The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1918-04-16
A GRUESOME
TRAGEDY At KAPAA

Insane with jealousy Thomas Spen
Ger, part Hawaiian water luna of
Kilauea Plantation, at 1880 Friday
morning. fired Two shots from a revol
yer into the body of Mrs. Moses Mano
Xxi, then turning the weapon on him
self. blew his brains out
The tragedy took place in front of
the restaurant at Kapaa, and was
witnessed by a number of people,
among them, Deputy Sheriff John
Hano.
Spencer and the woman had been
living together for a number of years
until about a month ago, after
violent quarrel, she left him and came
to Kapaa where, about two weeks ago
she married Moses Manoiki, an EN-
ployee of the road department.
Spencer came to Kapaa Thursday
and put up for the night at one of the
Japanese places there.
Friday morning, shortly before the
shooting, the the woman approached
Deputy Sheriff Hano, who was in his
car near the restaurant, and told him
she was afraid of Spencer, who was
standing near by. Hano called Spen
Ger and told him what the woman had
said. Spencer replied that she had
no cause for worry as he was not
going to harm her.
Shortly after this the woman got
into car that was standing near and
Spencer attempted to follow her
Becoming alarmed she got out, follow
ed by Spencer, who then drew his
revolver and fired at her twice, one
ball entering her left fore arm while
the other plowed it's way along the
side of her head but did not enter the
skull. Spencer then turned the
weapon upon himself.
Deputy Sheriff Hano says it all
happened in so short a space of time
that he did not have time to interfere
By the time he could get on the
ground Spencer had had sent the shot
crashing through his own brain.
A letter found on the mans body
shows that he came to Kapaa for the
purpose of killing the woman and
himself In the letter he said he was
sorry for the trouble he would cause
the sheriff, and requested that the
woman and himself be buried in the
same grave.
Mrs. Manoiki is severely wounded,
but it is believed she will recover.
Following is the letter found upon
the body:
To whom it might concern-To the
world at large:
Let all women take this warning:
That it doesn't pay to play with man,
Life is short when a man loses his
temper at a certain moment. | have
suffered. Where no man would have
stand the strain and all the
trouble that she has left on my nerves.
| have tried for the last years to
make a woman of her, but its no use.
| am ashamed to think of the past.
So | am taking the law of man into
my own hands to show her and the
rest of her sex that it is dangerous
to play with man who have done
and suffer for her. | trust my soul
in God hands who knows what have
suffered.
Aloha to all my friends and re-
lat.oas. We will all meet on the same
road-thats death.
r. SPENCER.
On the reverse side of the sheet
was the following
TO the Sheriff: Aloha oe. Excuse me
for troubling YOU for burying the two
of us in the same hole.
A letter was also found on the body
addressed TO ID. l.. Larsen, manager
of Kilauea plantation, in which he
told of his troubles. He closed this
letter by asking Mr.. Larsen to pay
what wages he had coming to him to
his little daughter.
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