Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-07
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he had an opening for NE which
would enable me to make consider
! able money; that he was a friend Of
! mine and wanted to see me get on;
! that | had lots of friends and he was
! in a position TO assist ME TO get q
great deal OF money He then said
TO me that he mad the opportunity OF
getting hold Of the Pacific saloon fol
me; that he would advance the money
for me both personally and by loan
from the brewery and would see me
started in the business; that he would
also keep my books and instruct me
how to run the business; that was
to do everything | could to see that
the interests of the brewery were ad
vanced in my saloon, such as the
pushing of Primo beer and any other
product that they required and that
| was TO pay back the money that he
had obtained for me as rapidly as pcs.
sible. He did not state at that time
the amount of money that would be
required. | thought the matter over
little while and after one or two in
terviews with ME, in which he paint
ed in very glowing colors the amount
OF money that could be made by me, |
agreed to accept the proposition and
resigned my position with the Inter
Island company. ..""#
Bartlett then informed me that he
had arranged. for the purchase of the
saloon for me with all the stock on
hand and that everything was ready
for my occupancy. / had implicit con-
tidence in him, he had not asked me
for any money and seemed to be so
sincerely my friend that | did not in
quire fully into his plans or how much
money would be required. | knew
nothing of the saloon business at that
time or how to handle a saloon; re-
lied on him.
After had been running the saloon
about half a month Bartlett met me
and told me that it would be necessary
to sign papers to protect him and the
brewery for the money that had been
advanced for me. went with him
to the office of E. C.. Peters, the at
torney, where he had drawn up two
papers, one a mortgage for $1,000 of
all the stock, furniture and fixtures
and cash money of the Pacific saloon,
and the other a $1,000 mortgage to
Charles G. Bartlett of the same. He
stated to me in regard to the latter
amount that this was to protect his
heirs in case of his death and claimed
to have paid out the full amount OF
$14 900, $1,000 of which he had got
the brewery to advance for me to en-
able me to get the saloon. i signed
both instruments after only hurriedly
glancing over them, as they were very
long, and, as said before, had inn
plicit faith in Bartlett, whom | con-
sidered must be friend of mine to
take all this trouble on my account.
The mortgage to the Honolulu Brew
ing and Mating Company / under
stand was afterwards put on record.
never had copy of either paper
and have never since that time seen
10 give to Charles G. Bartlett.
Either at the time / signed these
or just before when he ex-
planned to me it would be necessary !
'cr me to sign them, asked Mr.. Bart !,
EFT whether this in any way militat-
ID against my having the entire own
ership in the saloon, because | wished
% know whether / was doing any
hing which would interfere with my
statement to the board of liquor CON-
that l owned the saloon.
Mr.. Bartlett replied: "Of course this
loes not in any way change the own ,
,rship Of the saloon. You have per-
ect right to borrow money and pledge
he effects of your saloon for it.
ave no interest in your saloon, nor .
las the brewery. We are simply loan
ng you this money and taking this
mortgage as security"
About the End day of May, 1912,
)berg, treasurer OF secretary of the
honolulu Brewing and Mating Com
,any, gave me a brewery check for
s, 500, which Bartlett instructed me
o put to my account in the bank and
o give a check to Dick Sullivan for :
he same amount, which | did, giving
o Dick Sullivan my own check dated
lay 2, 1912, for the sum of $1,000,
Whether this was all the money Sui
van got for selling the Pacific saloon
o me or what the amount of money
fas for l was never told, nor do /
now. ..." i
At the time these papers were sign
d or shortly before, Mr.. Bartlett eX-
lained to me that as he had pledged
is personal word in order to borrow
his money for me from the Honolulu
irewing and Mailing Company and
s he was keeping the books of the
aloon for me he would ask that |
i'm over to him every month two
birds of the receipts. plus such por-
on of the extra one-third as could
pare, so that these two mortgages
ould be paid up as rapidly as pos
ible. | was glad to do this as | was
nxious to wipe out all Indebtedness
'om my saloon. | worked very hard
, make the saloon a success and the I
lonthly revenue therefrom was large,
lie gross earnings being between ]
l,000 and $4,000, averaging roughly {
bout $4,000. the profits averaging {
bout $3.50. My books we're brought {
own to Mr.. Bartlett monthly and he !
)rrected them for me and as he re-
hired me l paid him over checks ag- I
over tWo-thirdS of the !