The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-07-03

of an authority in support of the OBJ
lection and handing the book up to
the bench.
Asked IL Thompson appeared person.
ally or for the firm, witness said that.
seeing Davis and Magoon on one side
and Highton and Thompson on the
other, he was curious to ascertain the
exact positions Of counsel and picked
UP the pleadlngs, where he found Sum
ner represented by Humphreys, Thomp-
son C Watson.
CASE NEVER CLOSED.
| There was no closing of the guardian
ship suit ever reached. the witness said.
A cessation occurred owing to the i'll
ness of Mrs. Davis and then he learned
that a settlement had been made.
Geo. A. Davis met him at the corner of
Fort and Merchant streets, Thompson
coming along at the same time, and
Davis asked him to sign a decree ad-
judging Sumner not insane. This he
was quite ready to do II all parties were
represented, and being a chambers
matter he repaired with the attorneys
to Geo. Davis's office in the Judd build
ing. He signed the deere. there with
the understanding that Thompson rep
resented Sumner in the absence of
Highton.
WILLIE DAVIS.
r. w. Davis, as his name was called,
defined his relationship with Sumner
as nephew, his mother being Summers
only sister. He described the meeting
at the Office Of G. A. Davis, when he
Thompson arrived with papers and
| handed them over to Attorney Davis,
and when the latter asked him IL the
Ellises had signed a release Thompson
said yes. Thompson said, You can't
get the money unless you sign the re-
lease;" that we could not get the money
until we signed quit claim.
The court sustained an objection to
the question If Thompson said whom
he represented, as being a leading one
Witness did not remember anything
else; read the release to his mother
and both signed it.
WALKED TOGETHER.
While the trial of Ropert VS.. Sumner
was going on, witness said he noticed
Davis and Thompson always walking
away together. When Davis told him
the best thing to do was to compromise,
he knew what the intimacy of the two
lawyers meant. Davis called him into
his office, where Thompson told Davis
to tell witness about the proposal
Davis proposed a compromise for s15,-
900.
II said would not agree, as the old
man would never consent Then
Thompson got on his high horse and
said: Now look here, when I was on
Summers side we were good to you and
your mother picked up my hat and
| left"
Witness told about the meeting in
Magoon's office, when Thompson insist
ed on his going outside. On coming
back he noticed great silence and
Magoon looking pale With his head
hanging down. Asked what was the
| nd No
to tell him.
TALKED IN THOUSANDS.
Magoon told him the other side want
ed another thousand, and he went out
to his uncle and told him they We're
just skinning him, they were not salts
fled with hundreds but were talking
thousands; advised his uncle he had
better go home.
Cross-examined, witness said he had
fishing business and a saloon on the
other side of the island; was previously
a bartender two years for Cunningham
in town; formerly six or seven years
hackdriver; Sumner had been back
and forth to and from Tahiti; witness
trial testified he was not an expert in
brain diseases.
TO BREAK HIM UP.
| Attorney General Andrews asked
what was the object of that line of
INSTRUMENTATION.
| Mr.. Thompson answered, Interest,
motive, credibility."
Witness said Magoon seemed to have
command of the insanity case the aft
ernoon after his appearance with Da-
| Wis.
my name is not Wally Davis, 1t is
Wyllie Davis-W-y-l-l-i-e," witness said
Indignantly answering question. He
refused to answer If he was not some
times called Wally until the court or
dered him to answer the question.
When witness was cross-eXamined on
the record of his testimony before
Judge De Bolt, he answered most ques-
tons by saying he could not recollect
exactly. He caused amusement by re-
lating that Sumner said the previous
| evening that he would not tell every