Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-28
IS CLARK MAN
Claiming TO BE
DETECTIVE HERE?
Identity of Kauai Prisoner is
Subject of Discussion in
Court Circles -.

Over at Waimea, Kauai, a man Civ
ing his name as Clark is in jai
charged with gross cheat, and there
by hangs tale, or at least the ear
marks Of one. ..o..
Whether the real name OF this man
is Clark, and whether he Is the short
rotund and altogether pompous per
son who, until recently, hung around
the u. s. district court and boosted OF
all sorts of detective Affiliations but a
badge, are questions which are now
puzzling officials in the immediate
vicinity of Marshal j. ]. Smiddy's OF.
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From what the officials have learned
the gentleman in question has toured
the island Of Oahu and the island OF
Kauai representing himself to be an
agent of the department. of justice, a
Pinkerton detective and associate OF
Special Examiner Henry Mcconnell, a
real pal and co-worker7 Of Marshal
Smiddy, gum shoe" of Sherlock
Holmes fame and various other trust.
ed and confidential occupations.
And on the strength Of these repre-
sensations, say these officials, this
man has not only borrowed money and
rup up bills, but has used the names
OF Marshal Smiddy and Examiner Nc
Connell in obtaining credit and cash.
One local man was "stung" for $25
by the gentleman in question. Ac-
cording TO story which is verified
by Smiddy and Mcconnell, the man
told yarn to the effect that he and
Mcconnell had not yet received their
pay warrants from washington" and
that I'VE will whack up with you $3.50
when our money comes" He then
turned around and rented" an auto
mobile for $40 to go over to the other
side Of the island where, he said, he
had official Investigating to do.
The man in question, when he first
made his appearance I'm federal CIR
cles, stated that he was a.. former
guard at Leavenworth penitentiary,
but that he had been dismissed be.
cause a prisoner whom he was guard.
ing escaped.
After he had told Marshal Smiddy
that he was former Pinkerton man,
the latter sent him down to Schofield
Barracks to do little work on the
Jesse Duke murder case. But instead
OF investigating as ordered to do, he
demanded of the commanding officer
that certain men be placed in custody,
which was done.
He was also given some minor work
to do by Mcconnell, which consisted
OF looking up some data In the Foster
Davis case. Mcconnell says that he
brought In a lot of rumors, but moth
ing that Mcconnell did not already
have.
About three days prior to 1.-The. de-
parture of the governor and party for
Kauai to invee Iigate the Kappa situa-
ton, Charles X. Forbes called up Nc.
Cornell and a Sed some questions re.
garding the man. Mcconnell told
Forbes that lie had done a little work
for him. 1.
1t now appears that the man in ques-
ton was sent over to Kauai in ad-
vance of the governors party, presum-
ably to do some work" on the Kappa
case. H. F. Nietert, who accompan.
led the party as stenographer, states
that he heard the man tell Mr.. Forbes
that he came to Hawaii as an assist
ant to Mcconnell, which, Mcconnell
claims, is pure bunk" This man also
told Nietert and Attorney-general l.
M. Stainback that he was In the EN-.
ploy of the government.
It is believed by both Marshal
Smiddy and Mcconnell that the man
in jail at Waimea is the man In ques.
ton. When Nietert last saw him on
Kauai, he was in his shirt sleeves at
the wheel of a Ford automobile. tray
cling along at a lively clip and talk
ing-to a real nice looking young
woman"