The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-30
CATHCART IS
BARRED OUT

Confined from Page One)
Cathcart has, it seems, ''washed his
hands of the grand jury. The grand
jury has certainly washed its hands Of
Cathcart and his deputies, and by call
ing in another lawyer and excluding
Cathcart ana Milverton from the grand
jury room most etfectuallv expressed its
lack of confidence in the present force
of the city attorneys office.
II is known that for several weeks
the situation as concerns Cathcart and
Milverton and the grand jury has been
very strained-so strained, in fact, that
some weeks ago when c. G. Bockus,
one of the grand jurors, was suddenly
called away to the Coast on business
during the investigation of case in
which the attitude of the city attorney
did not appear to good advantage, he
felt called upon for the sake of the
public welfare to write a special re-
port himself, expressing his views on
the matter in hand.
1t was the action of the city attor-
case that caused the open rupture yes
terday, 1t viii be remembered that
Lane, although accused of one of the
most disgusting and heinous crimes
ever committed in Honolulu, was al
lowed by the city attorneys office to
plead guilty to minor charge and
got off with a sentence of a year in
jail.
The grand jury felt outraged at the
action of the city attorneys office, and
Immediately began an investigation on
its own account. But feeling that no
aid might be expected from the city
attorneys office, the grand jury yester-
day requested Deputy City Attorney
Fred Milverton, who was supposed to
be assisting it in its Investigations, to
withdraw from the room. Lorrin An
drews, as an independent attorney, was
then sent for. He did not know what
the grand jury wanted, but obeyed the
summons He was asked a number of
questions concerning the Lane case.
While he was before the grand jury
Fred Milverton opened the door and
walked in. He was promptly notified
that he was not wanted, and he left
the room in an apparent huff. The
grand jury resumed its work, but in a
few minutes the door again opened, and
in walked Cathcart and Mileerton.
Cathcart red with anger and talking
thickly.
eve might as we'll settle this thing
right now he said eXcitedly. fWbat
is this man doing here?' pointing a
shaking finger at Lorrin Andrews.
Has he been subpoenaed? If he has,
my office has a right to be present at
his examination.
One of the grand jurors stated that
Mr. Andrews had not been subpoenaed,
but had been called in to answer some
questions.
eff Won want to 90 over my head, -
yelled Cathcart, "whv don t YOU 90 to
the attorney general? You have no
right to call in an outsider, and I de-
mand that, unless he is being examined
under subpoena, he be put out of the
ROOM
{. G. Bockus made some reply to the
effect that the grand jury had a right
to conduct an investigation in its OVID
way.
Give had enough of you, Mr.,
Bockus.' yelled Cathcart, ''and | don t
intend to stand any more from you.'
81 am accustomed to being addressed
as n gentIeman,'' remarked Bockus.
And Furthermore | do not care to
associate with barroom loafers'
"You re iar'' shrieked Cathcart,
and made a leap toward BOckus with
the evident intention of assaulting him.
But another grand juror stepped be
tween the two men and Cathcart s bel
Igerencv was foiled.
The grand jury then announced again
that II preferred to conduct its investi-
cations without the presence of either
Cathcart or MiIverton One of the
jurors limited very broadly that some
of the actions of the members Of the
city ATTORNEYS office might themselves
bear investigation.
- should think. Mr.. Cathcart,' said
one member of the inquisitorial body
'"that YOU would be ashamed of your,
| self to try TO interfere in an investl
! cation into a matter that does not re
| fleet very creditahly upon your office.
| Cathcart looked red in the face. but
| had nothing pertinent to say to this.
! In the end the grand Jury decide
! that It could get along very well with
out any LAWYER, and Andrews was ex
cused and Cathcart and Milverton tolC
to get out of the room.
Among the matters investigated YES
/ terdav we're the Lane case and the
| Manuel Richards case.
| The grand jurors, being still unde