The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-04

l 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: 1.-THE explanation
is in the letter, will you do it as a
favor" I said: Certainly" He said:
There is a check on the banking house
of Bishop & Company in the letter"
He said: 81 want you to present 1t on
the morning of your arrival in Homo
lulu to the bank 1 said: Very well.
did not open the letter then, put it
in my pocket After the steamer left
I thought 1 would open it. l went back
to my room to see what was in the let
ter. I opened it, looked at it, and the
letter was written to me to deposit
check-to deposit the money at Bishop
&, Company. / looked at the check, it
was made payable to my order l said,
that won't work. 1 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
Hilo, payable to my order. OF course
these checks are collected here at the
Bank of Hawaii So 1 got to Honolulu
on Monday morning to draw the money
1 had the check so l took it personally
down to Clarence Cooke at the Bank of
Hawaii. I said: II do not like to put
my endorsement on this check and col
lect the money from you, because
j whether Mr.. Austin has funds in Hilo
or not 1 don't know, because if | do
collect the moneys and deposit this cash
in the Bank of Bishop & Company l
would 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: 81 will tell you what
I will do: l will deposit the check here
and endorse it on the back for coliec-
! ton only you can make receipt Tor
| the check and I will hold the receipt
! and you send the check to Hilo and IL
| it is all right then of course my en-
dorsement for collection only answer
! ing the purpose, l will collect the mon
| ey and deposit it with Bishop & Com
pany and if it is not all right the check
| goes back and I will give you the re-
ceipt for the amount of the check and
| you give me the check and l will pass
! it back to the owner of it.
Q. Mr. Hapai, this is the whole of
the transaction that took place?
| A. l held Mr.. Cookies receipt till the
return of the steamer. Mr., Cooke tele-
phoned up: You had better come down
and get the check, it is no good at Hi
To-" 1 went down and he gave me the
| check and 1 gave him back the receipt.
On the steamer the check went up by
/ l wrote to Mr.. Austin and told him l
| did not think I must hold myself re-
| sponsible to endorse any such cheek
made payable to my order; / told him
1 sent it to the Bank of Hilo for col
| lection, and on the steamer that the
check came back on he came back, too
| On Monday morning he came down to
the office; 1 got the check from the
Bank of Hawaii and gave ii to Austin
Q. Mr.. Hapai, why did you think Mr.
/ Austin had no funds in Hilo?
A. Because ] simply suspected; be-
cause there were some checks of his
| that were drawn on the bank down
here that were refused payment be-
cause there We're no funds. II he didn'
have funds here. why should he have
funds in Hilo?
Mr.. McCandless: Q. That check was
dishonored in Hilo, was it?