The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-18
MS SEATTLE RECORD
p,ouoht Up Against Gilbert F.
Little i'm Honolulu.
soT 4 DESIRABLE CITIZEN
p. Dole Refuses to Recommend Him
md Recalls His Transactions
in This City.
..or A DESIRABLE CITIZEN.

casert r. Little. formerly lawyer In
-. ~stv is having a hard time in Homo
- irving 10 swear out citizenship pa
- sna from Indications will rot meet
- much success. Since the insurrec-
.he provisional government Is ex-
...r,sly cautious as 70 who secures citi-
e.-saIn papers. Ii inquiries closely into
~ar.s integrity and past record. and
~ not admit any one unless &c can
.sax good character.
wssn Little applied for citizenship pa
- the matter was taken before Presi-
e. sanford b. Dole. who at once in
.-sred OF bis cousin, f. +. Dole, former
y ~ This city, about Little's record while
= ais city +. +. Dole said ne could not
.s.ouuaerd Little for citizenship. as state
-ssts concerning his action had been
.rsatshed in a Seattle paper that placed
-, IN a very bad light. Nothing was
,sns in the matter for some time until
Iagle renewed his application TO Presi-
s,nt Dole directly and referred 20 T.. r.
Tae for testimony as TO his character
ss1e In Seattle He said r.. p. Dole knew
.sr well and could testify as to his do
kxs while in this city.
FP Dole was again called into con-
.rence and In Llt;ie's presence reiterated
s,at bad reports had been circulated in
.s;s city about Little, and he positively
.ssid not recommend him. He referred
- president 10 an article published in
ais city in 1894.
ne publication referred 10 Is an article
: he Telegraph Of August %, 1891, head
Il sYoung Lawyers mplaint-For-
~ partner of Judge Little files smarting
ssargss-How Lawyer HUMPHREYS says he
IS beguiled by the silver tongued Or
asr into a partnership that had neither
T.. . Ill Il a..
dsEed charges TO be taken as confessed
shin IN the superior court. in an action
-qght by W. r. HUMPHREYS TO recover
money loaned on a copartnership.
rich HUMPHREYS claimed was formed for
IL express purpose Of defrauding him.
vsay OF the allegations In the complaint
sere thought 10 be scandalous and en-
ersly irrelevant. but no answer or mo-
ion 10 strike them from the complaint
ssre fled and a default and Judgment
vas signed by Judge Langley.
Humphrles complaint verged closely on
The sensational. He alleged that ne was
Induced 20 enter into a partnership by
r!srepresentations which were entirely
false and made for the purpose OF deceiv-
,ng him 10 trust Little with little money
until the law practice should be firmly es-
,shIlshed He said Little said lie had
served as circuit Judge in Indiana TO fill
an unex.ired term. and was then reap
pointed for fun term Of six years. which
he had served creditably. He also rep
resented that he was a fine lawyer and
Rad especially fine comprehension or cor
pora;ion law: that he was at one time a
member Of one of the largest law firms
In the city of Parsons, Kan. and had
large and lucrative practice as well as
a large library lie also represented that
he had a large Seattle practice worth
sS1a a year: that Metcalfe g. Jurey, his
former partners. owed him 81 300: that the
Puget Sound National hank was one of
hts clients and owed him some money;
that he was attorney for the Abrahams
Grocery Company which owed him ssi5.
and that number OF other fees were
coming 70 him.
Nr. HUMPHREYS claimed that these al
legged gases were but fgments OF Little's
fertile Imagination and were false and
made deceitfully He said that on the
strength Of these representations Little
borrowed money that was never repaid
and inveigled him into partnership in
which there were neither profit nor honor.
Mr. HUMPHREYS also alleged that Little
never was a Judge in any court in Kan
as. and until he came 70 Seattle had but
q meager practice In any town; That lit
IL had overdrawn his account with Met
tslfe & Jurey when the partnership was
tsSolved