Kaaa and
then set fire TO his house at Olowalu,
has made full confession TO sheriff
Crowell, says the Weekly Times Of Wal
luku. The murderer Is forty years of
age; not ninety-nye as the Honolulu
papers had IL, and his victim, Noah
Kaaa, wns seventy.two years old.
| Kaahui and Kaaa had been on bad
terms for some time and the land suit
instituted a couple of months ago by
the Olowalu Sugar Company against
Kaahui, in which Kaaa testified against
Kaahui and w9s instrumental in having
Kaahui elected from his land and home,
a writ Of possession being granted the
Oiowaln Sugar Company. brought things
TO climax, and Kaahui vowed venge.
ance against Kama. ..
The Last Straw
/ A little shack on the land from which
4 Knahui had been Ousted was burned
by the Olowalu plantation, and Kaahui
with his family, consisting of his wife,
an aged father, ninety five years old,
and two nieces were forced to live In
the open air. And now il happened
that the very land he himself had been
leultivating for many years was turned
over to Kaaa, and when on Monday of
last week he observed Kaaa at work
wedding the taro patches on the land,
\ Il was the last straw, and he then and
there made up his mind to kill Kaaa.
Desperate Death Struggle
Kaahuf lost his right arm some FIVE
years back fishing with dynamite. But
he is still powerful fellow. On that
fateful Monday night, between eleven
and twelve O'Clock, he stole up to the
house in which Kaaa was living. He
J entered softly and found his intended
victim sitting in rocking chair. With
q bound he was upon him and fearful
! struggle to death ensued He felled
! Kaaa TO the floor, then banged him
Il against the wall. Kama fought with
the strength Of despair. He-was bleed
; ing in the face from several wounds.
( Back and forth they swayed in death
, Igapple. Finally Kaahui succeeded in
lpinning his adversary to the floor aod
, whipping him by the throat he slowly
,hoked him TO death.
A culver ran through the body Of his
n victim, then il lay still, and the muir
z derer knew his work had been done.
? He removed his fingers from their death
, | grip on the throat and rose slowly from
the. floor. Looking around his eyes fell
on the burning lamp and he held II ia
l the bed clothes and set fire to the bed
He went out to the back Of the house
gathered some brushwood and old bags
, and set fire to the house.
slept Satisfied
On his way back to his family he
heard the dogs bark. Their noise awoks
l his two nieces, who got up and found
him missing. In a few minutes he ap
reared, coming from the direction oi
! Noah Kaaa Is house, which they saw
was in flames. He asked the girls II
. bring him some clothes, which they did
He then went to sleep and slept like
! child. a.tas'as
In the morning black coat wal
found belonging to Kaahui. II has
D been torn 10 shreds. This was the frs
clue found by Sheriff Crowell. It had
suffered most on the right side, Kaahu
being one-armed and uqable to defens
himself with his right ihm. He got ~
Tuesday morning early and hndinl
blood stains on his pants and shir
s burned them.
4 Confession Verified
4 As already stated, the murderer KEEP
silent until Saturday, when he con
y fessed all, and his two nieces adde,
Y their testimony. He took Sheriff Grow
:, ell to the scene of the tragedy AM
= verified his story by indicating all tina
!, had taken place on the night of tn
9 murder.
u The murderer manifests no regret, n
:, repentance. He has accomplished wha
Il he set out TO do, and he Is glad AM
relieved. This is not his first crime
}, He was convicted of assault and bat
,: terry some ten years ago and forfeite
q his civil rights. He has no home nov
d he says, and nobody wants to give hiI
b, work. One meal day had TO do hin
y Cor long time.
a. A coroner's jury was held Monda
and a verdict turned in to the effec
). that the deceased came 10 his deaf
n by being burned in hiA own house, sc
y fire to by one Sam Khahui.
# This is ptemedltated, cold bloode
IL murder. The much abused John Bal
r leycorn, who is blamed for half Of III
i crimes committed, has no share In thi
!. tragedy.
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