The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-28
ANDRADE ROASTS
THOSE HIGHER UP
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND COUNTY ATTORNEY
sHUNT SUCH CoMNuTTAL CASES AS SENSATIONAL sTRAUs-
DIEDRICH ALLEGED THREA TENED SHOOTING AFFAIR ON
DISTRICT MAGISTRATES HA NDs-svENGAII NO TEsTIF7Es

District Magistrate Frank Andraue'
with due dignity and emphasis, TINS
morning from the bench, in the case
of Julia Diedrich VS.. Leon Straus, al
legd assault with deadly weapon,
handed out a roast of no uncertain
meaning to the County Attorney ana
the Territorial Attorney General
Judge Andrade found occasion TO
saw that he dbl not see that the de-
partments referred to had any good OF
logical reason for always making 1t
point to shunt off on him all cases
which were committal cases and that
If was up to them to themselves, pre-
Iiminarily. to investigate such cases
and mass them directly up to the
grand Jury, so that the latter couiu
make an investigation, where hecea-
sary. and inuict if there was evidence
Tnasmuch as he, Judge Andrade' was
sitting both as police judge ana as
district magistrate, it was up to hlm'
no said. to act in that dual capacity
and. if cases came before him Where
there was the slightest possibility OF
Grand iurv finding a true bill, 1t ne
came his duty to hold over, to pihu
over the defendant to the circuit court
for trial, providing, of course an III
dictment was returned.
of was sitting merely as pollce
iudge." said Andrade, I should as
charge this defendant" referring 10
1.eon Straus. "but since am also mere
nc district magistrate | must, unuer
the law. hold him for the circuit court
for. from the evidence, there Is Uhe
nossibilitv that the grand jury might
land he emphasized mighty return
an indictment. Therefore commit inc
defendant to trial" -
Charlie ChillingwOrth, detehulhs
straus. asked for moderate bail anu
A NJ Brown, Prosecuting, asked TOT
81 900 bail.
Cbillingworth remarked that Brown
had nerve. -,
Andrade made the bail $3.50 and al
lowed Straus until 2 p. m. to raise
bond.
"Tu be here or in JAIL said otraus
IF the police can find you remark
ed Brown.
/ The hearing of the case against
Straus this morning was highly inter-
esting. The court room was packed
There were 427 men and one lady, not
counting the complaining witness ana
her lady friend, present.
Z Julia Diedrich, telephone. girl, told
her story. She is a prepossesslng
young lady with rather dreamy as
4 pect, her thoughts evidently far away.
She may be unusually timid; she may
be fit subject for hypnotism, or she
may be Just romantic and possess an
Imagination which might. in a pinch,
lead her to compose a fiction to fiji
an end.
Chillingworth' contention that the
girl was given a severe roast by her
mother for being out late at night
with a stranger Leon Straus, and that
the young lady, taking the opportunity
of making capital of the fact that
Leon had been carrying pistol told
a story of Leon having compelled her
to wander around with him, for an eX-
cuse to save herself from her mother S
wrath, was not bad, but there seemed
to be nothing in the evidence on eth
err side to excuse the fOofhardy propo-
sition, to which Straus himself testi-
fed, of a man, fearing a gun might GO
off in his hip pocket, depositing said
gun in the lap of his lady acquain-
lance.
The testimony of the girl consisted
chiefly in answers of yes" and mo
and outsideof these little words she
| was not communicative, there was mucf
and of Hawaii, considerable gain will
: be found in the Democratic total part
ly due to desertion from the Home
, Rule ranks, and partly to a belle
among the Hawaiians that the mex
! President of the United States will b'
/ a Democrat, and naturally there is 1
/ desire to be in on the winning side
[ So far in the campaign there has beer
} less activity among the Republican,
? than in any of the three political par
= ties.
) FUSION DENOUNCED.
, Yesterday afternoon, meeting o
/ the Democratic County Central Com
Q mittee was held in Serrao hall. Tn
following resolution, against Fusion
: was adopted;
| Whereas two years ago the Demo
e Gratis in the County of Hawaii propose
1 fusion with the Home Rule part,
Y which was generally accepted by tn
4 Home Rule party, and whereas, afte
/ election and during the two years las
( past such fusion has not been satisfaC
tory to the Democrats, and therefor
! be il further Resolved that in tn
g coming County Election the Count
e Central Committee recommends tina