The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-08
DRAWSR[VOLVERON
LAWYER NJ BRIDE
IN FIGHT
Two Men Clash in Corridor Of
Federal Court Building Follow
ing Day.of Bitter Recrimination
in Trial Before Judge Clemens
Blows Come When Epithsts
Are Exchanged.
tFr0m wednesday AdvertIser.l

(From Wednesday Advertiser.)
As the result Of an encounter yes.
terday afternoon at four-thirty clock
between United States District Attor-
ney Jef MeCarn and Attorney Claudius
II. Mcbride in the hallway near the
United States maTshal's office in the
federal court building Mr., McCarn il
under arrest, charged with ASSAULT
with a deadly weapon obviously dan.
gerous to life,
The United States district attorney
was placed under arrest at ten minutes
to six o clock last night ny Police
Sergeant Fred Iaukea on warrant
sworn TO before Judge Alexander D..
Larnach by Mr.. Mcbride.
Mr.. McCarn was released about
twenty-five minutes later on his own
reeognizance by Sheriff Jarrett with
the understanding that he would APP
pear in the police court this morning
to answer the complaint.
Attorneys Oppose Arrest.
Sergeant Iaukea went TO the Office
Of hthe United States district attorney
in company with Special Officer viii.
liam Ferry to serve the warrant ami
bring Mr.. McCarn to the police sta.
ton. Attorneys G. w. Ashford and
A. s.. Humphreys and Deputy Marshal
Harry Holt were in consultation with
Mr.. McCarn when the officers arrived
and made strenuous objection TO plac-
ing the federal official under arrest,
claiming that District Magistrate Lar.
mach had NO Jurisdiction in the case as
the alleged offense was committed in
a federal building. Ky titE
Sergeant laukea stated that he was
given no discretionary powers in the
matter and had to carry out the orders
Of his superiors and the mandates OF
the district court. Iaukea told Attor,
ney Humphreys that il Mr.. McCarr
would not accept service OF the papers
i'm his Office he would arrest him ON tbs
| street, ,s,ts a9slf "ff1 ~ 'ts1ti Stts
After considerable telephoning by
Deputy Marshal Holt TO police head
/ quarters IL was finally agreed, upor
Attorney Humphreys personal guar
antee Mr.. Mccain would 90 to tn,
police station accompanied by his ut
1 toIneys
Claudius Mcbride, the complainant
told the following story Of what LEI
| up to the arrest of Attorney McCarn
/ McBride's Statement.
i III met Mr.. McCarn in the hallwa,
Of the federal court building outsid'
4 Of the United States marshal's offic,
shortly after four o clock yesterda,
afternoon. = said Attorney McB-ide
F" McCarn came up to me and said : /
you don't stop insulting me In opei
court will get you. .ss ~
In reply l told him that whateye
j said in court was not afraid to sa,
out of court. His language Decam
heated and acrimonious. Then he call
l told him that he was another. Wit
that he hit me in the jaw. I cam
back and landed stiff one on his eye
He then pulled a revolver from hi
back pocket and / closed in on hin
and grabbed the hand in which he wa
holding the revolver. We struggle
for some time and both of us went ;
the floor. The weapon was wrenche
from his grasp by Henry Hussman,
part Hawaiian youth, who came 70 m
assistance. In struggling to get tn
gun from McCarn 8 hand the trigRe
came down on the flesh between IN
thumb and first finger of Hussman
hand causing painful wound. BY
ISLANDERS separated US and went in
mediately to the police station an
with Lorrin Andrews prepared a wal
rant for McCarn 3 arrest and the
went in search of Judge Larnaeh I
have the warrant issued. -
McCarn Remains Silent.
The foregoing statement of Attorue
Mcbride was repeated to Mr.. McCarI
by an Advertiser representative in tn
presence of Attorneys Ashford, Hum
phreys, Deputy Marshal Harry Holt an
Assistant United States District Al
toTney j. w. Thompson. He was aske
II he wished either to affirm OF den,
the statement and Attorney Humphrey
quickly interjected that Mr.. MeCar
had nothing to say for publication an
thanked The Advertiser representatiy
J for Mr., Mcgarn being given the oppoI
tunity TO make a statement.
Attorney Ashford strongly maintain
that District Magistrate Larnaeh ha
no jurisdiction in this case as the a
legged offense was committed In fed
eral building and that il can only
handled through the federal court.
Judge Explains Action,
In explaining his position in the mat
ter Judge Larnach said:
81 issued the warrant for the arres
of United States District Attorney Nj
earn after first taking the sworn stat,
ment of Attorney Mcbride and Henri
court has jurisdiction or not in the cas-
was matter of secondary consideratio
TO be decided upon further inyestig,
tion of the statutes. Mr., Mcbride wa
IN a highly excited state when he al
peared before me and ] knew from til