The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-05
BARROW TAKES
FIGHTING ROLE
IN HONOR CASE
Again Militant Warrior Who
Conducted Many Great
Legal Battles.

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shouted, Il should say the All
Moana case certainly has something
to do with this case"
He was fighting now. He pound
ed a desk and turned to Circui
Judge Charles S. Davis, austen
young Harvard man.
I hardly think counsel shoulc
ignore the natter said Darrow
Judge Davis ruled out Kelly's ques
ton, but warned a formal rulini
later may strike at the foundation
Of Darrow's case.
Il hardly see how Kahahawai'i
guilt or innocence in the Massit
attack case can be legally injected
into this case" he said.
What changes this may bring IL
defense tactics was hidden by Oar.
raw as deeply as the carvings in
Judge Davis ancient Hawaiian
court bench. But he was aware the
battle had begun in earnest, anc
started on another track.
Henry Beckley, former police in
vestigator and more recently q
rancher, was Darrow's next target
as he drew an admission that while
the talesman had no opinion" he
did have an impression" Of the
case and the guilty parties.
A quarrel over this took quarter
Of an hour. Darrow threw pencil
to the floor to emphasize his con-
tention that the defense should not
be called upon to remove an i'm
preston from the mind of any
juror.
Sensing the trend of questioning
Beckley tried to explain what he
meant by an impression.
Occasional Laughs Provided
Both appealed to Judge Davis
who, obviously puzzled, finally over
ruled DarroW's challenge.
Six prospective jurors finally were
passed until court convened this
morning. They were Beckley, part
Hawaiian; Duke Wong, impassive,
round-faced Chinese; Bankston, an
electrician born in Los Angeles; W.
r. Chellgard, white, salesman;
Charles Akana, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
and Hisata Imada, Japanese car
penter.
Questioning Of talesmen ap-
preached the monotonous, except
for occasional laughs. Manuel Te-
iXeira, Portuguese, who had failed to
be discharged from the venire,
quickly was excused as a juror when
he said he was night Waterman
and was dizzy all day."
Joe Kalewahea was excused, but
not for his admission that he
didn't know nothing about this
case"
Throughout, Mrs. Fortescue sat
looking intently ahead, or occasion
ally conversing in undertones with
Mrs. Darrow, who sat nearby.
Winsome blond Thalia Massie,
whose outrage by a gang of half
castles last September led to this
greatest of all Hawaiian criminal
cases, was not in court.
Outside the courtroom great
throng of spectators kept cordons
of police struggling to maintain Or
der. Admission was only by ticket.
Traffic was barred from an area of
several blocks surrounding the
courthouse.
A special armed guard escorted
the defendants to the courthouse
from Pearl harbor navy base, where
they have been held in custody
awaiting trial They were returned
to their temporary Jail overnight
1t was evident the panel of twen-
ty-four would be insufficient and
counsel agreed to draw fifteen more
talesmen. Even these probably will
be exhausted and third panel
summoned before a Jury finally is
obtained.
Trial to Be Prolonged
Darrow's painstaking method Of
jury choosing, and the cautious at
titude of the prosecutors likely will
extend the first phase of the epochal
hearing for week. After that there
may be two weeks of testimony and
argument, possibly four weeks.
The trails start lacked only a
few days of being three months
from the date of Kahahawai's kid
mapping from the steps of this same
judiciary building. He had been
making q bail report pending his
second trial on charges of attacking
Mrs. Massie. The melting pot
jury at the first trial disagreed.
AS he descended the steps a
middle-aged woman pointed him out
to a young man, who approached
Kahahawai with fake arrest war
rant. The husky young native read
lily entered a machine in which 8
third man sat and was driven off.
Advised of the incident by Kaha-
hawai's brother-in-law, police start
ed a search and soon saw the auto
mobile speeding toward famed Kokc
Head geyser. fifteen miles from the
city. They gave chase and after sew
eral shots had been fired the cal
was stopped.
At the wheel was Mrs. Massie
Beside her sat Lord. In the bach
seat was Lieutenant Massie. Police
opened the door, and saw a sheet
wrapped form on the floor. 1t wa;
Kahahawai.
JACQUELINE NOW DIANE