The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-17
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lfr0m Wednesday AdVertiser.)
Thus did Judge Charles +. Clemens
bring to elose lively little scene
which was staged yesterday morning in
the federal court in connection with the
swearing in and charging of the fed
eral grand jury for the April term Of
court. The show was good while il last
ed; It was exciting, to say the least,
and, to judge by the looks Of the spec
tators, they enjoyed it with full salts
faction, for there was to it the serious
and light. side of life and human nature
Newspapers, the Bert Bower and tho
Thielen cases and politics were brought
into the play, II not directly, at least
inferentially; the short and ugly word
was passed and LANGUAGE used by at
least ono member Of the bar which has
seldom been recorded in the annals Of
the Judiciary in this Territory. In tho
opinion Of the majority Of persons pres.
ent, Judge Clemons' concluding re-
marks, stated above, on the duty Of at
torncys were timely and proved that
the bench did not eountenancc proceed
ings such as were enacted within tho
presence Of tho court and the dignity
of its precincts.
wilder starts Ball Rolling.
The rnmpus started almost with tho
calling Of the jurors when Attorney A.
A. Wilder entered o formal protest as
TO the manner Of the selection and EN-
panelfng Of the grand jury. The protest
was made by the attorney as CLERK Au-
gustus f. Murphy concluded the roll
call of the fourteen jurors, who answer
ed to their names the day before, and
the nine special jurors summoned over
night under instructions Of the court,
the new jurors being j. Cooper, Albert
Il. Lloyd, j. ID. Holt, II. w. Watham,
Merle M johnson, Joln @. Lane, Geo.
f. McCorriston, William ID. Donthitt
and j. ii. Newberg.
Attorney Wilderls protestation was
based on the grounds that from tho
original panel Of twenty,thrce jurors
some had been excused from servieo
without any apparent reason and that
the court the day before ordered the
CLERK to I'll the nine vacancies from
among the bystanders in the court and
that this had not been done but that
the new jurors had been summoned
from the outside,
As TO tho first ground Of objection,
explained Judge Clemons, all the re-
quests for release from jury duty were
in writing and filed with the court and
could be examined by all who wished
to and, on the second ground, that it
was a slip Of the tongue when he mon
toned "bystanders. This was not
the nature of the order, explained the
court. Judge demons ovcrruled Attor,
ney Wilderis objections to the legality
Of the jury. .5
Mccarn Demands Investigation.
District Attorney JeHf McCarn then
demanded an investigation OF the al
legations made by Judge Wilder IN
his interview in Tho Advertiser yester-N
day. In, that interview Judge Wilder
stated that he believed that a con,
spiracy was afoot 10 have him indicted
by tho grand jury as a preliminary step
to disbarment proceedings being
brought against him.
Following MeCarn s demand for an
investigation Of Wilder's charges, the
latter stated that there had been
runior to the effect that the second
trial jury in the Bert Bower criminal
case had been packed for the proseeu-
ton. MccRru with considerable heat
denied this and stated that whoever
spread the ruuior was a liar. lie was
willing, he stated, that both his Office
and his official acts should be investi-
gated, including the Thielcn matter.
Wilder retaliated with the retOrt that
"that would just about suit him. /"
The wer OF words and charges was
at its full height and the spectators sat
bolt upright and listened in astonish-
ment. 'a
Direct and forcefhl language was
used by both MrCarn and Wilder. The
district attorney stated that the at
taeks which were made against him
were instiRated by a slot Of drunken
huns. The integrity Of the court, he
stated further, had been reelected upon
by Wilder in his Interview published in
The Advertiser. Judge Clemens took
things coolly, lie would not take news
continual IN mana "a E