The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-02-25
LOST HER MONEY
IN THE "LAKE''
MISS WILLARD MEETS AN AGENT
WHO WAS NOT AGENT



Woman out Of 5s5 Rent
Colonel "Suneung-B Boer" Lake was
/ ou trial before Judge WilcoX this
morning on charge of gross cheat.
] IT, MCtauts Stewart who said that ho
] had received no fee whatever for de-
! Tending the Colonel looked after the
/ interests OF Lake while Deputy High
Sheriff ChillingWOrth prosecuted the
/ case. The examination became quite
4 'tOrrid' at times and might have re-
minded the Colonel of Spion KOp if
I he had only been there instead of be-
/ ing iu the safer proximity of Honolulu
/ running "hOt STUFF picnic for the
. suffering and dying Concentrate
/ Beers.
/ Evidently the "Coloners' phianthro-
. ply is of "a long distance Marconi kind.
IN fact IL seems to be a sort of hot air
! dollarless system with the suffering
! Beers still watching for flash Of the
color Of the money. their warm sup
porter and patron was raising for them
] at his picnic
Miss D. willard does not claim to be
/ "a suffering EOer woman but she thinks
she has some claim on Colonel" Lake
ass she caused his arrest on the charge
of doing her out of S35.
She testified that she had visited the
office OF Lake To see about renting Dr.
MCGreWs house at the corner Of
puuchbDwl and Beretania streets Lake
had taken her to Or. McGrew to talk
the matter over DT. MCGreW had
agreed to give her the house for $40 a
month so she rendered him So deposit.
DR.. McGrew had refused this money,
telling her to- give it to- Lake as COM
mission for renting the house. This
was on or about January 20 and on
January %, size went to Lakes office
] d IvHuI giur the balance
She testified that she was not certain
as 10 whether Lake was the agent Of
DR.. McGreW or not so she had gone to
Lakes office to learn whether Lake or
. Dr. McGrew should receive the balance
/ OF the rent She asked about the mat
ter, and Lake replied that IL would
make no difference. She could pay him
/ end he would take II up to DR.. Nc
b Grew right away. The woman paid
= Lake the $35 and received a receipt.
{ She discovered subsequently that IL
would make difference when DR.
e. McGrew came hunted her up and asked
her 10 produce his $35 She then Went
r back with Or. MCGreW to see Colonel
8 Lake and the latter announced that he
2 had lost the money
b Dr. McGreW testified that he haC
, never known Lake before the defend
[ ant brought Miss Willard to rent the
. property and had never authorized hin
p 10 act as agent or given him any righ
to collect rents for the building II
+ question. Mr.. ChilUngwQrth asked DR.
J | McGreW If he had ever authorized any
d body else to act as agent, explaining
e. | that the purpose in asking such a ques
ton was to bring out whether there
might have been any body who nigh
have given Lake the authority to col
lect the rent IT might also prove tina
. Lake had such authority.
Stewart was on his feet with an OBJ
lection and a Greek quotation. wv
l. object explained Stewart, ito the pro
= secution helping us in our defence.
& might use the old Greek quotation
IS and then Mr.. Stewart ratified of some
'e thing which sounded like Tara
'e bOOm-de-aye' and then kindly inter
+ preted 1t by adding I'VE feel like tn
r, TTOjans when they said we fear tn
ri ca eeks even when bringing gifts.
H. This display Of classical lore so over
r. came ChillingWorth that ne made n
further attempt to sneak any lOade
st wooden horses through the ramparts c
ri the defence.
r. Lake took the stand i'm his detenc
You enjoy the title of Colonel d
you not asked his attorney.
Here" interrupted ChillingWoru
o. II object to that question. 1t has notf
ct ing whatever to do with this cas-
al whether he was colonel or not
a. This is merely Introductory replie
o. Stewart with the accent on the Intro
er ductOry.' 1T is proper to show thi
al this man has antecedents. He has lie
Ia ters from Governor Bushnell and Sci
ed ator Foraker of Ohio speaking of h
nd work in organizing and commando
TO- | the Ninth Regiment during the la
Spanish war
"Oh that's all right Interrupted q
ed court. "Other people have the title
mi colonel too. / heard a story Of boa
or load Of soldiers going away and SOM
] ln Z