Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-02
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ed as 10 indictments on five charges
now preferred. An effort will be made
to have Revell arrested In San Fran
cisco and brought to Honolulu within
the next few days. After the indict-
ments are returned. the apprehension
and bringing back of Revell will be
primarily in the hands Of the attor-
ney-general, in the absence Of the
governor and secretary from the ter.
ritory.
| A meeting Of a number Of those
who have been made the victims Of
Revelfs eheck-passing activities was
! held this morning in the offices Of the
| Trent Trust Company The discus
sion brought out that the following
firms are definitely known to have
been defrauded: Levers & Cooke,
Trent Trust Company. Atherton Es-
tate, C. ]. Day e. Co., A. B.. Arleigh
& Co, Hawaii Shoe Company.
| Revell's apparent intention to live
clean and honorable life in Hawaii,
his apparent efforts to make good mi
business and the wishes of local bus.
iinessmen to help him along made
possible the bold way in which he
finally imposed upon many Of his
best friends. - II .s..s = e. p
For instance, he bought lumber for
"a house from Levers & Cooke, payingl
lon the installment plan. Last Satur-
day he appeared at the store with a
$50 check. He asked that $50 be APP
piled on his bill and that he get $40
cash, and the firm allowed him to do
so. s..... @=
Busy Saturday Afternoon. -,
Reyell's check passing, SO far as is |
known, was all done after banking
hours on Saturday afternoon. He pre-
scented checks on the Bank of Hawaii
at number of places where he was
known and trusted Just how Inuch9
cash he secured in this manner is not |
known, but 1t is believed to be at !
least $3.50. This amount, however,
represents only a fraction of the |
amount for which he is involved in /
one way or another. Is debts here
are said to be in the neighborhood Of /
1920.
At the meeting this morning the
following committee was appointed to
press the prosecution of Revell: G.4
A. Brown, G.. J.. Day, d G. Swain.
City Attorney Cathcart was made |
acquainted with the facts and at once
took up the case with energy. making /
an examination Of the bad checks and I
preparing TO present the case to the
grand jury this afternoon. It was
found that some of the checks Weref
dated ahead, showing that Reveil was
taking no chances anal being nabbedI
before his steamer went out
If indictments are returned, the at
torney-generaI's officep already ap-j
prised Of the facts in the case, Is ex-
pected to take up the matter with the
San Francisco authorities so that
Revell can be held while papers goi
forward. His extradition is matter
of some legal discussion, but every
effort will be made to have him re-
turned to Hawaii Acknowledgement
Thayer is at work on that end Of the
senting the charges to the grand I
jury. ~
Rllked Individuals. r :.
Revell did not confine his activities
to imposing upon firms. He is be-
lieged to have stuck number OF
personal friends. In one case, at least,
a man who befriended him is out S25
on a note This man had lived In
the ReyeIl family and knew ReYeE
Intimately. 1@.
That young Revell has been con.
templating this step for some months
is now believed to be the case. He
has d wife and two children. Akout
three months ago the wife and chit
dren were sent to the coast Lately
Revell, harrassed by several debts
which he had contracted and declared
himself unable to pay, talked Of going
into bankruptcy. He told clerk for
one of the firms he passed check on
that he intended to collect his No
vember salary last Saturday and then i
gn into Bankruptcy. Instead of going Il
into bankruptcy he went into the :
depths OF the liner Mongolia and got
safely away for the coast.
An "InstaIInnent Eiend."
. ( A. personal acquaintance Of Revelrs
said this morning that the young man
had swamped himself by buying on
the installment plan and that he had
no discretion in the matter of per
sonal business.
"He bought right and left on the
installment plan-anything that would
take his fancy" said this acquaint-
ance. "He bought. a motorcycles
guitar-a monograph = things like
those, with hardly thought as to
how he could meet future payments.
He seemed to have no responsibility
in such things. Then he got into
deep water and has skipped out
1t was learned this morning that
the firms that he passed bad checks
on had not been pressing him for