The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-23
S|EMSEN
FALs|F|EO

Siemsen, leader OF the gasplpe murder
ers. In his cell at the Bush-street sta
ton yesterday with Captain OF Polio
Mooney. q. IL. Hanna. relative by mar
riage of the retired planter. Angus
Dreier. declared that the prisoner wa
guilty of gross Misrepresentation Il
trying to pass himself of as the lat
ters son.
This man is liar" said Hanna. I"
know all of Dreers sons and am vii
Ing to swear that he has no right I,
make use of their name"
siemsen. who had persisted through
out the day that he was telling tn,
truth, lapsed into sullenness after Han
ma had seen him and refused to discus.
himself or his family further.
Hanna, who is n travelling man who
lives at Sausalito. besides disproving
Siemsen's story of his lineage, told who
Carrie Dreler 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 of the police since
his arrest.
SIEMsEN USED NAME.
! Carrie Dreier Is my sister-in-ia
said Hanna. II don't know how STEM
sen has SO familiarized himself with
the Dreier family history, but he has
evidently been making use of 1t to fur
Their his intrigues.
4, 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 cal,
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
MISUNDERSTANDING girls. Carrie was
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.
1T does not seem right that respect
able people should be drawn into a
matter of this kind, but believe that
complete candor is the only way to
effectually dismiss the stories this man
Is telling"
Hanna, who was formerlyin the gov
eminent service at Honolulu, speaks
Hawaiian fiuentiy. He is a personal
friend of Chief Oman. and 1t was the
latter who induced him to call at the
ush-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.
HAS WHITE FATHER
II don't recall ever having seen Siem>
sen before" said Hanna, but he
claims that he remembers having seen |
me In the islands. 1 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 16 years old
and is still going to school. The Dreier
family residence Is on Beretania street
the same street on which Queen Lii
has her homeland the planter
Stands.
This is not the first time that n
crook has passed himself off as
he son of eminent people. It's an old
rick among them. The race Is an
one and when a kanaka
goes wrong he doesn't let name stand
N his way to further his ends. / re-
somewhat similar case to-
his some time ago, when kanaka, alb
'olutely without fortune, passed him
'elf off as prince and succeeded In
leceiving the daughter of San Fran
isco butcher into marriage.
1.-THE use of Carrie Dreier's name by
'iemsen In his letters, however. Is +.
omething for which can see no ex-
use, and I'm glad of the opportunity
o deny authortatively, after seeing :
nd talking with him, all the stories
e has been passing off concerning his
Citations with the planters house."
CABLEGRAM EXPLAINS.
Hanna's reputation of Siemsen as a
on of the planter was borne out In
cablegram to The Call last night from
1t reads as follows:
August Dreier. the planter. denies
nat Siemsen. the kanaka self-confessed II
murderer OF San Francisco, Is his son. +
il believed here that the real name a
the criminal is John Siemsen. Stem
ems brother, Charles, Is postmaster at
lilo and his sister Is the wife of George
Joss. former manager of the Hakalau c.
h
Siemsen and Dabner were formally
harged with the murder OF the Japa-
ese banker. Murakata. yesterday by
aptain Of Detectives Duke. They will u
? arraigned In Judge Shortall's court Il
his morning at 1880 o'clock, when
,eclal detail of police will be on hand .,
guard them.
e. e. Gillon, the hardware dealer who :"
as among the men held up by Stem
n and Dabner. identified the former. -
'sterday at the Bush-street station as ~
lie Of the pair who robbed him. The -. y.
lice said there was no ground for :.
DRY in currency yesterday that Stem '"
n tried to escape while having his ~
oxen finger dressed at the Genital "
nergency hospital
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