The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-01-14

was filed to its capacity, and many of
those present were women who wanted
to see for themselves whether or not
| the law would intervene to separate
two welded lovers.
But it did not The verdict of the
| Judge, like the counsel of Shakespeare s
Valentine to Proteus, was "But since
thou Low st, love still, and thrive there.
| in. ~
But Still a Question.
But whether Omar David Conger has
won or lost is still question, for
| though he has won in the court, his
| bride is vet with her parents. 1t is
now largely up to him whether or not
she shall be his wife in fact as well
| as in name.
For when the hearing was over and
| the writ of habeas corpus had been
granted, Mrs. Conger and the Rawlins
family, at the suggestion of Attorney
Robertson, went down to the office of
United States District Attorney Brock
ons, accompanied by Mr.. Conger, to
talk the situation over. Conger was
accompanied by his attorney J. Light
foot, but Lightfoot, according to his
own statement, was ordered out of the
office by Breckons. When Conger and
the others came out, it was, announced
that an agreement had been reached by
which Mrs. Conger is to be allowed to
remain at the home of her parents for
month or two, until she RECEIVERS
from her present illness. Lightfoot
says that his client has the right to see
the wife at reasonable times, and that
if any interference is offered by Thomas
w. Rawlins OF any other member
of the family, proceedings for contempt
of court will Immediately be, instituted.
Father Threatens Conger,
Dramatic aso%ereu some of the hap
penings in court on Wednesday, some
of those yesterday were even more so.
1t is probable that the attitude of
Thomas w. Rawlins, the respondent,
himself, did more to injure his case
than anything else. During a recess
yesterday morning and while the judge
was still in the courtroom, on his way
to the door, Rawlins interposed his
burly form between Omar David Conger
} and Mrs. Conger and threatened Conger
with personal violence if he dared at
tempt to speak to the woman.
The incident occurred at the beginning
of the morning recess, when the cross
! examination of Mrs. Conger had come
to an end and she was just about to
leave the witness stand. Conger, act
ing on the advice Of his lawyer, stepped
up to speak to his wife. Thomas W..
} Rawlins sprang from his seat and in.
terposed his form between the man and
the woman, shouting fercely at the
girl, ''Do you want to see that mani"
He stood with his clenched first raised,
t as if to strike his son-in-law. Conger
t desisted from his attempt, but the
, whole matter was made part of the
court records after the recess. Light
foot called to the stand Deputy Attor-
ney-General Andrews, who had been a
: witness of the incident, and asked him
> TO describe it. Andrews did so. Robert
son, on cross.examination, asked, "You
!, were considerably excited, weren I
d you"
"Yes, I was excited" replied An.
drews. cit was enough to excite any
man who has red blood in his veins -
Dan Logan was also called to testify
r to the occurrence, and he stated that
: Rawlins attitude was exciting and
: threatening.
Mrs. Conger was put through Q
searching cross-examination by Attor
WSdh
) ened her former statements in favor
" of the respondent.
4 Wife's Testimony Impeached.
One of the sensations of the after
. noon session was the testimony of vii
liam Jones, the postman WHO delivered
d to Mrs. Conger, both the registered anC
G. special delivery letters. Mrs. Congo
E. on direct examination had testified tina
she was alone when these letters wer,
delivered to her and that she had re
ID fused them of her own free will an,
accord because she did not wish to SCI
them and because she was not wei
enough to read them. The 'postman
testimony absolutely contradicted thes
10 statements.s He testified that at bot
times the girl was surrounded by he
70 family Mrs. Rawlins, instead of be
a ing in another part of the house a
st the girl had said she was, was present
" Miss Rawlins, instead of being down
- town, as Mrs. Conger stated on direc
~ examination, was beside the girl. An
ii became evident from the testimon
that Mrs. Ada Conger did wish to TAX
is the letters but was afraid to do SC
% One of them her mother told her t
send back and have nothing to do will
inc girl inquired anxiously how lon
ed they would be held at the postofiice
I'D they were taken back, and gave pa
va ticular instructions that they should b
held until she called for them an
no should be delivered to no one else.
This contradictory testimony Ligh
foot made the most of in his argumen
He did not charge the girl with telin
fasehood on the stand. He said b,
ct words were not hers but those
pa Thomas w, Rawlins and that whe
she made the untrue statements und'
oath II was not she that was speakin
EN- but Thomas w. Rawlins. II was und,
of his orders and under his eye that 81
ma told what was not true.
Robertson moved 10 strike out a
w. the conversation between Mrs. Cong
aud the postman on the ground that
he was hearsay, but the Judge denied Il
he motion.
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