The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-26
MYSTERIOUS
CHECK PA iSER
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chants and the Oriental class especial
ly against cashing checks and the
warning given by the Star evidently
had results.
Last Saturday night man went to
a Chinese jewelry store on Nuuanu
street mauka of the Merchants Elk
change Saloon and asked the price of a
watch. He finally selected a watch
for which $16 WIS asked The man
rendered a check for $25 The Chinese
store keeper took the check and said
that he would go and get the cash, as
he did not have sufficient money to
make up the balance. The Chinese
started toward the rear of the store
His intention was to go out and notify
the police to apprehend the man. The
Chinese had received warning of the
check passer and suspected his visitor
The stranger began to smell a rat
He evidently became suspicious of the
Chinese for he hurried to the rear of
the store telling the Chinese not to
bother if the cash was not on hand.
The man took the check and left the
store. Just as the stranger was leav-
ing the store a soldier entered the
place. The soldier evidently knew the
man for, calling him by some given
name, he enquired what he was doing
T there The stranger made some reply
and disappeared.
The soldier whose name was f. H.
Kunkle, had left "A watch with the
Chinese to be repaired Vida heard
of the exchange of reorganization be-
tween the two men and he inquired of
the Chinese the name of the man who
had left the watch. The Chinese gave
1t, it was Kunkle. Yesterday Vida and
officer Leal went to Camp Mckinley
to hunt for Kunkle and were informed
that the man in company with some
other soldiers, was on a special detail
at the new military reservation. Vida
and Leal then went to there i'm search
of their man. Rather a strange cir
cumstance was the fact that when
Vida inquired for Kunkle it was from
flames that the inquiry was made,
Games occupied the tent next to Kun
kle's tent and happened to be near
when the officers made their appear
ance
Kunkle claimed to have been some
what "inattentive" Saturday night and
not to remember having spoken to any
body at the Chinese jewelry store
Vidas suspicious were attracted to
Games who seemed to suddenly grow
quite nervous and to be endeavoring
to get near to him and Kunkle, possibly
to overhear the conversation. Games
appearance also aroused the suspicious
of the officers He wore a plain gold
ring on one finger, had gold teeth and
his general appearance CORE sponded
to the few points of description that
the check victims had been able to
supply.
This morning Leal and Dias were
sent to Kahauilli in company with a
, number of Japanese and Chinese vic
Tins Of the check passer Games, so
the officers state, was positively iden-
titled by various Chinese and japanese
who had been swindled by means Of
the bogus checks, as the man who had
PASSED the checks on them He las
taken into custody on a warrant that
had been sworn out. Among the ef-
fects of Games were found some cloth
es that one of the Japanese store
keepers claimed to have sold to the
check passer and for which n bogus
check had been given.
Eames was brought to the city this
afternoon He denied completely I'm
the crime but the police are relying on
the identification Of the Oriental vic
Tins.