New Britain herald., 1924-11-10
CHILDREN WATCH
 AS MOTHER DIES
See Japanese Father Slash Her
 JuSlar Vein

New York, Nov, 1 Hurry Id>3- ka Japlneso. wrrN"I hrohl knife from hls wife, Nasrlno. who already had inflicted several wounds in her neck with t' lUrns d slrug- gle in their home a' lo51 Ihwd Ave- nue last ngnt and s#~h,l hor throat, sc}umE tho ugaItr >'ln, She vas dea4 wG'n an w"hnanrr arrived. Ill., WaS uJk,n 10 HclltNu" hospital a pusoucr
 The two vouHgcr cMn.r.n o' t." couple. Arthur who !s t"o years old, and taH5c, n.u mant.s oil were takon to R".Nua Hosp'Iol while hr ,drg. A.lu" Nro ls tour years ol oas tatn to U, NocrHl for rrc Trr,rrtiou a: C-.nr to Cudrou. They s1w '1e fight nH..4 ended In tn.tr urotn.rs 1wfh.
 Icalpns of Roardcre
 Tasaka and h,s ni'o for several years had made 'hor living iy 'urn- ing their st>-roum apartment into a boarding house for Iapaneso, Tm} had three Noarders and TasaGa hJl been hrooirg for several da}s upon suspicion that they wnr" foo ht- teutive 10 his wife. When he en'cr- ed his home about a.'5 Q orh pnd discovered that they Dsra absent Inc broke into a tiraIc ot a.a-e and ac- cusatious.
 Yasu!no had hccn hroodirE also, the drudgery Of k-"p"E hoHS0 for her husband, threc ch1'drnn and aS many noar1ers as l0,y cou.i Cro" l into the apartment had frayel nerves which in Japan sho neNrr would have known she poss"Ss"j. She had come 10 sec the'h thouGI she lived in America hor household was not American but Japanese,
 IL was Eriar7ure which lad eoms close 10 bursting from her lips many times. Her hushands accu- cations released i'. She called him q. loa'er who had made slave Of his wife, rho had filed his house with strangers and WAS ready 10 be- lieve the worst of hls wife if they showed her kindness in household where kindness vas rare.
 Children Watch silently
 The young woman worked herself into q frenzy Of indignation which appslled her husband and he gave ground and rotreated into the kitchen as she advanced. The three brovn-faccd children followed the cair with their bird-like eyes and sat quite still.
 Having given way 10 her emotions at last, the little Japanese woman became 2. veritable fury, She pound- ed upon the top of the kitchen table as she spat out reproaches at her covering husband, and her hand closed upon the grip of long. keen knife that lay there, near the bread box.
 With a final explosion Of TO- -criminations she raised her arm and struck at the man. The knife blade slashed his coat and the edges o' the cut darkenod from a supcr'icla wound at the base of the throat
 Tasaka, afraid now for his very life. seized a broom and struck wild ly at his wife. Dishes and kItchcl utensils came clattering to the floor An electric light bulb burst with sudden pop. In the dining room tho three huddlcd children broke into terrified walls.
 The transformed Ya uino, mad dened by the attack and in pani' .t sight of the blood she had drawn rushed inside the wide strokes o the broom and slashod al hcr h0s hand again and again. Her stroke were wild and inflicted no norta hurt, though the sharp-edgcI hhH drew blood at every lunge.
 Baby Walls in Basket
 Tasaska grappIed with her SlrHS rling to gain possession Of the NnIi and they reeIed into the dIniu room. The two older children ScuT ried to hiding places. The baby Ia in its basket and cried.
 The woman, fighting for her n' now, was deaf even to the cries t'' came from her habys basket Sh sought desperately to retain her gr' on tho knife that she felt would | ,urned against her the instant Il le her hand.
 One by one her slender dngci were pried back hy tho SfHph. muscular fingers Of her husoand' l last effort to call help, tho "oma dashed the telephone from it's sian and 1t rolled on the hoor th" r'