The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-18
ATTORNEY AND
JUDGE At OUTS
Ferry Would Disbar Carlsmlth,
Who Would Have Ferry Fired
"A MlX-up Generally.

Carl Carlsmith Of Hilo and Judge
Ferry of Puma are still at IL. Yesterday
the Puma magistrate filed charges with
the bar association and the attorney.
general against the attorney, charging
him with professional misconduct. Mr..
Carlsmith, who is in the city, counters
with the announcement that petition
will soon be on its way TO the chief jus.
tice asking him TO remove Judge Ferry
from his high position in Puma.
Fery's charges, which are laughed at
by Mr.. Carlsmith, and to which none of
the bar in Honolulu who know of them
appear to attach any Importance. are
that Carlsniith overcharged n client. To
the Hilo correspondent of The Adver-
tser he Puma magistrate says;
appear in this matter as attorney
for Maria de Souza. This is no per
sonal fight of mine, but matter which
past. NV client states that Carlsmith
has fouled her, when he was acting as
her attorney in the matter of the de
Souza estate. He was her attorney from
the very beginning, when she petitioned
for the probate of the will, until after
her appointment as administrators.
AIu'HN obHtI bHlHpS, sue clallnS IHut
Carlsmith filed accounts which were in
| correct and that he charged her fee
of 1900, whereas the court had allowed
him fee of $3.50 only. -
Ferry added that several other Hilo
attorneys were after Carlsmith g scalp,
mentioning several cases in which these
were interested, but when the attorneys
in question were seen they said that
they were not bringing these matters
up, except through the regular and usual
channels.
Mr.. Carlsmith did not know until in
formed by The Advertiser yesterday
that action to cite him before the bar
association had been taken. He was
not perturbed at the news, however.
81 will ask Mr.. Thompson TO appoint
committe to investigate he said.
"This Judge Ferry is neurotic who
is frequently in trouble. l have had to
bring couple of cases against him for
clients and we have had more or less
trouble. If I had not had to come to
Honolulu there would have been by this
time a petition in circulation in Puma
asking that Judge Ferry be discharged
as district magistrate.
Frank Thompson's Name Mentioned.
According to the Hilo correspondent
of this paper, the statement has been
made by Ferry that Deputy County At
torney Heen, now in Honolulu, intends
to bring up, during his stay in town,
The fact that Carlsmith had made GER
tain rather serious charges against the
firm of which Wilder and Frank Thomp-
son are members. 1t appears that when
the matter of the winding up of the
estate of the late Manager Walker of
Ookala plantation was before Judge
Parsons, Carlsmith, appearing for some
of the interested parties, is said to have
made statements which reflected on the
professional conduct of the Thompson
firm in the matter.
Ferry said that Heen had told him
to bring up his de Souza matter, as he
intended himself to call attention to the
Carlsmith stand in the Walker case
while he was in Honolulu. His partner
County Attorney Beers of Hilo, stated
that he knew that Heea had certain
records pertaining to Carlsmith S con
duct in the case in question, but he did
Eot know if Heen had taken these with
him to Honolulu or whether he intend,
e,l TO bring M the matter during his
present stay there.
Mr.. Heen, when seen Yesterday, stat.
ed that he knew nothing whatever of
anything in connection with any charges
against Carlsmith, either coming from
Judge Ferry or from himself
Ferry's Vague English
The attorney, general, to whom copy
of the Judge Ferry charge has been
sent, answered the acknowledged re.
ceipt of it yesterday, saying, in part;
Have had considerable difficulty in
understanding the English used by you
IN these charges, but gather from it
You accuse Mr.. Carlsmith of illegally
withholding from Mrs. Maria Sousa the
sum of $500, which you say came into
his hands while he was connected in a
fiduciary relationship toward that lady.
] presume that you expect the initiative
in any action that may be taken toward
investigating these charges will be
brought by Mr.. Thompson.