Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-27

the cablegram TO Asch bears the date
Of July z.
The city attorney said today that
the delay was caused by some discus.
sion with the attorney-generafs office
over the expense involved In getting
Bartlett back He says that Brown,
he understands, had the matter up
with the attorney-generals depart.
ment The Issue seems TO have been
whether the territory would put up
any money to bring Bartlett back and
Cathcart said today that he under
stood from Secretary Thayer, then act
ing governor. that 1t would not.
in the discussions between the city
attorneys office and the attorney-gen-
erals office, IL appears, Deputy Attor-
ney-general Smith had the matter in
hand, Attorney-general Stainback be-
ing out CT the territory. The. Star
Bulletin asked Mr.. Thayer and SMr.
Smith today for their statements.
Smith says he and Deputy City At
torney Brown went to Acting Governor
Thayer for settlement Of the question.
Il told Brown TO go ahead and make
the arrest and that the territory would
lcok after the extradition papers aft
erward," says Mr.. Thayer Il could
see no cause for worry over extra
dition as understood at that time that
the city officers did not even know
where Bartlett was. II was several
days after the indictments were re-
turned when Smith and Brown came
to me-"
At any rate, while the discussion
was leisurely proceeding Bartlett
probably was reading of his Indictment
In San francisco or other coast news
papers and shortly thereafter was
making fer parts unknown, Asch said
he received the message at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon of July Z and the
sheriff said he got his instructions
from the city attorney in the morn
ing OF the same DAY and wired to Asch
Immediately.
Asch had already been busy, with
out waiting for the formalities to take
their course. He had read in the San
Francisco papers of July ] the des-
patch from Honolulu telling of the in
dictment and had at once begun trying
TO locate Bartlett but ny that time
BARTLETT had emphatic warning and
had disappeared. And when the ca.
bIegram from Sheriff Rose came seven
days later Asch redoubled his efforts
but fruitlessly.
Too Late BY That Time.
"0f course was TOO late to get on
Bartlett's traiLp Aseh explained IN
arrival from the mainland today He
had good seven days start and could |
get almost to Europe in that time |
However, exhausted every means |
available in an effort to carry out the
sheriffs instructions. | did not wish
to have his mother and sister see me
as they might recognize me, so ! sent |
a. city detective out to their apart. |
ments. i dressed him in a Masonic
fez and a lodge pin and made min
look as near as possible to the Homo
lulu Shriners. l thought she might
think II some friend of Bartlett, but !
she didn't give him any information.
Then ] tried every police gag
known, even to sending messenger
boys with fake cablegrams to the
mothers apartments. the fake mes.
sages addressed to Bartlett. But all
these tricks failed. Then | paid the
rent for the apartment across the hall
from the mothers place for week
out OF my own pocket End bad San
Francisco detective live there and
watch the mother and sister and every
move made In their apartment This
also failed
Nc. catheaft's Statement.
The sheriff is supposed to make
arrests whenever there is cause for an
arrest" Mr.. Carthcart said, but it
may have been ON the seventh of the
month before told him to arrest Bart
lett. / know | did not hear from the
office until two or
three days after the indictments we're
Isn't it customary in cases where
he man indicted is not under arrest
Ind whose whereabouts are not def
litely known, for the city attorney