The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
Is MYSTERIOUS
BAKER CRAZY!
Police Believe That the Man
Is the Victim of a
Mania


The latest theory of the police re-
| garding the mysterious individual whe,
under the name of John T. Baker, Jr.,
| wined and dined himself and his friends
at the Young Hotel and purchased ex-
travagantly and on credit at various
Oriental stores about town, is that he
is an insane man. This view of the
case is supported by papers found
among the effects of the man at the
Young Hotel. Among other papers was
an unfinished letter which reads as fol-
| lows:
Honolulu Insane Asylum, June 20, '09
s.Mr. ]. t. Baker, Hilo.
Here / am writing you this few
note, hoping you will receive it in your
hands. Say, dear uncle, how is your
condition of healtha ] suppose your
condition is getting along pretty well. z
| The letter breaks off short and is
unsigned, but it would appear that
Baker, or Bright, as his right name is
supposed to be, imagined he was al
ready in the asylum. The letter GER
tainly sounds like the ramblings of a
man out of his head. Bakers madness,
i however, appears to be of the kind
that is profitable to the victim.
The mysterious man seems TO have
had mania for signing receipts and
/ drawing checks. One receipt found is
made out for Wah Chong, one of the
merchants from whom he ordered goods,
and is for $3.50 for bottling beer.
i Another credits Mr. Weldon with hav-
ing paid John Baker, Jr., 1925; third
states that Mr.. Hamman has paid him
! 5000.
One of the checks is made out in
favor of the Young Hotel, signed by
| Mr. Wilson, and is for $3.50. One il.
Illuminating receipt reads, Received
from Mr.. Frank Kaualii, $25 for the
good of the store'' It is signed Mr.
Baker, Kaualii is what the police
for time thought to be the name of
the still unknown man, but Kaualii is
now known to be someone else, chance
acquaintance of Baker or Bright OF
whatever his real name is.
In the suitcase left at the hotel are
the clothes the man wore when he first
registered there. They are not as good
as the working clothes of a working
liidll, anu HOW al uHhHOWA uudu uTGSSBG
as he was could go to place like the
hotel and order the best in the house
and get it is what puzzles the police
The man still remains out of sight
Chief Leal believes that he has gone
out into the country somewhere, but is
sure of getting him sooner or later.
Boys Come to Grief.
A bunch of bad boys, charged viii
having stolen eocoanuts from Chinese
up Pauoa valley last Sunday and with
having thrown stones at the owner OF
the nuts, appeared before Judge An
drade yesterday morning, and all came
to grief. Among them was John Fragas
OF unsavory notoriety, who escaped
some time ago from the Reform School
The charge against him was dismissed
and he was recommitted to the institu
ton to serve out his. sentence Three
others, Frank Souza, Joe Botelho, and
Joe Ohvera, were turned over to the
Juvenile Court. Manuel Derego anC
Antoine Souza, older boys, who threw
stones at Kong Chong, the owner OF
the cocoanuts, and escaped the climax
by hitting him with barrel were
found guilty of assault and were fne(
IS and costs each
Stole Miles Diamonds.
Pedro Rodrigues, who some years ag,