The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-03
MAKES VERY
CRAVE CHARGE
Arrest to Follow State.
ment Made by E.
Richardson.

Last night Thomas Everett Richard
son called at the Advertiser office and
made the following statement:
My name is Thomas Everett Rich
ardson, and L live in Honolulu Island
of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. 1 know
lender in Honolulu.
On the 23rd day of December, 1901, l
borrowed from said Fullerton the sum
of SIS, signing note for that amount
At that time 1 held a position as an
officer on the Honolulu police force, and
Fullerton required that 1 Also sign my
name to blank receipt for salary.
| left the police force a short time af-
terward ana worked in the country for
the next eight months. Upon my re-
turn to town | called upon Fullerton,
intending to settle my note to him,
that he had had to charge me interest
at the rate of ten per cent per month
that now owed him $145 on the orig
inal loan of S75. 1 was amazed and
quite angry, and protested finally of
/ fering him 500 in full settlement be-
lieving that s25 interest on the original
fused to settle on that basis and told
me that 1 must pay him $145. 1 re-
| fused TO pay any such sum and left his
office.
Shortly afterward 1 went to Lanai on
business, where I remained for about
ten months. On my return to Honolulu
Fullerton stopped me in the street one
day and told me to go TO his office and
= Ii
and Fullerton told me then that the
note was increasing every month and
that L now owed him SITS, which I must
pay. I offered him $3.50 to settle the
matter, as L was very much alarmed
at the rapid increase of the amount btit
he refused TO accept the $3.50. Shortly
afterward l was appointed again as a
mounted policeman in Honolulu. And
as soon as 1 obtained that position, Full
lerton again kept dunning me for set
tlement of his claim, threatening that
unless 1 would settle the whole amount
of his claim he would stop my pay and
cause me to lose my position on the
police force.
In September, 1903 I paid Fullerton
so, and promised to pay him $50 at
the end of the next month. This
penses necessarily incurred for my
horses and equipment due to my ap-
pontment mounted policeman. Full
lerton continued to dun me for set
tlement of IS claim, threatening me
with removal from the force unless I
settled it in full.
On December 81, 1908, when I went to
| the police station for my pay, 1 was
fol- Nv ~. OH
| was no money for me, an assigned war
rant having been filed with the auditor
against the full months salary of a
hundred dollars by J. E. Fullerton.
Immediately went to see Fullerton and
asked him what he meant by taking
such an action and stopping my pay.
Fullerton then told me that unless
signed a note for the sum of $235,
which he claimed the interest had now
caused my debt of $75 to grow into. that
he would not release my warrant and
would cause me to lose my position on
the police force by complaining that 1
would not pay my just debts. I was
penniless and without any means of
relief. and owing to his threats and
the necessity of my obtaining some
money, a we'll as the fear of losing my
signed this new note. Fullerton then
went with me TO Mr.. Dow's office. and
drew the $1Oo pay and gave me $50,
keeping back $40. In all, I have paid
Fullerton about $3.50 or $3.50 interest on
the $75 loan.
I have not borrowed any sum OF
money from him during all this time
except the sum of SIS which I mention
ed first.
Fullerton has obtained the money I
paid to him by threatening to again
stop my pay and to again complain to
my superiors and cause me to lose my
position.
Fullerton never gave me any receipts
for any money 1 paid him. And in
May, 1904. 1 became so discouraged over
this matter, and on account of Fuller
toms constant dunning for sums which
could not pay. I resigned from the
police force, and decided to leave the
Territory.
Fullerton met me in the Columbia
saloon the night before I left for San
Francisco. and told me that I was fool
ish To leave my position, and that if I
would return to work he would settle
UP with me for 800. 1 told him that it
was then too late. as 1 had already sold
my horses and outfit. I sailed for San
Francisco and remained away until
January, 1905.
met Fullerton after my return and
he told me that either owed him $50
or $3.50, I forget which. I told Fuller
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