Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-07-30

In answer to remark of Andrews,
Davis said:
81 am not going to the Supreme
Court of the United States with this
case. because this Court is not going
to disbar me on such evidence as has
been presented before It,"
Davis said that Wyllie Davis had
fully interpreted the power of attorney
to Sumner before the old man signed
liz
When he took Summers check for
SiS,O25 to the bank, to get the money
% empowered by Sumner, Davis found
that Magoon's o. X. was necessary.
Humphreys had served notice on the
bank not to pay the money. Davis
asked MagoOn to o. X. the check. AS
Magoon would not, IL was useless to
sue the bank. II was through respond.
ent's work, however, that the money
was finally released.
Witness stated that he had con.
trolled the conduct OF the various
Sumner cases in question and occu.
ped much time In going over doCu.
rents In the various matters to show
the great amount of labor performed.
After referring to a mass of papers
and explaining his connections with
Sumner, Davis said:
II don't blame Magoon so much for
that trust deed as | do Wyllie Davis
Wyllie Davis attacked me in the Ad
yertiser. He gave an interview about
; the way he had been treated by his
: attorney. tell you, Chief! that sum
ner case was enough to send n mar
to the asylum, step by step, inch by
inch. Yes: 1t was the hardest $1,000
. ever earned In my life. Between
them and the Advertiser IL wa
4. enough to drive a man to the mad
! house, unless he had unusual powe
, of mental resistance"
; Davis said his relations with Ma
COON were friendly throughout.
Trusts Magoon.
! They tell some hard stories abou
| Magoon, but trust him. He is a maj
= Of his word. His word is as good a
d his bond"
J. Referring to the different suits, Da
= lis said:
{ Whether 1t was right or wrong /
institute these suits | leave for tn
Court, but | had the letter of Kline
I < Ballou saying that Sumner was II
0 CCmpetent.
If the property had been sold an
T. the money distributed. the sister c
Sumner would not have got n cent.
landed $4,000 safe in the bank fo
her"
J. Davis referred to your deputy, /
L. Peters," addressing Andrews an
s speaking of Peters receiving $3.50
A" while Magoon's partner in the Sumne
d case.
II Answering questions put by tn
d Chief Justice and Associate JustiC
B. Perry, respondent said: had a su
e drawn up to garnishee the First M
o t:onal Bank upon the promissory not
u tor $4,000. The papers held in m
q hand when asked Sumner for m
r fee were the suit but were not signe,
Is simply drafted. The money was nj
b tGen deposited. | did not know bl
q Sumner might get away to Tahiti an
a should never obtain my fee. | hay
never received my fee in the Nobreg
case, through this man Andrews. wa
going to use my lien before Judge L
4 Bolt and II failed there would pr
| coed on the garnishee process.
Il surrendered the note with 500
7 remitted-that was equal to a receipt
) the check with my endorsement VIZ
| the best kind Of receipt in law. II
| asked for receipt l gave him on
7 Magoon says ! gave him a receipt
+ Magoon understood what II was 70
/ don't know what the old man thinl
| OF IL. He swore on the stand that
7 never employed me at all DO you
7 lieve that? You cannot believe that
1 At o'clock court adjourned uni
l this morning.