The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-11
HONOLULU MEN
ARRESTED FOR
HELPING REGO
Two of Them in Custody and the
Koloa Deputy, SpaIding, is
Likewise in Oahu Jail.

There have been something like engaged in
Treasury through post
Office Rego directing perhaps
principal beneficiary However, all probable that
Rego got all.
Two men we're arrested in Honolulu last night by
States Marshal end, charged with completely in the Kooa
postal frauds John Spadng who Rego deputy post
brought down from Kauai yesterday also the custody
Marshal And this may be the end
The last night c. Abreu, formerly
employed by Rego his Koloa, and Gulheme
Pereira Brihante who and Regos
upon which the taken into
custody charge them with presenting for payment to dsbursn
United orders that had been issued by
and
II seems operation ring,
Rgo Spalding both OF te when there need OF
carry Rego Kooa business any other
order, series OF them using the name OF
some prominent Kauai known to be Kauai who
OF course would nothing This
carried by trusted to Homo
lulu collected OF variant OF this system
directly the bank here for collection
Regos good, easy thing in the begin
ming for him kite the orders although OF course the deficit
grew, became and difficult 1t was in tact system
give itself later and that for
than because there several people besides Ro
the facts.
yesterday afternoon Hedy had trouble
little trouble in finding Abreu at his place business
at 146I Iuzo street The great
prise when he taken into custody merely saying the door
O Oahu Prison closed upon him:
We'll, that's all right only did it for Rego'
somewhat harder locate, and first it was
thought trying keep of the least until
morning suppostion being that he desired until day
light he would then be able to furnish bail
Also that Rego would back to koloa last
his business affairs and that he
would take with him However seemed that
the man was only out way by because he
presently taken into custody
The two prisoners spent night Oahu Prison. where in
another building also Spadng quarered This
Young fellow Spading half white tall specialized looking
much more like defaur decidedly the coolest
for completely in the hooa frauds
His wife accompanied Kooa when he down the
CUSTODY with her mother and Spalding
Marshal office yesterday In the
Spadng broke down tor the first
his arrest, minging his with theirs
weakness, he was calm and col
ected times asserting Rego and not himself entirely
nembered discovery OF the frauds Rego has
blamed deputy their existence and SPadng has blamed
Rego
Spadne was United States District Court Com
yesterday before and held to
the sum OF upon of defraudmg the by
fraudulent order for SIOO drawn the
name m A examination Monday
N o'clock a M and OF bail he prison He
EXPRESSED the hope he would be able the
bond day taken back the Marshals office
but was returned to prison p being unable find
In the desired
Reao made yesterday the effect that the short
Koloa accumulated only three months
be established that this shortage
occurred within the months, said Rego 1t seems to
that an attempt lead people infer that the Postal De
partnen made examination OF the kooa posoce books not
There examination made three
on j.