The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-16
THE WITNESSES SKIPPED SEWERS LEAKING BADLY.
A LAWYER is CHARGED WITH
CONTEMPT.
Sensational Proceedings Against At
torney L. NJ. Strauss by Attorney E.
b. McClanahan-Benc Summons.

Attorney +. B. McClanahan says that
attorney Leon M. Strauss has been gull
tY of contempt of court in getting wit
nesses to leave the country in the di-
vorCe case of John Andrade VS.. Ade-
laide Andrade McClanahan filed a
sensational affidavit this morning be-
fore judge Humphreys in chambers and
the judge issued a bench summons for
} FStrauss to appear before him at two
O'Clock and answer to the charge OF
contempt made by McClanahan.
The case of Andrade VS.. Andrade, in
which a divorce is asked for on statu-
| tory grounds, was called in court on
the 10th of this month and set for trial
on the 24th. The affidavits secured by
counsel fOreshadowed a sensational trial
for the plaintiff had employed four or
five spies, it appeared to shadow the de-
fendant and secure evidence and they
had all done good work.
In his affidavit McClanahan states
| that he met the witnesses Robert L.
Ensey and c. B. Buchanan in Honolu-
lu after November 10, and they told him
| that they had no intention of leaving
| Honolulu, Recently he has found, on
! looking for them, that both have dis
appeared and are said to have gone to
| the coast. They are very material wit
| neSSes in the case, both of them haV-
ing done lot of "spotting" for the
! plaintiff.
Harry lie Roy is another witness
who was in the same business and who
is also said to have gone. He left on
the steamship Queen it is stated. lie
| p did lot of amateur detective work
after he arrived here as cabin boy on a
! sailing vessel several months ago. He
! worked for the police department and if
he has really gone the police have lost
a witness they were relying upon in at
least two liquor cases.
| The affidavit of the witness I T. Re
mott is the principal support of Nicola
nahan's charge. Benoit told McClana-
| nan that Strauss had offered him a
| passenger ticket and $50 if he would
leave the country, and this is the main
/ basis OF the charge of contempt made
| by McClanahan. Benoit being me-
| terial witness in the case.
Benoit did some spying in the An
drade affair He watched Mrs. An
drade and the correspondent A. G. Cor
rea and is said to have been ready to
testify as strong witness for the
plaintiff John Andrade.
Benoit says that Strauss, met him at
a local theatre shortly after the case
had been set and tried to find out from
MIN what he was going to testify for
az alalanahan's witness. Strauss gave
his word of honor, says Benoit in the
affidavit, that he would not tell Nc
Clanahan If the witness revealed what
he was to testify to.
Benotts revelation appears to have
been limited to simple statement that
he knew and would testify to enough to
get Andrade a divorce. Thereupon. he
swears, Strauss asked him if he wanted
to leave the country, and he said that
he did
IF I get you ticket, will you skin ?'
is what Benoit swears Strauss said tC
hlm The witnes answered that he had
no money and would not go Without
;e
and $50 would do and the witness said
IT might. This ended negotiations, ex-
cept that the witness, at Strauss re-
quest agreed to meet him the next night
presumably to receive an offer.
Benoit did not meet Strauss again
instead he was hunted up by McClana.
nan, and the latter secured from him
the story of the alleged efforts to get
MIN to leave the country. McClanahar
decided to have Strauss brought I'D fol
contempt and when the facts were
sworn to before Judge Humphreys h,
: issued a bench summons.
The proceeding Is a quite unusual on,
ana when reports of it spread amont
the lawyers there was much interest n
the outcome One of the difficulties O
legal proceedings in Hawaii has Ions
been that of keeping witnesses, anC
McClanahan' efforts to have a fellow
attorney punished for contempt for in
ducing witnesses to go arouses tn
, greatest interest.
The contempt proceedings agains
strauss were called in Judge Humph
, reys' court this afternoon. The accu
! sased attorney was present accompan
, led by Paul Neumann whom he had on
gagged as counsel. Upon motion of th
, defendant the case was postponed unit
i Monday morning at 10 o'clock in orde
to give Strauss time in which to file al
: atldavit in answer to the charge.
! The Hawaiian Bar Association is L
look into the matter of the alleged con
duct of Strauss and it is said that RI
association may move to have him dis
; charged for unprofessional conduct.