The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-09-17
HART IS STILL
TELLING THINGS
CFDon Saturdays Advertiser,

A&oNs2 Hart Is Still coaseSSinS. Yes
ss-Say afternoon he Acknowledged
having taken checks which had come
into the offies ot the Standard OH Com
p&ny in the regular line Of business.
endorsing them with Mayors name.
per his own initials, and cashins them.
converting the money 70 his own use.
BE also confessed the truth Of the
SccGSAieas made against him by
Mayer, that Of having shipped three
hundred cases Of oil 10 Eva and pock-
e'1ns the money. He reissrates his
statement that the nsanipulstioas OF
the orders and the books were made
81 NSys-'s direction. however. and
persists in denying any completely in
Or knowledge Of the nre st the ksro-
Sene oil warehouse.
Al day yesterday Chief Taylor and
his men were working on the case snd
considerable additional evidence was
secured A great deal Of this points
10 Hart. but there are several points
uncovered Ch2r Will require a great
deSl Of explanation from Mayer.
As 70 the actual incsndiariSm st the
Kerosene warehouse nothing has as
Vet been discovered by the police that
they have made public. The chase
seems 10 have shifted altogether on
the ROW ulSin question as TO who is
guilty ot the large thetts Of oil from
the warehouse. When the whole truth
concerning the thieving is Learned the
police think that the matter OF clear
ing up the hre mystery Will De sn easy
task
4 definite charge against Hart was
made yesterday, he having been de-
t2ined by the police so far only on
Investigation He was formally charg-
81 yesterday, on complaint OF Superin-
ce1denc OF Public Works Holloway, OF
having destroyed public records II
any charges should arise out OF the
matter against Mayer they will prob
ably be OF the same nature as have
been laid sgainst Hart. that OF de-
Stroying public records. In Hsrts
confession he states that his crime
Was done under Mayors orders. IL the
charges contained in the confession Of
aa enbezzler are worth anything.
Yesterday Mayer stated that he had
in his possession the written statement
o. his clerk, Hart, that he (Mayer)
had no share whatever in any OF the
shortages OF oil. This statement was
written Mayer says. when he had de-
tectei Hart in sending oil out with
out making any returns TO the COM
pSny for st. In this instance the
amount OF money short was s55s. res
ritutiol Of which was demanded
Hart brought in the money from some
source within { few days. That was
the occasion OF Hart. suspension, re-
ported yesterday
Mayer processes to be not worrying
about the outcome Of the affair. He
states that he has had an ilyeStiga-
ton Of HsrI's affairs under way for
sous time, quite independent OF the
police Investigation Experts are go
actions are being gone into He init
mates that the Territorial authorities
ara cloUiinE the issues now by max
ing every possible effort 70 clear them
selves Of any responsibility il the mat
ter o. shortage Concerning Hart, he
said yesterday;
Z did not know at the tine that
Hart applied for the position that he
had had trouble elsewhere, but after
making inquiries about town l heard
that he was z fine boOkkeeper and &
good man in the office, but needed
watching I thought I would give the
fellow g chance. determining not 70
put any temptation in his way and
believing that I could guard against
any mistakes 1 was busy for long
time with The erection Of the ware
hO1Se here and I have frequently had
10 make trips 10 the other Islands,
during which absences from the Office
/ naturally left matters in his hands,
trusting him for the handling Of the
orders Everything appeared 70 be all
right until recently I refer particu-
larry 70 the case OF the 800 cases o.
oil fur Eva pIntztio1-
= told him he would have 20 make
g0od and he made good the s555. I
aLs1 tod him that IN the event Of his
good all that he had taken he
would be immune from prosecution as
far Is was concerned Necessarily
I SUSPENDED him"