Evening Star Newspaper, February 29, 1932, Page 16

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About 18,000 men of the Army and Navy are stationcd here, Nearly all conduct themselves creditably- ~ But most of them are unattached, and in the age group mentioned they come into direct competition with the island youths for the favors of island girls. The problem, so far as a few are con- cerned, is obvious. In this indolent climate also there is a tendency toward pleasure which passes the bounds of good taste and common decency, and a few men in both services, sometimes officers, have done much, so Dr. Adams puts it, “to remove the halo from the head of the white man.” Exceptions Are Few These, cf course, are isolated cases, but if there is any place in the world where it behooves an officer in the Army or Navy to he a gentleman without the persuasion of Congress. it is here, and | to the credit of the services it must be | said that with few exceptions their | conduct has been exemplary. | " But these exceptions have been glar- ing, and there frequently arise differ- ences of opinion between the services and the civilian population based on mutual misunderstanding. rists have yielded without re- luctance to the relaxing influence of | this semi-tropical climate, and since | the cult of sun bathing has spread, ‘ clothing has been removed on the beach at Waikiki to an extent that leaves little | to the imagination. | Almost every ome here agrees | there is nothing vicious about the “beach boy,” but they also agree that he has been encouraged at times to lower his cpinion of white women. | There is little contact between the | gangs and the “beach hoys,” but some | of the beach incidents probably have percolated through gossip to the tougher | town element, and it has been easy for the native and Oriental gangster to | generalize on such a topic. |~ This general lcss of prestige by the Haoles coincided with the growing in- | crease in sex crimes, and the eventual | result was foreshadowed long before it occurred, A letter in a newspaper shows the public attitude: Inaction Deplored. “For several years the conditions in regard to sex crimes have become a festering, spreading disease in Honolulu, and what is being done to curb them? A lot of round table talk at clubs and elsewhere among the men—a lot of useless panicky discussion among the women, an investigating committee or among the civic organizations, and in the end, what? Recommendations, mutterings, long suffering silence, until | the next outrage occurs, and in the meantime the same crooked dealihgs in police department, the | avaricious advisers who would do an; thing for money, the same proud boast- ing on the part of defendants that a jury can be so selected that they will never be convicted, and what becomes of that PIECE SET WM. A. ROGERS SILVERWARE and Diningware to Match same . THE EVENING decency, justice and civie pride in Honolulu?” Most of the attacks on women were by gangs, a sort of crime mueh more re on the mainland. As a result the | League of Women Voters tried to get | Chief of Police August Vollmer, Berke- ley, Calif., to come here some years ago and investigate the entire gang and | police situation, and raised the money to bring him, but for some reason their | efforts were skie tracked. Things drifted along until in the Fall of 1928 there was a crime which | startled the entire community, and it | was against a boy. A Japanese, Myles | Fukunaga, kidnaped the young son | of a trust company official and stran- | gled him. Fukunaga demanded ran. som of $5000 and the father paid the money. The numbers of the bills had been taken by the bank. Crime Shocked Public. | So shocking was the crime that | parents did not permit their children | out of sight. even to go to school, and bought pistols to protect their homes. The entire stock of firearms in Hon- olulu was cleared out in a few days. The police again falled to function, and the Chamber of Commerce and Gov. Judd, then,a colonel in the Na- tional Guard, persuaded them to per- mit Gordon Ross, recently appointed high sheriff, to take charge of the in. vestigation But it was not until the newspapers forced the authorities to make public the numbers of the bills that Fukunaga was caught. There was a mob on the murderer’s heels when he was taken to the police station, and if they could have done so they would have torn him to pie Later he was hanged. This case centered attention upon police. but nothing was done to improve the situation. Sex crimes continued to incresse, and reached their climax in 1929 when there was a | demand that the whipping post be established to deal with men who at- tacked girls. The proposal aroused ex- citement, and although it was passed by the Legislature it was vetoed by Gov. Wallace Farrington on the ground that it did not truly represent public opinion, First Recorded in 1931. The first recorded attack on a white woman was in March, 1931, when a rmess was _assaulted within 100 of her home -in the exclusive ond Head district. The case has never been solved, and the police were accused of mishandling it. The girl could only partly describe her assail- ant. Then came the recent Ala Moana case, when Mrs. Thomas Massie, wife | of a lieutenant in the Navy, was at- tacked on a lonely road after she had left an inn where she and her husband had been members of a party. Althcugh the identity of Mrs. Massie was not known to the public until the murder which followed, there was a tremendous uproar over her assault, not only because of its brutality, but because the Navy took vigorous action This case also was unusual because the five men charged with the crime were caught only a few hours after. ward. They were Joseph Kahahawai and Benny Ahakuelo, Hawalians; Hor- ace Ida and David Takai, Japanese, and ' Henry Chang, Chinese. Their car collided with another car only a short time after the assault on Mrs. Massie and the number of the car led to their arrest. Two of them, Kahahawai and Chang, were at once taken before Mrs. Massie. She said she identified them. Three of them had criminal records. Kaha- hawai had pleaded guilt to assault in | ancther case and served 30 days. | Chang and Ahakuelo had been in- | dicted with three others for rape, and | mm— | TOMATO JUICE COCKTAIL one tumbler of tomato juice and one teaspoon of - LEA PERRINS '\__SAUCE s/ For Six 21 WM. A. ROGERS DININGWARE Wm. A. Rogers Diningware in a delightful floral design on a delicate coral pink back- ground in the newest shade completes this handsome ensemble. Come in and see its WM. A. ROGERS SILVERWARE Guaranteed for a Lifetime of Service The new modern Cavalier Pattern Silverware is a handsome addition to any table service. Fully guaranteed for a Lifetime of Service, there is an overlay of pure Silver where the beauty for yourself wear comes. STAR; WASHINGTON, were permitted to plead guilty to assault with intent to ravish. Chang was released on parole at the end of his minimum sentence, and Ahakuelo, an athlete, according to Admiral Stirling’s report “was, at the instigation of persons connected with | the local amateur athletic union, granted a full discharge by the terri- torial governor on February 25, 1931, | in order that he might represent the territory in the national amateur box. ing champlonship tournament held this year at Madison Square Garden, New York City. He did in fact so repre- sent the territory.” Gov. Judd has denied that he re- leased Ahakuelo for this reason, and stated that he acted only on the rec- ommendation of the parole board. The Navy officials were so stirred by the attack on Mrs. Massie that shore leave of men in the fleet here for maneuvers was canceled, although later the men of one ship were per- mitted ashore. Rear Admiral Pettingill wrote in & letter which was mad pub- lic that Honolulu was unsafe for the wives of naval officers. This action aroused turmoil in Hawaii and Con- gress, and after the Kahahawai murder, Seth Richardson of he Attorney Gen- eral's office in Washington was sent to Hawaii, where he is now making an investigation of conditions, chiefly with a view of determining whether the territorial government is function- ing properly or should be changed. Race Lines Disregarded. When the men charged with attack- ing Mrs. Massie were tried there was a disagreement among the jury, and al- though they were kept at their delib- erations for four days they were finally discharged without reaching a decision There was not a single pure Nordic on the jury, but curiously they divided without regard to race. The first ballot is said to have been six to six. The jurors were split fairly evenly without regard to race. Those said to have been for conviction on the first ballot were a man three-quarters white and one-quarter Hawaiian, an- other three-quarters Hawaiian and one- quarter white, another three-quarters white and one-quarter Hawaiian, an- other a Japanese; another three-quar- ters white and one-quarter Hawalian, and a Chinese. Those for acquittal on this ballot are said to have been: One who was three- quarters white and one-quarter Hawai- ian, another one-eighth white and seven-eighths Hawaiian, another Jag- anese, another three-quarters Portu- guese and one-quarter Hawalian, an- other a Portuguese, and finally a Chinese. ‘The only time an eight-to-four ballot was taken it is said to have been for acquittal, and the final vote was seven to five for acquittal. At least 100 bal- lots were taken. The jury had apparently been some- what influenced- by the discord in the police department, which resulted in awkward fumbling of evidence. One of the things upon which the prosecution depended to convict the five men was the tire tracks at the point where Mrs Massie says her assailants dra (/. A\ | responsible ~citizens of Hawai, D. C. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 19%2. Sinal Wenith/ from the car and committed the &s- sault. A day or two before the trial the prosecutor, who had had his case checked by a number of well-known lawyers, learned that the chief of de- tectives, John Mclntosh, had taken the car, which belonged to Ida, and had driven it out to the scene of the assault, so mixing the tracks that they became impossible as evidence. That was & single instance of the bungling which marred the entire building up of the police case against the men. When these things became known there began to be evident among sox'n;1 bot! native and white, a doubt—whether justified or not—whether all the men charged with the crime were guilty, or whether the gang had split and some other men had become mixed up with those Mrs. Massie said she was most positive in identifying. 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