Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-03
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have ever known declared Mr. Nc
Candless this morning. That was
the first knew Of his trial. 4 had no
idea that he would be tried for sever
al days. / thought Of course they
would give US plenty OF time to have
the boy examined TO show that ne Is
en- irresponsible.
They rang up our home about Z
O'Clock Friday evening. Ny wife went
to the phone: II was McDuffie speak
ing. He said to her: ! have your
son. No mention was made Of the
time Of the trial We all assumed
that it would not be for several days.
However, lost no time in getting to
Or. Emerson. but he got to the sta
ton too late"
/. Louis G.. Halyerson, who has lived
with the McCandless family in their
little brown cottage at 1863 .Nuuanu
street for a number OF years, was I'M
,equivocal in his statement that Nc
Duffie wanted to railroad the lad and
for that reason caused the trial to be
rushed through.
~ guess he wanted to have done
With the boy" added Halverson.
The latter save many instances this
morning to show that the boy has
heen mentally incompetent for years.
He said the boy would break down a
door rather than enter 1t. deliberately
turn on the gas and allow it to escape
through the house. or spend large
sums for barley for which he had no
use. He said that he would delib-
erately break window, and do count
less acts to show that he was not In
normal mind. Young McCandless
showed many Of the signs Of KEEP
tomaniAc, he says.
Mrs. McCandless says she will
never give up until justice is given
Ter son. Realizing that her son is
non compos mentis, she Is determined
that the courts take this fact into con-
federation In dealing with him, and
she Is bitter against the prosecuting
officers in not giving her an emporium
'ity to act before sentencing her boy.
George was arrested Friday
night, she said, ''and McDuffie tele-
phoned to me saying that he had my
son. But he did not notify me that he
would be tried the next day, therefore
i was given no chance to defend him.
The boy is only eighteen years, ment-
ally unbalanced and therefore should
have had an attorney. His father
went down early next morning to SCI
cure doctor but his trial was over.
also went and was surprised to hear
that he was already sentenced"
The mother says that her son has
evidenced signs Of mental inc0mpe-
teucy since he was thirteen years DID,
About that time he was taken 70 Dr.
u. r. Judd for an examination, which
resulted IN letters being sent to the
reform scnool. where the boy was
confined for some time, to keep q
close watch on him and IL they saw
ANYTHING wrong with the boy to mo-
|tify his parents.
The boys conduct was apparently
fairly good at that institution, for It
is shown that he was soon released
from the reform school on condition
that he attend the Honolulu School
for Boys. He was accordingly sent
ito that school and his parents be-
iieEed that he was getting along
nicely. But something of the klepto-
.<,o<,foof },,c1f,,offoro E,buo,.xo "A NV IIoI-
5000, - M, ssss,.t 81 t1s,ssa,,as ~
fore long, and as a result when he left
the school il was discovered that he
had sfblen aboot 500 This money.
had come into his possession NV be-
inc sent fors snnnlies for ffe school
,r6ward the last Of fhe term he fan
- the Temptation To take fhe money
thn,,cn A. was not discovered unfil
come time sfter he left ethr institr-
f;on
6Svs;eisn suepeets unsoundness az
|; Mind
Ff,l,ox;ne 4 conference with Mrs.
Me(<Sndless this morning. DR.. George
Herbert said THAT IN his ouinion--one
hased ,,non the aceoiiiIt Of the yorfh,s
life as given by the mother-the ac-
tion n affemnfing to Establish him
as legally tincompetent is msuifestly
well taken and insfifable.
aFrom VIVA, ! know Of the case the
Inv has never been of sound mind.
From earliest voftI he has commit
would not do This last offense-
one WI Ell could cuiminate in bring
ing him nowhere else than in the Jail