The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-03
M'GRATH
IN SAN FRANCISCO
. ON 4TH OF OCTOBER
Return In Divorce Suit Shows He
3 Accepted Service There
That Day
DEPUTY SHERIFF. ASCH
WAS HUNTING HIM THERE
Legal Paper Proves Exclusive
Story Published In The Ad-
vertisep and Denied

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There was fled in the Office of the
clerk of the local circuit court n docn.
ment signed yesterday Thorning at elev
en- o'clock in person by John Joseph
McGrath in San Francisco on October
4, last. . " ..s-g. e.g
The identity Of McGrath and his sig
nature were acknowledged on the same
day by J. J. Kerrigan, q San Francisco
notary, located in the city clerk g office
That Kerrigan was a qualified notary
was certified to on the same day by
II. l. Mulerevy, the city clerk of San
Francisco. .s. IT, 1.F.
These papers arrived in Honolulu on
October 26, last, and were in possession
Of Attorney Leon NJ. Strains all of
six weeks. II is believed that they
were not fled earlier in court so as
not to add to the burdens of the terri
aorial grand jury, which was investi-
eating the police scandal, that had
cropped up over the escape of McGrath
from the city jail and the dOings of
this and other birds then cooped up in
Jailer Fern 3 lock up. The grand jury
made its report last Saturday. The Nc
Grath papers were fled yesterday.
And Asch Invaded Mexico
That McGrath, who made his memor
able escape from the Honolulu city Jail
some months ago, while awaiting trial
on charges of having with several 9th
ers held up and robbed a number of
Chinese in crooked opium deals, was
in San Francisco on October 4, last,
was published exclusively in The Adver
tiser on October 81. On October 4, De
putty Sheriff julius w. Aseh was also
in San Francisco, and Asch' mission
was to capture McGrath.
Asch, it was reported here after his
return from the Coast, also made mum
Der of daring invasiohs of Mexico, by
way of Tia Juana, with the intention Of
locating and kidnapping McGrath and
Chas. G. Bartlett, another fugitive from
justice who is supposed to be badly
wanted in Honolulu to answer six in
dictments charging him with embezzle-
ment and forgery.
The document filed yesterday and
which bears McGrath 5 signature is his
acceptance of service of the papers in
the suit for divorce brought against him
by his wife, Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth
MeGrath, and reads as follows;
'I, John Joseph Mcarath, do her.
by acknowledge having read the origin
al libel for divorce Of Caroline Eliza
beth McGrath (my wife) and that l
have had served upon me a true and
correct copy thereof.
"That do here and hereby acknowl.
edge and accept service upon me of
the within and annexed summons and
libel for divorce in the above entitled
action by copy thereof.
"JOHN JOSEPH McGRATH,
Libellee.''
Notary's Acknowledgment
The acknowledgment of J. J. Kerr.
gan, the notary public, explains itself:
"On this fourth day of October in
the year of Our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and fifteen Q9l5), before me
J. J. Karrigan, a notary public, in and
Cor said city and county and State, re-
siding therein, duty commissioned and
sworn, personally appeared John Joseph
McGrath, known to me to be the person
described in and whose name is sub.
scribed TO the within instrument, and
acknowledged to me that he executed
the same,
"In Witness Whereof, | have here
unto set my hand and affixed my official
seal at my Office in the City and County
Of San Francisco, the day and year
in this certificate first above written
81. J. KERRIGAN, Notary Public,
''In and for the City and County of
San Francisco, State of California.
any commission expires August 27
1918. 1891 Market street Getty Clerk u
lffice). Telephone Market 346, Market
i20l and Sutter 2S0O."
San Franc isco Clerk S Certificate
There is also affixed, under the same
date, the certificate of II. l. Mulerevy
city and county clerk of San Francisco
who vouches that on the date mention.
ed Kerrigan was duly commissioned
notary public.
The document was presented by At
torney Straus 3 office clerk, Edward B.
Mullaney. Straus received the papers
from the Coast on October 20. Clerk
Dominis filed them at eleven clock
yesterday morning
Mrs. McGrath brought suit against
her husband in the local circuit court
on September 10, last non, support dur
ing the year previous to that date being
given as the cause for the desired d.
worse. The McGraths were married "
Honolulu in the month of August, 1918