Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-28 | Page 1 | Hawaii Jury Deadlock Forecast

I I I II JURY DEADLOCK FORECAST TY Honolulu 1 1 Tense I ense While Awaiting Verdict in Case CaseI I Throngs Congregate Outside Courthouse I T Resume Deliberations rations I Four Decisions Possible I By DAN CAMPBELL CAl United Press Staff Correspondent COURTROOM HONOLULU T. T H. H April 28 A 28 A community community com corn gripped by tension waited nervously today for the jurys jury's verdict in the Joe Kahahawai honor slaying trial While the half castes accused slayers slay ers Lieutenant Thomas 11 II 11 Massic Massie Mrs Grace Hubbard Fortescue hi his mother law and E E. J. J Lord and A A. O. O Jones United States sailors remained remained re re- re- re at Pearl Harbor naval base Honolulu as a whole awaited th the jurys jury's return Four verdict were possible possIble from from not guilty to guilty of second degree murder guilty of or manslaughter o or not guilty by reason of insanity Any Anyone Anyone Anyone one of the thc defendants who killed Kahahawai in revenge for lor an attack on Massies Massie's young wife Thalia Fortescue Massie Massic could be convicted or acquitted separately DEADLOCK LOOMS LOO There was strong possibility of or a deadlock since the jury is compose composed of six Caucasians and the remainder a section cross typical of the South Sout seas The Thc jury retired to begin its deliberations late yesterday after an impassioned im impassioned im im- plea by Clarence Darrow chief chier of defense counsel for acquittal Prosecutor John Kelley closed for tor th the territory demanding conviction At dawn much of or Honolulu was wa astir and those not tied down b by wor work headed toward the old judiciary building build build- ing where the dramatic trial was wa held Squads of policemen were on dut duty in anticipation oa ol a tremendous jam They also carried orders to put down any demonstration resulting from a verdict MUCH SPECULATION There was much speculation as t to what the jury of mixed races would v do Since the attack on Mrs Massie last fall and the subsequent abduction and slaying of Kahahawai the racia racial issue has be n. n injected into th this drama of the paradise of the Pacific Darrow when selecting the jury was insistent on seating Caucasians Kelley in contrast challenged th the whites and sought sou ht to impanel a body symbolic of island racial contrast whose sympathies mi might ht lie with wilh the dead Kahahawai Both were partially successful anc and almost everyone predicted a deadlock The jury which retired to a hotel hole last night after considering the c case e five and one half hours returned to the courtroom at a. a m. m 1120 a. a m. m P. P S S. S T. T 1 and immediately continued continued con deliberations There was v nothing in the action o or of orthe the jurors to indicate any trend