The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-01-22
A FORMER VISITOR HERE.
After Living uprightly Three Years
His Record Is Sprung Upon Him.


His Record Is Sprung Upon Him.
The Portland (OrrgonD Evening
Telegram uf Jan. ! | gives the record
uf Lionel Stage, the receiver Uf the
suspended Oregon National Bank.
II quotes the records uf the Circuit
Court to show that on December L..
lSS!'. Stage. under the name Oi \.
l.. " WatprhuIis,'. was sentenced To one
years imprisonment ~ the state
prnitontiary at Salem on charge Ol
forging nam" tu So check. After
srrN ing his sentence Stage returned
10 Portland.
He was appointed National Bank
Examiner last fall, aud wh"u Tia"
Oregon National Bank closed lew
weeks ago, he was mate receiver by
Controller Eckels. Stagg, admits
the charge. but is very rctiront re-
gardng his liz" before coming t.
Portland. His removal ~ receiver
has been requested.
II is asserted that Stage, under
tn" name Of \. l.. Wat"rhuus", pas
al a forged check for 50 at San
Diego. lie represented himself as a
travelling correspondent for the New
Work World amd went about gat athrr-
iug data for an article nn SuuI infrm
California mines. Wat"rhousc went
Ia san Diego with an insur'Inr"
agent Of san Francisco, and the lat
ter indursrd a draft for him on All
Oakland bank. The draft came back
protested and the san Francisco
man t.legraph"d To have Water.
huus. arrested unless ho paid the
draft and the money which he had
loaned him. WaterhuuS" did not
pay, and accordingly the warrant
was issued charging him with for
gerry.
Much sympathy is expressed for
Staggc. For thrr" years h" has con.
Quoted himself in au exemplary
manner and has lillrd number Ui
responsible" positions, lbs worst sin,
he says, was IN marrying without
telling his wife nE his past, but she
will remain true to him.
The expose was brought about bS
disappointed rivals for th" position
Of bank receiver. His bnndslncn say
they would still remain on his bund-
If it were possible for him tu hav.
retained Tia" position.
Stage cam" To Honolulu to re-
port King Kalakauas ubsclui"s by
the first mail steamer after TIA.
Charleston's arrival. While he wa
here a letter came from the ChrOnt
Gle, to contradict a report that Ia
represented that paper, Stagg" wa
much put out about the letter, say
ing he had never claimed To repre-
sent the Chronicle. After the tx
amincr man (Bigelow) had ABUSED
special privileges accorded him, b.!
writing up dOings al the Palace il
All untruthful and u vulgar way
Stagge determined To have som,
sensational correspondence" Of hi
own. He arranged for an interview
with the Queen, but was indiscree
enough To boast in advance that h,
would make the report S"nsa'lonal
Warning was given through tn
Chamberlain, and Stage was quietl.
bowed out Of the blue room after
formal exchange of courtesies. Th
correspondent, enraged, Fabricated
an interview which, however, mad
no sensation, He appeared to I'm,
market for his stuff with the Assu
ciated Press 1t was a wonder I,
newspaper men here how Stagg
could have secured any engagement
to write for large papers, as his pro
ductions Were SO crude in cOncep
ton and literary execution as 10 b.
almost unintelligible without lahori
Gus editing, ED,
Eauorita Ramadu for In Grippa