Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-25
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AUTO ride And
ATTORNEY Wins
Richie and De Peuter Placed
Under Arrest Following
HabeaS Corpus Release

Say, let the people cut for a
| breath of fresh air. III take them up
the pail for a blow and you can re-
arrest them later on" said Attorney
Joseph Lightfoot this morning outside
the supreme court after his two eli
| ents, J. r. Richie and A. De Peuter,
were released by order Of the court
on an appeal from Judge Robinson's
court. The two men who are charged
| with grand larceny in Seattle were
accompanied by their wives and little
children That the auto ride meant
the payment of more attorneys fees
| was the comment around the judiciary
! budding today. 49,
A warrant was made out as soon
as the men from Seattle were releas-
ed and II was served later on in the
day. X
A cablegram was received from the
governor Of the state of Washington
this morning and it requested Gov
ernor Pinkham to have the police hold
the two men until the extradition pa
pers, which are On the way. arrive In
Honolulu. III :,r~s ~
When first arrested, the men were
advised that the best thing for them
to do was to go back without any
fuss They would retain what money
they had and, after paying for their
steamer tickets, would still have coin
In their pockets. Richie and De Peu-
ter agreed to this and Captain of
Detectives McDaffie even arranged
that they get slight reduction on
their steamer fares.
Then, 1t is alleged, an attorney adj
vised the men to fight the case.
The agents for the steamers
even returned the fare money
and that, in addition to what other
cash the men mad, II is said, went to-
ward the defense of the strangers.
The first move was made when At
torney Lightfoot applied for writs of
habeas corpus in each case He
claimed that on merely cable adyices
the men could not be held and that
they should be released Judge Rob-
inson agreed to this and decided that
Richie and De Peuter should be
turned loose Deputy Attorneygen-
eral Scott then at once ordered them
back into the custody of Sheriff Jar
rett. Scott declared that he was
backed up by the Atcherly case in
ordering the men back into custody.
Then the appeal to the supreme court
was spoken of and the attorneys went
upstairs to see the chief justice Judge
Robertson decided to hear petition
that bail be set in the cases OF the
men at 2 O'Clock on Saturday afteS
noon.
On Saturday afternoon the matter
was argued at length and bail was de-
MED This morning in the supreme
court the cases were brought up on
their merits and, after short adj
dress by Lightfoot, the court set the
men at liberty
The attorney-general's department
at once had warrants prepared and, as
the cable from Governor Lister of
Washington clinches the matter, the
two men were taken into custody
once more by Captain of Detectives
McDuffie. !. -. i.
The extradition papers are to ar.
rive in Honolulu within a day or so
and the opinion of everybody seems
to be that Richie and De Peuter will
sail for the mainland to stand their
trial-minus whatever money they
had at the time of their arrest.
This Afternoon at 2 o'clock Richie
and De Peuter are to appear in Judge
Whitney's court and they will then
probably be committed to Jail till they
are deported, that is, if bail is not
forthcoming.