The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-17
Around the
Police Station

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A. T. R. Jackson was arrested on Sat
urday afternoon on a charge of gross
cheat sworn to in a warrant by Mrs
Mary Ann Horner, who alleges that he
has defrauded her of $49S, the amount
she contributed to building and loan
society of which he was agent. The
defendant was released ON $500 bail.
The exact language of the warrant is
as follows:
.'That A. T. R. Jackson did at Homo
lulu, on the 18th day of May, 1909,
designedly by false pretenses and with
intent to defraud, obtain from one Mary
Ann Horner certain things of value, TO
wit: That certain certificate of the
Metropolis Trust & Savings Bank (for-
merly Phoenix Savings Building & Loan
Association), upon which $49s had been
paid, and which was of the value of
$49S and which was the property of
said Mary Ann Horner, together with.
that certain passbook showing the pay
ments made upon said certificate, by
falsely representing to said Mary Ann
Horner that said Metropolis Trust &
Savings Bank, formerly Phoenix Saw
ings Building & Loan Association, was
financially incapable Of meeting its OBJ
legations and that an assignment of said
certificate and passbook to the Ran
dali, Trowbridge & Wright Go. was nee
essary to save the said Mary Ann Hor-
ner the face value of said certificate,
and also by falsely representing to said
Mary Ann Horner that the husband of
said Mary Ann Horner was willing and
had consented to said assignment, all
of which said A. T. r. Jackson then and
there well knew to be false and fraud
uent and did then and there commit
the offense of gross cheat, contrary to
the form of the statute in such case
made and provided. =
The warrant was prepared in the
office of Attorney General Hemenway
and served by the local police. The
Attorney General characterized the
whole matter as one of daring film
fam
The Phoenix company, as 1t is gen.
orally known in Honolulu. is a con-
Germ into whose treasury clients pay
so much month and at the end of a
given time if they have paid in reg
ularly they are entitled to draw a
much larger sum than that represent
ed by the payments. For instance. il
one paid in So a week for one hundred
consecutive weeks, the party would be
able to draw out $500.
Recently E. E. Trowbridge arrived
here from the Coast, and then persons
VINO had been paying into the Phoenix
heard that the company was not in
position to meet its obligations.
These rumorss are said to have been
traced to Mr.. Jackson, and the latter
is reported to be the agent of Trow-
bridge.
Mrs Horner says a man came
to her few days ago and told her
of the state of the Phoenix and, after
coaxing her, induced her by false req
reservations TO give up her certificate
and passbook. She received a paper
or receipt. which she found to be a
promissory note payable in ten years.
with an alternative method OF pay
ment by means of real estate to be
selected by the signers of the supposed
receipt, who are Randall, TroWbridge
& Wright.
The matter has not only been in the
hands of the Attorney General. but
has been investigated by the County
Attorneys Office, and Mr.. Jackson has
been before the County Attorney II
give an explanation. His arrest fol.
lowed.
jagged for Horse Stealing.
Shigenaga was arrested on saturda,
and charged with larceny in the frs
degree for stealing a horse Belongings
To-. Il, &~~v<.
the animal is described as a white mare
branded p Re- on the left hind leg
The theft is alleged to have takel
place on January 10, and the value o
the animal Is given as 500.
For Shooting Craps.
Chief Leafs men bagged bunch o
orap-shooters in Kakaako yesterday
They We're Dan Keokis~C. Mandonado
N Hiven, NJ Pacheco, S. Pho, Josepl
Kamana, All Wan.
Say He Followed.
Officer Trip heard cries of "Hau
in,'' shortly before midnight Saturda,
night down in Kakaako. and gofnl
there found Mrs Tolbert holding til
arm of young man at her gate. Bot
she and her daughter said that the
Hdu Deen 10 Tue fn0tlilS-PiSAuTt pIiuW
and had been followed by youn
man. who spoke to them just as the
opened their gate and had eve
caught hold of her daughters arm
The daughter. she said, screamed, an
she then grabbed the young fellow
The latter, who is white man
the employ of a contractor, said h
mistook the lady in question for SOM
one else. He was released on bail an
will be defended by Attorney E.
Peters this morning.