The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-05
Porter ]. CONWAY
Recognized
Here.
WANTED NOW IN
SALT LAKE CITY
An Ascending Broker Came 10
Hawaii Under Assumed
Name.
\ 1RTER J. CONWAY. Of salt Lake


city. Utah. forger, embezzler and
defauiter. and now n fugitive
from Justice. arrived In Honolulu last
Friday night on the Mariposa under
the assumed name OF George Ciarkson.
and In a stop-over passenger en- route
for sydney. New South Wales.
Yesterday afternoon Conway was
recognized at the King street gate to
the capitol grounds by A. p. Taylor. a.
reporter for the Advertiser. who knew
conway In Salt Lake CITY, The recog-
milton was apparently mutual. Con-
way has not changed much in appear
snce In the last few years. with the
exception that his face In now clean
shaven. lie formerly wore heavy
brown mustache. His hair. once au-
burn. In now streaked with gray. He
was sttired In suit Of white duck.
patent leather shoes. wore fuzzy.
Hight gray fedora hat and carried a
lcamera. lie was TO all intents an easy
going tourist and was lelsureiy survey
ing the grounds and the building when
4 Iconfronted by the reporter.
| Porter Conway was real estate
lbroker and money lender In Salt Lake
lefty. lie moved In the best society and
was known as ~ good fellow and a per-
feet gentleman. Among the brokers
he was always considered as reputable
a man as could be found IN the bust
ness lie was bachelor. and this fact
. alone. with hts always ready cash
helped him IN the social life. He was
. Invited out everywhere. He was al
: ways To be found In the corridors oi
, the Knutsford. Salt Lakes finest hos
teiry. and always managed to get hold
Of some % the best deals In real estate
ON the stock board OF the Mining TX
change n few years ago Porter Conwa,
made an envIabIe record.
I'm the early part OF last month Sal
: Lake was startled by the newspape
= statements that Porter Conway hat
!: been declared guilty Of forging n yea
estate mortgage and obtaining none.
under false pretenses Then began tn
search for Conway. who had mysteri
oualy slipped out of the city. Tn
= sheriff of Salt Lake county found hir
lat the town of Murray ten miles sout
d Of Salt Lake. and there arrested hir
~ upon the charge Of forgery. This con
:. sisted In his having made mortgag
OF certain city property to a ma
- named wake on which There was a.
te ready n heavy mortgage. In givin
the mortgage the abstract " title II
- stated that Conway took the pains
-, take out the two pages ON which wet
p the records of the two former NOR
cages.
Then came rumors of shortages
"a Convay's accounts. with especial refel
=. snre 10 his connection with the insu
J, ance companies ne represented. III
Insurance companies were hard hi
M The Atlas of London was one OF q
a. sufrerers and n special agent OF u
" company attached some OF Conway
nroperty. The st. Paul Fire 4 Marir
- Company found that u had paid n
20 titlous claim OF 81. 200 endorsed by Coz
way as agent % the company.
- Then out OF the records OF the II
lcorder'a Office another instance of Co
nr. Way's forgery turned up. This was
or mortgage for $500 executed to 8.
w Fields. Mr.. Fields son. n resident
salt Lake. II we'll known to Honol
l,ana. ne having been here on a vi'
oil this sprinR for his health. The Hor
ie fife Insurance Company OF New Yo
- va. atso n loser. The Salt Lake .
oers state that Conway began as ma
ou bank defaulters--first by taking SIM
ler amounts and then larger ones. Co
N. vsv was under bail bonds and his ~
90. lIlmlnary hearing had been set. He
,ve suppoeed 90 have been defaui'
to the amount of about $4,000.
. United states Marshal Ray was ma
acquainted with the presence OF GO
w way In Honolulu and ne had conf
suce with United states District .
torney Baird. but the latter came to
ar conclusion that without proper pap
ma. land the evidence being only hearsl
st.. conway could not be arrested upon
complaint of the District Attorney
- an official notice came tc him OF C'
WAYS being n defaulter. lie said u
~ lin most states n was considered u
had Jurisdiction over fugitive fr
lfustIce whenever that certain state
laws relating TO criminals which
'on tanned In the states from which cr'
w, lnals were fugitlves from justice.
al Uirh sheriff Brown was asl
,us- whether he had had any advices fr
the Salt Lake relative 20 Conway. He
and piled that he had not. but he knew
! W such n man had arrived here on
unE Mariposa under the assumed name
80 George Ciarkson. The purser OF
80. vessel had told the High Sheriff Z
Z. Ian. mana name WAS not Clarkeon