The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-09-10
HUMPHREYS In CHICAGO.
vi.v o. 'ha Jurist Taken by Write
In Democratic journal.

vi.v o. 'ha Juris, rsken by Writer
In Democratic journal.
CHICAGO. Aug. 25.-The Chronicle
in its issue of today has the following
story:
! Judge Abraham S. Humphreys race
, Of half around the globe TO vindicate
! himself in the eyes of his associates in
Hawaii has been interrupted in Chicago.
He Is now lying in a hospital preparing
/ for an operation which, the physicians
say. will probably result fatally. and
may never reach the land Of his adop-
ton to prove to the members of the
legal profession there that his actions
| have been such as to receive the Off
cial approval of the Attorney General
of the United States.
The judge is the man who reformed
! the judicial practice in Honolulu and
! thereby aroused much enmity. At the
instigation of members of the Hawaiian
bar, though broken in health, ne start
ed at once for the United states. To-
day his case is before Attorney General
| Knox. He succeeded in convinci ing
that official that the complaints Of the
|
One week ago Judge Humphreys was
reappointed to his position. The strain
OF his several months of worry had told
on him and he was informed by his
physicians that he must go to a hos
rital to recuperate. 1t was the only
means of saving his Life. he was told.
Though he knew that he was prob
ably dying and that the trip would
probably hasten his demise, the judge
insisted on starting. He was very weak
when he left the capital and by the time
Chicago was reached he had broken
down completely. He was carried to
n private hospital where he was toll
that by "a delicate operation there is
one chance in ten of saving his life. If
he Is not benefited by the operation
death will result at once.
The jurist did not hesitate a minute.
He knew that his life might drag on
for weeks without the operation and
that it may BE- snuffed out at once un-
der the surgeons knife, but he decided
on the operation as his only chance of
getting back to Honolulu.
SO the most skillful surgeons will
make supreme effort this week to
/ save tnt INV u Vic JUICY. Ht
of the hospital where the operation is
to be performed Is being kept a closely
guarded secret.
From the time that Judge Humphreys
first came into prominence as south
ern republican his career has been a
picturesque one. When but % years OF
age ne angcred his friends and neigh
bors by espousing the cause Of General
Chalmers. republican candidate for the
position of governor of Mississippi
This was in 1888, when to be n repub-
lican In Mississippi was TO be disgrac.
ed. No exception was made in favo,
of the young planter. He was ostracis
ed politically and socially and finall,
driven from the state.
FIGHTS DUEI.S IN ARIZONA.
Travelling through the southwest III
finally reached Phoenix. Ari., where HI
settled for a time. While at Phoeni'
he became involved :: several shootih-
scrapes owing to his high sense o
, honor.
Six years ago he left the United State
and went to Hawaii. hen an absolute
monarchy. Afiei residing in Hawai
for some time he married uns IF tn
daughters of a Chinese millionaire
His wife was one Of the twelve sister
that have become famous throuShou
y the islands and the Pacific states. Al
of the girls have contracted alliance
. with prominent men, army and nava
-, officers, lawyers and jurists being in
cluded in the list of husbands.
Judge Humphreys took a prominen
part in the Hawaiian revolution whic
g resulted in the deposal of the dusk
f, queen, the formation OF the Hawaiia
!. republic and the ultimate annexation c
! the islands. When the senatorial com
!, mission annexed the islands it did nc
q forget the young southerner who ha
not feared to be republican in Missis
. sippi. His name was mentioned ,
President Mckinley and he was AZ
= pointed federal judge for the distric
= of Honolulu.
70 WORKS wONbERS AS A JURIS7
Once seated on the bench the youn
man revolutionized the legal practice
in the island and made the native a
torneys conform to the practices of th
- United States courts. II was this AZ
tion that induced the Hawaiian lawyer
to protest gainst his retention in o
flee. Then followed the hurried trip
Washington and the physical breai
, down.
The labors which Judge Humphrey
perfoi med in the unhealthy climate
Hawaii and the trouble occasioned b
y the preferment of charges against hi
y are responsible for his present cond
N tion. Great care is being taken to PR
- vent his exact whereabouts becomir
known, as his condition is such tn;
any excitement would result fatally.
Even the warmest friends of the IL;
waiian jurist have been prohibited fro
visiting him and none know where