The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-26

onco of iiquor7"
Mlaa Allen "No ! never have"
Judge stanley Did you leave bin
thorc9"
Miss Allen: u never saw him un
der the influence Of liquor"
Miss sandry recalled. stated she
had never seen Richmond under the
influence OF liquor. nor had she told
anybody she had, neither did she ami
Miss Atkinson assist him home whon
he was drunk.
Riohmohd's Testimony.
Mr. Richmond then took the stand.
Taking up the charges made by Mrs.
Compton Of drunkenness" he said. %
deny absolutely that ever was intox.
icated or seen under the influence of
liquor deny absolutely that any
immoral relations ever existed be
tween myself and any of the numer.
Gus people alleged to have been i'm
such relations with me. deny ex.
plicitly the instances alleged I'm the
afiidavits and similar actions. ! think
that includes everything with which
! am charged
4 Judge Stanley: "Have YOU anything
further to say?"
Mr.. Richmond: q believe nothing
further"
4 With regard to the letter Of recon-
mendation given to Machiyo Aiakawa.
Richmond, in response to Judge stan
ley, stated that he called the girl IN
on the subject of her graduation and
told her that it would be necessary
for her to brace up in her English to
graduate. She said she did not care
to go to the High School if she could
not graduate. She left the school and
was away for the space Of a week or
more, when he received letter from
her sister asking permission for
Machiyo to return to school again.
and this request was granted. Mach
iyo and her sister called on him. and
Machiyo said she didn't know whether
she wanted to go back to school or 20
to the Normal School, and asked for
a letter to the Normal School. which
witness gave her. She returned tc
school on the following school day.
Witness did no, recall showing hel
an experiment before she left school
except experiments with others, pres
ent. He presumed he had given pupil.
individual experimental work occa
sionally but that only when one has
missed an experiment. Machiyo tool
no further work in her class ate
that time because he had told he
, that her graduation depended on he
= bracing up in English, and in order I,
do good English work he told her t,
give up all work not absolutely nee
i essary to her graduation. Richmon,
denied having offered financial assist
ance to any pupils to go to the MOI
= NAL School. He knew that some OIL
portunity existed of giving pupil
D financial assistance to go to the No
NAL School, as he had learned it froI
Mr. Wood. He may have mentione
:, that matter, but he knew absolutel
that he did not personally offer a
sistance.
The Rainbow Falls trip was agai
u touched on. Mrs. Compton, said WI
" ness, asked me to go for walk wit
E her, as she wanted TO speak to hin
and he went with her to the fall,
Mrs. Compton was in a wild frame {
y mind and requested from him an apo
W ogy for his demonstrating with her b,
IF fore Mrs. Lewis for using his desl
ie She also expressed dissatisfactio
ie with the place, and said that he ha
ID misrepresented to her the school. th
" climate, the town and so on. 81
IS thought he was responsible to her fc
at the misrepresentation of the cond
sr ton Of affairs, as he had engaged he
Id from Chicago,
he To Mr.. Aiken, Richmond stated tn
az he had demonstrated with Mrs. Com
p ton for using his desk that day b
Us cause he had thought when he gay
lie her permission to use it that it wa
OF only for occasional use, rather tina
m continuously.
Mr.. Moir: when did you ask b,
s. not to use your desk any more?"
~ Mr.. Richmond: That was the Su
he day afternoon before she left"
he Mr.. Moir: WAS there anything thi
~ led up to the matter, or did you ju
ut tell her she could not use your des
T. any more?"
as Mr.. Richmond: well, / came hon
III and she was there reading OF playi1
cards, and | went to my room an