The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-23
City Attorney, on Witness Stand,
Declares indictment of
Lane Was Spite.
CATHCART HAS RECOVERED"
Grand Jurymen Called to Testify
as to Truth of Some of
His UtteranCes.

On the witness stand yesterday.
where he stood as a witness called
i for the defense in the notorious Lane
ease. JOAN W. Cathcart accused the
grand iury that had indicted the de
PENDANT with malice toward the prison
err making 30 direct charge against
The iurymeu of a violation Of their
oaths that Judge Cooper Immediately
dictated an order for the members OF
the jury to appear in court this morn
ing to answer.
Cathcart had apparently recovered
from his attack OF two weeks ago,
when he tried to have the prosecution
against Lane stopped, in which attempt
he was rebutfed by the court and the
attorney general.
Now, SO serious has become the in
vestigation of the reasons why Lane,
originally charged with rape, was not
at once prosecuted under that charge,
| that Judge Cooper dictated the order
summoning back into court every mem
Der of the grand jury which had the
matter before it some months ago,
when Cathcart objected to the presence
Of Attorney Lorrin Andrews in the
grand jury room.
The grand juIymen will be questioned
/ as to a statement made by Mr.. Cath
cart, under oath, that one member of
the jury at that time told him that they
To- lou
whereupon he (Cathcart) came to the
conclusion that the grand jury was
rrejudiced. biased and entertained
personal animus against Lane Mr.
Cathcart volunteered the latter conclu,
sion. but his counsel. Z. y. Douthitt
withdrew the animus part of the state
ment.
Mr.. Cathcart made many statements
regarding remarks which he said were
made BIZ various grand iurymen. but
he said he was unable to state which
iurvman had made this or that state
ment
A Serious Phase.
When Cathcart said that a iuryman
on the jury, had stated it would ''get
Lane, law or ne law and made other
statements attacking the grand jury,
Judge Cooper took a hand in the pro-
eeedings. and said he considered that
this was the most serious phase yet of
the whole matter and thar to get at
the bottom of it, the grand iurymen had
better be summoned
At first it was proposed to summon
only those who had offered testimony
before, but finally it was decided to
subpoena the entire seventeen mem
bers Mr.. Cathcart' s statement was a
bald ami general one and such that
only the testimony of the whole seven
teen can determine whether or not such
statement was made. Mr.. Cathcart
i stated, in response to each question as
to who made this or that statement,
j that he could not remember. He men
4 toned. the names of Foreman Nc
! Stoeker and G.. G. Bockus as having
4 stated other matters concerning the
4 Lane Investigation, but their statements
4 lad nothing to do with that he testi.
] ned to yesterday on the witness stand.
4 Milverton Preliminary.
Deputy City Attorney MiIvertou was
a hrst placed ON the stand and asked
Z few questions by his counsel, and he
was followed on the stand by the city
sttorney. VINO in answer to a request
1or statement of how he happened to
90 to the rand Jury room. said he was
4 IN the Baaa of Hawaii when he re
teiVed a telephone message to go to
4 tne jury room, He reached there about
Z 'hree minutes atrerward. lie knocked
On the door and it was opened par.
tally
'Whoever opened it tried to prevent
j my entering be said However |