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Problems began when plantation owners suspected that Goto was providing guidance to Japanese immigrant workers during labor disagreements. On a truly shameful day in Hawaiian history, Katsu Goto was found dead on the morning of October 29, 1889, "hanging to a cross arm on a telephone pole...A two-inch rope, evidently purchased for the purpose,... |
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was used and from all appearances no bungling hands performed the work - the dead man's hands and legs were pinioned and a genuine hangman's knot under his left ear." The Memorial serves as a reminder of the brutal lynching of Katsu Goto during those less honorable days. May we never forget this "black eye" to the history of race and labor relations in Hawaii. |
