The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-09-28
Helping Trust Company He Is
CHARGED With Bobblno To IN
scramble the Eggs IN His Ac-
counts Of the Past Six Years
FORMALLY PUT UNDER
syA ARREST YESTERDAY
Believed That He Has Made a
straightforward Confession
And VIII Make Good Au Losses
Suffered By the Trust Company
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(From Sunday -Adv,rtisss)

I (Frem Sunday -Adv,rtisss)
Louis Abrams, secretary and direc-
tor. Of the Hawaiian Trust Company,
! was arrested yesterday ON a warrant
charging him with the embezzlements
Of 1900 bond, the property Of Mrs.
Cordelia G, Hartwell, sister OF George
n. Carter, which bond hal been In the
custody of Abrams a. an employe Of
the Trust Company.S
| While no official statement in the
matter has been made public, II is
understood that Abrams has made a
clean breast Of il to the management
yof0 the company and will not fight the
Iieharge Against him, which includes the
emhezzlemeHt of securities to the total
valne Of s2e,500.
GtraightsninE His Books
Abrams Is out on $4,000 bond and
A engaged in assisting the Hawaiian
Trust Companys force in straighten-
ing out, his books and generally max
Ing things as easy as possible for his
former employees. His property ID
aeieht to make good the deficit.
| Yesterday the writ of attachment
\ fled against the property Of Mrs
Il Twill thUiahAu III buC AI1nh VI ma
lswaii was vacated on consent of the
4 plaintiff named, Sanford Davis, who
us known, to be the representative of
| the Hawaiian Trust in the matter.
The petition for the, vaeating Of the
writ was ,6led before Judge Whitney
yesterday and granted. ~ s,g
Company Amply secured
In this connection the Hawaiian
Tftst Company Announced.
Mr.. Abrams has guaranteed
by ample. security the Hawaiian
\ Trust Company from any loss It
! may. sustain on account Of his &C. .
tions as seeretAry Of the company.
A this stage Of the iiivesti,
rs J. cation We are not prepared 70 say
i anything more than that the I'M
i yestieations are proceeding salts
4 fanteYily and that Mr.. Abrams 10
II giving Us Al the assistance in his
~ power TO clear up everything.
Il Circuit Court Warrant si
Y abrams was arrested yesterday,
shortly after noon, ON q warrant sworn
to by A. NJ Brown, city attorney,
the specific charge being the embez-
element of a Kauai Railroad Com.
kpany 5 bond for $1,000, the property
Of Mrs cordelia c. Hartwell. The
warrant was issued BY Judge c. w.
Ashford of the circhit court.
At three o clock, Abrams, accom-
panied by, his attorney, Robert w.
Breckons, and Joel G. Cohen and Jules
I'M. Levey, appeared before Judge Ash
ford in the latter's chambers. A
$4,000 bond, signed by Abrams as prin-
eipaL and Cohen and Levey as sure
ties was presented and approved by
the circuit Judge and Abrams released
from the custody Of the police.
II Telegraphing. from San Francisco,
Abrams Is said to have Informed the
Hawaiian Trust Company officials that
he was innocent Of any shortage and
would return to Honolulu TO prove this.
In the light Of yesterdays action he
has, apparently, not done 80 to the
lsatisfaction Of the trust company
T On Abrams arrival on Tuesday, off,
lcials Of the trust company reported
that one Of the accounts in which
shortages appeared was that of the
Galbraith estate, "a
/ Police Court Not In It
Ordinarily the warrant for Abrams
, arrest would have been issued ont Of
the police court of Honolulu by Magis.
Itrate ]. NJ, Monsarrat, but City Attor.
. Eaey Brown preferred to take the mat.
ter directly before Circuit Judge Ash.
FORD, who has eharge- Of the criminal
4 division Of the first cirenit court. Thus,
in this case, Judge Ashford Is acting
as committing magistrate The
police magistrate, under the law, wonld
not be allowed 10 try the ease before
him on its. full merits, other than TO
Ilisten toathe. story Of the prosecution,
/. And II he. found sufficient grounds
lwoula then commit the case and the
defendant TO the circuit court for in
yestigation BY the grand jury. The
shorter route was taken,
Mr.. abrams may not be required to
appear at all before Judge Ashford at
'wo o'clock tomorrow afternoon. As
the grand jury win hold special SEES.
ion at the same time II viii inyesti.
gate the charge, II an indictment is
returned a bench warrant will then
no issued ont Of the circuit court for
he defendapt's arrest in which case
he will probably be requi red TO appear
before Judge Ashforaja t nine o'clock
on Tuesday morning for arraignment
7, and plea. n tEis. 'tat