The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-17
AN OLD CATCH
Local Lawyer Asks Aims
On the Street.
Clad in Queer Apparel He masQuer-
AIDES, But Lies in Jail
At Night.

/ \ lawyer begging aims on the public
streets IS something OF a novelty, yet
Honolulu possesses one legal Iuminary
/ who does not hesitate 70 use this means
OF adding 10 his retainer fees. A
queer story is chrOnicled in the police
annals OF yesterday OF a young lawyer
/ who was arrested Thursday night at
tired in the wonderful apparel which
[ has made the Mainland Weary VIII
| lies famous in the funny papers.
\ police officer in plain clothes on
duty az the Executive grounds during
the band concert Thursday night was
accosted by a seedy-loOking individual
who begged him for quarter to buy
bananas What the officer saw was
a man clean-shaven, his head covered
by large felt hat pulled down over his
ears. He wore an old coat and an I'M
dershirt protecting him from the night
air; an old pair Of trousers rolled up
at the bottoms almost 10 the knees,
and a pair OF slippers completed the
wonderful raiment OF the attorney.
As soon as the officer recovered
from his surprise he asked the mans
name and occupation and received the
following reply:
I'm not doing anything now, and
I haven't any money. ! have asked at
least twenty people for money To buy
food with, and the only one who had
any heart TO listen 70 my appeal was
Chinaman, who gave me a nickel;
that's all I've got"
The appeal had 10 effect on the blue
coat other than 10 make him more at
tentiye than ever TO MS duty as custO-
Efan Of he tho Of
ne'er-do-welis and Migrants. In a trice
the officer disclosed his identity and
announced TO the astOnished attorney
that it was his duty 10 place him be-
hind the bars for the night
"All right" said the latter, but the
joke will be on you when we get to the
station house; do you know who I
amp The officer replied he did not,
further stating that he would ascer-
tain his pedigree before locking him
up.
At the station house a charge OF vio-
lating section 100 of the Penal Laws
was entered against the prisoner,
whose name was entered as c. w. Bit
ting. The charge is that of soliciting
aims Oh the public streets. When the
Identity OF the masquerader was
known, considerable surprise was ex-
pressed at the attorneys peculiar ac-
tiCns. When vagrancy was mentioned
as a possible charge, Mr.. Biting pro-
duced a gold watch, at the same time
stating that with such a valuable time
piece in his possession, no charge of
that character could be brought against
him. He was reminded that men with
large bank accounts had often been
hailed before the bar OF justice on
just such a charge. When committed
to the safe-keeping Of a cell for the
night the attorney made no objection.
Yesterday morning he came into
court In company with men Of all
classes and stood up before Judge VIII
cox clad in the odd attire which he
had worn the night previous, and was
committed for trial this morning He
presented quite a contrast from his ap-
pearance of Thursday morning, when
he argued a case before the same Judge
who will now listen TO the charge
against him. Then he was a we'll
dressed, carefully grOomed man, wear
ing a mustaChe and vandyke beard |
Yesterday he looked little different
from the ordinary 'vag."