Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-14
JUDGE WILDER lAND JEFF
McCARN EXCHANGE VERBAL
SWlTs in U. S. COURT
Serious Charges and implications Made
and Answered at Impaneling of Grand
Jury--Judge, About to Leave For Wash
ington, and the u. S. District Attorney,
Figuratively, go to the Mat"

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Charges and counter-charges, i'm.
pIications and counter-implications
by Attorney A. Al. Wilder and United
, States Diatrict Attorney Jeff McCarn
made during the brief session of the
United States district court this morn
ing, produced a situation of electrical
excitement seldom witnessed within
those dignified portals.
The sparks began to. fly almest
with the calling OF the court to order
by the bailiff at 10 o'clock The clerk
had just finished calling the roll OF
the grand jurymen summoned to take
up the investigation work for the 1914
term, including the names of the nine
jurors who had been called by a spe
cial yenire ordered yesterts.r sorh-
ing.
Thep, IS ~ wilder arose and en-
teiSd formal challenge as TO the le-
gaiity OF. the Jury waiting to be
sworn In. His grounds were first
that from the first panel a number OF
members had been excused without
apparent reason; and second that
Judge Clemons had yesterday ordered
the vacancies filled. from bystaDders
in the courtroom, whereas they had
been summoned from outside.
Judge Clemons explained both OF
these matters As to the first, he
said, all petitions for release from
jury duty were in writing and open to
inspection by anyone; and, In the sec
Qnd place, he had iised the word by
ISLANDERS inadvertently. and Il was not
in the nature OF an order He over
ruled the objections.
From this time on things began to
happen. McCarn demanded an inyes-
tigatfon Of the allegations as publish
ed In this mornings Advertiser as
coming from Wilder TO the effect that
Il conspiracy exists to have him twill
derl Indicted by the grand jury, as a
step TO disbarment proceedings. He
scored the newspaper for the part he
claimed Il is taking in spreading will
ful and malicious falsehoods about his
office.
Short and Ugly Word.
Wilder stated that current rumor
was to the effect that the jury in the
Bert Bower case had been packed for
the prosecution.
McCarn featedly characterized the
spreadeT of such rumor liar.
McCarn declared his willingness to
have his Office and his official acts,
including the Thielen matter, investi-
gated most fully, and Wilder rejoin-
ed that he would like to see such in
yestigation.
McCarn characterized the attacks
being made upon him as instigated
by "lot of drunken buns" in effort
TO discredit him, and declared that
the integrity OF the court had been
reflected upon by the newspaper arti-
Gle above referred TO.
Judge Clemons stated that he was
not of a mind to take seriously a
newspaper story, which might be
more or less inaccurate, and advised
the attorneys to take a like stand.
He did not think the attorneys Of the
court were doing their duty in stirr-
ing up such dissensions. /,
Wilder replied that he knew his
duty as well as did the court.
Judge Clemons accepted the jury
without further question, and the
members were sworn in, j, Morton
Riggs being named as chairman, .
The nine members summoned yes
terday to fll out the panel, are ].
Cooper, A. E. Lloyd, ]. D. Holt, r. W.
Warham, M. NJ Johnson, John G.
Lane, George e. McCorriston, VIM. d.
Douthitt and j. H. Newberg.
AS soon as the roll had been called.
Attorney Wilder was on his feet His
statement, and the dialogue which
followed are given below verbatim:
A. A. WILDER: z5efoFe they are
sworn in, your honor, I'd like to inter
pose challenge to the entire array
on the ground Of illegality of drawing,
summoning, and empaneling the grand
jurors; one of my objections being
that yesterday when only IA were
found available your honor ordered
nine extra from the bystanders. | see
the venire reads from the body of the
district. contend this is contrary to
the revised statutes, more particularly
section sos as found in Fed. ST. An.
TAB. also contend, your honor, that
prior to yesterday, without any, reason
upon the record, certain
jurors were excused for the term. One
Juror in particular, r. Lyman, was
first excused by your honor until fur
ther notice on the ground that his
wife had broken a leg or something
of the sort, and afterwards your honor
excused him for the term on the same
ground. All of which | contend is
improper.
JEFF M'CARN: I'm not advised