The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-01-30
TO ARREST BRIBGtNlTER
First Complaint Sworn TO by One
+, of Prizewinners of Editors"
Sleeping Weekly.
(From Thursday Advertiser.l


II. s. Canario swore TO complaint
last night charging +. b. Bridgewater
with gross cheat. Bridgewater is at
present on the Island of Kauai, where,
according to The Garden Island, he is
taking a rest and incidentally attend
ing to some business. Sheriff Jarrett
stated last night that he would prob
ably send an officer down to Kauar to
apprehend Bridgewater.
! Canario states in his complaint that
Bridgewatcr was the editor of week,
ly paper known as The Sentinel. That
Bridgewater represented that he owned
motorcycle and offered the same as
u prize in a voting contest. Canario
further states that he spent much time
and money in securing votes in this
contest and when delivery was TO be
made he found that the motorcycle was
the property of r. o. Hall & Son and
that Bridgewater had no title to ii.
Canario is not the only one who re-
grets the absence of Editor Bridgewa-
ter from Honolulu.
Angry schofeld Soldiers.
A crowd Of irate soldiers from Sehoi
field Barracks besieged the Office of
County Attorney Catheart Tuesday
morning and for some time it was
thought in those quiet quarters that
war had been declared and the Office
had been Communicated When the
smoke Of battle cleared away and or
der was restored il was found that the
errand Of the wrathy soldiers was to
seek the whereabouts Of Editor Bridge
water Of the sleeping weekly Sentinel
and TO know what the possibilities
were of having him placed under ar,
rest. gc .af.
The crowd was Informed that Bridge
water was safe on the Island Of Kauai;
that he had not decamped on the
schooner Robert Hind as previously re-
ported; that there was no possibility
Of him getting off the island unless he
swan aud as to the possibilities of hay
ing him arrested that was question
that rested with the county attorney
who would look up the law on the sub.
ject.
County Attorney Cathcart said that
II the representations made by the en-
listed men who say they subscribed for
the Sentinel are true and that sub
scriptions were paid for the publication
year in advance and that Bridgewa-
tor has made no effort to carry out his
end Of the contract that there is sufIi,
cient grounds for proceedings.
Canario was one of the H'lucky'h
contestants in a voting contest gotten
mp by the Sentinel management. He
worked hard IN proving his popularity
as the best known Rapid Transit EN-.
ploye. TO prove his popularity, Ca
mario was to get a number of subserfb,
ers to the Sentinel and for each new
subscription he YVES TO DO credited with
a certain number of votes.
The most popular contestant in this
ieompetition was to receive motor.
Hieycle.
canario Returns Prize
Canari6 won the contest and In due
time received motorcycle from
Bridgewater.
Il. o. Hall 6 Son, who sold the mo-
torcycle claim that Bridgewater never
paid for the machine and in a repleyin
suit instituted in Judge Monsarrat Is
court Monday afternoon, Canario, who
had possession of the motorcycle, was
ordered to return the property TO 4. o,
| llall ~ ISon, n ,.s....t ~, a@t #ta +
Evidently HEditor"1 Bridgewater Is
also having troubles on Kauai as the
following notice appears in The Garden
Island under date Of January ~:
Notice TO the Public.
1t has come to our attention that
while operating The Garden Island
newspaper, upder temporary agree,
ment, Mr. T.. h. Bridgewater made a
few subscription contracts for periods
longer than his term, Of lease. Any
such contracts were negotiated by
Mr.. BridgewateT on his own account
and responsibilities The Garden Island
Publishing Co., Ltd, which re-assumed
control Of it's property on January 4,
1914, not being, either directly or indi.
reetly, n party 10 such agreements,
The Garden Island Publishing Co.,
Ltd, by X. c. Hopper, manager,