The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-14
Sailors Tried to
 Lynch Japanese
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 the situation when rioting devel- oped and called for aid from the naval station. Marines arrived from Pearl Harbor and aided the regular details of military police in rounding up several hum dred sailors. Fighting continued throughout Saturday night and early Sunday.
 Three of the co-defendants with Ida, all freed when their trial ended with liung jury, were taken into custody for protection after the Japanese was kidnapped.
 According to the police version, the events of the weekend devel- oped as follows:
 Police were told that several au- tomobiles loaded with sailors, said to have been armed, had left the navy yard and were looking for Ida and the other defendants charged with criminal attack.
 One group of sailors kidnapped Ida from a down town street, took him several miles up in the moun- tains to the Pali, one of the most famous scenice spots in Hawaii, and forced him to the edge of the precipice.
 According to legend, King Kamahameha ordered his army to drive hostile natives over the precipice to their death on the rocks below when he was strug- gling to unite Hawaii in the 18th century.
 The sailors were alleged to have fhrnatan T1a xxyitI, hQnDinU hllf to have relented after producing a rope. According to the police, the Japanese then was forced to strip. He was beaten with belt buckles and pistol butts. He was thrown by the side of the road and found by a motorist who took him to a hospital. Ida's condition was not critical, it was said at the hospital, although he was badly beaten.
 Meanwhile police received tip from a taxicab driver that sailors were planning to wreck the Kaiki- Xxi park dance hall, where the al- legged assault was reported. Riot squads were rushed to the park. They dispersed groups of sailors. While the police were concentrat- ing on preventing trouble in the district, Ida was Kidnapped in the other end of the city and fighting started in several districts.
 One sailor and one civilian were taken to the hospital as the result of street clashes. Many other casualties were believed un- reported.
 Ida was said to have identified one of his assailants as sailor called Primo" The Japanese said he could identify the other men who kidnapped him. No arrests had been made.
 The Honolulu Advertiser ap- pealed editorially for a curb on mob action. "The occurrences of Saturday night indicate that the merest spark alone is needed 70 set off regrettable violence, the Advertiser said.
 "Unofficial vengeance, no matter how great the provocation may ap- pear. is a grave offense. The law must be permitted to take its course, but the course should be sure and swift.
 ''In view of what transpired on down town streets, the regularly constituted authorities must realize more than ever the necessity Of the greatest vigilance and vigor Tn experimenting and convicting the perpetrators of the recent outrage. No other public issue Is so press- ing"
 Washington, Dec 14.-(UP)- Disturbances in Honolulu during which n Japanese accused Of as- sauiting an American naval ofh- cer's wife was beaten. have been brought "under control" by au- thorltles, Rear-Admiral Yates stirling, IT, commandant or the Pear Harbor naval district, report cd to the navy department to-day.
 "Five men, not Americans, who l