The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-01-28
ROBBED HER
EMPLOYER
A Young Waitress
Takes $50 in
Cash.
From Saturdays daily)

Through the medium of marked
coin local proprietor of bakery ana
ice cream parlor discovered yesterday
morning who has been reducing his
revenues for the past six weeks. The
marked coin was watched from the
time 1t was laid on a counter, until it
was covertly thrust under pair of
scales on the candy counter and finally
! slipped into the purse OF a young Ha-
waiian-Chinese girl who acts as a wait
ress in the establishment. The girl
was confronted with the evidences OF
| her guilt, and the purse gave up the
| tell-tale piece of money. a confession
was wrung from her. from which 1t de-
! veloped that not only had she taken
| the fifty cents, but in the six weeks
| time she had been employed she had
| taken altogether $3.50 belonging to the
! proprietor. Fearing that she would be
arrested, she promised to pay $50 today,
$50 tomorrow and the balance some
| time during next week. on her prom
| Use to do this no warrant was obtained
| for her arrest
For several weeks Mr.. Lutted of the
| New England Bakery has been losing
heavily from his daily receipts. Every
night when the cash was counted and
| the items on tne CdSn register uuueu
| up. there was q wide discrepancy in
the totals. Suspicion fell on the young
girl, but during this time, even with
the closest watching, there was moth
ing done by her, or rather seen done,
that would incrminate her. On some
days the amount missing would be in
| the neighborhood Of $40 or SIS. The
next day 1t would be double. Manager
Lutted scratched his head and wonder
ed. In the meantime the young girl
was enjoying life on 81 n week salary.
which was her compensation at a dig
zy pace. On her afternoons of duty
from the store she was generally seen
handling the reins behind spirited
livery horse and the buggy in which
she sat was the best to be had She
invited her friends and was quite q
familiar figure on Waikiki road and on
the downtown streets. During this
time she purchased in the neighbor-
hood Of six or seven fine dresses. to-
gether with shoes and hats. When not
working evenings, at the store she was
at the Orpheum, and always bought the
tickets.
On Wednesday Mr.. Luttcd marked a
quarter and laid it near the candy regis.
ter visit shortly after to the place
missing. In his haste to pin the truth Mr..
Iutted did not give the girl time enough
to get II into her purse He found It
under the cash register, where 1t had
been slipped. pending the time when It
could be safely taken out. Yesterday aft
ernoon the young lady cashier sold a
box of candy and received q 50-cent piece
in payment. She carefully marked the
silver coin and laid 1t on the rear coun-
ter. 1t remained there for some time.
Finally 1t disappeared, and 1t was not
to be found in the register till. While
the girl was in the lunch room, the cash
Ter found the money under the scales.
She allowed 1t to remain there Finally.
to give the young girl chance to put
1t in her purse or pocket, the cashier
went up stairs. on her return the coin
was gone from its place of concealment.
The cashier told the baker of the coin.
describing the marks she made upon It.
While all three were together in the
,salCsroom, the cashier suddenly inquired
where the half dollar was which she had
laid on the counter. The waitress spoke
up quickly:
"Oh, l haven't taken it! l had CO cents
when ] came here"
She opened her purse at the suggestion
of the baker and the latter picked out
Jo-cent piece and examined It, Tho
marks as described by the cashier were
there. Mr.. Lutted was Informed. and I'M
der his questioning the girl broke down
and confessed that she had taken about
$50. She begged that she be not ar
RI sted, and upon promising to pay back
in three equal installments, was allowed
to depart. Her father is said to be a
well-to-do Chinese.