The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-25
Honolulu, T. H., October "a, 1908.

Honolulu, T H., October "a, 1908
). w. Cathcart, Esq, Honolulu.
Dear Sir: I went to the meeting at
the Orpheum the night before last
under the impression that you wanted
above all things to confront and face
your accusers, and as I have said moth
ing against you that was not per-
fectly willing to say to your face,
under any circumstances and before
any audience, and as I believe the
public interests now demand that the
issue between you and myself shall be
thoroughly sifted, / write you this let
ter. I was disappointed that neither
you nor large part of the audience
were willing to have me face you there
and then and make my statement and
answer all questions, which I was pre-
pared to do under oath, giving time
and place and other circumstances that
you called for. / was ordered into my
seat and not given the opportunity to
do this, and for that reason I feel
If imperative that I should name time
and place to you now, as close as /
can remember, where you made the
statements to me that appeared in the
public press.
Your first statement was made to me
in the Office of the Kapiolani Estate,
while 1t was situated on Kaahumanu
street (the Jaeger building); the inter
view took place In the forenoon and
you and 1 were in the directors room.
The second talk between you and my
self about this matter was on my re-
turn from San Francisco, which was in
September, 1901, and you hailed me
from the back in Cunha s Alley, inn
mediately opposite the window where
Colonel Soper was in the habit of sit
ting in the office of the Hawaiian
News Company, and we had the inter
view right then and there in that alley
alongside the corrugated iron fence.
The third interview took place about
week after the second interview, when
L gave final answer, and my recol- |
lection is quite certain that it was in
the afternoon and in this same di-
rectaIs' room of the Kapiolani Estate |
/ have now given you all that l can |
at present recollect as to time and
place, and have nothing at present to |
add to what took place at those inter |
views beyond what has already been !
published. But now I want to ask !
You, Mr.. Cathcart, some questions, for
L confess I was staggered when you
came ont with total denial of ever
having had any kind of conversation
with me about an inheritance tax af-
fecting the Kapiolani Estate I had
expected YOU to explain the converse
ton away or to give it some different
complexion or color. but | confess [
was not prepared for you to deny abso-
lrte!v ever having had any converse
ton with me about an inheritance tax
IT all. and I am now curious to know I,
what possible motive You attribute to
me IN having gone to the attorney of
the kapiolani Estate at that time and
procured his advice as to the liability
of the estate for the claim that you
had made to me. Why should I have |
manufactured an interview out of |
whole cloth with you and gone and |
passed it up to my lawyer9 Do YOU
claim that at that time I was hostile |
to you or had any motive for drawing |
YOU into any controversy I confess |
] should like to know your theory as
to why I did what seems indisputable, !
to wit, present the matter to Mr.. Kin |
ney- the regular attorney of the com |
pany. and in making your answer I /
give YOU permission even to guess or
conjecture what possible motive YOU
to me. I confess I can do
neither; l can not think of any DOS