The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-01-21

Majesty to pay, My impression Is
that these items amounted to $148,
1920, or S17S-I cannot recollect.
Un answer to counsel witness said I
his impression was that it was S17S).
There was some correction made by
them--I suppose by Mr.. Walker.
Mr.. w. said Mr.. Oakley would not
consent TO strike off items which
would not allow. / cannot tell
what items they were-some legal
expenses, believe. At any rate
approved of bill to date with the
exception of items stated, and told |
Mr.. Walker if Mr.. Oakley con-
sented to that l should send word
to the Queen, and it should be paid
at once. / heard subsequently from
Mr.. Walker or Mr.. Mcintyre that
Mr.. Oakley declined to accept it.
The matter rested there until one
day Mr.. Oakley came in; ! did not
know him; he introduced himself to
me and asked about this affair, and
asked as q favor if l could not have
this thing settled. He offered to
pay me hundred dollars if / did.
l told him that could not accept a
cent from him-that i was not his
attorney, and if he consented to
accept the bill as l had it he could
have his money at once. l pointed
out to him that if he applied the
money he offered to me, to the ac-
count, there would not be differ
ence of but few paltry dollars,
and that he had better accept it.
He said, 81 will see." A short
time afterward he came again to me
and asked me, "Why do you not
get that money for me?" l told
him that if he accepted the amount
which l had told Mr.. Walker l had
advised the Queen to pay he could
have it. He said, 81 cannot" l
told him l was sorry for it, but l
could not be bothered with the
affair any more, and not to come
back to me about it. | am under
the impression that l returned the
bill to him, but may have given it
to Mr.. Walker. His Majesty's
note was returned to Mr.. Mcintyre.
Mr.. Wallace came to me in Dec,
'Si, or Jan. 'S5. This took place
after the order-I think it must
have beeu in May, not later than
June. That was the last interview
l ever had with Oakley on the
matter. l went to the Coast on the
1st of Aug. and returned on the Sth
of October. After my return a
man by the name of Mills-a me-
chanic-came to me, l think the
week before Oakley's suicide, and
asked me if l had settled Oakley's
bill. He showed me note of MIR.
Oakley's for S400 written on the
inside of an envelope. He repre-
sented to me his needs and asked if
l would not collect it for him, and
as there was money coming to Mr..
Oakley l said if he got Mr.. Oakley's
order l would get it paid. At his
request drew out a note for him
and told him if Mr.. Oakley gave
that to him instead of the note /
would give it to him.
Q.-Can you not explain some
thing more particularly about the
items which you wanted to throw
out? A.-Nothing except the one
item about law expenses. and told
Mr.. Walker it was perfectly pre-
posterous to have any such item in
a housebuilding bill.
Cross-examined-This copy of
letter in BULLETIN is correct. l was
Attorney-General all through the
happening of these events. l was
acting for Wallace but not for the
Queen. @. ''If not acting for the
Queen, how did you come to advise
her not to pay the bill!" A. "Who
told you l advised the Queen?"
Mr.. Dole-''Here it is in evidence.
1 did not advise her, but it was my
duty to give her a good receipt. @.
"Why did you draw the order on
yourself?" A. because in any
circumstances that might have arisen
l did not want the Queen to ap-
pear" Mr.. Mills paid me
ten percent; l did not charge
him anything, but he insisted
that l should be paid for
my trouble. Have forgotten what
the items struck out were for; think
some items for material were on the
debit side which should have been
ON the credit side. TO the best OF
my recollection the amount was SITS.
Q. "You say Sis in the BULLETIN"'
A. 81 may have made mistake. "
There was no explanation about the
legal expenses. Walker may have
told me. If carpenter or plum.
ber brings me q bill for work and
find legal expenses l strike 1t out
The King gave Oakley the note; i,
was to be returned when the account
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