The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-06-09


Whtch are natural 10 the young. After
khIs accident aAd after these Illnesses,
and after his return from this trip from
~ 5und she world, he ceases - take any
special interest n general society. II,
became liable 10 feelings OF restrJint and
nervousness He was 70 certain eX eut
the victim OK q constantly depressed irritI-
htlity. There were other changes resulting
naturally and logically from the lesion o.
the brain " HIGH followed the accident,
which were observable by friends az
Quaihtances. relatives aGd Hie!iCaI ads
viseTs, although, OF course, never spoken
OF to him. aRd ~ hich il appeared jHat .
would take very long interval # tme
completely overcome. / cannot fUrt.-.
and do not think il is nee 2-uTy
( further 20 into psr,iCU .1r- All
branch o. tue casc. ssa-pN state
20 you that 10y the uieGlt,t. te>sl
nony. and by the est.m ny OF others
which viii Oe received by the curt. wc
OhRll show the resui . OF This IE ury and or
these ILLNESSES upon the defendant as IL
iustratSd by his demeanor and his con.
eLci. and tlat shall fully establish
what arr known as predisposinG csuses
branch Of the defense viii rest. We shal
certainly show that the lesion OF
tho brain rendered il more sensitive
20 excitement and liable to morbid feel
inss: that .-&rT" wa probably. TO certain
-rg' In the brain
resulting from the conclusion. which il
eook BeRra fully 10 develop. and we shall
ulustrata1nl establish these facts in the
n2anner 1 have before indicated. Now.
then, come down TO a statement OF what
term the exciting cause; that Is, mean
oy the exciting causes. those causes di-
Eectly connecting themselves with the
mental csRditiOn of The defendant at no
precise time when the act complained
81 here occurred. You will understand,
gentlemen, this general division, the pre-
iISposiDG causes relating to those matters,
which, 30 TO speak, prepare the mind FOR
the influence OF the causes to which am
now calling your attention. and
which are termed exciting causes
IactS leading up to the accident
which you have been impAneled TO in
SeStigato. Now, we are entitled as a mat
Ten OF law. and this is branch of the law
which this Court has very frequently APP
piled, and il il not necessary TO go into II
10 any great extent. to introduce in evil
dSnce here whatever facts there were
which operated upon a mind predisposed,
- have already detailed you, would lead
up 10 tho ultimate development. either OF
what Is called impulsive insanity or tran
STORY mania. What then were those ex-
citing causesl
ATTACKS OF THE "cHRoNTCLE-"
The chief prosecuting witness, Mr..
Michel II. de Young, was, and think
since The year 1866. or thereabouts, has
been first one of the pToprietors, and lat
tetly the sole proprietor OF the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, a newspaper constantly
and every day read by this defendant. who,
In the condi ion which l have de.
sCrib0d or suggested. was deVotedly at
tRched to his fut Their and to his mother and
who was young man who bad been
brought up to consider reputation and life
IS tho equivalents Zach for the other.
Now this paper instituted. or rather the
main prosecuting witness here, who was
responsible for its contents, instituted
series of Rttscts upon certain business en-
terprises in which the father OF this de
fehdant was engaged and UPON his m svhods
Of conducting some OF those enterprises,
and upon his association or connection
made out in the columns of that ne~sSs per
with certain public questions that moro or
less interested the readers Of all the news
papers in the land. There is very II uch
Of this matter OF which you will see the
defense here is made TO the com
plsint. / Wish to draw the lns
of distinction clearly and unoquIVo-
cRlly between those statements which
we rely upon here as being exciting causes
in tho sense which has already been de-
fined. and those statements, whether we
agree with them or disagree with them.
which were leRtttmAteiy within tho prov.
as the proprietor of the news
paper which I have already named.
legged system of slavery in tho Sandwich
EsIAndS and In the Kindom OF Hawai-. 1t
attacks the reciprocity treaty between the
Sandwich islands and the United states.
II attacked the Hawaiian Commercial and
Sugar Company, OF which Claus Spreck-
els, the father, was the founder, ana IN
which he was and always had been one OF
the largest stockholders. Now, upon this
h3Veno complaint to make here OF the liber-
~ or independence Of the press. We have
NO objection to present to full exposition
Of every business claim or political
measure. either actually injurious or sup
posed 10 be actually injurious to the pub
lie interests. We recognize fully and wish
20 be understood as recognizing,
whatever our individual opinion may
happen to be, the great utility of fear'es
and independent press, represen ing the
public good and all that is best and most
enduring in our civilization. But Michel
n. de Young, prosecuting witness In this
case, did not limit himself to the usual
methods of newspapers which are recog-
nized as both followers and lesdcrs of en-
lighted public opinion. he followed the
rules Of Sa4sH
PERSONAL JOURNALISM.
The greatest curse that ever fell upon.
free community, a curse " hich carries
desolation and despair into happy homes
and into the breasts Of individual men sni
individual women. He attacked ClasI
Spreckels, the father of this defendant,
personally in numberless articles. making
large volume. which have here In prin;
before me, both editoTiAlly and in the local
columns of the Chronicle and every one of
these personal attacks was absolutely un.
Srue. He not only asEailed Claus Spreekels.
bat ne assaulted his family. on one occasion
not excepting his wife, the mother CT this
defendant. He ridiculed and insulted him
in every manner to which a business man
and the father Of family 10 most sensL
tive. BY way Of illustrating that propo'
lish with regard to IT, taking the
mere appellatives which were Gp'
piled, or some OF them. to CiAIs
Sprockels, will furnish tao most
striSing illustrations. He was sreRen OF
as the sugar king of Hawaiian IIlahAh, rs
the KAnaka sugar king, as King SPteckelS,
as king OF the sugar trade, as prince or
Honolulu, as q Kanaka prince aE sugar
king Claus, Claus, Claus with many
Claus, as Sir Claus Claws. as sandwich
Island knight, as knightly reside asa
sugar refiner knighted by King halaEaas,
as the boss monopoLst. as the He0iA
ogre, and his brother was oxen OF. ore
OF them, % the son of Sir Claus. ana his
wife nioknamed Lady SpTeck els" ais
children alluded to as scions Of the noble
family and their intimate friOhdF
were referred to as the Sprech els
crowd and family, ring and combination.
He was mentioned as the leader of tie
Spreokels destiny, illustrated by King
KalakEua as the head Of the sugar rinE-ee
the Lilputian magnate. These are y ere
illustrations of the appellatiOns and ferns
OF expression which wers individually ap
piled to Mr.. Claus Spreckels in the course
Of this crusade against him in the col
Hmns of the San Francisco Chronicle. But
the prosecuting witness IN this ca1c DID
not stop there, His p rsonal rsHrges
were far more serious, far more scar hing,
far deeper, far more injurious and far
more wOunding to the sensitive heart OF
an honorable man than any hing that
could be expressed by mere ridiculc OF
irony. He violently attacked ClauI
Spreckels' business enterprise and his
mode of conducting business, he
rspersed his honesty. his integrity
and his humanity. These libels and
personalities began as early as June
50, 1851, and were continued until NoYem.
Der 10, 1854. some three days before this
affair occurred. which II Is your particular
province to investigate. They numbered
altogether I23 or l2f. They We're published
in all sorts of forms both IN the local and
tie edi orial columns of the Chronicle
but always most prominently and most
extensively. They caused much comment in
other journals some of which were ais
read by the defendant. and they caused
this comment not merely by their length
but by their severity and by the
GLAZING HEAD LINES
Through which the Chronicle in connsc-
ton with this topic sought to attract the
attention Of the public. And all these per-
sonal assertions reached and operated
nnnn thu mind Of this dafandant In Q