The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-22

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would not do if allowed to retain at
| least little of his money.
| Forced to make a settlement with his
| partner, Bean only had one resource,
! and that was to make a clean breast of
! it, and then it was that on the advice
of the man who had lost through him,
| that they went to an attorney, and
sought his counsel.
| After the retaining fee had been paid
| over, Attorney Andrews spent a large
! part of one night and part of the fol-
! lowing day in investigating the truth
of the statements made TO him, and
| after that, he was convinced that his
| client had been the victim of a. cold
blooded swindling scheme, A man by
| the name of Gray was one of the par
! ty, and when questioned by Andrews
| made one statement, and when inter-
viewed for the Advertiser, gave quite
| another version of the affair. Both
versions appear in these columns.
Posing as a man of considerable
wealth, and of good appearance. with
a sfnattering knowledge of rocks and
profession under the guise of that OF
81 mining engineer. Claiming to be
travelling only for his health, and in
cidentaily looking for judicious invest
ment of his surplus capital he readily
makes the acquaintance of the buSi-
ness man, and too often gains his con-
fidence. Men of his stamp should not
be permitted within the confines of any
civilized community, and in this case,
the same as in all others where the
| public welfare is concerned, the Ad-
vertiser will do it's share in bringing
them before public gaze in such a man
ner that they will be rendered incapa-
! BILE of further harm.
e ttorney Explains Affairs.
Late Thursday afternoon two mer
who introduced themselves as Colone
! Bean and Mr. Manson, colored, called
upon me at my office, said Attorney
/ Lorrin Andrews, "and stated that one
! of them had been robbed of large
sum of money while intoxicated, by {
man who said his name was Allen.
They claimed that it was necessary
| that they should leave Honolulu the
| next day by the. steamer China fol
the Coast, but wanted the manner II
which they were relieved of their mon.
ey investigated. and themselves placed
in a position so that when they re.
turned to this city they would be en-
abled to proceed criminaiiy agains
! Allen.
Il investigated the story of the mar
who claimed to have been robbed, ant
in every detail it was substantiated by
man named Gray, who swore that hi
had also lost s123 in poker game
and that it was within three dollars
I of all the money he had in the world
Their stories showed that the old bunct
game had been worked once more
where a man named Beckley had cul
tivated the acquaintance of the intend
ed victims. and has posted his confed
crate, so that when Bean and AlleI
We're brought together, Allen was abl.
to cite many mutual acquaintance
and show that he was generally famil
lar with Beans business affairs.
The intimacy in this case ended II
Allen inviting them to Waikiki to lool
after some business proposition that h,
wished to broach to them All unsus
pecting, they were soon seated in {
hack and several stops were made OF
the road for the purpose of obtaining
drinks. In each instance Allen insist
ed upon paying for the liquor, an(
generally made himself a good fellow
thereby winning the confidence or hi
victims.
Finally, according to the statement
of Gray and the hackman, they wen
to small cottage on the premises o
the Waikiki Inn and INDUCED in sew
eral more rounds of drinks until Bear
and Gray We're stupid from the effects
OF the liquor. They We're so affected
that neither one was able to give
clear account of what happened, bu
both assert that they remember play
ing poker and that the game endet
only when all of the money was in tn
possession of Allen.
Gray also says that he saw ALE,
deliberately put his hand in Bean
pocket and take out some money, an.
place it on the table so that he coul,
win it. The hackman states that wnel
they were back in the hack he hear,
Bean accuse Allen of winning all of hi
; money, and complained that he ha,
been robbed. Allen was heard to sa,
that he would return it on the day fol
lowing, but failed to keep his engage
ment, and they have not seen any o
their money since that evening.
After investigating these stories
and finding that Allen was generan
reputed to be professional confidenc
man, l went to his residence in com
pany with the colored man and wa
met at the door by a woman who sal
she was Aliens wife. In answer t
my query as to whether Mr.. Allen wa