Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-28

he thought ! was a British subject
told him | was Then he said that he
had bought out OF the u. S. army.
He said he wanted To go back &c
the front said 1 was thinking about
the same thing myself | told him
had friend on the Niagara whom
thought would help US get out. =.
Jefferson asked me IL I could see
any way to help two BOYS out OF the
army who enlisted with him. He took
troduced me to two corporals in the
4th Cavalry. | bad told them that il
! could assist them in any way ! would
do so. s"... ..... ..
cabIed for Cash. "
Both the corporals said they need
ed $40 to buy out. ] had some money
lying in the bank in New Zealand, and
/ cabled for it, AS soon as it came /
was going to help them.
Il guess Jefferson must have
squealed on me. All that Stein (Selig.
SEM had to do in the matter Was to
give letter saying that he would find
one OF the corporals position.
As far as | know, there were no
local firms back Of the deal. r
Il was told by members Of the Brit
ish Association that about 100 mem
bers had been sent ont OF here"
do you know If these members
were sent out in an Illegal manner"
Randell was asked. r..
Il couldn't say as to that" he re-
piled. Il don't know how they have
done IT,"
Raudell said that there was only
one check, to the amount OF $40, in
the transaction One of the corporals
was to cash the check, but Randell
said he never gave it to him. He re-
fused to give the name of the man
upon whose account at the First Ma
tional Bank the check was to be
drawn. ..
Calls IL "Put-up Job"
Those two corporals were absolute
strangers to me-" he added. They
asked me to help get them out q the
army. | think the whole thing was a
put,up job"
District Attorney Horace w Waugh
an said today that he probably will
not call a special session Of the fed
eral grand jury to investigate the case.
The next meeting of the jury is sched-
uled to be held early next month.
E. L. s. Gordon, local British con-
sui, made the following statement to-
day:
Il have never heard of. and do not
know, any of the men involved in this
matter. The man named RandeH new
er had any letters from this office and
never came to this office. do not be-
lieve there is a word of truth in any
of the stories which have been told"
Marshal Smiddy today said that the
commissioners hearing had been post
poned, among other things, for the
reason that he has in his possession
a mass Of documentary evidence
which has not yet been looked over.
Rumors that men were in the city
recruiting soldiers for the British army
reached the city detective force about
six weeks ago, according to Chief of
Detectives Arthur McDuffie.
Information that two men on Alakea
street were acting mysteriously one
day about six weeks ago led to the des-
patching of Detective Swift to the
DldCS. ONnt natCHCO LnC AhOA III
some time.
At the junction of King and Alakea
streets the detective met some one
who told him that he had heard the
men were recruiting for the English
army.
Detective Swift reported the case to
the captain and McDuffie said today
that he took 1t up at once with Gus
toms Collector Malcolm A. Franklin,
thinking that 1t should come under his
notice.
Il found that Franklin's connection
with things of this sort was merely in
the matter of interned ships says Nc.
Duffie, $50 I reported to Acting Dis
tfict Attorney Horace w. Vaughan and
to Marshal Smiddy. as had been told
that several men had been shipped"
Capt. McDuffie says that this was
the last that he followed the matter
until 1t became public through the ar
rest made by Marshal Smiddy.
Rose In the Dark.
Sheriff Rose said this morning that
he knew nothing of the case until prac-
tically the time of the arrest, though
he understood that the captain of de-
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