The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-11

The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
this morning publishes the following
from its Washington correspondent.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., August 30
There is every prospect of something
doing" in the case of Judge A. S. Hum
phreys within about ten days. A hear
ing has been fixed for September 10.
Although he had been described in the
press dispatches sent east, as being sick
in Chicago and as intending to remain
there until the Attorney General was
pleased to send him word that the
charges would be dismissed, Judge
Humphreys suddenly showed himself
here in Washington on the evening of
August 20 and announced in the lobby
of the Shoreham hotel that he had
come ito the States entirely for recrea-
ton"
The story about the judges illness
had even caught the Attorney General,
Mr.. Knox The previous afternoon, a
few hours before the judge arrived.
your correspondent had a little talk
with Mr.. Knox about the case. On the
outside and at the top of his big office
desk was piled a stack of papers per-
tanning to the controversy. There was
thick heap of typewriter papers and
heavy rolls of affidavits, as much as
two feet through
"On September 8, if he is able to come
here from Chicago" said the Attorney
General as he swung back in his maho-
gany chair very genial man to look
upon Judge Humphreys will come to
Washington That will be Sunday
Soon thereafter / propose to bring these
gentlemen face to face and see what
they have to say in each others pres
ence"
When seen at the Shoreham Thurs
day evening shortly after his arrival,
Judge Humphreys was especially specif-
ic in emphasizing that he had not come
to Washington because of the charges
against him. II am here only on a
pleasure trip" he said. Il don't want
anyone to think that | cared enough
about these alleged charges to make
such a long trip to deny them. | need
ed a rest, and so | came to the SCates
to enjoy myself with Mrs. Humphreys
| expect to return to Honolulu about
the middle of September. 1 left Mrs.
Humphreys and her maid in Chicago,
sightseeing and came on to Washington
FOR personal and business reasons in no
way connected with the so-called
charges preferred against me by mem
bers of the Honolulu bar. l expect to
be in Washington several days before
rejoining Mrs. Humphreys in the north.
| don't care to discuss these charges.
AS a matter of fact l have never read
them except in the newspapers and
know nothing of them officially. The
matter, l presume is before the De-
partment of Justice"
Notwithstanding Judge Humphreys
stout disayowal that he had not come
to Washington on account of the
charges preferred against him by the
Honolulu bar, he did come to WASH
ingtpn specifically on that business, for
the charges are worrying him. 1t should
be remembered that he arrived in
Washington Thursday evening and the
first thing he did on Friday morning
was to hasten to the Department of
Justice where he arrived at IL o'clock
and waited long in the ante room of the
Attorney General for an audience with
that gentleman. He talked with the
Attorney General about fifteen minutes
regarding the charges and the pros
pective hearing. In the meantime, At
torney Hankey having seen in The
Post, one of the local morning papers,
a statement that Judge Humphreys was
in town and that he had come here
purely for purposes of recreation, sub
stantially as stated in the interview
given above, addressed a note to the
Attorney General in closing the clipping
and stating that, as Judge Humphreys
appeared to be in Washington, he
(Hankey), was ready for any program
that the Attorney General might direct.
An hour or so later Mr.. Hankey re-
ceived the following letter:
Office of the Attorney General.
Washington, u. c., Aug. 30, 1901
Mr.. Frederick w, Hankey,
Ebbitt House, City.
Dear Sir: l have you letter of the
3Oth instant, stating in relation to the
charges against Judge Humphreys that
any programme that | may direct that
will favor Judge Humphreys convent
ence will be agreeable to you. ] have
seen Judge Humphreys and have fixed
Tuesday morning, September 10th, at 10
o'clock, at this office, for a hearing in
the matter of the charges against him,
at which time and place you may APP
pear and present the same and any OBJ
anrNat lnna Mhich won NAV have TO