The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-03-15
RICHARDSON
COMMIT TED
Judge Binds Clerk Over
to the Circuit
Court.

Il
On charge OF embezzling 800 OF
public moneys. Vivian Richardson. for
mer chief clerk of the waterworks de-
,or,r,n, ,, ,, ,o,,, ~ ,,.
POI '''ie'' nos o'e' oo'''u o'e' W '"e
circuit court lor 'riai' Judge Dickey
round the evidence sutticient TO cause
the prisoner 10 nave MS case advanced
TO the circuit Court.
iacharuson was represented py Rop-
ertsoh " WIDER, the prosecution peing
looheo aitel ny hIsh Sherlil Brown
Inc complaint was READ, Specifying as
| one charge the ehpezzieinent OF Sloo
OF pupilc moneys from the Waterworks
| department. "llder denurred on the
ground that the complaint did not set
iorth sullicient taets TO sustain the
charge Oh erhpeZzerheht' alleging that
on the statute there was no such per-
son as the clerk OF the superintendent
OF NaterWorks VINO was IN charge OF
'he pupilc money. WIDER contention
was that the statute provided that the
Superihtehoeht OIL WaterworKs Is the
/ person 10 coliect water rates ana 10
Saies uaru moneys me demurrer was
oNerruieu ny 'uose Dlchey'
SUPERINTENDENT OIL "aterWorks An
uieW Brown was put OH 'he s'ahu ana
s'a'eu III answer 10 pues,ioii as W
Mna' were ''e uu''es Oh tie ci'ei e'eih'
'hat IL was MS uut9 10 coiiect al mon
ess que tne department. ana 10 nave
'hein III MS salekeep'hs' Inc chiei
cierk haa no oruers 10 remove moneys
peiohSIs W 'he department. Oh rep
ruary H. MI browh salu ne nau hau
conversation win the ueiehuant III
Whlch lie hau asked nun on WHAT risht
ne nau ehtereu the once, ana pues''oh-
eu MN aiso as 10 the amount OF money
he had taken. lie stated that the
I conversation was PracticailS confess
sion. Richardson hau then toid MN
lie had taken Sloo put hnd replaced II
the next morning Inc detehaant nau
not come TO the witness voluntarily.
Richardson SAID the money had peeh
taken on OF ABOUT FEBRUARY TO- Out he
was not sure OF the GATE Inc coh-
Versa'ion was heiu on March l.
Johh GouVela' hacKdriVer, testliieu
that about G5o p. m. on FEBRUARY IL ne
was called TO the Ahchor saloon pg
hlcharusoh' ne carried iiote ior
Richardson 10 CLERK "oouWaro Oh 'he
WaterWorKs ONCE VINO liFed on fuhch-
poWi. woodward had refused TO re-
turn win EouVeia' ana the iatter re-
ported the result OF ms MISSION 10
Richardson. GouVela was then IN
structed by Richardson TO return 10
woodward ana procure the Key 10 the
sale In the "aterWorks department
douVela loiloweu instructions. me
hackman then drove Rlchardsoh TO 'he
capitol building ana Richardson went
INTO the "a'erWorhs department "'oite'
lie returned ana tod douVela that the
combination had peeh chahseu anu ne
couid not open the sale' hicharosoh
was theN uriVeh 10 "oou"aru Piace
anu 'he coi'pihatioh was leai'e.'' ines
returned TO the WaterWoIks Office ne
was away LOT ABOUT hiteeh hiin utes'
lheg returned 10 the Alcnor s"'ooi',
HouVeia peihs pa'a 81 h!chatusoh hau
large quah'ily Oh soiu III MS poehe,'
IouVeia was iiViteu 10 take uri''h
ana went INTO the Saloon SeVer"i
men were IN the saloon paying uiee'
oouHeia '.''es 'N"t -, iiu ms I'm
Mhich hicharusoi pau ior, 'he natter
"ihs soi'le so'u oeio'e 'ne p'"''''
saying III III .he Saint
Secohu ,ierh baiiiei WoouW"Iu oi 'ne
"atelWorhs department saiu i'i'na''
son VISITED MN between o,So r"u
rioch 'he i's"t Vi anu
ASKED ior 'ne KEY ~ me saie an ~
ne eai'e 70 asN ioi me -
ne asAeo "oouN a.u " 80 o"IN w.
MN as ne was 100 luii 10 open ~ a'oiie'
WOODWARD reiuseu W go WIN nm
Key was returned 10 Wooa"aru III 'ne
morning woodward stated ne Knew
or government money ohiy peihS hePt
in the safe.
High Sheriff Brown stated that ne
was present at an Interview between
Assistant Attorney General Fleming
and Richardson on the morning of
March ., after the arrest. Richard
son had then stated he had driven from
the Anchor saloon on the night of Feb
ruary II to the Waterworks office and
had taken 800 from the safe. He said