The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-26
AIRED IN COURT A VERY BIG man
Boarding House Incident
Results in Lawsuit.
Claim for $500 Damages Not Allowed.
The Habits of a Guest-Tde
Irate LandiaiieS.

1t is ofttimes the lot of mankind, es-
pecially that portion of mankind living
in boarding houses, that sooner or lat
er they find themselves arraigned in
court of Justice by irate landlords or
boarding house keepers.
With John H. Parker, Australian, it
is different He has varied this rule by
hauling his board mistresses into court
and sueing them for $500 damages, al
leging that on the goth day of
January, 1899, they elected him and his
wife with force and arms" out of
their room into the cold street. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Parker is Il news
paper man and has come to Honolulu
continues as he has begun he will be
able to fill the first issue with his own
adventures without looking for eX-
traneous matters.
The ejectment case came up before
Judge Wilcox yesterday afternoon in
the District Court, and all the front
benches in the court room were taken
up by the male and female boarders OF
the establishment in question, to tell
all they knew about what was, if not
a veritable tempest in tea pot, at
least tempest in a boarding house.
The plaintiff was represented by At
torney Cathcourt, while the Misses
Knoke. the boarding house mistresses,
had their interests looked after by At
torney Lorrin Andrews.
Mr. Parker swOre that his landladies
had an improved method Of getting rid
of boarders, namely, when they went
out at night, removing all the furnl-
ture from their rooms, so they could
not sleep there. He testified that the
condition of his room on the night in
question was such that he could not
sleep there.
WAS the mosquito netting re-
moved?" Queried Attorney Cathcourt
anXiously.
We'll, l don't remember that"
answered Mr.. Parker.
After some mathematical calcula-
tons between attorney and client it
was found that the plaintiff had lost
exactly 1913 by his ejectment, but he
was sure that his feelings were hurt
to an amount equal to the difference
between that sum and the $500 asked
for.
On cross examination by Mr.. An
drews, the plaintiff admitted that some
days previous to the goth, in view of
various unpleaSantnesseS he mad been
requested to leave the house, but was
sure he had not agreed to do so by the
goth.
Then the defendants We're called to
the stand, and in answer to their cOun-
sells questions they were quite sure
that never in the course Of all their eX-
perience had they met such a man as
Mr.. Parker for raising trouble. Why,
even think Of it, he objected to meat
balls for lunch.
And Miss Johanna KnOke said, with
horror in her voice, when he left she
found twenty-seven empty beer bottles
in his room. Here all the boarders
who had been listening eagerly to the
testimony groaned in unison at this.
One day, continued Miss Knoke, Mr..
Parker actually said damn" at the
table. Here again the boarders groaned
and the ladies appropriately blushed
AS a result of all this wickedness Mr.
Parker was requested to leave the
house.
After several boarders told all they
knew of the matter counsel for both
sides summed up and Judge Wilcox
decided the case in favor of the defend
ants.
1t is rumored that Mr. Parker's first
editorial will be entitled The Board
ing House Must Go"