Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-30

ssho,s that the grand jury has found
indictments against Charles G. Bart
lett, the city and county attorneys Of
fse, acting IN conjunction with the
sherlfrs office, will make every en-
deavor 70 locate the whereabouts Of
Bartlett with view Of having him re-
turned TO Honolulu 70 stand trial.
Arthur M. Brown, deputy city and
county attorney.
There 10 little doubt that other IN.
dictments could be found against
Charles @. Bartlett II the grand jury
would make further investigation.
will not say that the charges already
investigated are the most flagrant
ones. There 10 no foundation for the
report that persons other than Bart.
lett may become involved. Every
transaction investigated by the grand
jury appears 70 be OF 5artiett's own
doing. John w. cathcart, city and
county attorney.
The government has spoken.
In a partial report to Circuit Judge
Ashford shortly after 10 O'Clock this
morning the territorial grand jury re
turned six indictments against Charles
q. Bartlett, former president and man.
ager Of the Honolulu Brewing & Malt
ing Company, Limited, whose financial
transactions were aired at the recent
annual meeting Of the board of liquor
license commissioners.
Bartlett's whereabouts are not
known to the authorities. Forced by
brewery stockholders to make resti-
tuition OF more than $4,000 of money
taken from the brewery funds. he re-
signed from the presidency, sold his
stock. and left Honolulu The last
heard from him he was in San Fran
cisco.
-Four Of the indictments charge
Bartlett with having embezzled funds
OF the brewery, contrary to the form
Of the statute IN such cases made and
provided The embezzlements charg-
ed amount TO 5000. In three OF these
It Is charged that $1,000 was embez.
zled on each occasion. The fourth
charges the embezzlement OF $1,000.
The indictments charging embeztlt.
ment allese that the transactions
were made In September, 1912.
The fifth Indictment charges Barn
lett with forgery. in that he forged
the name OF enc g. Rnllnan to 4 hcll
eeipt f0f discoliuts on bottled ana k6k
seer. The sixth eilefes that Bartlett
passed and circulated certain forged
writing; 70 wit. q certain receipt for
discounts on keg and bottled beer,
purported to have been signed by one
9. Bollman.
In the forgery charge the value of
the receipt is given as $45.70. In the
indictment charging circulation of
forged writing the value of the re,
CENT i alleged TO be sS9.70.
The indictments and the report of
the grand jury we're ordered placed ON
the open fle. City and County Attor.
ney ]. w. Cathcart stated to the court
that he believed this measure should
be taken. inasmnch as the local press
already has given extensive publicity
to Bartlett's financial transactions.
An Investigation of Bartlett's finan.
cial transactions was started by the
grand jury Thursday, June "a. Two
sessions were consumed before II an.
nounced Il had q report ready. The
jury was In session only a few mo.
ments this morning.
The first indictment charging em.
bezzlement reads, in part. as follows
First EmbexzIement Charge.
"On the 18th day Of September in
the year Of our Lord, 1912. he. the said
Charles q. Bartlett, having then and
there been intrusted with, and having
the possession, control, custody and
keeping Of thing Of value. to-wit.
certain money to the amount and of
the aggregate value of one. thousand
dollars $1,000. lawful money Of the
United States Of America, more ma.
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