Evening star., 1932-04-28
DARROW MAKES MASTERFUI
PLEA TO FREE DEFENDANTS
Cajoles Jurors and Threatens Them With
Their Own Conscience If They
Find Four Guilty.

is there any reason why my client. with
all his other troubles, should take on
| this also? There could be only one
reason. and if that is so, he is great
ideslist. 1t doesn't matter who fired
that shot,
Says Something Cracked"
Mr.. Darrow argued that it wasn't a
reasonable consequence Of Lieut..
Massie's acts. 1t just happened. He
recited the young officers story, what
he felt when Kahahawai's alleged
words. I'VE done it." were uttered. and
he asked the jurors to put themselves
in his place and think of the long
months of suffering which preceded
that moment.
Something cracked" Mr. Darrow
! said ANY one in rage would have
kept on shooting zone bullet was
fired) That the killing was not pre-
meditated also is shown by the panicky
attempt to get rid of the body and
! hunting up on the spur of the moment
articles such as the rope and tarpaulins.
rs it possible that any zone feels that
more sorrow should be heaped on their
heads? Is there any reason why kindly
men and women should wish to add 10
the burden of their wrongs? Is 1t pos
sible that any one can say, The gates
| of prison should close upon them?
They are not the criminal type. They
| are here because of circumstances i'll
their lives because things trapped them.
Il am asking you to take these poor.
suffering people into your care ana 90
with them as YOU wish to be done by.
Take them with cool Judgment. but
with your hearts pity and understand
, ing.
Il would like to leave these Islands
feeling l have done something to make
them happier. I like to alleviate SUI
fering, not produce it. I have loved
this land the short time l nave oeen
here, loved its flower scented preatn,
loved its peace and calm quiet wnlch
only man disturbs. Never IN my ne
have 1 had any prejudice against any
race on earth. To me, natural loiceS
and circumstances make vilat we can
race These ouestic:...5 must be solved
by kindness and understanding.
Calls for Kindness.
This beautiful island half way from
Asia, mother Of all, and America
newest of all, was inhabited once py a
kindly. romantic people who lived tnelr
lives in peace. We live but snorI
time 1t seems but yesterday when l
was a child and now I know my LIE
is nearly done But the race goes on
Nature is working in her invincible
way molding human beings. adjust,
ing people, each to the other. Haro
and cruel are her ways at times, Dut
she goes straight on. Laws make little
difference Slowly she fashions races,
making their lives ard environments.
These people OF the Polyneslan
Islands must live in peace and kindness
if thev are to live. If they don't, the
Pacific Ocean will run red with blood.
/ have met Hawaiians here. They are
a kindly people Never have / seen
such hospitality. Gentlemen. 1 am not
saving this to get a verdict here, but
because wish to leave here as kindly
feeling as when ! came and which
I wish I could improve.
"Old people, older races, have their
place in the world. There was time
when individuals kept close to home.
But when we see people crossing the
seas, in ships and airplanes, they are
inevitably affecting the people OF the
world. There are Americans, Cau-
casions, with whom We can't live even
In Chicago. There are Chinese who are
different from the rest. Nobody can
dIIOTQ 10 COI1uGIIlIl VI tdkC q SJdli0 Otl
account of race.
Hawaii was bound to be populated
by all kinds of people have no feel
ing against the men who committed
this crime against Mrs Massie because
of their race. 1 took this case re-
gardless of race or the feeling of any
individual juror, and told my clients
that. To me they are all alike l ask
every man in this jury to forget race
and pass on this as a human case
Take it as you would your own. and ask
yourself what is right, and III be salts
fed.
Shaped by Fate.
Every life is shaped by fate and
what the individual has TO do with 1t
is probably very small. so take this
case with kindness ano understanding
toward the living as well as toward the
dead"
When Mr.. Darrow finished he was
evidently worn out He nad talked for
hours and 20 minutes. and although
he held up well to the END, his rs years
showed in his tired walk back to his
chair.
The prosecutor, Mr. Kelley, tore into
Lieut.. Massie as soon as he began,
calling him liar and accusing him
of hiding behind a womans skirts. He
referred to Mrs. Fortescue as q cold,
calculating woman.
"T'he most you can say for Lieut..
Massie is that he lied like gentleman" )"
Mr.. Kelley said
Although the prosecution brought in
all the evidence it had, the defense did
! not, Mr.. Kelley remarked, and the cnly
story of the shooting comes from Lieut..
MaSsie. The prosecutor pointed out
places in the officers testimony where
he claimed Lieut.. Massie slipped and
made a statement indicating he knew
about what was going on. He referred
to the newspaper interview with Mrs.
Fortescue in which she said she had
bungled, and reproveo Lieut.. Massie
| because he said he didn't remember
that statement
They almost got away with it, but
omnipotent God said, Thou shalt not
| kill and the hand or rate saved
Kahahawai'S body from the sea, that it
might rest in Christian grave" the
prosecutor exclaimed.
Long Wait Condemned.
Mr.. Kelley picked up the As service
pistol and said: IF Lieut.. Massie had
taken this gun and moved these men
| (the Ala Moana defendants) down at
the hospital when his wife identlf1ed
them, he would at least have had the
| respect of the community, however
wrong in law that act might have been.
He waited months and dragged in these
enlisted men But they were free and
voluntary parties to the act and there
| fore fully responsible"
Mr.. Kelley asked if there was going
| to be cne law for strangers and another
| for Hawaiians. Are strangers to come
here and take the law in their own
| hands? Are you going to give Lieut..
Massie leave to walk out? They'll make
| him an admiral They'll make him
chief Of staff. He and Admiral Pratt
are Of the same mind-they believe in
lynch law.
If one man is allowed to take the
law in his own hands, others will do
SO. tell you, if one serpent of lynch
| law is permitted to raise its head in
I these islands tah