The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-13
PLENTY OF PROBE
fT0GET ANSWER TO
3 SOLITARY QUESTION.
Il Attorneys Golro the Mat In utlI-
eDa7,ities Hearing and Argue
, 1j7'y&s An Hour %l
FINALLY HAWAII MEAT
MAN TELLS PROFITS
Commission Threatened Witness
a. With Contempt Before He
4.@ Responded


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49, n,,sst;on sbonId he answered anr
9 0Ison ms EQUALLY detaymined that Il
z shnnId NOT he answered. Then the com
~ n,;s.;or went into Extraordinary session
and after advice from Attorney COX
das;aa5 that the ouestion shonld h,
answered and left 10 the decision O.
.. the eotnmission whether il should be
s. como n mart of the record.
. Wanted Proper Foundation
- Olson wanted Attorney Warren Il
," assure the commission that the cues
tiou would be properly tied up with
= subsequent. questions that would bt
,nskad during the hearing. He main
tanned that a proper foundation haC
not been laid for the question, and that
il was not in proper legal form. War
% ron remained noneommittal and deftly
fenced with the opposinp eounse
mostly by an obstinate silence. and in
sisted toIi the question being answered.
After another extraordinary, or ex
? traneous. session of the commission
with Attorney locke, il was decidei
that the question should be answered
and Waller was instructed to answer
the question. Olson then advised
Waller that he should not answer tn,
/. question. Then the question was read
20 WaIIer again for the hundredth tim,
D. and he refused to answer il. He said :
F.. ."In view Of what Mr.. Olson has ad
vised, / refuse to answer the oues
tion,n
Threatened With Contempt
Commissioner Garden then an
po,rnred TINT the next stem would h,
for the commission to force the wit
n ness to answer the question. Chair
. man Forbes then consulted with Attor
b nov Coke. who decided that the WitneS.
sbould he held in contemnt NV IN,
a. commission.
p A dramatic pouse followed that wa
{. evan mora aloouent than tho nrooadin n,
( .o,atoFy az the two attornevs
4 Attorney Olson then mo6e n long al
.d-ess the substance of Which vas tbo
Z ~ tho onestiorl was mot nartipont % III,
issne before the commission II was no
- and that Attornov Worrer sbonI,
assnre the commission that Il wos'
800 ~ Tne ~ oxaminotion tbo
a.ta he aecarJing n legoI nrocodnra
Hs also stontI,, maintoineJ ,hat !. mo.
nnfoir 10, obTGa nr;voto sL;nn ~ al
~ their nriyote affairs in nrbIi,
meeting.
Followed considerable more discus
sion between Attorney Olson an