The Washington times., 1932-01-18

smirched.
Word has gone out that
women are not safe alone at
night on the streets of our city:
that if they venture forth they
run the risk of being assaulted
and foully attacked by gangs OF
lust-mad youths.
"And that word is true. Women
are not safe. Attack and ravlsh-
ment are crimes of frequent oc-
currence, and rarely indeed are
those that commit them brought
to justice. In such rare instances
as they are apprehended, it is
next to impossible to convict
them. In the extremely rare in.
stances that conviction is Sc
cured, the punishment is usually
so mild as to constitute a con.
doning of an offense that would
drive any other American COM
munity to frenzy.
$50 appalling has the situation
become that Army and Navy Off
GERS Stationed here have sent out
word to their brother officers on
the mainland not to bring their
wives if they are ordered to
Hawaii, because the women would
be liable to attack by the foul
gangs that prowl through our
streets at night.
warning Issued"
Word has been sent out to
Naval officers not to bring their
wives when they come to Hawaii
next spring for maneuvers!
while the Ala Moana attack
case was on trial in the circuit
court, no fewer than four cases
of attack, assault, or attempted
assault were reported to the
police.
eve call this the paradise of
the Pacific-but it is a paradise
infected by the snake-a foul
Shiny creature crawling through
the streets and attacking the in
nocent and the defenseless.
THE shame of Honolulu!
Nor can Honolulu's shame be
wiped out, her good name re-
deemed, until the men of Homo.
lulu arise in their Indignation and
put an end to such disgraceful
conditions.
There are at large in Honolulu
and unpunished the youths who
on the night of September II, at
tackled a young Navy matron,
mere girl only 20 years of age
whom they caught as she was
walking alone along street In
waikiki, not only ravished her but
beat her up frightfully, breaking
her jaw with brutal fists. More.
over. she had to undergo an opera
ton to prevent having a child by
one of the human reptiles.
"QueStiOn Unanswered"
Give youths were arrested
charged with the crime and put
on trial. The trial lasted nearly
three weeks and ended in a hung
jury.
This leaves the question of the
guilt or innocence of the five de,
PENDANTS unanswered. But there
is no question that some gang
committed the crime.
There are certain matters in
connection with the trial that call
for careful consideration.
1T may be stated on good au
thority that the jury was hung be-
fore it was sworn in.
cat least one of the jurymen
who on his voir dire swore that
he had no opinion or bias that
disqualified him to serve on the
jury, is reported by a reputable
and very we'll known citizen tC
have made the assertion, prior tc
his being called as a venireman
that he knew the whole case was
a frame up and that the five
defendants were absolutely limo
cent.
This man is reported to be
one who, from the first ballot tc
the last. voted for acquittal.
1.-TWO other members of the
jury were widely believed to have
been resolved from the first tt
hang the jury if they could not
get it to acquiS.
1T is known, and is a matter
of record, that certain member.
of the police department. who arr
known to be disaffected and ou
to diScredit John Mcintosh, chic
of the detective bureau, took al
active part in the defense. Be
fore the case ever went to tria
they were busy spreading viii
propaganda to try to discredi
the complaining witness, tn
woman who was the victim O
one of the most brutal crimes il
the history of Honolulu.
IF they believed the defendant
innocent, they were, as ind
viduals. entitled to their opinions
But it was their duty to repor
their knowledge and beliefs t,
their SuperiorS. Instead of that
some of them are said to hav
run to the defense lawyers, t,
have been in frequent and almos
constant communication witt
them. to have worked actively t
discredit their own chief.
There's another phase of tn
situation that demands considers
ton. In the Ala Moana case, a
in so many others of similar ne
ture, it was the complaining Wi
ness, as we'll as the defendant,
who was placed on trial.
Shameful Attempts"
Shameful attempts were mad
to aSperSe. hY inSinnatinn and In