The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-10-25
WOMAN FREE
TEN MINUTES
CFrom Wednesdays Advertiser.)

signed the decree OF divorce separating
Keawekane from Kekona. alias Kali
mana, Yesterday morning, the lady be-
came the bride of Mahoe. the ceremony
taking place in the office of the United
States Marshal. There was reason for
the haste. the bridegroom being under
indictment for a violation of the Ed
munds Act and the present of the
bride to him was his liberty Follow
ing the marriage the couple were al
lowed TO wander away from the
shadow of the scales OF justice. and no
time was lost by them in their wan
dering
OPULENT. BUT NON-TAXABLE.
When it came to a question of be-
ing damaged through being placed
under arrest on such a humiliating
charge as assault and battery, Ching
Lum was willing to confirm under oath
the statements made by his attorneys,
Magoon & Lightfoot, that he was a
man of prominence in the Chinese
community OF Honolulu. rolling in
wealth and with a position to MAIN
tain. One hundred thousand dollars
was his income in 1905. fifty thousand
dollars swelled his bank account in
1906. but this year business had fallen
off and his income had gone down to
a beggarly pittance of only a couple
of thousand dollars a month. He talk
ed about a million like most men talk
about a postage stamp. but his tales
Of wealth suddenly stopped flowing
when Attorney Cathcart flashed his
tax return for 1906. in which his income
was stated for taxation purposes to be
ten cents.
Ching Lum is suing Lam Man Beu
for five thousand dollars for malicious
prosecution, the case being heard now
before Judge Robinson. In September.
1906, Ching Lum had been arrested for
assault and battery, the case having
been one of the tong fractional affairs
which were in the police court about
that time. After thirty-five days OF
suspense Ching was aquitted, but it
cost him two hundred dollars in law
yers' fees and the united services of
Magoon & Lightfoot, George D. Gear
and L. S. District Attorney Breckons
to secure the verdict.
The case has been dragging through |
Judge RobinSon's court for two days |
and will probably take up the most |
of the time of the court today. Hosts |
of Chinese witnesses are being heard |
on both sides and the case is being
bitterly contested. Magoon & Light
foot appear for the plaintiff and John
Cathcart for the defendant.
EX-GOVERNOR ON THE STAND.
George r. Carter, fresh from an au-
sit car, appeared as a witness before
Judge De Bolt yesterday morning in
the matter of the admission to probate
Of the will of the late Samuel Low
len. Mr.. Carter and Richard H. Trent
mad both been witnesses to the sign
ng of the testamentary document,
which was admitted finally to probate.
r. W. HOLT ESTATE.
Argument was heard yesterday
before Judge De Bolt in the
natter of the masters report and the
distribution of the estate of r. w.
Holt, deceased. The master had rec
that some thousands be
,urcharged and the commissions on
hem deducted from the administra-
or's fees. The matter was taken under
ldvisement by the court and briefs
overing the point in dispute ordered
% be filed.
BILL OF ACCOUNTING.
Joseph Augusta F. Cardozo, through
Ter attorney, W. W. Thayer, yesterday
lied bill for an accounting in her
uit brought against the st. Antonio
society STIMULATING that the respondent
nay have until October IS within
yhich to demur, plead or answer.
CASES SET FOR TODAY.
Two burglary cases are set on the
alendar to be heard before Judge Rob- !
nson today. One of these is the Ter (
itory of Hawaii V. Chew SEQ, bur-
larry in the second degree; the other
: the Territory V. Joe King Martin, he t
aving been indicted for robbery in I
he first degree.
Through changes on the calendar,
wo important cases have been con-
nued. The charge of bribery against u
zee Let, who is alleged to have Of r
cred Chief of Detectives Taylor brides 4;
to fourteen hundred dollars
week to be allowed to carry on gam Il
ling games in Honolulu and be guar g
nteed a monopoly in the gambling
1siness and immunity from arrest,
hich was to have been called today,
as been set over until November %.
ne indictment against Lee Let is now a
veraI months old.
The case of the Territory V. Charley
'ilson, the hack driver, accused of
Letting, has been postponed for
airing until November 6. K
FEDERAL COURT TRIALS. d;
Long Chew, who had one more wife N,
an the law allows and who had been q.
rested for unlawful Capitalization.
saded guilty before Judge Dole yes te
-day morning and threw himself on at
2 mercy of the court. He explained of
at he had already punished himself.
cause as soon as he had been in
ted and discovered that two wives te
one time were not approved of by Vi
. laws of the United States he had sh
shipped both wives back ~
China, leaving him forlorn and wife, Al
S altogether. He also explained
II ne had not knowingly violated the
:, his second wife having been an :