The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-20

HIS CHECK MAS
D|sHONORED
A Rapid Financier Comes to
Grief at the Hands of
the Law.

UrleI cpuTtsutp U1 SIX Jays ABOARD Ln6
s. S. Alameda about month ago, was
arrested yesterday afternoon on a
charge of gross cheat, warrant with
that allegation therein being sworn to
| by J. FL. Hertsche, general manager of
the Alexander Young and Moana hotels.
The direct allegation is that Mr.. Baker,
| while guest of the Young on May
4, presented check for 800 which
was eashed by the Young Hotel clerk,
but when presented for payment at the
Chicago bank on which it was drawn,
the hotel got by cabled statement
that Mr.. Baker had no funds there.
Baker was given until ] O'Clock yes
terday afternoon to make the check
good, and failing to put in an appear
ance at that hour, warrant was sworn
out. Shortly after Mr.. Baker appeared
at the Young Hotel office and paid over
800 gold.
s'No Funds
In the. interim between / and $3.50
o clock there were many incidents CON
neeted with the case. First of all a
day or two ago when the Young Hotel
management aseertained through it's
local bank connections that the latter s
correspondents in San Francisco and
Chicago had failed to connect with any
money in the bank on which Baker
had drawn the check, Mr. Baker was
sent for and told of the situation. He
is said to have stated. that he was well
connected in Chicago, the son of
Charles w. Baker, secretary of the
Union Stock Yards. He was told that
the hotel wanted the money by / p. m
yesterday and he promised to pay the
amount. He did not show up and Mr.
Hertsche went to the City Attorney S
Office where a warrant was issued and
sworn to before Judge Andrade. The
Star s story of the matter came out
and at 2:45 Mr.. Baker paid over the
cash. Ten minutes after he left
recent arrival, and steamer acquain-
lance of Baker, hurried up to the hotel
desk with an afternoon paper in his
hand. He wanted to know If it was all
true. Then he wanted to know If the
money had been paid. When told that
it was, he threw up his hands and said:
Cashed New Check.
"Why / just introduced him to Mr.
-, one of your business men
here, and he endorsed Baker $ check
for 800; I guess that IS where he got
the hundred And with that he rush
ed out of the hotel and onto the street
to look for Baker.
| That part of it was true that local
business men of King street had en-
dorsed the check, and thus, with 800
gold in his pocket, Baker was able to
| take up the hotel Indebtedness. The
steamer acquaintance added later on:
"Why, Baker has been talking about
$4,000 property deal in one of sub
urbs all morning and thought he was
going to take it up.''
| During this time Mr.. Hertsche en-
deavored to cancel the warrant but
Judge Andrade refused to withdraw it
and said he did not intend to have
his department used as weapon to
collect debts, and that the warrant
must not only stand, but be served.
1t was served, and shortly after $3.50,
Baker was released on $3.50 bonds sup
piled by attorney C. F. Chillingwcrth.
Another Wife?
In addition to this trouble piling up
on Mr.. Baker yesterday, the San Fran
cisco files arriving on the Tenyo Maru
commented ON Bakers marriage here
adding that it was learned he was al,
ready married and his first wife was
living in Illinois.
As to the statement that Baker is
the son of the Chicago stock yards sec
rotary this is denied on the ground thai
the son is but nineteen years of age.
Mrs. Wallace arrived here few
weeks ago to be the bride of Charlie:
Howard, head shoeman of Kerr-& Co
She arrived on Friday So did Mr.
Baker. The next afternoon Mr.. Bake
and Mrs. Wallace were married. Mrs
Wallace did not notify Mr. Howard o.
J her change of mind. Mr.. Howard hat
furnished a pretty cottage in Colleg'
Hills for her. When Mrs. Baker wa
Easked yesterday concerning her hus
band g identity, she stated that sh
had been told by Mr.. Baker that h
was the son of Charles Baker of Chi
cage. She said she thought he cou1
explain everything.
The Chronicle of May 10 says:
Considerable mystery surrounds tn
preclpitate marriage of R. NJ. Bake
IN Honolulu on May LIST, who took 70
ms bride Mrs. Eva B. Wallace, accord
ing to the Honolulu papers, after
brief acquaintance with that lady o
the trip down to the islands on til
steamer Alameda.
But the mystery only begins at thi
point of the romance, for Baker
g. Il