The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-23
SIEMSEN
FALSIF|ED
Relative of Mr.. Creier
COnfronts the
Thug.

| Thug.
Inc Can says: Confronting John
Siemsen, leader OF the gaspipe murder
ers, in his cell at the Bush-street sta
ton yesterday with Captain of Police
Mooney, G. H. Hanna, relative by mar
rage of the retired planter, August
Dreier' declared that the prisoner was
guilty of gross Misrepresentation in
ters son.
Ihls man is a liar said Hanna II
know all of Dreier's sons and am will
ing to 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, lapsed into sullenness after Han
ma had seen him and refused to discuss
himself or his family further
Hanna, who is travelling man who
lives at Sausalito besides disproying
Siemsen's story of his lineage, told who
Carrie Dreier was and cleared up all
the mystery associated with names that
nave been employed frequently by
Siemsen in letters to women that have
fallen into the hands Of 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 so familiarized himself with
the Dreier family history but he has
evidently been making use of it to fur
Their his intrigues.
Carrie Dreier is one of two sisters
who are the daughters of Mrs. Caro-
line Clark and a minister of the Epis-
copal church who is now dead. Mrs.
Clark is still alive, however, and I can
imagine her indignation as we'll as that
of other persons related to the Dreier
family at hearing of this self-confessed
murderer making use of their names.
Both of the Clark sisters were very
attractive-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 at present chief clerk of the
Supreme Court in Honolulu.
ut does not seem right that respect
able people should be drawn into
matter of this kind, but I believe that
complete candor is the only way to
effectually dismiss the stories this man
is telling
Hanna, who was formerly in the gov
eminent service at Honolulu, speaks
Hawaiian f1uently. He is a personal
friend Of Chief Oman, and it was the
latter who induced him to call at the
Bush-street station and dispose of the
stories of Siemsen. He chatted with
the prisoner for more than twenty min
utes, but could get him to make but
few admissions about himself.
PROBABLY HAS WHITE FATHER
Il don't recall ever having seen Stem
sen before said Hanna, "but he
claims that he remembers having seen
ME in the islands. I should judge from
his appearance that he had White
father.
He bears absolutely no resemblance
to 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 Dre1er
family residence is on Beretania street
the same street on which Queen Lill-
uokalani has her homeland the planter
is among the best-known men in the
islands.
This is not the first time that
kanaka crook has passed himself Off as
the son of eminent people. It's an OLD
trick among them. The race Is an
imaginative one and when a kanaka
goes wrong he doesn't let a name stand
in his way to further his ends. l re-
member somewhat similar case 10
this some time ago, when a kanaka, alb
solutely without fortune, passed hlm-
self off as a prince and succeeded IN
deceiving the daughter of San FRAN
cisco butcher into marriage.
""The use of Carrie Dreier's name oy
Siemsen in his letters, however, Is
something for which I can see no ex-
cuse, and I'm glad of the opportunity
to deny authoritatively, after seeing
and talking with him, all the stories
he has been passing off concerning MS
relations with the planters house
CABLEGRAM EXPLAINS.
Hanna's reputation of Siemsen as
son of the planter was borne out IN
a. cablegram to The Call last night from
Honolulu It reads as follows:
August Dreier, the planter, denies
that Siemsen, the kanaka sef-conIessed
murderer of San Francisco, is his son.
1t is believed here that the real name
of the criminal is John Siemsen. Stem
sens brother, Charles, is postmaster at
Hilo and his sister is the wife of George
Ross, former manager of the Hakalan
Siemsen and Dabner were formally
charged with the murder of the Japa-
nese banker, Murakata, yesterday py
Captain of Detectives Duke. They VIII
be arraigned in Judge ShortalPs court
this morning at 1890 o'clock, when
special detail of police will be on hand
to guard them.
E. E. Gillon, the hardware dealer VINO /
was among the men held up by Stem
sen and Dabner. identified the former |
Yesterday at the Bush-street station as