The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-04-25

AMI that that person was nos namsd
llithm0nd.
Alleged fothario
''Arriting ~ Hiio and settling NJ
tipi Lewis clearinghouse. ] found that
Richmond wac having niriatlou with
Mrs. Lewis. I know that Mr Kinney
Of Tho Hilo Tribune had warned Rich.
mond that people wee talking Of the
attentions paid Mrs Lewis. The M.
legged reply from Richmond wat. There
"a nothing doing while Jarrett is about. .
What was meant by nothing doing
do not know.
Jealousy the Cause.
81 feel that Mrs. Lewis is at tho
bottom Of the whole trouble, and that
petty Jealousy is the cause OF the row.
In October last l was n witness to a
disgraceful affair between Richmond
and servant girl named Margaret at
the Lewis place. I told Richmond that
| would report him to the board Of edu.
cation if | saw anything Of the sort
again,
Richmond acted like an insane man
&C times. and when another newspaper
man, Editor CONFESS of the Hawaii
Herald, used TO drop in during the
evening and read Kipling to me, Ri,h.
mond would glare at CONFESS like
maniac.
oonness and Kipling.
Mr.. Copness reads Kipling beauti.
fully, so l don't know why Richmond
used to get mad.
81 left the Lewis home through
petty jealousy and then found ont
that Mrs. w. H. Smith. wife of the
attorney here present today had spoken
i'll Of me TO all my former friends. I
attribute it all to Mrs. Lewis. and l
found out that Mrs. Smith had spread
stories about me around the town.
81 was told by Mrs. Smith, when
asked her about the business, that
Billy, her husband, had received
fee. As Richmond had remarked to
me that he would engage an attorney
in connection with some affair, I
asked him if the matter in which he
and Margaret were mixed up, was the
cause of the trouble.
In response to my enquiry regard
ing Margaret, Richmond declared: en-
queer you in this town then told
hum that ] would tell of his little af-
fair with Margaret.
Trip to Raibow Falls.
''I went to Rainbow Falls once with
Richmond and, without going into de-
tails, may say that showed MS much
indignation as a woman is capable of
at his actions. Later on Richmond
asked me if L would resign my position
in such a way that he could give an
other lady friend of his the billet.
refused TO do so and said again that
would tell about the affair with Mar
garet. That episode was most EN-.
barrassing one; do you wish me to tell
of it in public9 / would rather speak
in private about the affair"
Formal Hearing.
The investigation was called for ten
thirty, everybody was on hand. The
scene was set in Superintendent
Pope s office and, at the appointed hour,
Messrs. Stanley, MOir, Gibson, Aiken
and Mrs Wilcox were in attendance.
Two other commissioners, Miss Paris
and Mr.. Rice were absent. Rice will
be On hand tomorrow, when the investi-
cation will be continued.
Right from the start of the proceed
ingsl Mrs. Compton appeared to be cool
and collected. She showed that she
possesses brains, and it was only toward
the end of the investigation that she
began to charge everybody connected
with the school with conduct that, if
true, will create on upheavaI in Hilo
The first steps taken in the investi-
CATION, were to state the charges made
by Richmond against Mrs. Compton.
They were three: First, failure to make
reports; second, characterization third,
insulting the other teachers.
Mrs. ComptoT's written reply was to
the effect that she denied all the
charges and called for an investig;l-
ton.
For Good of School.
Richmond, before the commissioners,
yesterday, said: "I presented the
charges against Mrs. Compton, to In
speetor Gibson, and I also mentioned
the names of my witnesses. l can add
other data that is not Incorporated in
the written charges. :"
Judge Stanley then suggested that
each charge be taken up In turn. The
rest of the board agreed to this and
charge number one was started upon.
Richmond then told about his asking
Mrs. Compton and Miss Deyo to help
out in getting their plans ready for the
eighth and ninth grade work. He said
that he, some time afterwarl, asked
Mrs. Compton and Miss Deyo for the
work. He claimed that Mrs. Compton
evaded the subject and, finally, refused
to do what she was told. Miss Deyo
was willing to do the work if Mrs.
Compton would perform her part Of it.
No Right to Ask Her.
Richmond stated that Mrs. Compton
declared that he had ne right to ask
her TO do the work. He added that
Mrs. Compton had said that her educa-
ton had cost a lot of money and that
she would not do the work as outlined.
Mrs. Compton was then given an OPP
portunity to ask questions regarding
tho first charge against her. She
awaited herself Of the offer and at once
made an impression by the way in
which she conducted her ease. In com
parison with Richmond, who bhndered
through everything no said, the lady
doomed up like a skilled attorney or al
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