The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-01-27
WRIGHT IS
IN MI XICO
lie Was Seen There
Within a
Month.

william II. Wright former Terrific
rial Treasurer who left Honolulu last
September quite suddenly and leaving
shortage OF about 5000, has been
located. He is reported to have been
seen In small town in Southern Mex
leo less than n month ago. by a former
resident of the city. He is not employ
ed at present, according to to the IN
formation received in this city, but Is
living as best he can off the money he
was able to obtain just PRIOR to ms
hurried departure on the Alameda.
Though Treasurer Wright is alleged
to have embeZzled about $4,000 OF the
money belonging to the Territory OF
Hawaii. or rather from the Chinese
fund, yet II does not appear that he
carried away with him any OF his III
gotten gains The /. o. U. left by the
defaulting treasurer was placed In his
private safe about a month prior to
his flight. and If it had been his inten-
ton to take more, there was In the
neighborhood of $4,000 still remaining
in the safe, which he might have car
ried away just as easily as not.
1t is said though that Wright did
obtain some money, several thousand
dollars. just before his leaving, as
loan upon the real estate he owned In
the city.
The search made for him was not
very thorough. officer McDuffie went
to San Francisco on the steamer fol-
lowing the Alameda, but Wright had
nearly a weeks start, and though he
was detained in Quarantine for several
days, McDuffie did not locate him. At
that time he was supposed to have
taken a train for the South. and it was
currently reported that he could be
found in Mexico though no search in
that direction was made. The informa-
ton lately received here is that he is
in small town in Southern Mexico
and evidently making but little efforts
to conceal his identity. 1t is supposed
that some Of his friends and all of his
relatives know just exactly where he
is, though there has been no attempt
to trace him through his family. Mrs
Wright and her children are still in the
city and living at their Emma street
hcme.
Attorney General Dole stated yester-
day that he had received no informa-
ton as to the whereabouts of the miss
ing treasurer and that nothing was be-
ing done towards finding him. The ex-
tradition papers which We're secured
within "A short time after his escape
were said by Mr.. Dole to be still in
the hands of the San Francisco police,
| though copies of the papers were
brought back by officer McDuffie.
The lack of interest being taken by
the San Francisco police in Wright's
whereabouts is easily accounted for.
No reward was offered for his capture
and there has been no offer of expenses,
so that it Is not probable that the San
Francisco police would exert them
selves much, even though the treasur-
er was in that city.
The failure to offer a reward Is ac-
counted for by the Attorney General
by the lack of an appropriation for
that purpose. Though the money could
| be taken out of the general expense
fund, 1t would leave that appropria-
ton insufficient to cover the remainder
of the biennial period. II Wright is
really wanted by the authorities the
legislature will probably be asked to
make an appropriation for the Offering
OF reward and the expenses OF his
Irecapture.