Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-18

Charles @. Bartlett, the breWery's pres
idtnt and manager, and a saloon, the
AaIa, in which, il is alleged, he in
VOWED brewery funds, was told in de-
tail yesterday afternoon when the IL
cense commission began the first Of its
series Of examinations Of saloon men
whose applications for renewal Of u.
cense have been protested.
The hearing, held in the senate
chamber. abounded in interest. did not
lack for humor and had several points
Of tensity II. 49,. .~..
A Japanese-the aforesaid offce.boy
denied everything and refused to be
! shaken even when confronted by wit
nesses who fatty eontradicted him.
! A bookkeeper for the brewery-H.
Truer-admitted, though with reluct,
ance-some of the evidence brought to
show Bartlett's dealings with the sa-
i loon. 49,. ~.
T The former secretary and cashier of
the brewery, A. Aalberg, also partially
confirmed the allegations of Bartletts
deal with the Aala saloen--a deal in.
] volying the brewery money.
! The Deal in Brief. o.. -.
1 The whole probe turned on brew
! cry check for $500 declared to be
issued to the Japanese office-boy, lima.
/ mura, dated July II, 1911, the check
being apparently Endorsed by Imamura
and countersigned by ID. Nagatani, one
CT the Aala proprietors. The check
/ was cashed by Nagatani on July IL,
E19l1. On the same date Imamura re-
ceiYed the check he signed note for
$500 payable to the brewery, IL is
alleged,
Fields report declares that Bartlett
used the $500 thus secured to pur-
chase an interest in the Aala saloon
from Nagatani and Kurisaki, the pro-
prietors, and employed lmamura as the
go-between.
/ Nagatani was present at the meet
ing. Kurisaki was not, and 1t was
brought out that he is dead. Ma
gatani during the probe that followed
often declared that this partner now
dead knew the, details OF certain fea&
lures of the transaction but that he
did not.
Imamura denied any knowledge OF
note or check, or an interview with
FL Gooding Field, when called to the
witness stand. He was warned BY
Chairman Lewrey that he was testi-
flying under oath and If ii was found
he was not feelings the truth he could
be punished. The Japanese said he
knew this. Later, Aalberg and Truer
positively identified Imamura as the
Japanese whom Field interviewed.
The Japanese declared that Field,
during his investigations, never called
him into BartIett's private office at the
brewery or showed him a promissory
note, which was flat contradiction of
statement made by Mr.. Field to the
commission.
H. Truer. receiving clerk at the
brewery, testified that he had kept
Bartlett's private books for about two
years He said that Field had shown !
him the check for $500 which was
signed by Imamura and countersigned |
by Nagatani. but that he did not know |
who signed it, Examined by Attorney /
G. II. Olson, counsel for the commits.
SIGN, Truer said he could remember I
no transactions noted in Bartlett's /
private books relating to the Aala sa- /
locn He made no collections, he said, 1
but sometimes he did some banking I
for Mr. Bartlett
But isn't il fact, Mr. Truer that /
in these private books there was an 4
account marked Az and one BIB and I
others I, and go asked Attorney i
Andrews.
Truer admitted that he remembered
such accounts, but sale he didn't know
what they stood for.
The check for $500 was issued by A. i
Aalherg and given by him to Bartlett,
according to the formers testimony.
He testified that he believed the name .
.'Tmamura" on the check was the same /
one which appears on the payrolls CT
the brewery. The money, he said,
was turned back to the brewery by
Bartlett
How Brewery Helped Pay Licenses.
, AaIberg said that il was usual Gus.
tom fer the brewery at this time OF
the year when license payments are
due, to loan money to certain saloon
keepers, which vas to be paid back
at the>Fate of $3.50 "a month. He said
the payments generally we're collected
by IN -e1upleye Of the brewery
Al this furcture the attorneys for
the Anti-Saloon League announced
the case as rested.
Records Are Missing.
Nagatani. one CT the proprietors of
the Aaia saloon, admitted that he and
his former partner Kurasaki, now
dead, had borrowed $500 from the
brewery in 1911 Kurasaki spent $500
and Nagatani $1,000, the witness said.
Both were in need of money at that
time he added. He testified the money
had been obtained through Bartlett.
The witness said the money was tc
he paid back at the rate of $3.50
month. and that this was done. He
said that no ledger accounts of the
pa ymeHts were kept. and that conse
GUently there was no record of the
traassttic Nc. At the end of each
month. he said. he maid Sion and Kr