Kauai County HI Archives Obituaries.....Ichioka, Senkichi June 3, 1921
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The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., 6-7-1921
ICHIOKA, SENKICHI
ICHIOKA HANGED IN THE OAHU PRISON.  Last Friday morning at eight o'clock, Senkichi 
Ichioka paid the penalty for his murder of little Tomiko Tanaka on March 23 of 
this year. Iochioka was hanged in the Oahu Prison. The hanging was not done by the 
old-style process by which the jailer simply pulled a rope and saw the victim 
fall. Three electric buttons were arranged on a wall in the room removed from the 
hanging. Three prison "trustees" pushed the three buttons simultaneously. One of 
them was connected with the trap under the doomed man. The other two were not 
connected. So no one knows who hanged Ichioka. This is the only murder of this 
kind that has been committed on Kauai in many years. The murderer was hanged in a 
little over two months after he committed the deed. He would have been hanged in 
less time than that if an unlooked for petition had not been sent to the governor 
recommending mercy. This sure and sudden justice will surely make other offenders 
hesitate a long time before they kill. 


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