The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04
Gives Lecturers in a Church and
SwindIes Congregation.
WINS A HEART IN ILLINOIS.
Ohio Papers Expose the Man viii
Visit Scotland for Sugar Sacks-His
Little scheme Worked Well.
Wedding May Be stopped.

1SINC pAAhNC0 lhS AOliO"ihS oNOiy VI q
former Honolulu, H. l., resident:
.On the 18th day of February of this
year, n. B. Breckenridge came to Lima
to see some of his old friends that he
sold lumber to some twelve or fifteen
years ago. He was then a man who had
won the confidence of the lumbermen
of this city and sold them all large or
ders, amounting to thousands of dol
lars. He then was lost sight of. He told
mis- friends here that he had been living
in Honolulu for the past twelve years,
and that during that time he had once
year made trip to the United States,
but that this was his first trip to the
States since 1898, when he attended the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. On inquiry it
is found that he was on the Hawaiian
Islands only few months and was en-
gagged as a school teacher for short
period of time. He got in trouble with
some young girls, and also native
woman, was indicted and was out under
bond when he took the first steamer for
San Francisco. He went to New York
and there ordered many bills of goods
to be shipped to several of the large
firms of the Islands, and borrowed 5000
from gentleman whose brother he
claimed to know in Honolulu
He came to Lima and stopped at the
Lima House and remained for week
or ten days, and visited the gentlemen
TO whom he had once sold lumber, and
told them how he had gone to Hawaii
and speculated in land and rice planta-
Of hn Loo in,
wealth and prosperity of the people of
the Islands. He told of his rice planta
tions, servants, stock companies, and
owing to the fact that some of the most
careful business men of this city knew
him some years ago as thrifty lumber
dealer from Michigan, his story was
listened to and believed. He was also
we'll acquainted with Mr.. Summerville,
lumber dealer of Mansfield, Ohio, for
whom he travelled some years ago, and
renewed old acquaintance with Mr.
Summerville while he was stopping at
the Lima House.
He gave lecture in the NJ E church
on Honolulu and the beauties of the
Hawaiian Islands, and also gave talk
IN the Sunday school.
He claimed to be a Government Of
fetal and was interested in large land
deals on the Islands; and he told how
one could get rich there, and wanted
some of his friends to let him use their
names, and that he would pay one dol
lar an acre on a thousand acres of land,
and would pay the balance, which was
TWO dollars an acre, to be paid in three
Then tho GnulrT1 ont
give deed patent for the land; but as
one person was not allowed to own any
more than a section of $40 acres. he
wanted to use the names of some of his
| friends in order to get the land, and he
would bear all the expense himself,
and would deed one-third of it to the
| friend who would let him use his name.
He would, of course, buy the land in
| their names, but he would pay for il
with his own money.
Two of our citizens, Messrs. Theo
| Mayo and Baxter Trevor, were not sat
isfied with this and wanted something
better, and Mr. Mayo advanced $500
and Mr.. Trevor 500 for him to buy land
for them, and they were to give Brak-
enridge certain amount of the land
for the trouble he would be to in OBJ.
tanning the desired land for them. There
We're other-many of them in Lima
| who were anxious to get in on the
ground floor, but Breckenridge got ou
of town in time to save them the loss
of many hundreds of dollars
He left Lima about the Sth of March
saying he must be in San Francisco
on the 18th of March to set sail for tn,
Islands; but instead of going to Sa1
Francisco he has been going over TIT
country defrauding many people by hi
slick scheme.
He was of good appearance, seeme'
to have plenty of money and used hi
acquaintance elegantly. He was abou
feet inches in height, weighed abou
$50 pounds, high forehead, left eye wa
crossed, and was a very clever talkeI
Upon INVESTIGATION it was discoYere,
that he is worthless fellow and own
nothing, criminal and an all-arounr
confidence man The Hawaiian paper
warn the American people to beware Q
him, and the papers to publish his ca
reer
He was in Evansville, Ind, in Apr
ana Wnen ne left that place he went Z
an attorney there and implored him t
stand for his board bill and to get hir
transportation 10 St. Louis, where b
said he had relatives and would max
| arrangements for a remittance TO b
sent TO the attorney. It is needless I
say that the remittance never came.
He is next heard of in Rockford, Ill
and told there that he was going I
Scotland to contract for sugar sacks 70
firm in Honolulu
a clipping from a Fort Wayne pape
says the following regarding him:
: Rockford, H., May S.-A week az
: n. B. Breckenridge of Honolulu, rep
resentative of the Hawaiian Govern
ment, came to Rockford on bushes:
He met Miss Hazel McManners. a yer
pretty young lady, who is also talent
ed elocutionist, and they fell in Low
and became engaged within few day:
Thursday they left for Chicago. wher
the young lady will remain with he
sister, Mrs. Fred Belford, until JULY
while he goes to Scotland on business
| and then the wedding will take place.