The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-11-26
The Stolen Bonds.

The Alta California of the Sth instant
contains the following which probably explains
the mysterious robbery from Mr.. E. Jones safe:
"a letter was recently received by Captain
Lees from a rich planter named Edwin Jones,
residing at Lahaina, Maui Island, Hawaii, dated
October 21st, 1881, in which the writer stated
that his store had been broken into and robbed
last February, of eight Hawaiian Government
Bonds, in the amount of 81, 200, and giving
their description and number. 1t was further
stated that the suspected parties had gone to
California. There were three of them, one being
a young man by the name of John c. Allardyce.
Mr.. Jones gave as his reference II. W. Sever
ance, Hawaiian Consul of this city, the object
being, if possible, to recover the stolen bonds.
Chief of Police Crowley at once sent a notice to
all bankers and brokers, giving a description of
the bonds. Yesterday a young man entered the
Bank of California and offered several Hawaiian
Government bonds. The bank did not buy them,
and forgetting about the notice sent by the Chief
of Police directed the gentleman to the office of
Spreckels Bros. Shortly after the departure of
the young man, one of the Spreckels brothers
entered the bank and told them about the bonds
being stolen. A messenger was at once sent TO
the office of Spreckels Bros, with instruction to
take a police officer with him, if he met one,
while another messenger was sent to the Chief
of Police. The young man appeared Mt Spreck-
els place, and was held and turned over to OH
Ger McQuade. When searched, some of the
stolen bonds were found on him. He claimed
haEk the bonds had been given to him by another
'erson. Captain Lees had noticed another man
n the vicimrsjtv of Spreckels' office, acting
tFFi;afg ell po ana %nnef1 S9,aSrSy9 65s once q sne
into the office by captain Lees, and asked
f he knew anything of fhe affair, but merely
that he was a frien9 OF the other man,
md wanted to know why he was arrested. : Be
ng hard pressed by the Captain, he finally ac-
lnowledged that the bonds were his, and that
lie gave them to the other 10 dispose of. He
gave his name as John G. Allardyce, and stated
hat he had come from the Sandwich Islands;
hat he and two other men had been arrested
While there and charged with burglary aud grand
arceny in having stolen the missing bonds from
Edwin JOne that they were tried and found not
This statement is substantiated by re-
ports in the Hawaiian press. A~llardyce then
that he had threatened to sue Jones for
imprisonment, but that he had made n
compromise with Jones, who paid him $3.50
through the Consul. That unknown to any one
Use, Jones had also given him three of the al
eyed stolen bonds amounting to $500, which he
lad been told by Jones could be easily disposed
It here. The police officials were considerably
uzzled, and had consultations with the Hawai-
N Consul and District Attorney Smoot. All
l nsidered, the case is a most complicated one.
U was found that no eXtraditlon treaty existed
l tween the Sandwich Islands and the United
&c ties; besides the men, having been tried on
,ta charge and acquitted, could not be tried
ne in. Mr.. Shoots suggestion was finally ac-
ted and acted upon that the men must be
ep harged, and that the alleged stolen bonds,
Use of which is for $3.50, and two for 5000 each,
t remain in charge of the Chief of Police
l,us'vley until the question of ownership is de-
ROY J, giving Jones a period of four months to
luet lish his claim. This was agreed TO by the
STAB len, who are brothers, the youngest being
NO n 10 years of age. Aletter has been written
bout lief Crowley TO Jones, the planter, at Maui
y Chi making a complete statement Of the
'lantG The vessel carrying the letter leaves
&c