The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-14
MUIlNF {.
TALE Being TOLD
Jury IN COURT
Eleven Refprm School inmates
On Trial For Unlawful AS 10
sembIy Before Ashford
Siri : lEllzty tR6f'1a +.
JUDGE THREATENS TO SEND
LAWYER QUINN TO REEF
Female Relatives Pack Audience
Chamber Case MayGo ri
To Jury Soon -

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Grandmother, mothers and girl
cousins Of the fifteen Waialee School
boys charged with unlawful assembly
packed Judge Ashford Is court yester-
day, when the trial began before a
jury. Judge Ashford asked that, all
who might later be called upon hs wit
nesses in the case leave the room.
There are many here, y said Glen
X. Quinn, who. is generalissimo in
charge Of the defense OF the alleged
niutineers, whom / might calf upon
as witnesses, Your Honor. Mothers,
krandmothers, wahine cousins and 9TH,
ers are here, !" Quinn continued, way;
ing his hand in the general directions
| Of the vast feminine audience. ~
"They surely were not all down at
Waialee, were theyfP Judge Ashford
asked, expressing some astonisR ment.
'sThe rule of the court stands; wit
nesses must leava the conrtroom. ',d'
Quinn advanced to the line OF seated
defendants and placed his hand on the
curly locks Of one, Of them. =
Quinn Pleads for Mother " Y
tsNow, Your Honor. y insisted Quinn,
1.-THE, mother of this boy is, here and
l win call her, I'd like to have her
stay in the ROOM AS u e .,ss
Quinn looked ;appealingly at City At
torney Brown. #H
lyon don't object, do you"' he
asked. & .a...3 y. ~
sob, what S the use, y Mr.. Brown re
piled, let 'em all remain, YOU
Honor. " 49, H
'twen, let it 20 at that Gaally de
Icida' the presiding jurist, and the fem
mime contingent remained in court. "
This was only one Of several inter
esting incidents Of the day. One Other
was when Judge Ashford threatened Il
send Attorney Quinn to the "reef - =.
/ Quinn had objected to the order IN
which, the court had decided ,perempt0ry
challenges were to be exercised respec
ltively by the prosecution and the de
Ifense. The prosecution was to have
all told, three challenges, and the, de
Tense two for each Of the eleven de
PENDANTS present. After the jury hat
fbeen passed for canse Nv both sides an,
1.-THE prosecution had waived its firs
lperemptory challenge, Quinn renewe,
his objection. ~ r@ n
Would Send Defender TO Reef,
II 81 don Z think this is the right wa,
Of going about this thing, and I, ~,
Quinn was saying, when the explosion
came. go, ls.lF e
"sit down, Mr.! Quinn, - came tn,
peremptofy order from the bench. Their
was power and, volume of voice. : !
reached the far recesses of the room
with such force that several in the audi
ence, who had been doing, woke. vi
with a startled and frightened look i
their faces. r,t ..tshl 1--we
tThe court has ruled" eontinne
Judge Ashford, "and, Mr., Quinn,
you don 7 obey the orders of this eour
) will send you over to the reef
won 7 stand for any more of your mon
sense. Proceed with, the case, D., ~
Attorney Quinn proceeded with tn
case. He excused Talesmen Minton an
, Buchanan and shortly, after, the jur
, was accepted and sworn IL, to try tn
} case. 20. .E. wy ~. 10
Peter August Freed Eer g., .got y
Before the jury. was called the charg
I as against Peter August was mol
/ prosed, it being announced that tn
f alleged mutineer win be used as n wi
P mess for the, government. Angus
stepped aside and his seat was take
T by an afternoon paper reporter .'711
OF the fifteen boys indicted, reduce
D in number to fourteen when Angus
2 was allowed to 90 free, three were nj
| in court Yesterday. Like John JOSEF
n MeGrath and Charles q. Bartlett, the
e are still fugitiyes from Justice. Thes
! are Dan Kamaha. whose name com,
; first in the indictment. John Kan
+ kamaikai and Keoho Kamalii.
I The eleven boy.defendants now q
trial are Sam Maloi. William prip,
David Leleo, q. Kahepa, David Hawai-
q Domingo Lopez, Kanekoa Bake
= Kupapa9 Kapaliela, William Kealoh
I August Boteiho and Henry West.
The story of the Waiaiee (. nutiny
4 and the escape of the present defen,
ants, who are charged with being Il
4 rinpieaders of the unlawful asseinbl
e was told from the witness stand We
terday by John Themes, your