The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-01-09
Believed That Claim of Dying
Man Will Be Of No Value
in Welsh Case.
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Whether the statement made by the
late J. j. Mederos to Deputy Sheriff
Rose on his death-bed wherein IL is
stated that he received the money to,
leave Honolulu from Mrs. William
Welsh will be used against the woman
when her case comes to trial is not
known. Rose stated Yesterday That
when he called on Medeiros at the city
and county hospital that he was partial.
ly delirious but gradually recognized
the deputy and then told the story as
to what led up to his troubles and the
part Mrs. Welsh took in helping him
to escape. Rose took no statement from
Medeiros as he had no idea of the seri-
BUSINESS of the mans illness at the time.
Considerable space -ns gwen to this
case by the maitland papers and the
San Francisco Examiner of December
% has the following: I'd, =
Died Christmas Morning. 49,
"With the death on christmas morn
ing of Jose J. Medeiros at the city and
county hospital in San Francisco the
air OF mystery surrounding his relations
with Mrs. William L. Welsh OF Homo
lulu has become a bit more emphasized
and there is now much speculation as to
the final outcome Of the case OF perjury
being pressed against Mrs. Welsh by
the Hawaiian authorities. Medeiros was
arrested on the arrival Of the steamer
buriine in this port ON December @, at
the request of the attorney general of
Hawaii "E1S ",.t. @# ,,G -.
The charge mentioned in the request
for extradition was embezzlement, but
il was publicly stated that Medeiros
was wanted as an important witness in
the case against Mrs. Welsh. Pre-.
viously the woman had testified in a
civil suit that she had never received
any money from Medeiros. ,..... he.
Dies Of Heart Trouble.
"a few hours before Medeiros died
Thursday he told Deputy Sheriff
Charles II. Rose Of Honolulu, who
came here after Medeiros, that Mrs.
Welsh had given him money on which
to fee from Honolulu. This statement
for while caused Rose to believe that
Medeiros had determined to die rather
than return TO Honolulu to testify in
the perjury ease.
bAt an autopsy held yesterday,
however, il was officially announced
that the man died of heart trouble,
from which he had been suffering since
his arrival here. Sheriff Rose had in
tended to start back TO Honolulu with
his prisoner on the steamer Honolulan
December 20, but Medeiros was too i'll
to travel. The signing OF his request
FOR extradition was the first official act
performed by Governor LIE. Pinkham
and was done while the Governor was
in San Francisco awaiting the sailing
Of Honolulu-bonnd steamer.
Writes Pathetic Note.
"News was received from Honolulu
yesterday that the day Of his flight
from Honolulu MedeirOs addressed a
pathetic note to his wife in which he
expressed regret that he had to leave
her and their nine children in almost
destitute circumstances. He also re.
quested her to take good care of n
bundle of notes bearing dates through
1911, 1912 and 1913, covering payments
made by him TO Mrs. Welsh of 5000.
"Medeiros wrote his wife that he
was coming here to get work and hoped
| 10 be on his feet soon, when he woull
send her money. According to the
statement of Medeiros wife, Mrs
Welsh told him she was soon to re,
ceive a legacy Of $4,000 and would
repay him in full the money he gave
her, with interest. Mrs. Welsh is said
TO be an Oakland womaii aud the ease
threatened several times to Involve
weil-kno~n' people Of Honolulu, some
of whom have been in San Francisco
since Medeiros arrival here.
deputy Sheriff Rose cabled the
Honolulu authorities yesterday OF the
death OF Medeiros and that he would
start home December 80. Medeiros
was an employee of the McChesney
Plantation and Exporting Company"