The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-15
CHARGED WITH sLAHDkR.
Claus spreckels Sued by His Son, 9
A. sprsck.ls, for Damages

| Spreckel. for SANDER, says the San
Francisco Call Of April 5. The
plaintiff, as vice president and gem
eral manager OF the Sugar Refining
Company, sues his father as the
largest stockholder in the concern.
The cause OF action is an alleged
al atemeut made ou March % by
Claus Spreckels in presence Of one
johnson, the statement purporting
to reflect upon the plaintiff This
alleged statement was divided into
four causes OF action, the words
complained OF being:
II gave that boy $25,0O0 a year 10
Philadelphia aud then he drew out
$25O.0OO Of my money. l will tell
the whole story one OF these days,
then the public will see these sons
in their true light"
Referring to the sons suit against
the Oceanic Steamship Company,
the father is charged with saying:
This is q piece OF blackmailinp,
that is what il is. He and his young
or brother are trying to beat me out
Of S2OOO,0OC.'
Another cause OF action" was the
reported statement by the defend
ant that the plaintiff would soon be
bankrupt, and another that he had
"wasted money" The estim at ed
damage on the various causes Of ac-
ton aggregates over S20O0,OO0, but
the suit is only for $500 aud costs.
The case OF Rudolph Spreck-ls
against the Nevada Bank is b.iug
heard in Sau Francisco. 1t came up
on the 9th inst. on a motion To dis
solve a preliminary injunction issued
at the instance of Rudolph Spreck-
els against the Nevada Bank to re-
I. strain it from transferring certain
stock to company in Hawaii. The
bank desired To Transfer the stock
from Rudolph's name to the Hawai-
ian company in order to protect it
as collateral, fearing that Rudolph's
implication in the recent troubles in
Hawaii might endanger the securi.
| ties.
Attorney D-lmas for the defend
ant opened with a review OF the cir
cumstances leading up to the suit.
he said that about a year ago GER
tain transactions between Claus
Spreckels and G. A. Spreckels b ad
led TO the transfer OF certain pro:
perty from father to son, and in
security OF repayment G. A. Spreck-
els had pledged certain stock to bis
father. Rudolph Spreckels, as part
surety for his brother, had pledged
TO bis father 5000 shares in Paauhau
Plantation Company in Hawaii.
This transaction WAS coDsummated
last hear, being evidenced in for
NAL written agreement or contract.
Among the securities for the repay
ment were the 5000 shares of
Rudolph, now worth $500 600. which
were transferred to the Nevada
Bank. Subsequently,, about the first
Of the year, 9. A. Spreckels paid he
first install lmrnt OF his debt and was
given back half his security, includ-
ing 25OO shares OF the Paauhsu
Plantation stock. Later the bank
heard that Rudolf Spreckels had
become implicated in ths Hawaiian
revolution, ADD to protect itself pro
posed to send the remaining $500
Paauhau shares to the Hawaiian
Islands to transfer them to the CON-
paDy there aud thus complete the
pledge. Now Rudolf claimed he
stood in danger Of irreparable injury
by the transfer.
Mr.. Delmas referred to the allega-
ton of Rudolf Sprecksls that a
parole agreement had been made
qualifying the written agreement az
Improbable. He said it was vouche d
for by the plaintiff alone, while it
VAS deuied by Claus Spreckels, j. d.
Spreckels (attorney-in. fact for his
father and by the Nevada Bank. 1t
was contrary to law aud common
sense that men dealing in hundreds
OF thousands OF dollars should re-
duce au underst auding to solemn
written agreement and then qualify
or annihllate it by an oral agree
ment.
Attorney Cole, for Rudolf Spreck-
els, then gave his vers on OF the
affair. He said that on January 4,
1894, Claus Spreckels had made over
property of great value to bis sou,
@. A. Spreckels, to DO paid for in
two years. Rudolf Sprecksls possess
ed 5000 shares of Paauhau stock,
which stood in the name of Claus
Spreckels in the books Of the com
paDy. Rudolf claimed that he had
put up this stock as security for his
brother on condition that his father
transfer the shares to him and they
be retransferred to his father in
blank on the understanding that
they should not be transferred out
OF Rudolf's name until after the
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