Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-29
FIVE SLAY.ERS
PLEAD GUILTY
IN list DEGREE
Court, However, Refuses to Ac-
cept Admission and Will Ap-
point Lawyers for Defense

1--WE OF the six Fiiipinos held re-
r sponsible for the death OF Tsune'
taro, Hayashibara. Japanese store
keeper, who vas shot and stabbed in
a pineapple field near kaneohe on the
night of August IL pleaded guilty to
charge Of first degree murder in CIR
cult Judge Heens court this morning
Eduardo Asunicion was allowed TO
plead guilty TO second degree murder
1t is understood he will serve as
witness for the prosecution.
As the offense carries capital pun
ishment, that of death, the pleas Oh
guilty to first degree murder were not
accepted by the court and the cases
were continued until next Friday
morning for further plea. The plea OF
Asunicion was accepted. He probably
will be sentenced on Friday morning.
The Filipinos were brought into
court this morning handcuffed In
pairs. The bracelets" were removed,
however, wnen they we're called before
the judge. They listened nonchalant-
Iy to the charge read by City Attorney
Arthur NJ. Brown. The only one who
showed any signs of uneasiness was
Pedro Poras, who spent the greater
part of last night weeping as lsidoro
Alario jokingly remarked to him yes
terday that he was to be hung this
morning. There are four counts in the
indictment.
Isidoro was the first called. He told
the court he was guilty OF the charge
because he was with the others"
But he declared Il was not he who
killed the Japanese. He said he had
no money and accepted the offer OF
the court to appoint an attorney to
defend him.
Another plea Of guilty was entered
by Asunicion, but he later said he had
meant to plead guilty to second in
stead Of first degree murder. City
Attorney Brown said that this arrange
ment had been explained to the Fill
Pine, and that such plea was salts
factory TO the prosecution. The court
accepted the plea and continued the
case until Friday for sentence. Asuni-
cion said he had not used weapon
In the affair at Kaneohe, but admitted
that he was there.
Gabriel veryer, Florencio Bonella,
Pedro Poras and Amador Alerta all
{ said they were guilty because "they
were there" Bonella is the man al
legged to have borrowed from q Fill
Pine woman the gun with which the
shooting was done. It was this gun
that gave Detective Captain Arthur
McDuffie and his men their first clew,
as the owner was traced from the
store In Honolulu where the weapon
was purchased. -"
Poras said he had enough money to
hire his own attorney. He told the
court he had about $25.06. At this
juncture the city attorney interrupted
with the explanation that the money
was being held as evidence, as the
detectives believe 1t was part Of that
stolen from the murdered Japanese's
store. r.. Is
The Filipinos probably viii come
into court on Friday morning and
plead not guilty. City Attorney Brown
told the court that he desires to bring
the cases to trial as soon as possible.
Attorneys to defend the Filipinos
VIII be appointed by Circuit Judge
Heen shortly. He said today that, If
the case is one where the defendants
are to accuse each other, it win be
necessary to appoint separate at.
torney for each Filipino. Otherwise,
he adds, he may appoint one attorney
10 renresent them all.