The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-10-27

ready, and he said take all the time
you WANT You must remember that
Mr.. Andrews and myself were friends,
you must remember that / was assisting
him in the work of his office and | had
every right to reply on his oral stipula-
ton, and relying on that l did not get
a written one.
The One Mistake.
That is the only mistake and the only
fault in the whole matter and Thought
and we'll believed had a right to rely
on his oral stipulation and was never
more astounded than when received a
motion to dismiss appeal. / went up to
Mr.. Andrews and he told me that he could
not help it, that the Supreme Court
were insisting that the case should be
dismissed and that he would have to do
it, notwithstanding his agreement with
me, but that he would help would not
oppose securing a pardon so that the
boy would be placed in just as good
position as though the appeal had
been perfected, had been argued and as
though the exceptions had been sustain
ed and the case remanded for a new
trial, would be in fact in better posi-,
ton because he would be free and clear
without having to stand a new trial or
without taking the chances of what the
Supreme Court would do or what
jury might do again, and it was up to
me then, it was up to me to pay that
fine of $3.50 if the pardon could not be
procured after while. Mr.. Rawlins was
the principal attorney in the casej he
had turned it over to me and | was
handling it and it was my fault that
it had got into such shape. So. that
if the pardon wasn't got why then L
would have to in some way dig up
the $3.50 and make. whole Mr.. Chiffon;
but we got the pardon. We got the par
don, and the boy was released and Mr.
Chiffon was satisfied, and he had paid
me already $23 for costs of the appeal
and he had paid me SIT to be used in
typewriting out the bill of exceptions
and that $17 had been expended, for the
bill of exceptions was almost completed
and ready for presentation when l got
this blow from the Attorney General s
office, the motion to dismiss, and 80
kept the $23 that 1 wouldn't have to
pay until the appeal was perfected and
I applied that on my services that L
had rendered on the motion for new
trial and Mr.. Chiffon was satisfied zap
lause), and he did not make a :nm-
plant and he did not furnish the in
formation for the Advertiser or make
the complaint to them, and he and are
friends today and we have been since
and he would no more think of bring
ing up this matter to hurt me or in
jure me than he would think of fly
ing (applause.)
The Poppleton Affair.
Now the Poppleton matter. There
Judge Humphreys said that he is the
man that gives this information di-
rectly-the information of this Chiffon
matter also came from Judge Hum
phreys; but here is matter in which
Mr.. Humphreys himself personally ap-
peared and he says that Mr.. Popple-
ton before he left this city placed a
claim of 5000 in my hands, that Pop
pleton wrote number of times in re.
gard to the claim and, falling to re-
ceive any reply to his letters, he wrote
to the firm of M. w. McChesney g.
Co. asking them to investigate for him.
Reading from Adyertiser.] "Mr. F.
w. McChesney put the matter in the
hands of A. s. Humphreys, stating that
Cathcart had collected the money
many months before. Mr.. Humphreys
sent for Mr.. Cathcart, who admitted
that he had made the collection, but
had spent it. He promised to square
the account before the next outgoing
vessel for the Coast. This promise was
several times repeated, but broken as
often as it was made. Finally Cath
cart was informed by Humphreys that
McChesney would not stand for any
more delay in the matter, as Poppleton
was in San Francisco in destitute cir
cumstances, with a large family on his
hands. Humphreys then said to him,
Now, Cathcart, if you will treat this
as debt of honor, / will send Nc
Chesney my check for $175, write him
letter letting you down easy, give
you the benefit of my charge Of $25
and you can repay me at the rate of
$25 month This proposition being
gratefully accepted by Cathcart. Hum
phreys kent his word and settled the
account with McChesney"
What are the Facts?
Now, what are the facts in this7
When Mr.. Poppleton was about to leave
Iva VIC Sooot Mdp EolnR ny
ing vessel-and on the very day that
he was going to sail he went down to
get his passport and at that time if any
creditor filed against debtor who was
about to leave the country claim or
a protest, the debtor couldn't get his
passport. SO Poppleton found when he
went down to get his passport that
claim had been made against him
and a protest filed and the Collector
wouldn t issue to him passport, and
then he came up to see me, and then
saw the Collector and the Collector
said he would have to put up bond
OF $3.50 for him, which prepared for
him and got the sureties for him and
we filed the bond with the Collector of
Customs and Mr.. Poppleton got his
passport and he left. And when made
the bond out and when / got the sure
ties, he left in my hands in cash $3.50
to secure the sureties ON the bond
Now, that is all the money thai /
ever got in any way, shape or manner
from Poppleton or for Poppleton. and
it WASH U 5000 on a collection, but it
was $3.50 deposit made with me to
secure the people ON his bond. At that
time Poppleton was in bankrutcy and
the agreement was that az SOON ne he