The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-03

tiser, its principal owner and its editor
saying among other things that tn
even-tempered than the court" VIII,
would shoot him. This was Davis.
fourth or fifth public declaration o
that homicidal sort within two years
Shooting" Of the abstract kind is one
of the l ings that makes Davis fee
fierce. Yesterday afternoon the unbal-
anced Judge saw the editor of the Ad-
vertiser on King street and made a bee
line for him with his hand thrust in his
pistol pocket. Davis was made up as a
bad man and his brows were corrugat-
ed like those Of a stage villain. Mr..
Smith made no move and laughed in
Davis's face, whereupon the new Dis
trict Magistrate SHE'D off and went into
the Grill, pausing moment at the door
to look theatrical. 1t was a sight and
| should have been witnessed by those
who are responsible for Daviss pres
ence on the bench.
FROTHS AT THE MOUTH.
To be entirely fair, the Advertiser will
use the Bulletins account of the Davis
uproar in court yesterday:
Judge Davis from the bench of the
Police Court this morning took occa-
sion to roast the morning paper, it's
editor and Lorrin Thurs ton on account
of the attack which that paper has
made on him since his appointment to
the bench of the First District Court.
Speaking of these articles he character
lied them as the cowardly attacks of an
editor, who probably in the future
would run against some man who, less
even tempered than the Court, would
shoot him. The attacks were his re-
venge on the Court because it had at
one time acted as amicus curiae in a
case against that same editor, who up
on that occasion had libelled in his
paper a judge who was spoken of in
the highest terms by the Court. The
Judge also dwelt upon the fact that
the editor on the occasion mentioned
had had to go to prison for his Of
Tense.
Thurston, the Court stated, was a
man whose manipuiations of the stock
of the Kihei Sugar Company had lost
money for people. From Thurston and
his cowaroly assassins, in the shape
of newspaper articles, little could be
expected, but these attacks came with
bad grace from them. These people
had had honors and franchises. such
as the street railway franchise, heaped
upon them ever since they dethroned
the king of these islands. These peo- |
pie could at least leave a district |
ma gistrate alone. II leave Thurston |
and his assassins," ended the Court, |
"to the calm judgment of the public"
SCENE WITH STRAUSS. /
The Bulletin, under the ironical head |
ing of Peace and Good WILL" gives |
the following account of the further
Strauss proceedings:
eff this Court is open to argument"
began Straus.
II understand that you submit this
case on the-evidence of the prosecution. /
This is a prima facie case. will limit
your argument to the space of five
stated the Court. The Judge
then instructed the clerk to enter in
the record that Attorney Straus. hav-
ing subpoeuaed witnesses, submitted
his case upon the evidence of the prose-
cution without producing any witnesses
for the defense.
Straus then made his plea. an elo-
quent and pathetic one. He ended by
stating: There is absolutely no evil |
dence TO convict this woman except /
that she is. unfortunately, a Porto F!
Rican. If she was of any other nation |
ality. she would have some considera- !
ton, but because she is a Porto Rican. |
she stands convicted. Just because /
some Porto Rican men have used |
knives. just for this reason alone, she /
is to be condemned
Judge Davis Immediately ordered |
Clerk Fabian to read the record.
The testimony being read Judge /
Davis stated that he did not propose /
to nave attorneys tell him that he con- !
victed except on evidence. Now, Mr.. |
Straus." said the Court, don't you
think I ought to commit you for con- !
tempt? You have misrepresented the |
evidence. saying that there was none. |
Any other judge would commit you. |
but I won't commit YOU
Straus got up and said: Il still hold |
that there is no such testimony"
There is cried the judge.
You have practically called me !
liar" began Straus.
NO. didn't" said the Court.
There is no evidence TO prove that /
the defendant is a prostitute" stated /
Straus. This started another inter- |
change Of words which ended by the !
Court telling St-aus to sit down.
The Court took occasion to further /
lecture Stratus. THE next time this |
sort Of thing happens I viii simn.y |
nave YOU removed. I won't commit |
you but viii have you removed from !
'-'e court room. won't hear you in .