The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-01
JIMMY BOYD DID
NOT RETURN TODAY
THE TOWN IS MORBID ON THE
sUBJECT-TREAsURER WRIGHT
IN SAN FRANCISCO TODAY.

James H. Boyd, Superintend Of
Public Works, did not return by the
Ventura today, as some expected and
many hoped he would. Probably no
question was as frequently asked to-
day as the one, Did Boyd get back?'
The town seemed morbid on the sub
ject.
Treasurer Wright is probably today
walking the streets of San Francisco,
unless indeed, he went over to Oak
land, or took the Overland to get far
ther away from Hawaii. The Alameda
sailed September "a, a week ago to-
day, and in all probability landed her
passengers, Wright included, yester-
day afternoon. At latest the Alamo
das passengers would be landed this
morning, and meet the San Francisco
Honolulu colony which is always down
at the wharf to meet the Alameda.
Manuel Cook, acting chief clerk of
the Public Works Department received
a letter from James H Boyd by the
Ventura In this letter Boyd says tina.
Mrs. BcYd's health is worse and that
she is a very sick woman. AS to the
troubles of his Office Cook says that
Boyd writes that he has not yet heard
anything definite and is awaiting defi-
mite information. The only information
he has received direct is letter writ
ten by Treasurer Wright on the day
the Ventura sailed September 3, the
day B. +. Wright was put under police
control, or in camera" as the Italians
might say. This letter, it seems, was
written hurriedly a couple of hours o.,
so before the Ventura sailed and mere
ly stated the fact that b. H. Wright
was in trouble, and promised to send
full particulars by the next steamer
which was the Doric leaving here Sep
tember II. However, according to the
letter received by Manuel Cook, Wright
did not write by the Doric nor the So
lace which sailed from here Septem-
Der IA, and was the last steamer to ar
rive from here before the Ventura
sailed. Probably Treasurer Wright's
oversight in this matter was due to the
fact that he had troubles of his own
coming on about that time. At any
rate according to the tenor of the let
ter to Manuel Cook, Boyd was very
much in the dark as to the b. H.
Wright troubles in his office. Accord
ing to Manuel Cook everybody else
supposed Treasurer Wright was writ
ing to Boyd fully on the subject, in
fact Wright gave out that impression
himself, and so no one else wrote to
him on the subject. Boyd left the Oc-
cidental Hotel where he was stopping
when he first went to the coast, and is
now at 500 Merrimac street, Oakland.
Returning Islanders by the Ventura
today say that the story of b. II.
Wrlghts defalcations was very well
known among the Honolulu colony
there. The San Francisco papers of
September 16, 10 and % had dispatches
from Honolulu on the subject, and files
of the Honolulu papers were received
on all these steamers, so that a pretty
clear idea of the situation was in the
possession of those who interested
themselves in the matter.
The following dispatch appeared in
the Call of September y, clearly inti-
mating that the affair was a pretty
serious one and that here at least it
was expected that Boyd would hasten
back.
HONOLULU, Sept. 14-B. H. Wright,
the suspended chief clerk of the Public
Works Department, was arraigned be-
fore Judge Wilcox yesterday to answer
to a charge of embezzllng $32S9.53 of
the public funds. The complaint was
sworn to by Deputy Auditor Henry c.
Meyers, Bail was fixed at $4,000. 1t is
expected that J. II. Boyd, Superinten-
dent of the Public Works Department,
will hasten back here from san Fran
cisco.