Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1932, Page 4

COMMITIEE AGTS T0 CET FAIR TRIAL House Group Demands As- surance of Impartiality in Hawaiian Courts. (Continued Prom First Page.) of killing a suspected assailant of the | | l Wal ’ ublisher of the Hopolulu Star-Bulletin THE EVENING Hawaii Can Care for Self | Former Governor “Declares Island People Fully Capable of Conducting Own Affairs. Criticizes Two Admirals. ace Rider Farrington, Governor of Hawail from 1931 to 1929, is at present He served on the Territorial Board of Hucation and is the suthor of “Review of the Revolt of 1895, which served as an BDpendix to Alexander's history of the Hawalian revolution. In the following story former Gov. Farrington gives his views on the present tgnse situation in Honolulu. BY WALLACE RIDER FARRINGTON, Pormer Governor of Hawail. By Cable to The Star. HONOL! race mad. ULU, January 13 (N.AN.A)—This city is neither riot-ridden nor Hawall condones neither the assaulting of women nor the lynching officer's young wite | and murder of persons in the custody of the courts. The people of Hawai are jealous of their reputation for handling their own Philander B. Gray, 31-year-old Texan, | was arrested yesterday, while he was struggling with & 21-year- old Portuguese woman. She preferred charges. The Legislature was called to meet | Monday, Its primary consideration is expected to be reorganization of Hono- lulu's police department, which has been widely criticized as inefficient and subject to political manipulation. Immediately after calling the spe- cial session Gov. Judd sent to Secre- tary Wilbur of the Interior Depart- ment a strongly worded protest_against criticism in the House Naval Subcom- mittee of instructions to the jury which tried five men on charges of attacking the bride of Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, U. 8. N, The declared Judge i S t the thinly ‘some in the back- the nmittee’s action. ng after the Governor's pro- he learned he himself was blamed by the same s ee as contrib- | uting to the boldness of Honolulu's law- Jess element Pardon Led to Critisiem. ed a detailed reply after erred today with Judge A. who is returning from Hilo, Hawali, with “material facts” in one of the cases beilng studied by the sub- committee. It was the pardoning of Ben Aha- keulo, amateur boxer, who had been sentenced on a charge of assault with intent to ravish, that led to the spe- icism of Gov. Judd. After be- doned, Ahakeulo was one of the men accused of attacking Mrs. Tl jury disagreed in the Massie case and the five men were reporting daily when Joseph hahawai, another of her alleged attackers, was abducted and slain. Lieut, Massie, his mother- in-law, Mrs. Granville -Fortescue, and two naval enlisted n are accused of killing Kahahawai. Their arrest led to the congressional investigation. In its latest charges the subcommit- tee assertcd pardoning of individuals accused of attacking women led the lawless element to believe this crime would not be followed by serious penalty. The committee commented Ahakeulo was pardoned after he had pleaded guilty “on the theory that his services Were needed as an amateur boxer in New York.” Report to Take Time. The subcommittee further accused officials of the islands of dropping prose- cution of & case in which a Navy en- listed man, Isadore Wolf, was murdered. In his protest to Secretary Wilbur, the Governor said: “It is apparent that when charges ex- tend even to the judiclary sponsored by the best element of the community and appointed by the President there is some sinister, ulterior motive in the background, which will be dealt with in my written report. “This report will take time, as itis based on nothing but facts.” This message, he siid was subscribed %o by Attorney General Harry Hewitt, the city and county @ttorney and offi- cers of the Hawailan- Bar Association. He added “that each and every mem- ber of the law firm now representing Mrs, Fortescue, Mr. Massie and their co-defendants, which firm was identi- e tion during the structions (of 4 ) were eminently fair to the prosecution. Reforms Are Asked. Farlier the Governor was waited upon by a committee of prominent business men who urged a special session of the Legislature, previously advocated by ators themselves. hfin‘i;‘! Harry Kluegel, chairman of the Honolulu Citizens’ Organization 1w Good Government, presented Gov. Judd and leaders of the Legislature 8 list topics which the citizens believe mediate legislative attention.” ‘They are: 1—Reorganization of the Honolulu Police Department. 24Remgmmuon of the conduct of #he Territorial Prison. 3—Appropriate legisiation for punish- ment of sex crimes. 4—Rwrganmu€n 050 the .office of city and county attorney. m(fw—lr)r,‘.pro\ed social and recreational facilities for the youth of the city. Mrs. Kluegel sald the recommenda~ tions represent & consensus upon pub- lic matters obtained through written expression of individual opinion upon cards submitted at a public meeting held last Monday night to consider the Honolulu crime situation. Demand Speedy Trial. Both prosecution and defense moved for & speedy trial in the Mrs. Fortesque- Massie murder case. ‘Montgomery Winn, defense counsel, declared any delay in presenting the case to the Ymnd jury would “seem to be abso- utely unjustifiable.” Police records revealed Lieut. Massie accompanied D. E. O. Gilkle, an en- listed Navy man, to a garage the night before Kahahawali was slain, where Gilkie rented the automobile in which the Hawallan’s body was found. In the car when police overtook it, were Mrs, Fortesque, Massie and E. J. Lord, one of the two enlisted men accused of slaying the Hawailan. Albert O. Jones, the second enlisted man held in the case, was also found in the Massie home after the slaying. Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, com- mandant of Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Where the prisoners are held, refuses to permit any one except defense &ttor- Deys to visit the four accused. MASSIE AID PLANNED. ‘Winchester, Ky., Citizens to Hold Mss Meeting Today. WINCHESTER, Ky., January 14 (#), oA mass meeting of Winchester citizens will be conducted here this afternoon to pledge ald and support to L ‘Thomas Massie and his mother-i charged in Honolulu with k o #.ailan ac- cused of attacking th r's wife. Massie's mother, Mrs Massie, and sister, Miss Dort Massie, lve here. The Massie family is wealthy and has funds to retain counsel, but the g today will take steps to aid in ng a fair trial for the accused. roup of 20 citizens was formed yesv_.,(rday to arrange for the meeting, &nd the mayor issued a proclamation asking all townspeople to assemble at the court house. Representative Virgil Chapman of this district, informed the group by telegram of his efforts in Washington in behaif of Massie, PALLS MRS. FORTESCUE, Blepmother of Accused Woman Leaves Italy to Use Telephone. ROME, Italy, January 14 ().—Mrs. ©. J. Bell,'stepmother of Mrs. Granville Roland Fortescue who is under arrest gin. case, W. R. Farrington. men are being held notwithstanding the man's ligious school and was prom: ang record. This attitude on the part of any local citizen apparently embitters Navy ple who are resentful that the direct testimony of Mrs. Massie is not taken as final by everyone. Apparently poor judgment was used by the police in selecting the men sent out on the case on the first report of the assault, and wretched judgment in handling persons apprehended. They were willing enough, but apparently lacked experience. ‘The police administration has been in agitation in Honolulu for nearly four years. The Legislature of 1929 pro- vided a larger police force, supposedly the solution. The famous Fukunaga case of 1929, similar to California's Hickman case, showed the sheriff was woefully weak in executive direction and control. He was re-elected in 1930 “because he is honest.” Continued agitation resulted in a de- mand for an appointive chief of police, but the bill failed by a narrow vote to pass the 1931 Legislature. Went Off Half-Cocked. Admiral Stirling has kept his balance. but must have been misled by persons was in close touch with the city prosecutor. Hewitt served under me as deputy and was later nromoted to attorney general. being hard-boiled and able. In the light of past events, it appears that a mistake was made in not trying the men separate- ly to strengthen the passibility of one or more turning state’s evidence, if they are guilty. ent in athletics. Cathedral and his father declared that his boy had done no wrong. officers sald, | affairs in a manner that does not suffer when compared with any other section of our common country. You will find no better prepared, no more courageous, no more home-loving community and no judicial of- icer more schooled in law than the judge who resided over- the trial of the flve defendants harged by & grand jury with criminally assault- ng Mrs. Thomas H. Massie, When the trial began I was in the Orlent, re- ‘urning onl entiment then was all for Mrs. Massie. orneys for the defense, however, established an ~libi that caused even trained reporters who had followed the case in its every detail to doubt whether the police had the right men. ‘The jury was not divided on race lines, nor was the division at any time within a narrow mar- Apparently the prosecution felt it had a sure Attorney General Hewitt of the Territory Public The at- when it was near its close. Mj. I can vouch for his Father Defends Son. Hawallans generally do not make hardened { crirginals, and wen involved in a serious crime | !they traditionally unburden themSelves to som far of shaking the evidence of the Hawalians in the Massie case has strengthened doubt among some acquainted with Hawailan characteristics whether the right friend. The impossibility thus This probably accounts for the large outpouring at the funeral of Kahahawal, He had been a student at a local re- He was buried from the Catholic delegated to secure statistical facts. Admiral Pettingill went off half-cocked, and Admiral Pratt has followed his example. Admiral Stirling repeatedly urged that the defendants in the Massie case be kept confined. I have it on good authority that the judge urged atorneys for the defendants to turn them over to be jailed, but under the law could not refuse to release them on bail The judge stretched the law in requir- ing them to report regularly to court. The judge was neither indifferent nor neglectful. Up to the kidnaping of Kahahawal from under the very eaves of the court and later the killing, the | community sentiment was wholly with Mrs. Massie and still is as concerns the assault. The citizens, through the Chamber of Commerce, have been spending time and effort without limit to get the culprits and put them away. But the kidnaping and killing in which Mrs. Fortescue and Lieut. Massie are in- volved is regarded as an outrageous Complete FUEL OIL Framy it. All fuel oil is gladly submitted. I 12027 Monroe St. N.E. 5 NGOISDY L, If you're having trouble with poor quality oil, let US fill your tank. stantly recognize better quality, I your burner, minimum deposit of carbon. What- ever type burner you have, we have the correct oil to insure thorough satisfaction. delivered from our own modern bulk storage plant. Pric: Open Evenings Till 9 P.M. A. P. WOODSON CO. COAL . .. 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Criticizes Admiral Pratt. Honolulu had an experience in the famous Fukunaga case of an excited demand for the life of one who was proved to be innocent. If the mystery had not been solved an innocent man probably would have been convicted and hanged on the testimony of a hand- writing expert. A frequent reference to that case in local conversation assists one in sizing up what appears to the Navy as a lack of forcefulness of the local public toward Kahahawai and others. Generally speaking, the declaration of Admirai Pratt is accepted as infer- ring that Mrs. Fcrtescue and Lieut. Massie did a good job. Former Chief Justice Robertson has, in a public state- ment, declared that the latest issue is whether our Nation is for lynch law or against it, putting Admiral Pratt on the side of lawlessness. The influence of Admiral Pratt’s statement on Navy personnel is cbvious and must make the posidon of Admiral Stirling in- creasingly difficult, because some one has to kesp his balance in & time of public exgitement. The ol#fzens of Hawail have never resorted to lynch law and deeply resent and are outspoken in condemnation of condoning of such methods in any American territory. Thus the running down of Mrs. Massie’s assallants is grievously complicated by counter-ex- citement that stirs the deepest feeling. But in the midst of it all special committees and city and territorial officers are continuously seeking every clue and bringing every possible influ- ence to bear to get at facts in such a way that no alibi can be possible for the guilty persons when they are finally brought before the court. Can Take Care of Seif. Reports circulating in the mainland press of riots, race hatreds and acute danger to women in Honolulu would be Mughably ridiculous if they were not so viciously false ang did not utterly misrepresent the e and the spirit of Honolulu amomg & vaces and all classes, except a few of cdm- inal tendencies. A special session of the Legisiature to handle police legislation and other maiters was under consideration weeks before the last affair. The Governor and legislators were lining up a pro- gram to assure results Hawaii is fully capable of handling its own affairs. (Copyright. 1932. by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) During an action in High Court at Seven Oaks, England, it was brought out that a house in Devon was under a lease of 2,000 years from the death of Queen Elizabeth, in 1603. D. C., THURSDAY, J. ANUARY 14, 1932. SOCIETY 1S AGHAST AT HAWAVIAN CASE |Friends of Mrs. -Fortescue Refuse to Believe Her Im- plication in Murder. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 14.—Aghast over the Hawailan murder, with its pro- logue of attack, society can talk of scarcely anything else these days. Patriclan Grace Fortescue, with her graying hair, arrested for the slaying of a native Hawailan—her friends liv- ing here 5000 miles away say they cannot believe it. Only an inner circle knew why Mrs. Fortescue so suddenly left the comfort- able mid-Victorian house of the Roose- velts at Bayport, Long Island, last Sep- tember, after a cable from Honolulu. But those who have known her since girlhood say they can well imagine her state of mind when she learned her youthful daughter, Thalia, wife of Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, U. S. N., was in the | hospital in a pitiable condition after an attack by Hawallan natives. Courageous and Brilliant. “Grace would have been President if she had been a man,” the World- Telegram today quotes & saying of her late father, Charles Bell, head of the American Security & Trust Co. in ‘Washington. A courageous, able, brilliant and lov- able woman, the newspaper says her friends describe her. She has blue eyes and a slim, straight figure, is an ex- cellent golfer, likes bridge, and loves riding. A mutual love of horses and the thrills of canters and jumps were a strong bond of interest between her and her adventurous husband, Maj. Gran- ville Roland Fortescue, who now is fll with pneumonia in a hospital here. As a girl, Grace Bell spent her child- hood in a stately house on Connecti- cut avenue in Washington. Hér young- est brother, Bobble, now Robert Bell of West Fifty-seventh street, New York, will leave for Honolulu this week to be with his sister. Her sister, Helen, now is Mrs. Julian Ashton Ripley of Lexing- ton avenue. Headed Her Class. Childhood Summwers were passed near Boston, at Twin C#ks, the estate of the Children’s grandfther, Gardiner Hub- bard, Boston financier. It was he Who gave their uncle, Alexander Graham Bell, money to put the first ‘elephone on the market. At school, Grace was at the tead of her class. At Mount Vernon SWainary she used to help her friends with a SA Oc = Heavy $6 90 All Sales Final ICH Aar TENTH 9” Mountain Layer Cake Pan Deep 8% Pie Plate Dipper— 1zes 2-Quart Shallow Stew Pan DuLIN @ MARTIN Connecticut Ave. and L PARKING SERVICE—Comnecticut Avenue Entrance January “Wear-Ever” Many useful items not listed are also in- cluded at reduced prices—many at one- half regular price Heavy Duty LE! Egg Poacher Muffin Pan—9 cup 1-Quart Stew Pan \L_ 7-Inch Fry Pan bit of coaching on the side when they needed it. Mrs. Fortescue's father died two years ago. Her step-mother, Mrs. Charles Bell, is in Europe, and one of Mrs. Fortescue's three children is with her—Marion, or “Rion” for short. When Grace Bell and Granville Fortescue were married in Washington 21 years ago this June, it was an im- portant event on the soclal calendar. Miss Bell was pretty and popular. Fortescue was a cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, and had been & rough rider in the famous troop. Have Been Globe-Trotters. The Fortescues went to Central America after their marriage, and there the biide learned to speak Spanish She knows French, German and Ital- ian_ also. knowledge, too, for the Fortescues have been globe-trotters. Thalia, the eldest daughter, has blue eyes like her mother, but the family says she is “much more phlegmatic in temperament, but a very sweet girl.” It seemed in accordance with family tradition that she should have been chosen by a navy man, who would take her to far corners of the world. ELWOOD STREET SPEAKS Elwood Street, director of the Com- munity Chest, will address the Wash- ington Hebrew Congregation tomorrow night at 8 o'clock Mr. Street, using the topic “Our Com- munity,” will tell of some of the social and philanthropic problems of the city. The children_have linguistic | STRAWN SEES TAX RAISES NECESSARY ‘Every Income Earner, Large and Small, Must Aid Na- tion, He Declares. | By the Assoctated Press. | strawn, president of the United States | Chamber of Commerce, declared yes- | terday that an increase in both upper | and lower brackets of the income tax is necessary to aid in balancing the national budget. Every man in the United States who | earns an income, large or small, must | aid in the governmental money crisis, he said in an address before the Balti- more Bond Club, and declared that “the most disquieting aspect of the | present times is the disposition of | people to avoid payment of taxes and shift the burden on some one else.” Balancing of the national budget is absolutely necessary to maintenance of the governmental credit, Mr. Strawn | said, and even an upward revision of | the income tax will not accomplish it. | New and other methods of balancing must be devised, he declared. 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