The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-02
A HOT ROAST
IN COURT ROOM
DuNNE HURLs A long LIST or
CHOICE EXPRESSIONS AT DIR.
MOORE.

j. J. Dunno concluded his argument
for the defense i'm the Naone murder
case yesterday afternoon, and Attorney
General Andrws opned for the prose-
cution. In the course Of his argument
Dunno roasted Dr. Moore, prison ply
stefan who testified for the prosecution.
i'm his hottest style. Dunno devoted
considerable time to Dr. Moore. open
ing his mentions of him by referring to
him as little Moore" who "drifted
here from Michigan" several years ago.
Moore was referred to by the attorney
as "a specialist in government pap" "a
sponsor for the faker Hammond"
This holder Of a government job who
came here prejudiced against Philip
Naone tells us" said Dunno chat in
Michigan,-God help Michigan, Ham
mond is an authority"
Dunno said that Moore reminded him
of a direction post" always pointing the
right way but never getting there" and
he made very sarcastic references to
Moores remark under s-examina-
ton, that his opinions were not to be
bought. you never saw an honest
man exhibiting himself in such a way"
said the attorney. when you hear a
man parading his honesty in such style
you can hazard a Scotch guess that the
notion of buying and selling himself is
too much i'm his head, and it is about
time to lock up the spoons" After
referring to the doctor as the "sancti-
fed friend of Hammond" Dunno finish
ed up the job Of roasting by remarking
that Moore's manner, appearance and
testimony and whole atmosphere calls
for nothing but the contempt of decent
men,"
Dunno reviewed the evidence with
great ability and detail up to within an
hour of the time for closing court clos
ing with admonishing the jurors to con-
slider Naone's career as a whole and
claiming that such consideration would
clearly lead to a conclusion of insanity.
Attorney General Andrews met the
evidence of the experts for the defense
by stating that none of them had been
testifying about Naone, but had been
testifying regarding a hypothetical per-
son, described in a question which did
not include all the facts about the de-
PENDANT. Andrews developed the theory
that Naone was infatuated with the
woman Mitchell, who testified that he
wanted to marry her and spoke of get
ting rid of his wife, and said that the
defendant first schemed to blacken his
wife's character and then murdered
her.
The argument was not concluded at
four and court adjourned to this
morning.
In a crowded courtroom j. j. Dunno
in the morning began the argument for
the defense. There were many mem
bers of the Naone family present
and with them were the defendants
three infant children. The rest of
Judge De Bolts courtroom was crowd
ed with listeners.
Dunno began by saying that under
the law here the defense is at a great
disadvantage, in that the prosecution is
not required to make any opening state
ment, and the defense is therefore UNI
able to find out until the case develops
upon what theory the prosecution re-
lies to show the guilt of the accused
Entering upon discussion of the case
Dunno said that the question before the
| jury was not so much the circum-
stances and facts of the actual shoot
| ing, but whether Naone was a guilty
murder or a very unfortunate youth
| The attorney said that he would not
discuss the killing itself, and he asked
| the jurors not to allow themselves tc
be influenced by parade of the bloody
dress Of the dead woman. Let the
dead lady rest in peace" he said. "Dc
not disturb her memory any more thar
| is necessary. to do justice to the living
The question before you gentlemen, is
not so much what took place at the
! time of her death but whether or not
Philip Naone was sane on the eighth Of
October, 1904. 1t is not have we proved
that he was insane, but have the prose
cution proved to you beyond all reason
able doubt that he was sane
Dunno continued with an analysis o.
the letters written by Naone and offer
ed in evidence by the prosecution, say
! ing that their structure showed many
evidences of the mental arrangement O
the writer. There were mixturs Of
| English and Hawaiian languages, lacl
of continuity, the letter were broker
into postcripts and Naone, who haC
! been a law clerk and typewriter, ap
peared when he wrote the letters t.
have been unabl to spell even his owl
nam correctly.
BAR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE.