Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-15
JUNE BRIDES!

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responsibility is very great, your duty
most important both towards the pub
| lie and toward those who may be in
volved. You have been chosen as
grand jurors in reliance upon your
i impartialitY, your fairness, your sense
of Justice You cannot go wrong, il
you bear constantly in mind the oath
which as men of honor you have taken
before God as your witness, to keep
secret the governments counsel. your
fellows and, your own and to pre-
sent no one for envy, hatred, or NAL
ice; nor leave any one unpresented
for fear, favor, affection, hope of re-
ward or gain,' but to present all
things truly as they come to your
knowledge, according to the best OF
your understanding. .:s.
The selection of six additional
grand jurymen, making that body
number 90 in all, in the federal court
this morning served to open the inVes-
tigation of. the Jeff McCarn- Claudius
Mcbride affair which is being conduct
ed by Alexander Lindsay, Jr., as sEe-
ciaI assistant to the United States
attorney-generaL 49, - 3D.: I'll
While the calling Of additional
jurymen is regarded with peculiar in
terest, it is for the natural purpose Of
getting a large enough Jury so that
in case severa! were Called away on
pressing business there would still be
enough to give the IL affirmative
votes necessary for an indictment.
A federal grand jury may number not
less than is nor more than e.
Upon the calling of the roll of jury
men, it was found that II were pres
ent, whereupon Judge Clemens order
ed the drawing of six additional jury
men. Those drawn were AAthAnDssgp
.Inhn. r Gait. Lr-greaaeP@Pe Beck, .1.'
'RNe, N~TgRhAs and A.-FCfark
The remainder of the jury includes
- atiii4ttain Douthitt, GsAEGa. EMe-
GAxriston. John cm4aAe. A-A-kaha-
Se4l,- R.--U--VEaflsam, 5-ffUft, y
Ga0ner--Arthur Splitter, A.tff zfong,
1f(eIatyFeSkNiiil ksl,ley5S.
lei, j Henry4l. Gt5iies x.
Gsake. A. NJ. Simpsonl R{t.f 5uvaus.
chelle andaJ~AknFEaeigyafAaAaan.
Foreman Riggs stated to the court
this morning that it was the opinion
of the iurymen that the hearings
should be held in the morning, on ac-
count of the press of business during
the afternoon. Because one of the
witnesses is to leave for the coast to-
morrow morning, it was found neces-
sary to call the jury together this af-
ternOon in order to secure his testi-
mOny.
No announcement has as yet been
made as to what order the witnesses
will be called Those witnesses who
have been -subpoenaed to date are w.
R. Chiffon, ST., August Perry, J.. W.
Thompson, assistant district attorney:
Harry H. Holt, acting United States
marshal: Mrs. J. W. Thompson. Mrs.
E. A. Cooper, Manuel Costa, w. P.
Fennell, Mrs. Manuel Peters and o
P. Soares, all Of Honolulu; also Flo
rinda Freitas. Mrs. William Kayser,
and Mrs. Mary Freitas of Hilo, and
Mrs Lizzie Soares of Honolulu. All
these persons were in the corridor of
the federal court when the McCarn-
Mcbride affair took place.
The initial session of the grand jury
was scheduled to have commenced at
10 o'clock this morning, but it was
not until nearly 1890 o'clock that
Judge Clemens took the bench. Mr..
McCarn was on hand at an early hour
and. for a few moments prior to going
to the court room, was in consultation
with Attorneys Joseph Lightfoot and
William S. Edings. Mr. McCarn, AS
sistant District Attorney Thompson,
Attorneys Edings and Lightfoot and
Mr.. Lindsay were in the courtroom
during the proceedings accompanying
the selection of the additional jury
men.
Mr.. McCaran would not speak for
publication concerning the inrestiga.
ton. Asked if he would D1he pub.
lie the statement which no o2bled the
encouragement following his affair
with Mcbride, he said:
That statement will he made pub
lie when the proper time "oroes."
Mr. Mcbride did not pUt IN an ap-
pearance at the federal cO%rl this
morning.
The hall of the federal bU iding was
crowded with people, the majority Of
whom were witnesses called to give
testimony before the grand Jury. and
the remainder persons VIII rad wan
dered into the building larStl, out Of
curiosity. Many of the Witnesses
made their appearance fIIly an hour
before the time set for the commence.
ment of the initial hearing, especially
the Hilo witnesses. who appeared to
be exceedingly anxious for :aatters to
begin.
Special Assistant LindSA.; had no
statement to make this morning. other
than to say that it is entirely in the
hands of the grand jury to determine
where the blame lies. .Ir. Lindsay
has prepared a mass Of da'o. all Of
which he brought into curt With him
this morning.
Henry Hussman. the Portuguese
who is alleged to have prevented the
firing of Dir. McCarn's gun on the
afternoon of the affair in the federal
court building, has not as vet been
subpoenaed as a witness, according