The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-17
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WITNESSES
SeriousChargesAgainst
[. M. Strauss.
IS CITED FOR CONTEMPT
Attorney Accused Of Offering Money
To Send Witnesses Out Of
Country.

Iy to Leon NJ. Strauss, a young attor-
ney. In a petition to have Strauss adj
Judged guilty of contempt of court in
connection with the Andrade divorce
suit. charges are made by E. B. Nc
Clanahan which put Strauss in a very
unpleasant light.
Mr.. McClanahan's petition sets forth
that he is an attorney for John S. An
drade in the divorce suit pending
against Adelaide Andrade. In this case
A G. Correa, Portuguese attorney, is
named as correspondent. R. l.. Ensey,
Charles B. Buchanan, j. l.. Benoit and
Harry lie Roy are spoken of as mate
rial witnesses. The first two made
sworn statements in regard to their |
knowledge of the case in August last. |
The two have since disappeared, as
has Harry LIE Roy. Benoit was not
subpoenaed until week ago and, the
petition sets forth, he was approached
by Strauss on Thursday evening last
and asked by him if he would skip"
the country If given his passage and
| $50 in cash. Benoit Immediately went
to Mr. Mechanism and told him Of the
attempt to bride him, and the proceed
of Mr.. McClanahan asks that Strauss
| be ordered to show cause why he
should not be adjudged guilty of con-
| tempt of court, land that such other
and further steps and proceedings be
had as shall upon the hearing seem
meet to the court
! The affidavits of Robert L. Ensey,
Charles B. Buchanan and j. l.. Benoit
are appended. The statements of the
first two relate purely to the divorce
case, and show that the two men
Swallowed A. G.. Correa and Mrs An
drade, and saw the two commit adul-
terry.
The affidavit of Benoit is somewhat
more interesting. He states that he is
a witness in the Andrade divorce case,
and that on last Saturday evening he
met Strauss at the Orpheum cafe.
Strauss invited him to have a bottle
of beer, and they went into booth
together.
Strauss then asked me how much I
, would take to unload to him." Benoit
goes on. II asked him IN what way,
what he meant. He said: Tell me
what you know about this case so /
can prepare my defense. will tell you
now 1 am a partner with Correa, and
am going to fight this thing to finish.
. | will give you my word of honor as
, an attorney that 1 will never say any
J thing about it; no one need know any
} thing about it but you and l.
. Then 1 told him my opinion of at
torneys was not anything very fiowery;
that l didn't have much use for them
} as a general rule. Then he said AL
right; 1 understand that, but / will
give you my word of honor that III
never say anything about it, and you
? don't need TO say anything about this
5 and as l suppose you have told Nc
j lClanahan what you know, l would like
) to know it, too Then he asked me il
. | had them dead to rights, and 1 told
: him / had. 3
} Then he wanted to know if 1 didn't
want to leave the country. I told him
Yes, L would like to, but 1 haven't got
any money, and couldn't GO He said
If | give you a ticket will you skip !?
!. | told him that / could not, that I ha6
no clothes to go to the Coast with anC
no money, and l would not go there
2 broke. Then / told him that L hat
= furniture that was of the value Of
nearly 500, and that if he would give
/, would skip. No amount was speci
s lied. He said, Would a ticket and $3t
do you? 1 said, Tt might in a pinch
An engagement was made between
= the two for later meeting, bu
> Strauss failed to keep it, Benoit says
: ana IN concluding the affidavit he
, identified Mrs. Andrade and Correa by
= means of an electric bicycle lamI
which he flashed in their faces.
, Strauss was cited into court yester
!, day afternoon to show cause why HI
should not be adjudged guilty of con
tempt. He appeared at 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, and Paul Neumann
on his behalf, asked that he be giver
until Monday to prepare an affidavit
in answer to the charges against him
NO PERMANENT MASTER IN
CHANCERY.
Judge A. S. Hartwell has declined tn;
appointment as master in chancery
? which was made by Judge Humphrey.
, some days ago, and the appointment
) was yesterday rescinded by Judge
Humphreys.
Judge Humphreys was asked for {
= statement of the cause of Judge Hart
wells declination of the appointment
s and he said:
ION the 18th instant I rendered t.
= General Alfred S. Hartwell the office O.
master in chancery for the First Ju
= dicial Circuit. He expressed his appre
!, citation of my tender, and signified hi.
s Willingness to accept the office The
order was accordingly made appointing
MIN. A day or two after the order
> was entered General Hartwell ant
myself made an Independent investiga
. ion OF the matter, and we both reach
: ed the conclusion that the appoint
|
validity. He therefore requested tina
= the order appointing him be rescinded
!, and this was done. A chancellor ma,
: appoint master in particular cases
III necessity therefor exists, but Their
is certainly grave question as t
\ whether or not an attorney may b
permanently assigned to that Office
ANTOINE DISCHARGED.
The case against John Antoine
charged with forging a Board of Edu
cation warrant and raising money O.
IT, was taken from the jury by Judg
Humphreys yesterday, and a verde
OF not guilty was ordered rendered
Antoine was an employee of the Boar
-lo1 Education. and he was charged wit
having secured possession of a salar
warrant for $50 made out to w
Weigel. forging Weigeps name. an
then passing it at the store of tn
manufacturing Shoe Company Wei
gers presence was not secured i
court by the prosecution, he being a
er the present time in Hilo. and the nros
ecution was otherwise much hamperef
so Ii was no SUNRISE IN thoSa Il, n.