Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXVII, Number 36, 25 Malaki 1936 — JURY INDICTS PUERTO RICAN [ARTICLE]

JURY INDICTS PUERTO RICAN

Mai'eello Santiago Rodrigues, 22year okl Porto Rican, was indicte(i last Friday on a firat dcgree murdor charge by llie territovial gratul juty. While more witnesses were- subpoeueU, oniy eigiit \vere uuebtioned by County Attorney W. H. Beers before the jury in the Rodrigues cas§.

t Witnesses ,testify against ilodrigyeg, who is charged with the slaying of Kyosuke Furuya, Japane.se i bus . dr»,yer, at Waiakea Camp 8 on j,February 24, were: Yasuo I\vasaki, Kalauiehi Iwasaki, Lee A. Pearson, federal Poliee Officers Marioxi Carvalho aml John Kaulupali, Lriino S. Reyes, Puerto ilieau interpreter, h.is>pector Georg© K. Mills, and Deputy Sheriff George Tucker. Tlie true bill found against Rodrigues was submitte<l by A1 Ruddle. foreman of the jury. The indictmeut eharges Rodrigues wilh fiist degree murder whieli upon conviction is j punishable by death on the gallows. ! The accusod youih. lollowmg lus i : indictment, \vas reūirned to the llilo | jail where Ue will be held without bond pending his trlal. The indictment alleges Rodrigues on February 24 wilfully and with premeditation killed Kyosuke Fiiruya at Waiakea Camp 8, - ——:x: —-