The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-24

ton, and relying on that [ did not ge
a written one.
The One Mistake.
| That is the only mistake and the onI
fault IN the whole matter and | though
and well believed | had right TO rel
on his oral stipulation and | was neve
more astounded than when | received
motion to dismiss appeal. | went up t
Mr.. Andrews and he toldme that he eouI
not help it, that the Supreme Cour
| were insisting that the case should b
| dismissed and that he would have t. d
tlt, Notwithstanding his agreement witt
me, but that he would help, would no
| oppose securing a pardon so that tn
boy would be placed in Just as goot
a position as though the appeal hat
been perfected, had been argued and a
though the exceptions had been sustain
ed and the case remanded for a new
| trial, would be in fact in a better posi-
| ton because he would be free and cleal
| without having to stand a new trial o.
without taking the chances of what The
| Supreme Court would do or what &
| jury might do again, and it was up t.
me then, 1t was up to me to pay that
fine OF $3.50 it the pardon could not be
procured after while. Mr.. Rawlins was
the principal attorney in the case; he
had turned it over to me and I was
handling it and it was my fault that
lit had got into such shape. So that
If the pardon WASH t got why then |
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
typeWrlting out the bill of exceptions
and that ST had been expended, for the
bill of exceptions was almost completed
and ready for presentation when / got
this blow from the Attorney General s
Office, the motion to dismiss, and so I
kept the $23 that / wouldn It have to
pay until the appeal was perfected and
| applied that on my services that [
had rendered ON the motion for a new
trial and Mr.. Chiffon was satisfied rap
lause), and he did not make com
plant and he did not furnish the in
formation for the Advertiser or make
the complaint to them, and he and I 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
iure 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 APP
peared and he says that Mr.. Popple-
ton before he left this city placed
claim of 5000 in my hands, that Pop
pleton wrote a number of times in re-
gard to the claim and, failing to re-
ceive any reply to his letters, he wrote
TO the firm of M. w. McChesney 6
Co. asking them to investigate for him.
Reading from Advertiser. "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 afor 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
would not stand for any
more delay in the matter, as Popp1eton
was in San Francisco in destitute cir
cumstances, with large family on his
hands. Humphreys then said to him, |
Now, Cathcart, if you will treat this
as a. debt of honor, I will send Me- |
Chesney my check for $175, write him
a letter letting you down easy, give |
you the benefit of my charge of $25 |
and YOU can repay me at the rate of /
s25 month. This proposition being |
gratefully accepted bv Cathcart, Hum |
phrevs kent his word and settled the |
account with McChesney'
What are the Facts?
Now, what are the facts in this? /
When Mr.. Poppleton was about to leave
or the Coast-he was going up by sail
ne vessel--and on the very day that
lie was going to sail he went down to
ret his passport and at that time if any
reditor filed against a debtor who was
bout to leave the country claim or
protest, che debtor couldn t get his
So Poppleton found when he
vent down to get his passport that
claim had been made against him
nd a protest filed and the Collector
7ouldn t issue to him passport, and
hen he came up to see me, and then
saw the Collector and the Collector
aid he would have to put up a bond
{ $3.50 for him, which | prepared for !
i'm and got the sureties for him and
re filed the bond with the Collector of
ustoms and Mr. Poppleton got his
assport and he left. And when I made
he bond out and when [ got the sure
les, he left in my hands in cash $3.50
D secure the sureties on the bond.
Now, that is all the money thai [
yer got in any way, shape or manner
rom Poppleton or for Poppleton, and
WASH t 5000 on a collection, but it
as $3.50 deposit made with me to
ecure the people on his bond. At that
me Poppleton was in bankrutcy and
De- agreement was that as soon as he
4ceived his discharge I would send him