The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-04-19
JOE WOODWARD CONFESSES
TO CROOKED TAX DEALS
(From Saturdays Advertiser)

Assessors office arrested yesterday afternoon the order
Deputy AtorneyGene Peters the being based comics
sion Woodward involving his obtaining from
by the of irregular tax Office receipts
Woodward of his guilt in Judge Dckey's
court yesterday afternoon during the of of the Ter
riory w H Kalma Fish Inspector who being sued for
alleged unpaid The climax something surprise
in the with the exception OF the Deputy At
who had puposy appeared the
iii order that he might entrap Woodward.
When Woodward put the stand he bued out that he
and Thompson had both Kaiai 1899 and
him back and occasions
induced h to pay 900 and s2 giving MN IN return receipts Tor
taxes and signed by either Woodward Thompson Woodward
said that Job fixed between the employees OF the
Tax Office obtain without making the Office
Woodward confessed that he had received 81 occasion and
SIS another as his share.
kamai the stand during greater part of the after
and related concise OF the methods employed obtain
ing his He stated that he somewhat behind in
in 1893 when he was poor During that Wood
ward him and asked him his He produced
portion of the for which Woodward him receipt
The next they again and he them $780, receiving
similar receipt but not the kind that he had formerly obtained
paying the Tax Office He said he surprised this
request from the Tax Office pay the he
supposed he had paid when he received receipts from Woodward
He the Tax Office and exhibited his receipts which he
claims were put in an envelope and marked with his name
claimed that then he has the did he know
what had become of them Amana of the Tax Office had them
away in the envelope and there were other persons present when
pray to God, Mr. Peters, telling you the truth
about these receipts soemnly said Mr. Kaima raising his hands
the ceiling when asked whether he that Wood
ward had given him these irregular receipts 81 don't want to tell
lie" he added.
crowded him make of his participation the shady
transaction When pressed of the for
giving irregular receipts Kama for money paid but not
turned Woodward broke down implicated Thompson,
"fxed between them the in this
Deputy Acknowledgement Peters asked that Woodward be at
committed the Circuit Court for trial the Grand Jury
proceeding would be regular absence of formal charges Mr.
Peters ereupon took Woodward the Police Station and had him
locked
THE FORMER CASE.
A. d. in the and Joe
Woodward Of the Office indicted for
embezzng public JAS L. Holt the and
collector for Oahu and then deputy Assessor W. Pratt had
discovered bogus receipt Palama May Of that
The receipt numbered higher than should have been and
revealed the fact that other well had
of stub book distance ahead OF the that time
reached in the tax office business
Woodward although he had authority collect had
signed the receipts lie having collected taxes from
different people, giving them irregular but stated that he
had done collision with Thompson and shared the with
E. P Dole Attorney General the time, A.
hit Assistant Attorney General conducted the prosecution OF
To convict Thompson noe prosequi entered for
Woodward could be chief
nobody thoroughly established theft public
Public opinion divided the credbity of Wood
wards confession that occasion Assessor Holt believes that
thompson innocent but that he acted weakly in not exposing
the irregularities of Woodward of which he aware
least before Assessor Pratt had been informed His ad
that regard coupled with the asseveaton that he
had urged Woodward the rreguary collected al
so warning him OF the if he did not do
The present against Woodward in February of
this year when Kalma for his delinquent Kali
forward the of the Yes
erday testified he heard of the OF Tomp
and Woodward which surprised the Office people because
the first bogus receipt that occasion given to fish market
y
Kaimai explains his acceptance of ordinary commercial
om OF receipt from Woodward by saying that he thought he
entitled regular receipt when he only made
Woodward in this second attempt make Thompson his !
apegoa says the moneys were collected from Kamai the fish
after hours by himself and that he handed the
Thompson waiting in his carriage outside the market who then
made the division,