The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-03-22
SERIOUS CHARGES !
Made by ], +, MagoOn Against
Young Nap,
Statement in Contradiction by the
Chinese Commercial Agent.

Alter having Inc nulIer nefalueu
about town for u day or two, ka Leo
came out this morning with some re-
markahle correspondence. 1t is be-
tween Mr.. j. A. Magoon, attorney,
and the Collector-General of Gus
toms.
Mr.. Magoon in effect charges MIR.
Young Nap, a respectable and we'll
known young Chinaman, with having
eXtolted thousand dollars from Chi
nese passengers who arrived on the
:. S. Belgic. He alleges that Young
Nap, in his capacity as interpreter to
the Port Surveyor, got $25 apiece
from forty Cinnamon by threatening
them that, if they didn't pay him the
amount, he should have them all sent
back TO China.
The accuser is quite sarcastic
toward the Collector-G General, be-
cause that official after an investiga.
ton found nothing in the charges.
MIR. G. Alec. Chinese Commercial
Agent, is quoted by Mr.. Magoon as
authority for the charges. Mr.. Alec,
however, in an interview sought with
the editor of this paper, expressed
Indignation that he should have been
represented as saying things that he
| declared he never uttered. He vo-
lunteered the following circumstan-
! tial account of the $1,000 transaction,
which shows that Young Nap never
! handled the money at all, bat acted
in the most straightforward manner
throughput. Young Nap has q good
| reputation and holds Il highly recon-
mandatory letter from eXConsul
General Putnam of the United States,
in whose Office he was long employed.
/ He promises to make a statement
later on his own behalf in reply to
Mr.. Magoon's charges. Following
! is the
STATEMENT OF g. ALEE.
The night the Belgic arrived went
on board to see my son and family
who were passengers. ! met Young
Nap on the steamer aud asked him
how about the Chinese passengers.
Young Nap told me he didn't know
yet maybe some of them would
want to get u lawyer to give bond.
After coming back to my Office, some
friends came and asked me how
about the Chinese passengers. l said
Young Nap told me that some of
them would require bond. they had
better get lawyer to get bonds. l
said couldn't do it. They waited
for Loo Chit Sam to come to my
office. When he came one of them
asked him what the expense would
be for a lawyer. Loo Chit Sam said
he thought about S25 for each man.
He said il was too late then-it was
half-past nine at night-they would
have to wait till next morning. The
men said they wouldn't take the
money back, but would leave it with
my bookkeeper till morning. Next
morning Loo Chit Sam came in and
asked me again how about the Chi
nese people. | said | didn't know
but would ask Young Nap, and |
telephoned to Young Nap to come 10
my office. He came and asked him
about the passengers, and he said
they were all right except 20 men,
who had got their bonds already at
the Government House. then asked
him how about that money now
(there was Sl038. 30 of it). He told
me the money was no use now. |
left the money on the table, and
Young Nap said Loo Chit Sam had
better take it back to the Chinese
who contributed it. Loo Chit Sam
took the money and returned ii to
those from whom it was received.