Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-01-22

/ told him that could not accept
cent from him-that / was not his
attorney, and if he consented to
accept the bill as / had it he could
have his money at once. / pointed
out to him that if he applied the |
money he offered to me, to the ac-
count, there would not be a differ
ence Of but few paltry dollars,
and that he had better accept it.
He said, ~ will see.' A short
time afterward he came again to me
and asked me, "Why do you not
get that money for me?" told
him that if he accepted the amount
which ! had told Mr.. Walker l had
advised the Queen to pay he could
have it. He said, 81 cannot" 1
told him 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 / 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,
'S4, or Jan. 'S5. This took place
after the drder-I think it must
have beeu in. May, not later than
June. That was the last interview
/ ever had with Oakley on the
matter. went to the Coast on the
| 1st of Aug. and returned on the 9th
| of October. After my return
man by the name Of Mills-a me-
| chanic-came to me, / think the
week before Oakley's suicide, and
asked me if / had settled Oakley's
bill. He showed me note of Mr..
| Oakley's for $400 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 / said if he got Mr.. Oakley's
order 1 would get it paid. At his
request drew out 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
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. @. eff not acting for the
Queen, how did you come to advise
her not to pay the bill?" A. "Who
told you / advised the Queen?"
Mr.. Dole" Here it is in evidence.
l did not advise her, but it was my
duty to give her a good receipt. Q.
"Why did you draw the order on
yourself?" A. ''Because in any
circumstances that might have arisen
did not want the Queen to ap-
pear Mr.. Mills paid me
ten percent l did not charge
him anything, but he insisted
that | 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 $118 in the BULLETIN 2"
A. 81 may have made mistake. T"
There was no explanation about the
legal expenses. Walker may have
told me. If a carpenter or a plum
ber brings me bill for work and 1
find legal expenses | strike 1t out.
do not know that l struck out OF
bill anything for mechanical work or
material. / told Walker l could not
pay bill as it was. l cannot tell what
time the Queen put it in my hands; it
was either in May or June. l de-
clined an offer of Oakley to have the
matter arbitrated; l will not say what
my reason was. When Mills came to
, me I was not acting for the Queen; |
was not acting for anybody. Mr..
: Mills came to me and said he was in
financial strait; told him, 'you can
get your money, any time provided
you get Oakley's order" | cannot
state when Wallace first came to me.
The order was written quite awhile
after Wallace first came. If re-
member right, it lies somewhere be-
tween January and March, but l am
not certain. l know that he was
, there toward the end of March, and
l told him the Court term was about
to commence, and / could not dc
anything till after that cannot tel
what day Mr.. Walker came.
The King gave Oakley the note; il
was to be returned when the account
was settled. The occasions men
toned in evidence are the only ones
! on which Oakley spoke to me.
D The prosecution rested here, ant
| the counsel for the defense having
e nothing to offer, Mr.. Whiting movec
for committal. Accordingly Mr.
p Johnstone was committed for tria
s TO the Supreme Court, at the pre-
sent term if counsel on both sides