The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-05
.TTEM' CARN
ISV|NDlG:TIlE
IN CHARGES
Insinuations and Bitter
Reprcaches Broadcast with
Reckless Abandon Before SUI
preme Court in Demand That
He Be Proven Guilty or vindi-
Gated Of Charges Preferred by
George p. Thielen.
anon satnrlay AdSertlser.l

(From Saturday AdSertlser.)
Everybody and everything not in per-
feet accord with JEFF MeCarn and Asa
s. Humphreys, the latter appearing with
Joseph .Lightfoot as counsel for McCarn,
had il handed to them in. full measure
in the supreme court Yesterday morning
and afternoon when the attorneys were
heard ON the motion iiled on behalf Of
Mr.. McCarn 10 strike from the records
of the court the attorney generals re-.
port on the Thielcn McCarn charges.
In an address that was a masterpiece
OF lntemperate utteranee and ih which
charges aud destinations were flung
broadcast in reckless abandon, MIR. Me.
earn, on his nwn behalf. and Hum
phreys for him, waxed eIoanent and
feryid, MeCarn's voice being heard
across King street and the humping Of
his fist on the table resounding with
reyerberating crashes through the big
building,
Makes Many Ugly Assertions.
Mr.. MeCafns said that Thielen is n
leprous brute; newspapers and news.
paperinen were vuitures; aspersions
were cast on the professional character
and reputation Of DR.. George Herbert;
the attorney general aud his department
were roasted 10 fine turn; the Judge
who committed Mrs. Thielen TO the in
sane asylum came in for criticism. for
Mr.. McCarn stated vehementIy that he
did not believe Mrs. ,Thielen is insane.
although Rev. DfatDoremus Seudder and
Others had been heard before the Judge
ON this point; the law firm of Holmes,
Stanley & Olson was also baited be,
cause IL Represented Thielen ut ycster-
day 8 hearing. These and still consid-
cradle more were phases Of the aston.
ishlng. addresses made by Humphreys
and McCarn.
There wore many spectators who took
in the proceedings with evident relish,
for there was in the manner Of Mr..
McCarn 5 address an element calculated
to hold the attention of the curious
and the seeker after morbid novelty.
Mccain Xeils IIis Plants.
Mr.. McCarn made many surprising
statements during his address to the
court He began'fn 4 low tone Of voice
and spoke slowly at first, but as alleged
wrongs began to grow in his mind he
became forceful in speech, at times
talking in an excited and loud tome
yelling. He disclaimed any
guilt on his part and called upon God
Almighty as his witness. However, he
wanted to be told In so many words
that he was either guilty Of the charges
or that he be vindicated completely Of
the same. There could be no halfway
report or findings, he declared. He re-
viewed his connection with the Thielen
divorce suit and Gaid that he believed
the stories of her wrongs as told by
Mrs. Thielen. .... n
McCarn spoke Of his quarter of cen.
fury practise before the courts Of Ten,
nessee. Never had his professional repu-
tation been assailed, he said. -.
IF ! had been assailed back home
in my, state by asvagabond, 1 would
let my honorable record stand as my
defense, said MeOarn at one stage Of
his address. 'fThielen Is only the dirty
stick that is being welded by those
that want to drive me from this Terri.
tory. ! ask for . just court to see to
il that l am cleared. / have kept my
name clean all my life and i will, by
the Eternal God, hand down an un.
smiled name to my son, L.. ..
stainbaok Refers to Report
McCarn and Humphreys took up prae.
tieally All the morning and afternoon
sessions Of the court with their ad,
dresses. Acknowledgement Ingram Nj.
appeared to be patient list.
ener during the proceedings. He had
little to say and what he did say was
TO the point.
'The report speaks for itself" said
the attorney general, when he followed
address on the motion,
and the matter. was simply submitted
to my department TO see II any steps
were necessary 10 be taken. .
II simply stated facts. The feport
does not condemn Mo McCarn. If /
had not turned In fun report, and
had but stated that the charges should
be dropped, il would have been said by
some that had 'whitewashed MeCarn.
The court may decide the matter as It.
sees IT. -. RI. .
Attacks Opposing Attorneys.
Toward the end Of his address yes.
terday nfternoon, MeCarn referred to
Lhe law firm Of Holmes Stanley & o.
son in way which Attorney c. IL.
olson thought required some explana.
ion. Painting Thielen as a leprous
brute, who had abandoned his wife to
'tarve on the mountain side and then
'ailroaded her to the nnatie asylum,
MeCarn could not see why firm of
he standing and reputation, such as
Holmes, Stanley u Olson, should repre-.
tent Thielen. The firm, claimed Nc,
earn, represented usually great inter,
,sts: It. was beyond him, he said
Attorney Olson, quietly and with dig,
iity, after McCarn had subsidized, asked
permission to say few words. This
brought Humphreys 10 his feet with an
objection. He claimed il had heen de:
,ided and the rule had been laid down
that he was TO open argument and
McCarn to close II, all Others being re-
Iuired TO speak in between. After