The San Francisco call., 1906-11-10
CLAIMS MURDERER
TOLD UNTRUTH.
Says He Has No Right to
Use the Name of Planter
or Any of His Family
LETTERS ALL BOGUS

LETTERS ALL BOGUS
Confronting John Siemsen, leader OF
the gaspipe murderers, in ms cell a.
the Bush-street station yesterday with
Captain Of Police Mooney, 9. H Hanna
relative by marriage Of the retired
planter. August Dfeier. declared ttat
the prisoner was guilty of gross mis-
representation in trying TO pass hlm-
self of as the latter's SON.
This man is a liar said Hanna I
know all of Dreier's sons and am Will
ing 10 swear that he has no right TO
make use Of their name.
Siemsen. who had persisted through
out the day that he was telling the
truth. lspsed into sullenness after
Hanna had seen him and refused 70
discuss himself or his family further
Hanna. who is j travelling man who
lives At Sausalito. besides dispToving
Siemsen's : story of his lineage, told who
Carrie Dreier was and cleared UP all
the mystery associated with names
that have been employed frequently by
Siemsen in letters TO women that have
fallen into the HANDS oi the police
since his arrest.
SIEMSEN USED NAME.
Carrie Dreier is my sister-in-law,
said Hanna I don't know how Stem
sen has 50 familiarized himself with
the Dreier family history. but he has
evidently been making use Of il TO fur
ther his intrigues-
Carrie Dreier is one of two. sisters
WHO are the daughters of Mrs. Caro-
line Clark and q minister Of the Epis-
copal church who is now dead. Mrs.
Clark is still alive however, and I can
imagine her indignation as well as that
Of other persons related to the Dreier
family AT hearing Of this self-con-
fessed murderer making use of their
names
Both Of the Clark sisters were very
strrsctive-looking girls. Carrie was
married TO Emil Dreier. oldest son of
the Kauai planter. and the other sister
is my wife Henry Smith, uncle of the
girls is al present chief clerk of the
Supreme Court in Honolulu.
1T does not seem right that re-
spectacle people should be drawn into
q matter Of this kind. but I believe
that complete candor is the only way
10 e6ectually dismiss the stories this
man is telling
Hanna, who was formerly in the
Government service at Honolulu
speaks Hawaiian huently He is a per
sonal friend Of Chief Dinan, and it was
the latter who induced him TO call al
the Bush-street station and dispose OF
the stories of Siemsen. He chatteo
with the prisoner for more than TWEEN
u minutes. but could not get him To
make bat few admissions about him.
self
PROBABLY HAS WHITE FATHER.
I don't recall ever having. seen
Siemsen before. said Hanna, but he
claims that he remembers having seen
me in the islands I should judge from
his appearance that he had q white
father
He bears absolutely no resemblance
10 any Of the Dreier boys. There are
three OF these sons@Emil. Edo and
August The latter is only Is years
old and is still going to school The
Dreier family residence is on Bretania
street.-The same street on which Queen
Liliuokalani has her home-and the
planter is among the best-known mer
in the islands
This is not the first time that q
Kanaka- crook has passed himself of
as the son Of eminent people. It's ar
old trick among them. The race is ar
ma glnstive one and when z Kanaks
goes wrong ne doesn't let a name stand
in ms way 70 further his ends. I re
member e somewhat similar case tC
this some tine ago, when a Kanaka
absolutely without fortune, passec
himself OF as q Prince and succeeded
In deceiving the daughter of a Sar
Francisco butcher into marriage.
The use Of Carrie Dreier's name bl
Siemsen in his letters. however. il
something for which I can see no ex
cuse. and I'm glad of the opportunity
to deny authoritativels, after seeing
and talking with him, all the stories
he has been passing of concerning
his relations with the planters house.
CABLEGRAM EXPLAINS.
Hanna's reputation Of Siemsen as
son OF the planter was borne out il
q cablegram 70 The Call last nigh
from Honolulu. It reads as follows:
August Dreier, the planter, denie
that Siemsen, the Kanaka,. self-con
fessed murderer Of San Francisco, i
his son. II is believed here that tn
real name Of the criminal is Johl
Siemsen. Siemsen's brother. Charles
is postmaster at Hilo and his siste
is the wife Of George Ross, forme
manager Of the Hskalau plantation.
Siemsen and Dabner were forinall
charged with the murder OF the Jap
anese banker, Murakata. yesterday b,
Captain Of Detectives Duke. They vii
be srrsi igned in Judge sShortalls cour
this morning at 1870 o'clock, when
special detail of police will be on han
to guard them
r. r. Gillon. the hardware deale
who was among the men held up b
SSemsen and Dsbner. Identified the for
mer yesterday at the Bush-street sta
ton as one of the pair who robbed hin
The police said there was no groun
for story in currency yesterday tina
Siemsen tried 10 escape while havin
his broken finger dressed at the Cen
tral Emergency Hospital