The morning call., 1892-12-24
COOK, THE CRAFTY.
The Crooked Police Court
Clerk at Home.
HE CATE ON THE ALAMEDA.
He Travelled as 81. j. Cunningham -
in the Storage, and Was Drunk
All the Way From Honolulu.

Joseph B. Cook, the clerk of the Police
Court who silently stole away from San
Francisco after stealing $1,000 placed in his
charge by prisoners and their bondsmen, is
again breathing his own native air and
treading his own free hills of San Francisco.
It might send thrill of Joy to the hearts
of his bondsmen, his family and the friends
who loaned him money just before his de-
parture TO know just which Of the hills he
is treadng, or what blessed section Of the
atmosphere he is breathing. but it cannot
be done.
THE CALL stated yesterday morning
that il was rumored that Cook was in town.
while at the same time 1t has been posi-
lively ass serted by the police that he was In
Honolulu. and letter from no less per-
sen than Wilson. Mar shall OF her Majesty's
kingdom, to no less person than Chief
Crowley Of San Francisco was printed, in
which the Marshal said that Cook was on
the island. but if possible would be in-
duced 10 60 back.
The letter was dated on the day the Ala
media sailed and came on the vessel. The
Hawaiian papers that We re brought by the
Alameda stated that Cook was in custody
at Honolulu.
Cook left this city on the ship s. n.
Castle. which arrived in Honolulu just ten
days before the Alameda sailed. On the
day OF his departure from this city he OBJ
tanned SS75 lie must therefore have had
some money when he reached the island.
The authorities there evidently acted with
promptnesS and dispatch, and according to
the Hawaiian papers and her Majesty'S
Marshal. Wilson, Cook was in fair way to
spend long term in an Hawaiian prison or
10 be sent back TO California. His case
came up in the court the day before the
Alameda sailed and date for his trial Was
set, which was not the date of the vessels
departure, yet Cook left Honolulu on the
Alameda and arrived in this city at 10 A. NJ.
Thursday.
Captain Lees. chief of detectives. heard
of Cooks return early in the evening, ana
sent a detective TO the ship with one Of the
fugitive's photographs.
"DO YOU know that man?" the detective
asked. showing Cooks picture to one OF tie
ships officers.
"Of course do That's j. j. Cunning
ham. He paid his passage after he came on
board
cabin or steerage?"
'.Steerage, and he was drunk all the way"
When Captain Lees heard this he sent
word to every detective and policeman In
the city to look out for Cook, but at late
hour last night the fugitive had not been
found.
lie had time enough to get far away
from the city," said Captain Lees, before
we heard OF his arrival, and he may now be
in British Columbia, in Mexico or well on
his way 10 New York. He was probably
struggled on board the Alameda, for no one
can openly leave the island without the
knowledge or consent of the authorities
The purser Of the Alameda should have
known Cook, but then the man was q
steerage passenger and yoyased under an
assumed name"
You are positive then that Cook is in
town."
81 am positive that he is or was in town,
and that when lie arrived on the Alameda
be had no more than $50 in his possession.
That Is all can say about it,"