The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-18
Mountaineering
freed OF MURDER
CHARGE BY jury
Jury Decides He Did Not XIII
Thrteen-Ye ar-0Id George i
Kanoa
BRILLIANT ADDRESS BY
ANDREWS AS CASE CLOSES
Young Defendant Has still To
: Answer For Death Of
Little Kama


Keawi Keawekane, tried during the
past week before jury in Judge Ash
ford's division of the local circuit
court, was found not guilty shortly be.
fore nine clock last night Of the death
of George Kanoa. f.e.
The case went to the jury shortly be-
fore six clock At half-past six, when
the Jurors were sent out TO dinner, the
jury stood seven to FIVE, but the court
was not informed which way.
ALTHOUGH cleared Of the death Of
George, Keawekane still has hanging
over him the Indictment charging him
with the death of Kama Kanoa,
younger brother Of thelother Kanoa.
When this case will 60 to trial is some
thing unknown, for when the jurors
were excused last night until nine
O'Clock next Monday morning no
further disposition Of the second case
was announced Keawekane returned
TO Jail last night after the jury estab-
lished his innocence Of the first-degree
murder charge In the case tiled.
Andrews Roasts Everybody
The trial Of Kehwekane on the charge
of killing thirteen-year. George
Kanoa was brought to climax late
yesterday afternoon when his attorney,
Lorrin Andrews, roasted the detective
bureau, the police department and the
office Of the city attorney. Andrews
lid not minee his words. His language
was plain and pointed, and the roast
was as scathing one as has been heard
in court circles for many years. An
drews roasted particularly Attorney
William J. Sheldon, whom he claimed
cooked up fraudulent confession al.
legged to have been made by Keawe-
kane, and in which the young defend
ant was said TO have admitted that he
had killed both George and Kama
Kanoa ~ III
In a manner, city Attorney Brown
apoligized for sheldon Is connection
and conduct in the ease, but he. clgimed
that inasmuch as d certain element Of
skahhnaism seemed connected with the
case and Sheldon being an expert in
the ruperstitious belief of his people,
neither his department nor the detec-
tive bureau should have been censurci
for Sheldon's part in the case.
Brown on Eloquence Of Opposition
Andrews spoke for an hour and q
half and he was eloquent. He tore
down the prosecutions ease to -shrcds
ridiculcd the theory advanced by the
government, assaulted the alleged con,
fession and worked on the jury with an
eloquenee that later brought City Attor.
ney Brown to remark to the Jury that
Andrews stood second to none in clio
quence When he addressed a Jury.
but don't let his great eloquencc
befog the atmosphere; don let il cloud
the issue" Brown advised the Jurors.
a Keawekane, whose age is said 10 b,
but sixteen, was indicted by the gram
jury on charges Of killing the two bows
the older but thirteen and the younee,
only nine years of age. The two it'll,
brothers were Killed in small shack il
upper Makiki Valley on January 3, last
Suspicion pointed TO Keawekane, VIII
was arrested, lodged in jail, and min,
days later was taken to Sheldon's Office
where the alleged confession was saiC
to have been obtained from the dc
fendant, He was then indicted
Details Of Confession
According to this confession, Keaw
Keawekane, who is probably the young
; est defendant ever tried in Hawaii 70
murder, with George and Kama KanoI
We're engaged in piecing together pic
ture puzzle on the floor Of the shack
They called IL a game, and there was I,
be winner aud loser Of the game
Kama, the younger of the Kan6a broth
ers, seemed to have won the game,
There was dispute and Kama ealle,
Keawekane a tscrook.o This height
ened the argument, and a row was tn
next step.
Further, still according TO this sam
alleged confession which Sheldon is sal,
TO have secured from the defendant am
which Keawekane is said to have late
confirmed to Captain Of Detectives Me
Duffie and City Attorney Brown, George
the older Kanoa boy, grabbed an ak
and attacked Keawekane. The latte
secured q stick and warded off the blow
Of the axe welded by George. He the
got the weapon away from George, but
meanwhile, Kama, the younger brother
hal gone outside and secured hatche
with which he also attacked Keawe
kane.
Gruesome Evidence Of Crime
Keawekane is said TO have admitte
that he then killed the two brothers
The Ratchet blade was found imbedde
in the head of Kama when the pelie
were taken TO the scene Of the murder.
In the witness stand Keawekane 0
Wednesday and yesterday denied EN-
phatically that he had killed the Kano
boy. He told the jury that when take
before Sheldon the latter had told hiI
that II he did not confess he would b
hanged and il he confessed he would 9
free. Keawekane said that he had nc
quite understood Sheldon and that I'll
answers no gave the LAWYER weI
prompted and coached by Sheldon hin
self His mother had been present an
she, when Sheldon tnrned TO her an
said that her son had admitted the xii
ing OF the boys, said that he had nc
said anything of the kind.
Waited In Vain For Sons
Reyeuing to the story told by tn
police, Mrs Kanoa, mother of tho mtn