Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-24

is around" we're some of the state
ments made by Mrs. Compton.
Saturday Afternoon.
Opening the afternoon session of
the Compton-Richmond inquiry, Mrs.
Wilcox asked the first question in re-
gard to Mrs. Compton's failure to
come out Of the room. and Richmond
stated the same as Saturday morning
Mrs. WilcoX-Wcre you in the habit
of asking your teachers to leave the
room to speak with you?
Richmond--Yes. ma'am.
Mrs. Wicox--Had you ever asked
Mrs. Compton to leave the room with
you before?
Richmond don't remember.
In response to question by NOR.
Richmond said he was In the habit of
calling teachers from the classruoms.
when they were busy with classes, to
confer with him.
Mrs. Compton-What in your mind
Mr.. Richmond caused this brcak?,
RiChmond-Your refusal to COM
ply with my request.
Mrs. Compton--Why should | COM
ply with your request?
Richmond-There was no reason
Miss Deyo was then called and que5-
toned by Richmond.
Miss Deyo stated that Mrs. Comp
ton told Richmond the papers he
wanted were in her desk and he could
have them any time he wanted them.
Miss Deyo said that Mrs. Compton
stated at one time when Mr.. Pope
went into Mrs. Lewis classroom that
there was lot Of immortality In Hilo
going on in the schools and known by
the church people and yet they did
nothing.
No Others Present,
This was said only in my pres.
encc, neither MIR. Richmond nor any
one else hearing the statement said
Miss Deyo.
Mrs. Compton-To whom did my
remark about immortality refer? What
bearing did Miss Deyo understand
that to have on the. school question?
Miss DeyO-I judged 1t to be IN
connection with the teachers.
Mrs. Compton asked how Miss Deyo
thought the remark applied. and Miss
Deyo said because Mrs. Lewis name
had been mentioned Just previously.
In response TO II question by stan
ley, Miss DeyO said that no names
had been mentioned and Mrs. Comp
tons remarks were general. Also
that there had been friction In the
school since November.
Answering Mrs. Wilcox. Miss Dcyo
said that she never heard Mrs Comp
ton refuse n request Of Mr. Rich
mond.
Aiken-Did you ever hear Mrs.
Compton say she would wreck the
high school?
Miss DCyO-I never did.
When asked BY Mrs. Compton, Miss
Deyo could not recall an instance
which called TO her attention the fact
that there was discord In the school
on Mrs. Compton's account.
Miss Allen, another teacher, was
called by Richmond and she
made her answers Ms dramatic
as possible. at one time jumping to
her feet and shaking her fist In the
face of Commissioner Aiken TO show
how Mrs. Compton had talked to
Richmond, she said
Miss Allen Is said to have dra-
matte leanings and to be the head of
amateur theatricals In Hilo.
Started In Boarding House.
The testimony of this witness was
for the most part devoted To episodes
in the boarding house where they all
lived with Mrs. Lewis, and from this
witness II was first learned that the
whole trouble originated in the house,
a statement which was afterward con-
firmed by the story of Mrs. Compton,
who told the circumstances, although
not all the details.
Miss Allen testified, in answer to
carefully put questions by Richmond,
that Mrs. Compton had demanded that
he sign n certain paper about her
work. Mrs. Compton said that Mr..
Gibson had told her that Richmond
said that her work was not mp to
date, and Mr.. Gibson don't look like
man who would lie. were the
words Miss Allen said Mrs. Compton
had used with Richmond.
Miss Allen said that she had heard
Mrs. Compton say that she would
| FIX" Mrs. Lewis when she left the
house and went to live with Judge
Andrews family, also that Mrs. Comp
ton had said that Hilo was very
Eossipy town. Then the question OF
the use Of the bath room was brought
| mp by Miss Allen who said that there
had been friction about hot and cold
! water and the time each of the wo-
men was to have the room.
This finished her Testimony for
Richmond and in response to n sug-
Gestion by Aiken in regard to the
trouble, she said she thought 1t was
! jus, n case of bOarder being dis
| satisfied with her boarding house
that caused Mrs, Compton TO leave.
! Began After Mrs. Compton Left
There was no unpleasantncss IN
school until Mrs. Compton had left
| the Lewis house" said Miss Allen.
The witness also said in regard to
Mrs. Compton insulting other teach
ers that she had never been insultcd
| herself and she knew OF no one else
who had. She had seen Mrs. Compton
act angry when talking To other tea
! cheers but had never heard any con-
vcrsation of that kind