Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-02
SEVERAL Tits
ENLVEN BERT
BOWER trial
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On the second of these rides she
said the party. consisting of herself.
her younger sister, the Mortenson
girl, Bower and two other men whom
she knew only as Max and Frazer.
stopped at the Kentucky saloon. She
said the Mortenson girl was driving
the car. and that when they arrived at
the saloon, Max, after much insist
|ence, induced her - Violet Spreen-
TO take a drink McCarn asked what
the drink was, and counsel for the
defense raised objection on the ground
that the nature OF the drink taken by
Violet Spreen had nothing to do with
the conduct of Bower and Victoria
Mortenson. This point was argued at
length. -
In the course of the discussion,
with the jury present, Attorney Straus
smilingly declared
'Your Honor, at the close OF this
court session I'll have an automobile
at the door downstairs and I'm going
to invite the honorable district attoT-
ney to take a ride with me, promis-
ing TO take him home for luncheon.
Enroute. however. I'll stop at a sa-
loon and go in and have a drink. MIR.
McCari1, being temperance man,
will refuse to accompany me, and will
remain sitting in the car. It will take
me several minutes to get that drink
and meantime Mr.. McCarn will be
seen by scores of people, sitting in an
automobile int front of the saloon.
Now Ii would be likely that the re-
port would go broadcast throughout
Honolulu that jeff McCarn was drink
ing, perhaps even that he got drunk
today. His reputation might be ruin
ed, yet he and would know perfect
" well that he was innocent of the
charge Yet the condemnation he
would receive would be just as merit.
ed as that which, by inference, ;le
would give to Bert Bower, because
forsooth Beft sat in the machine In
front of the Kentucky saloon while
tie other members of the party took
drinks"
holding that this was not to the point
of the technical discussion,
Following the defense's futile effort
last Friday to have Miss Lena A. Mon
roe, a teacher OF the girls industrial
school, excluded from the courtroom,
on the theory that her presence might
have an undue influence on the girl
witnesses, it is understood the counsel
for Bower have effectually shut off
several. other women who are actively
interested in the school and these girls
from attending the court sessions Mrs.
May T. Wilcox stated this morning
that she, Miss SadfS &c. iSterritt and
Miss Agnes Maynard had been sub
poenaed as witnesses for the defense.
Under the rules of the court this ex-
cludes them from the trial until they
are called to the witness stand. At
the same time the defense is not CON-
PEELED to call them at any time during
the progress CT the case. Miss May
nard is girls probation officer Of the
juvenile court and Miss Sterritt is SUI
perintendent of the girls industrial
school. 81.
Violet Spreen testified today that
she had seen Bower and Victoria
Mortenson together on numerous oc-
OdO1OnS auA ling nIuICI 1O1S-lO
and the spring of 1918, meeting Bower
the first time at the Evans home, Ka-
piolani and Prospect streets, where
the Mortenson girl was then residing.
Her first ride with them, she said.
was begun. without the knowledge of
aver and Victoria Mortenson. She
erred she slipped into the tonneau
~ the car when they were starting
put one evening. En- route to Waikiki
and somewhere on Kalakaua avenue,
Bower discovered the Spreen girls
presence mad at once turned back, re-
fuSing to take her further. She said
that until they discovered her in the
car Bower and Victoria Mortensop
were in very loverlike attitudes, with
frequent osculatory exchanges occur.
ring. On the discovery of her. she
said, the turtle-doye performance
ceased abruptly.
On the second ride, she went out to
Waikiki Inn, she asserted, in company
with Bower and Victoria ~Mortenson,
Violet's sister and the two men, whom
she knew only as Max and Frazer"
They did not get out of the car at the
Inn, she said, but all took drink ex
cept her sister and Victoria Morten-
son. In fact, she admitted, the other
four took two drinks apiece. Then
they drove downtown, the Mortenson
girl at the wheel, with Bower sitting
on the front seat beside her. They
drew up in front of the Kentucky bar.
and, remaining in the car, took more
drinks. At this point the discussion
between counsel arose. continuing I'M
til the noon recess was called The
hearing continued at o'clock this af-
ternoon
Carl F. Wikander, a Jouag man who
formerly resided at the corner of Ka-
piolani and Prospect streets, testified
that on numerous occasions he had
seen Bower and Miss Mortenson sit
ting in the formers car at the street
corner. sometimes in the early evening
and sometimes as late as 10 o'clock.
Once he saw the girl sitting on Bow
er's lap, and once or twice, he said
he saw them in the tonneau, or main
body of the machine.
Hans Mortenson. the girls father.
testified to having met Bower at his