Evening star., 1932-05-03
HAWAIANS AWAIT
ASSAULT TRIALS
Several on Docket With Mas
: sic Attackers Holding
Center of Interest.

By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, May 3.-With boy
colt seeping through Honolulus eco
nomic life as the only apparent reac-
ton here to last Fridays conviction
Of four Americans for lynching a Ha-
waiian, attention today turned to cases
Of assault upon women pending on the
criminal calendar.
The first of these is the charge
against Joseph Young, 22-year-old
Korean, accused of attacking a young
Chinese girl. His trial begins today.
Interest however, focused on the
mixed races accused of assaulting Mrs.
Thalia Massie, whose husband and
mother were convicted of manslaughter
for lynching the fifth defendant in the
first attack trial.
Move to Prevent Acquittal.
Legislation to prevent acquittal of
the four accused men by second mis-
trial was pending before both Congress
and Gov. Lawrence NJ. Judd of Hawaii.
The Senate speedily passed such bill
in Washington yesterday and sent 1t to
the House. A similar measure was
passed by the territorial Legislature
last Saturday and now awaits the Gov
ernor's signature.
Attention also was given the expected
request for new trial Of Lieut.. Thomas
H Massie, Mrs. Granville Fortescue
and two naval enlisted men from the
manslaughter conviction. The veteran
defense attorney, Clarence Darrow, is
expected to seek retrial when the quar-
tet comes up for sentence Friday.
The lynching was admittedly an
aftermath of the jury disagreement
last November in the trial Of the men
accused of brutally attacking Mrs.
Massie last September II. The four
men who face retrial are Horace Ida,
japanese; Henry Chang, Chinese;
Davis Takai, Japanese, and Ben Aha
kuelo. Hawaiian. The fifth defendant,
Joseph Kahahawai, was slain jan
uary 8.
The retrial is generally expected to
be within two weeks.
Evidences of Boycott.
While the boycott was hard TO trace,
1t was unmistakeable.
Walter Napoleon, meat cutter and
Hawaiian member Of the manslaughter
Jury, applied for police protection after
he said he was threatened by telephone.
His employer, John OLoughlin, said
ers to boycott his stores unless Ma
poleon was discharged.
Willy Boyer, juror and leading po-
tato chip manufacturer, admitted he
had received no orders from the Navy
since the conviction, but attributed lit
tie significance to 1t.
The Matson line, employer OF John
r. Stone, white foreman Of the Jury,
denied steamship bookings were being
Cancelled.
Sales of Army and Navy commits
saries, which are open only to service
men, were reported on the increase.
While resentment in Navy circles
was admitted, leaves Of sailors from
nearby Pearl Harbor naval base have
not been curtailed.
A naval officer, who asked that his
name not be used, said service men
would do their bit to keep the peace
and the same was expected Of Honolulu
residents.
Serious Results Feared.
He said that while the Navy ex-
meets its men to control their feelings,
he views with grave concern" the SIT
uation if the four men accused OF
assaulting Mrs. Massie are not con-
victed.
1--WE have instructed our men that
thew must uphold the law" he ex-
nlained. "and we believe they viii do
so, what may happen If there is an.
other mistrial remains to be seen' Of
course"
Meanwhile Lieut.. Massie and the two
enlisted men convicted with him-E;
J. Lord and A. o. Jones-were renewed
of their duties at the naval base.
Mrs. Fortescue and her daughter
Mrs. Massie, were reported to have re-
covered from the shock OF the verdict.