The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-08-06
HOT AIR
IN H|LO
H.B. Gehr Seeks A.
B. .LOebenStein'S
Scalp.

own views or those of another. who is no,
willing to speak for himself and whose
plant tool Mr.. Loebenstein appears to be.
has the refreshing merit Of being an open
expression of enmity which has hitherto
found vent only through cowat dly meth
ods and anonymous channels.
Mr.. Loebenstein makes no attempt to
reply to the statements published in the
Herald of the oath OF July as emanating
from me, but inasmuch as he has seen fit
to interfere in "A matter which in no way
concerned him, ] now deem 1t my privil-
ege to correct an erroneous impression
that might be gained by his letter by
one unacquantcd with his record, even
though the language OF his letter, and
especially the footnote to the same,
should be "A sufficient Indication of the
spirit that prompted 1t.
MIR. Loebenstein has never. to my
knowledge. claimed any personal indebt-
edness from me. and ne does so now only
infcrentially and in ambiguous language
fault which l shall endeavor to avoid.
Mr.. Loebcnstcin prepared tracing
/ from government map and "A supposed
legal description of certain lands ac-
quired by the kohala and IIilo Railway
| Co. at Waiakea. As the result of his cf-
forts was incorrect, IL Will be necessary
to have the work done over again by
competent man. and this fact Is easily
/ idemonstrahle. After consultation with
men of his profession ana others. ! am
of the opinion that no reputable surveyor
on the Islands would ask more than fifty
4 800 dollars FOR this service even were il
correctly performed. For the work done
10y Mr.. Loebenstein he rendered to the
kohala and Iiilo Railway Co. a bill for
the sum Of one thousand QO0OD dollars
and when objection was made by me to
the attempted eNtortion, Mr. Loebenstein
informed ms that If the bin were not paid
h. would soak the . and H. R'y Co
nara when he got into the Legislature"
Tn" force of this blackmailing PROPOSE
tion was disSipated last November, after
the ballots were counted.
now regret that did not take Mr.
i.oehonstein seriously and at his word
"h'n, at ms request and by appointment
called upon him one Sunday morning
In Honolulu at the time the and II.
IL tranrhise was under consideration by
the government. at which time and place
"e 'o'" me 'ha' ne i-oehenstein) was a
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tured sbouid haze ra,,r,i,.t, p'e
facing NV onnop.n, ,s III. - ~, % N
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'1'>' f'iN hrf LIES
tdltor tribune: Again has my whilom
| lrthn' the president of the kohala lilo
k' II Co, seen III TO kick over the traces
ana once more is a long suffering pubic
condemned to act as spectator in the
ur"'''t 'h'ltled How Not 10 Pay ones
Bills" with change in the rost tn.
curtain rising this time depicting Gehr.
| MN lhe president of the kohala and Hiio
H. Il Coz pouring out the vials of his
utaily wrath ON poor Lorbenstein-Wa
H'lu haNinE been done up.
90 that me Sansuinary spectacle of a
n"ttIe or ! entrance between the presi-
u'h' OF IN" cholera and |. O. l.. II. r.
90" ana ms wicked detractors predicted
nN tne wicked L"ebrnStein, was not
merely hEment Of the ina gination, hut
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