The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-10-24

him could be justly characterized as
one of the most outrageous, if not the
most outrageous, in all the late his
tory of newspaperdom.'
His case he said was not singular
and he related the instances OF the
attacks on Garfield and Blaine. Mem
tioning his services as Deputy Attor-
ney General and County Attorney, he
| said:
The enemy who attacks me has
not yet said anything about my official
conduct. The attack that they make
upon ME is based upon matters that
are old, hoary with age-nothing late,
nothing new. And the fact that they
are old makes them the more difficult
to answer. Matters that ten, six or
five years ago were fully fresh in my
memory have been overlafd with a
mass of other business that | have
attended to since then"
! With cutting sarcasm, which was
received with mingled applause and
|
hear he had robbed Chinaman, at
tempted to blackmail John Colburn
and to corrupt Charles Chillingworth.
! Apparently he had two enemies in
town, Judge Humphreys and Editor
Smith. He attributed the animosity
of Humphreys to the time he sat on
the bench and the speaker was rang
ed with those opposed to him. Mr..
Smiths antagonism was laid to the
appointment of A. NJ. Brown as police
court prosecutor.
GOO WAN HOY.
Mr.. Cathcart dealt first with the
charge that he embezzled $3.50 given
to him by Goo Wan Hoy for costs of
court in a suit Hoy had given him to
bring for Palea and Kaupe, an aged
couple in Kona, against their daughter
Meleana Davis to set aside a deed for
conditions broken. He showed that
Hoy was not his client but a go-be-
tween. After telling about great
deal of trouble and expense to which
he was put, he came to HOys suit for
$500 brought against him by Hum
phreys as attorney. This claim he
showed was not at all for settlement
of a judgment in the case, the case
having died with the deaths of the
aged plaintiffs, but a claim made by
Hoy on an attorneys fee of $500 which
he had agreed to divide with Hoy for
his work on the case. He produced
notes, check and receipts to show what
he paid Hoy and amidst great mirth
recounted debts to Hoy for profess
sional services which had never been
honored by Hoy. The end of the
whole matter was that he was out just
S. as the result of his dealings with
Alloy.
SECOND CHARGE.
Hoys second charge was that he
embezzled 800 judgment money in a
suit brought by Goo Wan Hoy against
George McDougall of Kona This was
in 1899 and Mr.. Cathcart having no
recollection of it instituted inquiries
McDougall wrote that he did not re-
member any suit, though he recalled
a dispute about rentals for a build
ing. Persevering in the search he had
received wireless telegram from Kai.
lua, saying there was such suit
judgment given April 3. 1899, fol
$34.65 and not satisfied. This was the
judgment for which Hoy said the
speaker had given his note to him fol
$40. He recalled getting money fol
Hoy in a suit at Kaiua and paying
Hoy money there, but after such a
lapse of time could not say with GER
tainty If it was the McDougall suit.
THE Chiffon AFFAIR.
Mr.. Cathcart amplified his previous
ly published account of the Chiffon ar
fair. He stated that Mr.. Chiffon, ia.
Their of the defendant, was satisfied
with his disposal of the costs money
did not furnish the information to the
Advertiser and he and the speaker
were friends today. He would nc
more think of bringing up this mat
ter to hurt me or injure me than hi
would think of flying" Mr.. Cathcar
concluded.
THE POPPLETON AFFAIR.
The Poppleton matter was related IL
detail and finally Mr.. Cathcart pro
duced a receipt written by Judge Hum
phreys and signed by Mr.. and Mrs
Poppleton for $3.50 in full of all claims
together with an absolute clearance
signed by Humphreys from all liabil
tiles by reason of Cathcart's having
Signed a bond to the collector of Gus
toms which was required, under thu
old passport law, to enable Poppletor
to leave for San Francisco.
THE COLBURN BLACKMAIL.
There was no date or day or yea
to identify the charge that the speak
err advised Colburn to see Joe Dunno
and fix things to avoid the inheritance
tax on the Kapiolani estate, while h,
as Deputy Attorney General was go
ing to prosecute case against tn,
estate in that behalf. He commented
on the silence of w. A. Kinney, SAT-
h,r Cplhurn IN have bpan informed O