The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-05
EMBEZZLER IS
IN HONOLULU

Conway-P. J. Conway The High 1
Sheriff and the purser Immediately
wrote to the police authorities of San
Francisco In regard to Conway and are
now awaiting advices from there. A
telegraphic dispatch in the Chronicle OF
November Is stated that Conway had
defaulted and the police we're advised
to Keep n lookout for him.
Following are the accounts of Con-
ways forgeries and misdoings In the I,
Mormon capital taken from the Trib- !
une and Herald Of Salt Lake:
Three long nights and two longer
DAYS have transpired since the migra-
tion Of Porter J. Conway. once an in
surance agent. stock broker. real estate
man and what not of Salt Lake, but
not n single effort has been made to
apprehend him. says the Salt Lake
Herald Of November f5. Nor has he
been apprehended. No one has seen
hide or hair OF the defaulter since last
Tuesday night. and by this time he has
probably passed out of the Jurisdiction
OF the United States. his acquaintance
believing Canada to b. most likely his
objective point.
All kinds of stories were afioat yes
terday. one to the effect that Conway
had been caught at Pocatello. which
proved groundless. Another story
which is given more credence. Is that
the conductor on the northbound train
which Conway took Tuesday night
learned from Conway's own lips that
he was going to Canada ''as fast as he
could travel" This conductor could
not be located last night. but II appears
from the rumor that he knew Conway
and entered into conversation with him
while on the road north. Conway con-
fided to him that he was getting away.
and the story grew until nearly every
. body Interested in the case seemed TO
know OF IT,
But the parties who indemnified Con-
/ ways bondsmen. who are more inter-
: ested perhaps than anybody else in his
= apprehension, took no steps to have
J him caught. and the theory Is that they
knew OF Conway's intention to vamoose
and received from him the 1000 they
!. had put into bail to save him from i'm
prisonment. -,rtaaa..-g-v-.
Any kind of a tale could be- heard Of
some new shady transaction that had
e been discovered by the Insurance agents
: going over Conway's accounts and som.
Z of them were not without foundation
/, There In every reason to believe that
- the abscOnders shortage will be all OF
$4,000. the estimate previously made
and there is a good prospect of It's over
u reaching that amount.
V HIT THEM HARD
The special agents OF the insuranc,
?. companies are still reticent, not having
/ Completed their investigation, but on,
y of them vouched the Information yes
terday that he hit us hard" 1t de
\, 'velops that besides alarming pro
- pensity to create mortgages. Conwa,
had another speciality. that of failing
"a to remit Special Agent Goodwin o
al the ST. Paul Fire * Marine admitte,
" that outside Of the s street insuranc
10 deal. in which they paid Conway a fic
A. titious loss of about 81. 200. their heavi
est losses would be I'm cases where Con
y way had collected premiums from tn
M assured and failed to turn them owe
IN to his company. Special Agents Man
IN ming and Alverson of the Atlas Assur
n ance company make the same kind @
%. "A report, but none of the agents wi
- yet venture to give any figures as I
:" the amount the companies are out
u They are i'm no position To- recover an
lg respectable portion OF the shortag,
IL having required no bond from the miss
to ing agent. The Atlas people attache
n. his property for 1.200. but an appraist
:. ment. they say. would show the stu
to be worth less than one-third OF this
lamount. To push the attachment Il
in n Judgment would cost almost as niue
r. as the whole of IL is worth.
Ir- ANOTHER FORGED MORTGAGE
ne out Of the dust-laden files Of II
it. county recorder for last January som,
he thing was dug up which bears Il
n. stamp OF irregularity. 1t was a NOR
-. gage for 81 500 executed to $. IL. Fiel,
OF Atlanta, ILL.,. father OF 5. H. Field
ne Jr.. Of this city. and purported to ha'
- a.Nar lxw~
m Newhall. one living at San Francis
and three at Eureka. The mortgai
Ia was executed December 70. 1889, al
filed for record January last. r.
y" property described was lot 1, block :
plat n. The acknowledgements we
III. purported to have been taken by c.
OF Simpson. the notary, who does not e
lu- list and who did not exist as a nota
sit on the dates mentioned This is look
,,s upon as another forgery similar to tn
~. In the Baer case. which led to Conwa,
'rk undoing.
pa Not all Of the missing brokers' frien
my have deserted him. a great many G
,aII presslons OF sympathy are heard b
nm few believe he intends to return to 8;
- Lake. AS his friends look at II. Co
!, way began on the same theory as
~ faulting cashiers. by taking SIN
ter amounts from various sources, a
speculating with other peoples mon'
nde The money did not double, as Is oft
on the case. and he got deeper and dee
- ,er in the mire. Conway was making
good deal of money In legitimate WI
NJ But for his fondness for wine and wo
the en-. his friends say. ne would ne,
'ers have gone astray. He was known as
,ay, Jolly good fellow" among his asso
the lates. being amiable always and agr
go, able to letting go OF his money in
~" ururohtable way.
on Jay Rogers. who represents the HO
hat Of New York. was yesterday appoin
hey 20 succeed Conway as resident ag
rom for the Atlas of London. The appoi
had ment was made by Special Age
- Manning and Alverson and Is effect
80 at once. Mr.. Rogers being empowe
I'M 20 issue policies and collect all
counts outstanding. With the age
'ked Mr.. Rogers accepted the place of
rom 'tcrney for this district. with power
re- accept service In all legal matters
80, the company.
A report was IN circulation alb
the town yesterday that Conway had
OF arrested at Pocatello. The story :
the untrue.