The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-01

two times ask him for loan. which he
gave me, and it was afterwards set
tied up; in fact all the loans were set
tied up with him.
Mr.. McCandless: Q. Can you give us
the amount of those loans?
A / think it was twice, perhaps
three times, but cannot state positively
without referring to my memorandum.
The Chairman: Q. Did you think B.
H. Wright had money of his own to
loan?
A. Well, he told me at one time that
he would have money or something
from the sale of his wife's property,
that he would have money to loan.
Whether that was the truth or not do
not know 1 did not ask him for Gov
eminent funds.
@. You did not ask him where he
got these funds from?
A No.
Mr.. McCandless: Q. Can you state
here what the amount of those loans
would be that you received from him
at different times?
A. I think it was three hundred dol
lars.
@. AT one time?
A. Yes.
Q. Was that the largest amount you
received at any one time?
A. L think it was, according TO my
recollection now; 1 would like to look
the matter up and state the thing more
definitely; but all these amounts were
settled up.
Q. Before or after he was arrested ?
| A. Before.
THE FIFTH CHARGE.
The Chairman: THAT you have from
| time to time given checks to creditors
in payment of your personal debts,
knowing that you didn't have funds on
| deposit to honor said checks, and that
said checks when presented would be
6ishonored and were dishonored."
| A. 1t hardly seems to me that would
have bearing on the subject matter
I-etc.
@. You refuse to answer the ques-
ton?
| A It is so indefinite, Mr.. Isenberg.
@. Mr.. Austin, when you were Audi
| tor, how many and who were the en-
ployes of the Auditors Department?
! A They were Mr.. Meyers, Deputy
Auditor, Geo. w. King, bookkeeper,
and at one time Charles Hall; Mr..
Sherman Wood was put in his place as
assistant bookkeeper.
@. Mr.. Austin, do you remember the
salaries of your employees?
A Yes, sir. Deputy Auditor, two
hundred dollars a month; on the pay
roll for the last year and a half has
been a bookkeeper, $175 month; as
sistant bookkeeper S125 per month; the
first detail clerk, 800 a month; Sec
ond detail clerk, $50 a month; and the
third detail clerk, $50 a month; until
the last of the month, before l left, his
salary was raised to SIS a month.
@. Did you consider this force was
sufficient to carry on the work in your
department?
A. Yes, it was sufficient for the or
binary needs of the Auditor; once in a
while when 1 went outside on check
ing tour I would employ outside assist
}, ance.
@. Mr.. McCandless: @. Did you have
sufficient funds to pay this outside cler-
zeal assistance?
A. Yes, but it would never have last
ed it we had done it extensively. VIVA
little outside help we required it was
sufficient to pay to the time 1 was sus
pended.
Q. Was it possible from the book
and records kept in the Auditors offic
to know from time to time what casl
was on hand in the Treasury Depart
ment?
A Yes; that is every fifth day a
. least We knew the moment deposi
> was made in the Treasury; the depos
:. itor received an original and a dupli
= cate receipt; the original and duplicat
he took to the audit Office and had tn
original countersigned by the Audito
or Deputy Auditor, and the duplicat
d torn off, and kept in the audit Office
y so that all the moneys paid into tn
[. Treasury were known, and recorded i
t our books from these duplicate receipt:
d Mr.. McCandless: @. Then, Mr. Aus
y tin. by your checks in your office yo
g could keep track of what money was o
s hand in the Treasurer's Department?
d a. Yes, sir; we knew of all the pay
:, ments made out of the Treasury. an
n all the moneys received in the Treas
ury, from these duplicate receipts. Tn
: only payments that we could not b
# cognizant of would be payments on ac
C count of interest which the Treasur
can pay without the issuance of a wal
It rant
II Q. What amount of money did til
Ii Treasury usually have?
It A. That varied materially, particu