The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-03

ll:25. Deputy Sheriff Stewart was
on hand with orders to serve the sum-
mons on Hearst, but had trying time
in doing so.
A knock on the door of Hearsts
stateroOm ELECTED the information
through the door from the editors
wife, that he was not in the room but
had gone to the station to send tele-
gram. Not to be cheated, the deputy
sheriff demanded admittance in the
name of the law, saying if he were not
admitted he would break down the
door.
There ensued a dramatic scene. Mrs.
Hearst, on the inside, screamed out
that she was alone and would admit
no man. The deputy proceeded to
carry out his threat to break in.
Using his shoulders as a battering
ram, he crashed through the door. He
was met by Mrs. Hearst partially dis
robed apparently on the verge of
hysteria.
Nothing daunted, although Mrs.
Hearst rushed screaming through the
door out in the aisle, Deputy Sheriff
Stewart started to kick the door of
the toilet room adjoining the state
room.
Then it was that Hearst emerged and
accepted the papers which the deputy
thrust out. He appeared less indignant
than his wife did
NOT HIDING, SAYS HEARST.
To a reporter Hearst said the sum-
mons was entirely unexpected and that
he had not the least suspicion that
anything of the kind was to occur in
, Oamha.
why did you refuse admittance to
the officers?" was asked.
! Because myself and wife were re-
, firing for the night explained Hearst.
II have no objections to being served
with these papers here in Omaha or
anywhere else.
Frankly, l don't believe this case
will ever come to trial. The knowl-
| edge that this suit has been filed does
not disturb me in the least.
When Gov. Haskell said, not long
ago, that his only reason for not
bringing action against me was his
lack of funds, offered to donate the
necessary amount from my own
pocket. This offer still holds good"
An examination of the door of the
stateroom disclosed that no great dam
age had been done aside from break
ing the lock-
BASIS OF LIBEL SUIT.
Governor Haskell bases his claim for
100000 damages on report publish
ed by the Chicago Examiner, a Hearst
newspaper, of the speech made by
Hearst at Memphis September 10. The
governors complaint retites that in
that speech Hearst libeed and defam-
ed the governor by asserting that tine
democratic party altered its platform
to suit the Standard Oil, and made Mr..
Haskell, who was an agent of the Stan
dard Oil, the chairman of their COM
mittee on platform. The democratic
party first held out it's hand to the
Standard Oil and then held out it's hat
to the Standard OIL and appointed this
same Haskell as it's national treasurer
to take up the collection.
Here we have a Standard Oil tool
made chairman of the committee on
platform at the national democratic
convention and treasurer of the de-
mocratic campaign fund.
Why is Mr.. Haskell placed in these
important positions in the democratic
party? Is it, first, to make platform
that will hold the Standard Oil, and
then to make proposition that will
hold up the Standard Oil?"
The governor alleges that Hearst
made these statements and publica-
tions "willfully, wantonly, wickedly
and maliciously," and knowing them
to be false, thus exposing the plaintiff
to public hatred, contempt and ridicule
and tending to blacken, villify and des-
troy his reputation.
Therefore Haskell claims actual
damages of 100000, and also that, las
an example and warning to other
wrong-doers and as punishment to de-
PENDANT, he should be required to pay
plaintiff exemplary and punitive dam
ages in the additional sum of $780,
000."