HONOLULU TRIAL

Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1932, Page 8

HONOLULU TRIAL

; NAVY BOYCOTTING BUSINESS, j SAX FRANCISCO, June 23. ' A boycott is seeping through Honolulu’s life as 'an apparent reaction to the conviction of four Americans for lynching a Hawaiian. White the boycott is hard to trace, it is unmistakable. ■ Walter Napoleon, a Hawaiian member of the jury, applied for police protection, saying lie was threatened by telephone. His employer John O’Loughiin, said he would disregard threats of customers to boycott his stores unless Napoleon was discharged, i Willy Beyer, a juror, potato chip manufacturer, admitted that he had received no orders from the United j States Navy since the conviction, but ' attributed litte significance to it. Rci ports that steamship bookings on the j line that employs John F. Stone, white 1 foreman of the jury, were being cancelled were denied by the company. ' Salles of army run(l navy commissaries, which are open only to Service men, are reported on the inl creape, and now there is news that i the naval men are threatening a boycott of the city’s business. | The rift was caused by the Massie I assault case in September, and the j ink-trial of the natives charged with i the attack. It spread steadily and i impetus was given to it by the conviction of the four defendants in the Fortescuc-Massie murder case. | It is understood that certain of the personnel at Pearl Harbour naval station have written to Pacific Coast firms, suggesting that they open branch • stores in Honolulu, so that navy purchasers may buy from other than Honolulu businesses. It is also understood that official circles at Pearl Harbour have let it be known that tlion'e making such requests could he “disciplined.” | After leaving Hawaii Mr Clarence Harrow, chief counsel for the defence in the murder trial, received a number |of messages voieiim praise as a result iof the “honour slaying” trial. “Stick with it—stay there and light it out - an outrageous verdict impossible to understand,” were some of the phrases from messages received. The pro-e----|Cutoi~.Mr , ~Mr Kel lev, was both prais'd I and condemned in the radiograms he received. A Boston Irishman who did ! not give his name wiled Kellev: “You are a disgrace to the 'lrich Ghnnue : your mine.” ■ i