The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-19
THREE DEAD WHILE
FOURTH MAY Die I'M
TRAGEDY AT KAHALA
Father and Baby Son Are Slain
and Mother Lies In Hospital
PfeCariouslN Hurt
MURDERER REPORTED TO
....', r BE FATHER OF WOMAN
Carried TWo'Reyolpers and Thor.
oughly Saturated His Sys-
tenn With Sake First

tcIIt Win odkt THSl
Three are dead and fourth hovprs
'ietween life and death MS the result
f q, shooting ARRAY Mt Kahala yestcr.
'ay afternoon. The dead are Takigu-
vi, his three year old baby boy and a
tapnnese man, said TO be the father.in
nw Of Tnkig,ichi and the grandfather
VI the murdered child. The wife Of
rakiguchi and mother of the dead
,aby was last night lowering between
ifc and death with bullet wound be-
hind her ear. The terrible tragedy oe.
'urred at the Kabala beach home Of C.
4. Atherton. King Alcohol, in the
;uise of sake, played his part in the
hoody affair ~
Evidence that the murderer, well
rrimed with sake, perhaps TO give him
he courage which he required, went
veil prepared to carry out premedi'
ated design of murder is not wanting
or he had with him two Tevolvers, but
he motive which. led 10 the affair Is as
ct undiscovered and the stories of
hose who were close to the scene Of
he murder when 10 occurred are decid.
IDLY in conflict None Of the Japan
,se in the neighborhoOd was last night
bile to give the name Of the woman
VI of the mutdercr.suicide. Some of
hem said they had heard the murder.
was the father of Takiguchi s wife
tut seemed unable to give the source
their Information.
Jevorel Hear Shots
f II was about half past three O. clock
/. csterday afternoon that Japanese ser
ants on several Of the Kahala Beach
tomes heard shots. As there Is often
love shooting in the vicinity they say
hey thought nothing OF it until the
shots were: followed by screams and
Jther shots. As to whether father and
.hildi were shot before the woman was
Wounded or whether the murderer shot
he fleeing mother and then returned
o kill the fatber and the child and
himself, stories are in conflict. Three
,odies Z, were found on the Anterior
'remiscs and the woman was shot on
he Schuman property, two doors away.
Xix Shots Heard
The japanese man servant of A. F.
udd, neighbor of the Athertons, in
elling of the, affair last night said he
,eard three shots in rapid succession
'rst,i a little later he heard a single
hot and about ten minutes later tive
nore. Between the shots he heard
woman scream and then he and his wife
'ecame' frightened and went into their
aiarters They said that Thomas
Sire, the chauffeur for 4. w. T. Bot.
omley, went to investigate and then
old them Of the affair. 1t was Ware
yho sent in the call which brought the
ambulance and later on the mOrtuary
wagon.
;ees Woman Shot
Jane Lewis. Hawaiian girl who
y employed by NJ. B. Carson at Hit
ONE, saw the shooting of the woman
Ae told the story~of it last night to
% Advertiser.
Il heard woman screaming,' she
aid, "and went to see what it wa
bout. saw the wife of Takiguchi
INNING along screaming and holding
or hands on the top and back of her
cad TO protect herself from the blowt
f u japanese man who was running
'ehind her and striking her. He wat
,ammrring her head with the handle
a pistol. ] saw him throw the pistol
way and thought he was going tC
top bot he took another pistol out
rom his handkerchief Then he
aught her Wy the shoulder, turned heI
art way round and shot her three
lines either in the heat or neck.
"Thrn | was f:iEhrenod aud RAJ
nd hid in the car" Sho referred t
he Carson automobile. Continuing
he said: "Thcn the man went away
nd snnn,nI TO hurk 70 thn tb orr m
ln"c. That was all ] saw. The am
julance came and then Williams wagon
nd they took all Of them away. Mr.
!uttomlcy's driver went running over
nd aftcrward told me of the others.
ees Murderer Alive
Thomas Ware, the chauffeur of A.
v. T. Bottomley, was the first one to
isit the Anterior place after the
hooting occurred. When he heard the
inal shots he hurried TO the scene. The
hid was then lying quiet, he said
and Takiguchi was writing and ap
arentty suffering great agony The
apunese who had done all the shooting
vas lying close TO Il tree with the pts,
oil beside him. He was about three
act from the child and Takiguchi.
'adly bruised and mutilated and along
idc his head vas II hOLe in the har,
and as if the assailant had trahple
he head of his victim into the san
nd Stamped upon the face.
II vas soOp Hfter the arrival of VIZ
| 1t the BOttOmley place that he hear
he shots, he says. This brings sam
'Oubt as to whether the other shoO' in
'al occurred before or after his arriva