The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-09
N. B. Breckenridge Finds Another
Angel.
LITTLE LATE WITH REMITTANCE.
Buys Plows for Castle & Cooke--Talks
OF Plantations and Docks - VIII
Start Sugar Bag Manufactory-From
Evansville Undiana), to st. Louis.

N. B. Breckenridge, of whom this pa
per has had several interesting articles,
has been heard from again, and by this
time, unless there has been some delay
in the mails, the people from whom Mr..
Breckenridge has bought enough goods
to start a colony have heard from Ho-
nolulu that the young mans vast plan
tations are delusion and snare, and
that he is not to be relied upon as a
| buyer.
| The sleek individual has transferred
his base of assault from Louisiana to
Indiana, and before this reaches his
eye he may be buying mines in Alaska
The latest intelligence is that he is
doing some of the people in the Hoosier
State, and Mr. Gavitt, who is an ex-
special agent of the United States treas
ury was gulled to the extent of thirty
dollars on the strength of his obtaining
a position on Mr.. Brakenridge's planta-
ton in Hawaii. From these last advices
Mr.. Dillingham; may awake some morn
ing and find three or four hundred
thousand sugar sacks on his depot
platform and not know where they
came from until he is presented with
draft for his acceptance.
1t was said last night that he had
ordered in Evansville, Indiana, several
thousand dollars worth of goods for
another firm here. Following is copy
of Mr. Gavitt's letter to Messrs. Castle
& Cooke:
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April "a, 1896.
Castle & Cooke, Honolulu, H. l.:
Conference.-The contents of this let
ter may not interest you, but it does
several in this city, and i will endeavor
to be brief in stating facts and objects
desired. March 28th there arrived here
a man who registered as N. B. Brack-
enridge, Honolulu-about feet tall,
weighing about 165 pounds, left eye
crossed; second finger on left hand had
nail damaged; was inclined to be sandy
complexioned; no beard or mustache,
but latter was red when permitted to
grow. He had valuable map of the
Islands, passport dated December, 1895, |
and certificate of citizenship numbered
between 100 and 200 q have forgotten |
the exact number). Claimed to own |
sugar plantation twenty-five miles from |
your city, with telephone connection, |
and stockholder in your company;
was on leper island with Kate Field, |
December 1, 1895. Named Alex Robert
son of your city as his attorney; claim
ed to be worth 5000, 900; interested in
arrfo nf1t oh
for rice and sugar; visits Calcutta, In
dia, once year, making contracts for |
sacks; just came from Scotland with
of sacks; left Mr.. Dillingham;
in London; received figures here on
plows for your firm amounting to ST.
900. His trunk contained clothing such
as is used in your climate; knew every
one on your Island. l have not the
slightest doubt but what he has an ex-
tensive acquaintance there. Had with
him the Commercial Advertiser dated |
December 9th, 1895, and letters ad-
dressed to him while on the Islands on
the subject of manufacturing rice and /
sugar bags | met him soon after his
arrival and found him full of interest /
and mystery. He finally sprung the old
story of waiting for remittances and
his anxiety to reach San Francisco to
get ship. He quietly went to friend of
mine, April 10th, and implored him to
stand for his board bill, $50, and secure
him transportation to ST. Louis, where
he would raise money and remit at
once, etc. He wrote me from ST. Louis
on the 18th that he would leave at once
for the coast and that he had made ar
rangements for the money to be for
Ward6d. 1t never came, and no other
word from Mr.. Breckenridge from Ho-
nolulu. He had me under contract to