The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15

-,orev from his sister to complete the pur-
bese and that he would arrive IN America America
about May l. 1898. l met him on nus az -, i' be be-
- ba showed me papers purportlhs " "
onntrarts between himself and sister coVeillls 3
borrowing of moneys stated TO secure lne - "a anu ~
soi a noyer of attorney executed 70 ner 10 a. a.
ana anu po N the conveyance, which he stated
was necessary in accordance Win 'No
land act rose,+ed that surveys
of land were being completed and the MAPS nap d.
data would be forwarded to AmerlGa, atd sbinned
~ snaIe from this land was being snlpPeuI'
me me sbnwed cabes on all these subjects In eVl-
dence of his statements ..,s a.
rho survey papers and other data IsiIed -
o--iIle and about October, 1885 II was Gee ueciueu "a
that Howard and myself shoulo pIVCTeu ,.t1 ~ ~
Australia to see about TAXING oEset
p9SnesStov 5n November we sailed on the Marp9sa,
On arriving at Honolulu hoWaau *sa ,oornIns and
nj We arrived there early IN the mofiiiif 1aSt
IN the afternoon Howard disappears, tet te
he steamer believing he might require q ai9r ~
ance, ~ ~, With others searched in many places,
nd at midnight found Howard IN uoGe0l ,tt,
rsoa effering from heavy dose Oh iilotPi,ll.'
olilcS i!i ~ eaj9 had been given him in bath
tdnsa As there was other way OF tedC.llis 5 5
Australia for some weeks oisco aIo" We did return
~ The Soptic in the last week IN Novediloel t
He kept promising to take the neH
iii January when he announced that ms ms
sister would arrive on the next S, was going
dlo nstSoiia noe on the next steamer whether ne
enf or not He told me his sister was pTess Ia, ;,
ing him f3r I mon. and he was determined to dis
snea sfe iilsu "a his interest in the lands - .,,a
,s ne nafd him at that time for his interest
ND certain unpaid portions OF my nal pay as
him altogether in this ana t Austraia had paid
io az 600 in cash. On November l. 1850.
paid him s105oOO by fhecks thfs into on gold taking
apon 70 cart it away with MIN rstushs G a. -
take anything but coin ms fa aeDost vaults
nm and placed in various sale oeposi'
,,iii,;cb we subsequently ledTHeu . ,,o~t
On March 2S departed on tine sne to aneompany
POE p0sa apd Nd assist in turning over the iands out
ne cpief pie M Lees Qnterruptingl-He got a race,
CInet .oI4 and got out a fmsy warrant ana
Id II served on him at the dock 10 haNe an
excuse Tor n1f '1tinsnjng,-I arrived at. Sydney on
iii Is and inquired for Mrs Agnes raul, 1.
found her residing at MRS DulxnGn Afred 1 e. Farvin.
Shose husband is salesman IN Iarse re ~ ltqhor ho
and tobacco house saw on IN 'b the Uniform of
RTitish naval officer She acknoWledsed 20 thar ha
Howard her brother Ina@aTu Fron hin, TI by
whetneI cehle She stated she had received
'otbine and knew nothing about any lands.
lI, had NOT loaned him money for some years
ohs ns arer anv large amount. She had never
anu tanded coming America and 1ad not been
i -, Zealand for some years made TINS
IN rev rev tacanse of Howard's having exhibited
intters supporting to have been sent by her
While IN searcb of the records to the exist
III mac nF these lands and learned Howard did
not own any LANDS OF TINS TINS " " aS 4t otber narsors
tna[ "a named as contributing the chain of
title have any interest in , said lands; that his
,.o,e scheme fraudulent
WIZ 49,, NV return to San Francisco by the
steamer Mariposa. June last I saw Howard
tnat a s s NV Investigations in Australia / told
sur sH1,s that he had found the lands and his repre-
nantations concerning the title TO them to be
frauduIent and false
1tJisr1ry-Did he deny it?
GreenNWe did not go into details He didn't
W ttass statements OF mine and admitted the
Sts 70 he az / stated them. He said he would
make it all rishtmmake restitution 1. for the the
.tne .it.o' promises he paid within few days
~ that time the Of $4,000 cash and prom
Ssed to make another payment of 9o,o0o within
ton devs Following At the end of that time
he did not make the payment and, as I was
nbl,red to depart for the East on other busi-
ness I left the matter unsettled in the form
of promise from him to make other pay
ments by sending the money to me in Denver.
He did not make any further payments. ]