The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-01
LITTLE ROMANCE
Mr.. HUMPHREYS Refutes
San Francisco Story.
Says He Did Not Recommend Ac-
CeptanCe of Money-AdVised
Against il.

My attention has been called to an
article in a San Francisco paper said
. Attorney A S. Humphries yesterday
in which Mrs Carrie Dimond is
quoted as saying: AT the conclusion
of the hearing the Judge, without per-
hitting my attorneys to file the usual
briefs in such cases, announced that
he had already reached a conclusion
He then ordered the verdict favoring
my husband entered. Some comment
has been made concerning the with
drawal of my appeal in the Supreme
Court. / did this on the advice of my
counsel, who had ascertained that some
of the members of that body were re-
trial Judge. l recognized the hopeless
ness of an appeal and consequently ac-
copied a compromise. This compro-
mise was not such as has been pub
| lished, the amount of money received
by me being considerably in advance
of that given out by the Honolulu peo-
pie
In justice to myself, wish to deny
| in toto every reference to Judge Car
ter as to his decision being controlled
! by his relationship to Mr.. Dimond.
am not now aware that there is any
relationship either by affinity or con-
sanguinity, and was not when the case
was being tried or since.
'.AIU rpaSOnS for advising nv client
against an appeal were based upon the
evidence in the Circuit Court and upon
the actions of Judge Carter throughout
the trial. At the close, | declined to
argue the case, but | took occasion to
thank Judge Carter for the fairness of
his rulings and the learning he dis
played in trying the case. There were
many things brought out in evidence,
which, while not clearly 2goving the
charges of adultry, certainly influenced
Judge Carter, and would have influ-
enced any other fair-minded Judge in
the same way.
Mrs. Dimonds statement that | adj
vised her to compromise her case is I'M
qualifiedly false. 1 had heard that Mr..
Dimond was willing to give my client
a sum of money to enable her to go to
her home in Iowa. | sent for Mr.. Kin
ney to inquire if the report was correct
and he referred me to Mr.. J. o. Carter.
From him learned that some such ar
rangement might be made, and [ after
wards learned from him that the
amount Mr.. Dimond would pay was
81 900
Il then called on Paul Neumann,
senior counsel in the case, and reported
the matter to him and asked his views.
Personally, [ was opposed to her ac-
cepting the money from a hand which
she scorned, and which I felt satisfied
scorned her. [ presented my views
to Mr.. Neumann, and we agreed that
I should advise her against accepting
the money. I then sent for Mrs. Di-
mOnd and told her what could be OBJ
tanned, but cautioned her against ac-
cepting it, as it would bar her from
making any statement to her friends.
Tt is the privilege of any person who
loses a case to tell their friends the
trial was not fair, and that justice was
not melted out: any one can say that, |
whether it is the truth or not.
''T told Mrs Dimond she had better |
leave here without a dollar with the |
verdict against her than to accept !
money from the man who had charged |
her with an offense and of which she |
had been convicted in the court. |
went even further than this, and Of
fered to advance her sufficient money
to carry her to any point in the United
States and rely upon her father to re-
me. She preferred the 81 900,
and signed a letter to that effect Here
it is:
50 Mr.. a. S. HUMPHREYS:
Dear Sir:| hereby authorize you
to effect a settlement of all my matters
upon the best terms which you can
make. Very respectfully,
GARRY HIGLEY DIMOND'
con March 1st l wrote J. o. Carter
that I would close the matter ND for
81 900, the same to be applied as per
schedule furnished, which schedule was
published in the San Francis
20 Examiner of March 18th. Mr.. Car
-er responded the next day, accepting
Oh behalf of Mr.. Dimond the PROPOSE
ion 1 had made. 1 accepted each of
he conditions named. but requested
that the draft for $3.50 be made on a
San Francisco bank, rather than on
Williams, DimOnd & Co. for reasons
which [ felt sure he would appreciate
THE settlement of 81 900 was made,
md the money paid as agreed on. Mrs.
Oimond receiving no more, no less.
'egret exceedingly that Mrs. Dimond
las given out the impression in San
Francisco that unless q person is re-
ated by family or religious ties they
annOt get Justice in the Honolulu
ourts. As her attorney. I can say. and
without violating any of the conf
ences which exist between lawyer and
lient, that the trial of the Dimond
ase before Judge Carter was as fair as
could have been in any court in the
World.
Il make this statement through the
ress. for the reason that the pub
shed remarks purporting to come
rom Mrs. DimOnd place me in an eX-
false DOSifiOn with the court