The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-12-05


NJ uccaudisssi y Nf Chnlinf.
worth b. NJ Austin in the habit ~
coming to Bou and asking 300 VI goa
had turned over your money a. ~
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A. o. Is tha nrst time ln my ra.H..er.
U.H. Im positive D. d. tbe Bret uw.
o. 1i. rrEDr bat that ONE t.ire asked
EHu DO tnu bad turned over your
money!
g. Tuat e the only time. In c1sa
I, want "a the report hurried up
.,uId ... letters addressed 10 The rher-
.u hy hm that b. all
HENRY HAPATs STATEMENT
The Chairman. O. MIR. Hapai. will
read you this section Of Mr.. Doles let
ter to Mr. Austin, which says: THAT
on or about the sixth day of July. 1902,
YOU passed a check OF upwards of Sl7OO,
drawn by yourself in favor Of Henry G.
Hapai, Registrar OF Public Accounts
in the Territory Of Hawaii. said check
being drawn on the First Bank Of Hilo.
you having no funds and knowing that
YOU had no funds in said bank to pay
said check or any part thereof, and the
same being drawn and issued by you
to obtain money thereupon for your own
personal use In your individual ca
pacity."
A. 1t was the day, at least the night
| left Hilo on the steamer on my way
back to Honolulu; that was about
eleven o'clock; the steamer was to leave
about half past eleven that night and
Mr.. Austin came aboard to post let
ter for me: he said: THE explanation
is in the letter, will you do it as
favor" / said: Certainly" He said:
There is check on the banking house
Of Bishop & Company in the letter.
He said: II want you to present 1t on
the morning of your arrival in Homo
lulu to the bank" / said: VERY well. !"
| did not open the letter then, / put 1t
in my pocket. After the steamer left
/ thought | would open it. / went back
to my room to see what was in the let
ter. / opened it, looked at it, and the
letter was written to me to deposit
check-to deposit the money at Bishop
d Company. | looked at the check, 1t
was made payable to my order. / said
that won't work." i said it right there
to myself, because | don't know whether
he has money in the bank at Hilo, or
not; it was but a check on the Bank of
Hlo, payable to my order OF course
these checks are collected here at the
Bank of Hawaii. So l got to Honolulu
on Monday morning to draw the money.
/ had the check so / took it personally
down to Clarence Cooke at the Bank of
Hawaii. l said: Il do not like to put
my endorsement on this check and col
lcct the money from you, because
whether MIR. Austin has funds in Hilo
or not ! don't know, because if l do
collect the money and deposit this cash
in the Bank of Bishop & Company |
Mould have to collect the money from
the Bank of Hawaii for that check on
/ the Bank of Hilo. Instead Of that
! said to Mr.. Cooke: II will tell you what
8 | will do: / will deposit the check here
and endorse it on the back for collec-
ton only you can make receipt foi
the check and / will hold the receipt
and you send the check to Hilo and II
il is all right then of course my en-
dorsement for collection only answer
ing the purpose, / will collect the mon
ey and deposit it with Bishop & Com
pany and if it is not all right the CHECK
goes back and | will give you the re-
ceipt for the amount of the check anC
YOU give me the check and / will pas:
it back to the owner of it,
@. Mr.. Hapai, this is the whole o
the transaction that took place?
A. | held Mr.. Cookies receipt till tn
return of the steamer. Mr.. Cooke tele
phoned up: You had better come dow
and get the check, it is no good At Hi
To-" | went down and he gave me tn
check and / gave him back the receipt
On the steamer the check went up b.
| wrote to Mr. Austin and told him
did not think | must hold myself re
sponsble to endorse any such checl
made payable to my order; l told hin
| sent it to the Bank of Hilo for col
I lection, and on the steamer that tn
check came back on he came back, toe
on Monday morning he came down t
the office; l got the check from tn
, Bank of Hawaii and gave it to Austin
@. Mr.. Hapai, why did you think MI
, Austin had no funds In Hilo?
/ A. Because l simply suspected; be
cause there were some checks of hi
i that were drawn on the bank dow
here that We're refused payment be
cause there We're no funds. If he didn
, have funds here, why should he hav
: funds in Hilo?
: Mr.. McCandless: Q. That check wa
+ dishonored in Hilc. was it?
a. 1t was returned; it was rot paiC
( @. Written or it: mo funds?"
' \. Nothing was written on it, jus
4 returned. Mr.. Cooke, of the Bank {
= Hawaii, told me it was returned, h
= had no funds in Hilo.
i g. You refer to other checks, wha
: check for any amount was given hel
. in Honolulu and no funds to meet 1t?
1 a. There We're some checks befol
4 that but l cannot recollect what the
[ We're, but | have had checks after thf
5 that We're refused pay ment.
5 THE VANNATTA AFFAIR.
: @. There was IA check came here q
| the sixth of July, on account OF NJ
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