Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-22
SAY brewery
SITUATION CAN
Be CLEARED UP
Attorney and Others Declare
Alleged MiShandIing of
Funds Is Unfounded

| Developments were few today in the
equity suit filed Yesterday hv minor
| ity stockholders In the Honolulu
| Brewery to compel President and
Manager Bartlett to make restitution
of $22VoO alleged 70 have been I'M
| lawfully taken.
From several sources it was deCiar-
cry directors viii be ahl" u make
answer showing that no such it,
legal action as alleged has been TAX
en- by him.
Whether an answer or a demurrer
will be tiled in circuit court as reply
TO the suit in equity brought by H.
Gooding Field Of this city ard F. R.
Greenwich or kailUa. has not Yet been
decided upon by the directors of the
Honolulu Brewing and Mailing Com
rany.
This was the statement made today
by A. ;. Humphreys, attorney for the
brewery in this matter The directors
OF the company, including Bartlett.
have 10 days in which to file an ans
wer or otherwise plead before the
matter goes into the court for hearing
SummOnses to appear in the matter.
copies of Circuit Judge Suart's order
restraining Bartlett from disposing of
his property. and copies of the order
allowing Field and Greenwich to in
spect the books of the company are
being served today By Pat Gleason,
deputy high sheriff. on the directors.
Attorney Humphreys said today
that even with the slight knowledge
he already has received as to the ma
ture of the complaint, he has satisfied
himself that the charges against Bart
lett are unfounded
1t was reported today that at a meet
ing of the directors Of the Brewery
yesterday afternoon a committee was
appointed to investigate the matter,
make a survey or the complaint, and
recommend what action he taken by
the directors
The attorneys for Field and Green
we'll and for the brewery directors
we're inclined to be reticent today
when seen regarding further develop
ments in the matter. 1t was stated
from both sides that there are no new
developments. The next move doubt
less will be one on the part of the d.
rectors, when they make answer to-
the complaint.
Although the complaint was filed at
10 o'clock yesterday morning. the ut
most secrecy was maintained concern |
ing it, as every precaution was to be
taken to prevent Bartlett leaving Ho-
nolulu in the Niagara 1t is reported, |
however, that the brewery directors
knew of the proposed suit several
days before it was actually filed
The filing of the complaint, it has I
been learned, was brought about by |
made by H. Gooding |
Field. The suit has been brought not |
only in behalf of Field and Greenwich, I
but in behalf of every stockhoder in |
the brewery, said one Of the attorneys. |
Members of the board of directors
of the brewery, when seen today,
were noncommittal as to what tran
spired at the meeting yesterday. At
torney Frank E. Thompson said that
at the board meetings
are not supposed to go beyond the
H. Gooding Field said there
are no new developments.
The suit in equity filed against the
directors asks that the courts compel
them to do the following:
"U To open their books for the
inspection of the minority stockhold-
ers; (2( dismiss Bartlett as president
and general manager, and (3) force
him to refund to the stockholders $19,-
S49.39, amounting, with interest, to
which it is alleged that he
has wrongfully converted to his own
Use from the funds of the company" /