The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-11-21
TREASURER
WRIGHT IS
INDICTED
Grand Jury Makes
Preliminary
Report.
CFrom Wednesdays daily)

The grand jury made a preliminary
report to Judge De Bolt yesterday
morning of the work already COM
pleted Indictments were returned
against William ii. Wright for the
embezzlement of 81, 949.91. and against
Nigel ii. Jackson for arson in the hrsi
degree. No report was made upon ths
cases of j. II. BOYD and b. III. Wright
committed from the district court
and Foreman j. G. Spencer stated tc
the jury court that the grand jury stin
had some work to do.
Yesterday was spent by the grand
Jury in investigating into the flight OF
Treasurer Wright. j. S. Splitter, the
man who sold somebody the grip
Wright carried away on the day of his
departure, High Sheriff Brown and the
telephone girl who saw Wright in Ma
goon's office, were before the inquisi-
ton. tatA8
There are now but fourteen working
members of the grand jury, which is
almost the smallest number that can
legally hold sessions. Spencer was APP
pointed foreman yesterday by Judge
De Bolt, because of Cleghorn's illness
and he signed the indictments present
ed in court. A number of Chinese were
before the jury yesterday.
The Indictment against Wright
charges that he on the 23rd day
of September being then an officer
of the Territory of Hawaii, employed
in the treasury of said Territory, to-
wit, as treasurer of said Territory OF
Hawaii, and being then intrusted with
and having possession, control and
custody, by virtue of his said office OF
treasurer, of thing of value, to-wit
$17,949.91 of the lawful money of the
United States of America and the Ter
ritory of Hawaii, then and there
feloniously did embezzle and fraudu-
lently convert and dispose of to his
own use and benefit, without the con
sent and against the will of the said
Territory of Hawaii, the owner there
of and entitled thereto"
The indictment against Nigel Jack
son alleges that he ION the Both
day of October in the year of our Lore
one thousand nine hundred and two
and in the nighttime of said day, will
fully, maliciously and feloniously, did
set fire to and burn the dwelling house
of Edward Brown Friel there situate
in which said dwelling house there
were then and there at the time OF
such burning certain human beings
occupants and inmates, to-wit, the
said Edward Brown Friel, Isabella
Cornwell Friel, Mary Isabel Jackson
Henrietta Cornwell Friel, Georgiana
Macfarlane Friel, Anabel Boiler (Voel-
ler), John Braddock Watson and one
Tobriner, whose full and true name Is
to the grand jurors unknown, and did
then and there and thereby commit the
crime of arson in the first degree"
The defendants indicted are ordered
to appear before Judge De Bolt at 8: 80
o'clock this morning for arraignment
Besides Wright and Jackson, the in
dictments are against the following
persons: Larceny, Lee Hon, Kahau-
leleO, All Chew, Juanito alias Lingua
de la Cruz. Hoopi, Kekoi, Kimura,
Kealoha, Pedro Rodrigues, Geronimo
Gregoria Able and Eliza Rosalio, All
Sing; assault and battery, Juan San
chez. Joe Tomokichi, owen Holt, Jr
Nakayama, Daikichi, August Herring
A. Reveira, Hioki, Miamoto, II. Moci
burglary, z. Naone, Jacinco, alias
Liingua de la Cruz; arson, Akoni Au;
malicious injury, Spianola, All On and
Pat Chez.
The following are the cases ignored:
Keoni Keawepua and Hoopii, larceny
second degree; Hama Ke Aloha, larceny
second degree; John Lua, larceny Sec
ond degree; Kalama, larceny second
degree; Yamasaki, Namura, Kuraatsu
Murasima, Sato and Takahashi, mali
cious injury; Joe Green, larceny first
degree: John Doe, alias ID. Kahai, as
sault and battery; Sam Keoniu, mali
cious injury; Shimada, larceny second
degree; d. Kat Snyoshi, larceny second
degree; Sam Keoniu, malicious injury:
Kuakini, larceny second degree.