Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-22 | Page 8 | Leper Isle Stirred by Rare Event--a Murder Trial

Leper Isle Stirred by Rare i Event Event-A Event Murder Trial HONOLULU HONOLULU Feb 22 AP Molokai AP-Molokai Molokai islands island's leper colony excitedly excitedly excitedly ex ex- ex- ex prepared today a murder hearing hearing hearing-as as rare on that isolated island as they are common common in continental United States Before Belore Magistrate M. M I. I P. P Correa Correaa a leper lepe who learned his Jaw claw aw through a correspondence course Mrs Seferina Dayam s will be arra arraigned Monday for fatally shooting Eulogio Jarvies es She admitted shooting ng him with witha a a. smuggled pistol Public Prosecutor tor John C. C Kelley said here because because because be be- cause h he beat heather her with his belt The Th shooting occurred Monday and might never have been known to o the outside world if it were wera not notor for or the zealousness of ot Corr Correa a who Is s proud proud-of of- of his i legal gal knowledge and anda a stickler for form He Ho asked the prosecutor to come t to colony for a hearing That officer revealed the tho story last night As It is attorneys said the affair might end with the hearing Monday I b ca ser ot Mrs plea of I self sel elf defense and the absence of witnesses wit wit- nesses Mrs and Jarvies Jarvie both middle aged Filipinos h had d been I friends since 1932 13 a year before they were sent to the tho colony Trouble started Mrs said In released by Kelley Kel- Kel Icy ley when she refused to togo go Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day night with Jarvies Oil Ou Sund Sunday y they argued violently Monday morning the statement said ho he came to my room where I Iwas Iwas was in bed and started calling cailing me names Then ho he took of off his trousers trousers trou trou- sers sets belt and mid started to whip mcI meI me mc I reached under my ray pillow and got a caliber revolver and shot him colony Is situated on ona ona a peninsula of Molokai island about 50 miles mUes from Honolulu About lepers are confined there I