Kauai County HI Archives Obituaries.....Suikichi, Jenimura January 1, 1914
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The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., 1-13-1914
SUIKICHI, JENIMURA
BRUTAL MURDER FRIDAY NIGHT.  A brutal murder occurred in the camp at Hoanoano 
(Pakala) between 3 and 6 o'clock last Friday evening. The victim was a Japanese 
named Jenimura Suikichi. Deputy Sheriff Crowell has arrested another Japanese 
named Hatsumura and will likely prefer a charge of murder against him. Ogawa 
Kanzubura is held in custody as a witness. A number of Japanese had been holding a 
New Year carousal in the room of Hatsumura, which is in the opposite extreme end 
of the building in which the dead man lived. There had been feeling between 
Hatsumura and Suikichi, as a result of which the latter was not invited to the 
celebration, although everybody else in the building was there. When found by the 
Japanese driver of an automobile, Suikichi was dead in the road not far from his 
room. He had been struck in the back of the head a blow sufficient to have killed 
him. He was cut across both eyes and evidently to make a good job of it, his 
throat was cut. Deputy Crowell rushed to the scene as soon as he heard of the 
tragedy and began an investigation, resulting in the arrest of the two men 
mentioned above.  [The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., 1-6-1914]
CONFESSES TO BRUTAL MURDER.  Yesterday afternoon (Monday) in Waimea, Hatsumura, 
the Japanese held in jail there on suspicion of being the brutal murderer of 
Jenimura Suikicki at Hoanoano, New Year's day, confessed to Sheriff Rice that he 
was the guilty party and told the story of the murder. Present at this time with 
the Sheriff and the prisoner was Sheriff Crowell and police officer Tashima of 
Waimea and Yamasaki of the Lihue post office, who had accompanied Sheriff Rice. In 
his confession, Hatsumura said that he and Suikichi had had words, and that the 
latter struck him. He then came after him with a fish knife, and the prisoner 
knocked him down. When Suikichi fell, he dropped the knife, and the relater picked 
it up. In a second he was on his victim, cut him across the eyes and cut his 
throat. He left the man dead on the field of battle. In explanation of the quarrel 
and the ensuing murder, Hatsumura declared that he had been drinking heavily. He 
said that had he been sober, he would not have committed the crime. The prisoner 
will be brought before Judge Hofgaard at Waimea tomorrow or next day and will be 
formally committed to the Circuit Court for trial by jury on a charge of murder in 
the first degree. After being committed, he will be transferred from Waimea to the 
Lihue jail to await trial in March. Up to the time of his confession, the only 
evidence in the hands of the authorities was of a circumstantial character. It was 
strong, it is true, but there was no direct evidence upon which a clear case might 
have been hoped for as no outsider witnessed the struggle, so far as known. 


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