The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-07
HOW DID REGO
MANAGE SCHEME
WITHOUT HELP?
Rather a PuzzIins Problem Presents
Itself to the Federal Authorities
for Solution in This.

Now could Manuel A Rego postmaster the fourth
Koloa pass money orders of the value of s27356
through postoce Honolulu without coluson the
OF somebody the Kooa office?
That is the question whose solution engaging the
the local Federal officials That they will solve it. goes
without saying That their trade That things will be doing
they likewise goes without saying And then Rego
may have company in Oahu jail.
Rego formally custody yesterday upon charge
defraudng States Postoce Department and had his
District Commissioner
Judd Attorney Humphreys represented him. but advanced de-
fense the The only witness examined at the hearing
yesterday Inspector Hare who down Koloa
with whom Rego back this
testified that when he first discovered the shortage
Rego said that apparent merely due to the fact that
Spadng, deputy, had made his books He wanted
days time which the books, when he said 1t
appear there nothing Hare replied that he
would ahead things they and then Rego admitted
had taken the but said that he had banked it at
Hawaii Bishops bank and that he
would restore it.
VERY we'll" answered Hare. check for it"
The given Hare said that he would ee
graph much held by them de-
pos credit of Rego The sent Rego offering
objection and received from the Bank OF HAWAII
although Bishop replied held $Ioo the credit of
Rego's
When he was confronted with messages
Rego money used his business
brought Honouuor be asked to
come to Honolulu, and he
testimony adduced the hearing and
the defendant stating that he had nothing to ad
vance at this time Commissioner Judd committed Rego Oahu
prison default OF thousand dollars bail He was
0 the Jail and is there
Behind a will make good reading when
although the officers ready tell
used be king of kooa but his throne has
been tottering little past said There time
kOlOa without RegO
attempted until his advice had
been approval He had the only business
the the plantation people
they pleased and he had much cane
planted out on contract. Indeed, he has that yet.
This however, allowed to go on Hackteld 4 Co.
opened Kooa doing rushing trade and
did taken ego lhen although
appearances IS SAID that certain
Honolulu he e
could realize his contracts al
though there believe that they would have
paid him out if he realized is believed that he
the chance to Uncle Sam by his crude system
OF fake money intending all back when his returns
such OF this
that he was led aav He king long, that he took
desperate chance himself being driven the wall
Evidently he did realize that the
arm OF Uncle than the OF creditor and that
Federal Government cannot be
forgery will lie because OF the signature to
fake order assignments the OF people who had knoW
being used question
for the LAWYERS jail unable
bond that the OF his shortage and he
NAV have copanv-ne game he worked crude that
allowed go because OF its crudy nobody beeV
ino that sane man attempt anything foolish However,
while the that probably not true The govern
nent surrounds order with safeguards
lust such crude done by Rego If did not the
money order would be popular 1t because
OF the feeling security that people send by postal
order.