The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-11-08
NOTLEy'S
P|LIK|A
Iaukea Causes His Ar
rest...Some Others
Too.
rrom sntnrday-a AdverLIserl


Motley the Home Rule candidate To-
Delegate to Congress, was placed un
der arrest on warrant sworn to pS
w r Ervinr, secretary of the Dem
ocrotic Committee. charging him WITH
criminal libel, in permitting TO pe
printed in the kuokoa Home Kula, the
Home Rule organ, an article charging
Curtis Iaukea, Democratic candidate
for Delegate to Congress, with wrong
doing while Collector General of Gus
toms for this port
The arrest caused all manner OF eN-
citement in the Home Rule headquai-
tors and about the streets. Mr.. Motley
was released on having his bail bond
for s5oo approyed with Senator kalau-
okalani as surety.
Mr. Kinney, the Democratic leader
and counsel in general for the De'"o
cratic party and Mr.. Motley met VI"
the street shortly afterward ana Mr'
Kinney told Motley that unless thefe
was a retraction of the article In the
Home Rula. of which Motley Is editor
the charges would be pressed. "A re-
traction would save him from prose-
cution.
Motley asked for time and he was
at first given until o'clock yester-
dav afternoon Later he asked LOT
more time. and Mr.. Kinney, not de-
string TO take any unfair advantage
of him, gave Motley until O'CLOCK this
morning to make the retractloh.
Still another sensation prohe o"'
when IL was known that Stephen UNA
uma. up to a day or two ago stauiion
Democrat and one of the speakers WHO
daily mounted the political rostruih d.
Bethel and King streets on pehail VI
Iaukea Parker and any other Demo
crat on local or mainland tickets hao
deserted to his old friends the ho"'e
Rulers In the same issue OF the iioi''e
Rule paper that the article at'ackiis
Iaukea was printed, was an alluaNit
from Umauma in which he made an as
sault upon Democratic principles ana
his former political friends. Mr.. Ma
kookoo also came out with an atiidaVit
against Iaukea and others and the re-
sult is that Mr.. Kinney has also pre-
pared warrants for their arrest. In
case Motley fails to retract the other
twe warrants will become operative to-
day." said Mr. hlnHeS'
The warrant for the arrest or NOT
ley read as follows:
THE WARRANT.
"Wm. f. Erving of Honolulu peihs
first duly sworn, says that one CharleS
Motley did at said Honolulu on 'he
eth day of November, y. D. 1904, COM
mit the crime of publishing a llpei
bv maliciously putting into circuia-
tion in said Honolulu, in newspaper
published and circulated in said Hono-
lulu and known as the kuokoa home
Rula a certain false and manclous
writing and article in the words anu
fisures as set forth in Exhibit "A mere
IN attached and made a part hereof
which said writing and article directly
tends to injure the fame, reputation
and good name of another person, TO-
wit. one Curtis p. laukea, and 10 prlhs
him into disgrace, abhorrence' oaiuiil
hatred, contempt and ridlcuie' saiu
publication and said libelous artlcie
being without authority or justification
nv law. and contrary to the provisions
of Chapter 80 of the Penal Laws OF
1897 of the Territory of Hawaii SAID
article meaning and charging that
Curtis p. Iaukea corruptly appropriat-
ed to his own use opium of the Nalue
of $4,000 in his custody as Collector
of Customs at the city of Honolulu OF
the Hawaiian Government, in the FOL
lowing words therein contained, TO-
wit: He $4,000, ka waiwai 10 ka
opiuma nalowale ma ka hale dute /
h, mn nj thea - and
in other words and parts of said ar
ticle.
"(sdg.) WM ERVING.'
MOTLEY AND KINNEY.
When Motley accosted Kinney on the
street he asked the latter to act as
his counsel both having had relations
as attorney and client on many other
occasions. MT Kinney said he could
not take his case. lie said bluntly ihat
If the statements made In the paper
against Iaukea were Withdrawn all
prosecution viii be withdrawn
"As II is, Iaukea's skirts must be
cleaned of this blemish," said Mr' Kin
ney.
Motley claimed TO have nothing to|
do with the articles and could not
therefore Withdraw Them, MI Kinney
replied thar being editor Of the paper
IN question, he was responsible for
them.
SIR Kinney stated 20 an Advertiser
man last evening that nothing further
would be done until this morning when
snlley VAS 10 give his answer.
umauma waH one uf the original
Hearst men AZ the Democratic epuATnr
ton shlfh sent delegates 10 a. i1uls
pledged 30 lha editafrfandidatn flnre
then b. has been Nhsflsh horse -
democracy makine spesehfs daily and
AaH even pn ihe nfmp. raiiE tifhft iiIF'
detection tamlllfatsH uHiism a Do.
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