Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-27
MILLS GETS BALM
FOR BATTERED FACE
Tells Court How He Was
Thrashed By
Laker

The case of John E. Laker, the Sec
Dnd engineer of the Restorer, charged
with assault and battery on H. T. Mills.
the bill collector came up in the Police
Court this morning. The prosecution
tried to get continuance on tho
grounds that Mills attorney, A. S.
Humphreys who had been hired to
assist, was i'll, but Colin Campbell, who
opposed this, stating that as Laker in-
tended to enter plea of guilty, the
prosecuting officer should be able to
handle the matter without assistance
This view was taken by the court.
LaEer made an exceedingly good i'm
preston on those present by his manly
end straightforward statement of tho
case. He produced the conspicuous en-
velope used by Mills in his trade, bear
ing the legend Past Due Collection
Agency, and handed it to the court. He
had he said written to Mills on mat
ter of some money which that person
had collected as administrator of the
Highton estate and which Laker
claimed was due to him. Mills had
enclosed his answer in the envelope
exhibited, although the matter had
nothing to do with any debt. This he
had evidently done merely for the pur-
pose of numiliating him, said Laker.
and under the circumstances he could
not see any better way of retaliating
than by giving Mills a little corporal
punishment
Mills stepped up before the court and
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appearance OF his face had improved
somewhat since last Saturday, when he
appeared in the police station to get a
warrant and had gore smeared artis-
tically all over his noble visage, show
ing to great advantage that it had been
treated by master hand, still the ir-
tidescent hue of his eye and the cor
:ugations and bumps which were scat.
tered generously all over his face pro-
claimed to the world that he had been
up against adversely.
Mills admitted that the facts which
led up to the affair had been correctly
stated by Laker. He said that he had
been sitting at his desk when LakeT
made his appearance.
'W hat do you mean by sending mo
your lousy enyelopes?" said Laker.
Mills inquired in turn what Laler
meant by thus chasing the stationery
of his trade with such d very humble
division of the animal kingdom.
Laker stated that he would show
him what he meant, and proceeded to
give him the demonstration asked for,
trying to pound it into Mills Uranium
from the outside
He hit me on the face, in the eye,
on the throat and on the neck" said
Mills plaintively, evidently oblivious
of the fact that these parts of his an
atomy brought out the evidence OF
where he had been hit more eloquently
than mere words could possibly do
He kept on hitting me until he was
dragged away He hit me from twelve
10 twenty times. He had no provoca-
tion. Here is the letter | wrote him.
in it I state that | allow his claim.
After he had been dragged away" !"
continued Mills, che said: L had to
Go it. Laker was accompanied by his
friend, Wright, who was to assist him,
and Mr.. Campbell was in the neighbor-
hood and knew what was going to take
place. The assault was unjustified.
and there was no way of either defense
or retreat
Laker asked the courts that it issue
an order preventing Mills from en-
ploying the aforementioned insectile
envelopes peculiar to his kind, in his
correspondence to him.
The court then, without comment.
fined Laker $40 and costs, a fine whicn
will about correspond to the extent of
Mills injuries at the rate OF about Il
dollar bump.