The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-28
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rights of way, or if / secured them so
that they could not injure me- | would
be very glad to make the matter public
for 1 felt that it was an outrage.
| | accordingly made my preparations to
go to Kona to secure the said rights of
way and left here on the Mauna I,oa
May Nth last.
| On the morning that / went away Mr.
| Thurston again asked me if / didn't
| think it possible to make public the de-
mands which had been made upon me by
| the members of the Legislature as he
| thought that it was fair to the public
and Governor Dole that any evidence
bearing on this point should be given
III think he stated that he wanted it to
go to the Grand Jury.
/ again stated to him that my financial
| interests Were so great in the matter
| that l did not feel that at the present
ime l could afford TO offend the persons
who had made the propositions to me
and who had influence in Kona hut
again said as soon as | was in posi-
| ton to do SO without harm TO myself 1
would gladly give the permission Mr.
Thurston said. THAT will do no particu-
| lar good because that will not be before
a couple of months from now thought
that L would settle the question of rights
of way in less time than that and so
told him and said that l would give him
an early answer as to what / could do
| PERMISSION TO SPEAK GIVEN.
last Saturday and heard for the first
time that this subject had been inquired
into by the Grand Jury and of Mr.
Thurstons refusal to give my name in
this connection.
L have also ascertained that the fact
that the members of the House of Rep
resentatives demanded money of me has
become public through other sources
than Mr.. Thurston, so that all the dam
age that can come to me through knowl-
edge of my statements will be done
whether l longer remain silent or not
| therefore hereby give Mr.. Thurston
my full permission to give my name to
the Grand Jury as being the client who
made the above statement to him, and
also state that 1 am willing to go before
the Grand Jury and make the statement
to them myself
JACOB COERPER
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of May, A. D. 1901
e. B. CLARK,
Notary Public First Judicial Circuit.
QUESTION OF vERACITY.
When this affidavit was made public
Mr.. Lorrin A. Thurston sent to the edi-
tor of the Star the following commune
cation:
Editor Star: In Judge Humphreys ds
cision last week, adjudging me guilty
of contempt of court in refusing to dis
close to the Grand jury the name of
my client, he went outside of the record.
there being suggestion of lack of bo-
ma fides on my part on the record, TO in
innate that l represented "some mystic
rious unseen and occult client and
that my refusal 10 give his name lis
the merest pretense for an evasion of
the duty and liability of a witness and
the duty and liability of an officer of the
court to obey its process,
i was not in position to refute these
gratuitous defamatory and malicious
charges except with the permission of
my client, MIR. Jacob Coerper. He went
to kona before l was summoned before
the Grand Jury and consequently knew
nothing of what had taken place. ! ac-
cordingly caused a wireless telegram to
be sent to him last week asking him to
nau last Saturday and through you
| makes statement today of his knowlz
edge concerning the matter.
do not consider it necessary to sus-
tain my reputation for veracity in this
community to prove that Judge Hum
phreys' wanton charges are untrue, but
simply refer to Mr.. Coerper S statement
as part of the record in this matter
LORRIN A THURSTON
During the afternoon session, upon
the calling of Mr. Coerper Mr.. Gear
| came to the door of the jury chamber
and advised Representative Robertson
and A. P. Taylor, who were in waiting
as witnesses, that the jury was follow
ing up an important matter. and con-
sequently excused them until this
morning.
Other witnesses examined yesterday
| We're A w. Pearson, Mr.. Seyde and
Mabel Herrick.
| 1t was insistently rumored on the
streets and in the corridors of the Ex-
ecutive building yesterday that Turk
and Lewis are endeavoring to obtain
a hearing from the Grand Jury, with
a view to the Indictment of Mr.. A. w
Pearson for perjury. The twain We're
closeted with Judge Humphreys yes
terday morning, presumably upon the
same matter, and were, hat in hand
hanging around the Grand Jury quar-
tiers during the afternoon.