The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
GRAND Jury VOTES
A TRUE BILL, BUT
W)|EHFHFOLIDIsNAME
Believed Hooos' Case Was Up
s Before Returningsof Secret
q '4 indictment =.
BANK OF HAWAII MEN Il.
Sd, APPEAR BEFORE PANEL
Presence Recalls Action Recently
When Teller Escaped ..
4 Prosecution oa.4s ~.

As the result of a special session
held hurriedly and unheralded by the
territorial grand jury yesterday q
true bin was returned and ordered
placed on the secret fle in Judge Ash
ford's' court. It is Understood that
the bench warrant for the apprehension
of the person named in the Indictment
has been issued and Is now out for ser.
vice. The name of the person indicted
has been withheld, as well as the nature
of the charge on which the Indictment
is predicated. .F.s ~
All three court rooms being occupied
by trial juries, the three divisions Of
the local circuit court being in session
at the same time yesterday, the grand
jury met in the sessions hall Of the SUI
preme court. Those about the judic.
larry building yesterday surmised that
the Frank l.. Hogs matter was taken
up, as the witnesses seen to 20 into the
Jury room were A. Lewis, Jr., vice pres
ident and manager of the Bank of Ha.
wall; Representative Clarence II.
Cooke, president of the Bank OF Ha-
wall, and James L. Cockburn of Bish.
op & Company, who is secretary Of the
Bishop Trust Company. -
Recent Action Recalled
Several weeks ago the grand jury
returned no true bin in the embezzle.
ment case against Hoogs, who was q
teller in the Bank of Hawaii His, nc.
counts were currently reported to have
been irregular According to the story
of the time Hoogs had been permitted
70 bn -
nv the bank officials to leave for Cali.
f"rnia, where he is supposed to be re-
siding now. ..I .'.,.7 D.. :
Following this return Of a no true
hill, Judge Ashford, two weeks ago, de.
hvered q special charge, to, the grand
ifrv. The surist did not refer by name
to Teller Hoogs or the Bank Of Hawaii,
hut the case he referred to was analog-
ors. y :
In this charge Judge Ashford said
it was left entirely with the members
Of the grand jury whether the case
should be reconsidered and an indies
Tn"nt returned. He touched also on the
feature wherein it had been reported
that the man in question had been
promised immunity from prosecution
by the detectives employed and the
bank officials If the defaulting employee
made a clean breast of it. =
In this connection Judge Ashford
said the grand jury might consider if
tn" detectives and the officials were
guilty of compromising a felony, were
this true.
Lewis Witness Before
When the grand jury first took up
the Hogs case the only witness said TO
have appeared before it was A. Lewis
Jr. Another witness subpoenaed, but
who did not appear before the body, IL
is claimed, was Representative Cooke.
His absence was excused on the grou1d,
ii was learned then, that he was absent
on MOl0kai. 1922 ''}%''.
Following Judge Ashford g. special
charge Eubpoena was issued calling
for the presence before the grand jury
Of both Lewis and Cooke last Thurs
dav, bnt at this session the grand jury
evidently did not take up the Hoogs
matter. As officials Of the bank in
d',Hstion, the witnesses were further ".
dered to have with them the books and
other data dealing with the financial
transactions of Mr.. Hogs.