The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-19

and DR.. Wayson He put his wife on
the stand and she testified to the facts
of their children seeing the hands of
men trying to raise the window, of
hearing dogs barking unnecessarily, OF
seeing people hanging round the house.
Her testimony was straightforward and
there was no reason whatever to doubt
the truth of her assertions Jack At
cherley, a handsome boy of about ten
years, testified in his fathers behalf,
saying he had been with his father
when he haG told the son that GER
tain man standing near their residence
was DR.. Wayson.
! Bat none of This explained away the
talk of DR.. Atcherley that certain men
are leagued against him and are maxi
| ing use OIL the sewers aud mysterious
telephones to harrass him with threats
and profanity.
| Dr. Atcherley did, however, offer to
explain some of these things in part.
He brought the mysterious, ghostly tie
lephone business down to his use of a
stethscope applied to the walls for the
purpose of magnifying sounds that
were on about the house; he denied
ever having said that he heard "voices
in the air." for said he, he had said
that he heard noises" not voices"
He also stated that the article in the
Advertise was an imaginary inter-
: view based on some facts quoted from
his own signed letter. He said there
was some truth in what a reporter had
: said, but there was absolutely nothing
of truth in anything that Chester Doyle
had said, that everything Doyle had
said was purely and deliberately a care
fully prepared tissue of bold lies. He
admitted meeting Doyle on the street
but laughingly denied having threat
ened his life.
Doyle said / was crazy" said DR..
Atcherley and therefore, as anybody
under the circumstances would have
, done, told him l would punch his
: afce or kick him out of the way, Ant
! so L would have, only l remembered
: in time that just such an action on my
|, part would have been satisfactory t.
a Doyle, for then he would have had al
. opr Jrtunity to drag me through thu
4 streets to the police station"
: At noon Atcherley's defense had no
: been concluded and the matter wa
t continued until 2 O'Clock this after
noon.
a During the entire morning proceed
t ings Mrs. Atcherley won much admira
e ton by the manner in which she con
It tinually assisted her husband with he
a notes of the proceedings and by he
: good control, for she at no time in an
IS way bordered on making a scene.
lie Once or twice, however, it did az
= pear as if something startling wa
r. about to occur.
IS When Judge Andrade refused to a
70 low Atcherley to go back nine yeal
70 to the alleged practical jokes playe
by Doyle in Hilo, DR.. Atcherley sighe
. deeply, threw out his hands in SUI
rendering fashion and leaned back
- his chair.
~ Proceed said Judge Andrade.
no We'll, your honor" said Atcherle
y hopelessly, how can I proceed WHIT
no. you will not allow me to produce, m
a. terial evldencne."
go It was just one example of the pc
o. sible injustice of technical law; not t
nd injustice of the judge, but the injusti
On of the law. But there's somethi
.p- wrong with the system, even thou
lis Atcherley be insane, according to VIII
ut, was whispered in court in recess tod
he between members of the governme
lat when they noticed flaws in the NJ
he lunacy law which, perhaps could
Oh be noticed until this first case unt
ne the new law was brought up.
lie The judge has to decide whether