The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-06-24
KUMALAE
HAD CLERK
But Committee.
men We're Not
Apprised.
(From Wednesdays Advertiser)

tried before Judge De Bolt upon the
charge by indictment of conspiracy to
defraud the territory, held the atten-
tion of the jury all day yesterday, the
prosecution offering its evidence in the
forenoon, the afternoon being devoted
to the examination of witnesses for the
defense. There is yet another witness
for the defense who will be examined
this morning, and after arguments, the
case will so to the jury.
The defense offered the evidence of
Kumalae who as star witness testi-
fed to having employed Enoch johnson
as a clerk to the committee on investi-
eating the Chinese Fund on behalf of
the House of Representatives, but fall
ed to let any of the committee MEM
bers know of it. He secured q legal
which he paid him $50. The report of
the minutes which johnson made up
from Kumalae's notes, according to
Kumalae's statement, is lost" 1t was
not kept although for working up the
report, and typewriting it, he was paid
a large sum of money.
Representative Chillingworth as a
witness for the prosecution stated that
he was a member of the Chinese Fund
committee, and that after two or three
meetings were held, the matter SEEM
ed to drop out of sight. He spoke to
Kumalae about the lack of meetings
and the latter said he had difficulty
getting them together. Johnson had
not attended any of the meetings. Mr..
.chillingworth said he had drawn up
the report and handed it to Mr.. ]. w.
Girvin who put it in typewriter form.
Mr.. Girvin had prepared certain Sec
tions of the statutes for insertion
which We're, however, pasted on to the
report and later taken from it. He
never knew that Johnson had anything
to do with the report. Johnson, also,
had not given a legal opinion to the
committee.
Mr.. Girvin testified that he had type
written the report. AS payment, he
had been paid in cash by Kumalae in
the hallway of the capitol. The testi-
mony of II. f.. Cooper. Jas. II. Boyd,
j. A. Magoon, T. Lyons, John NJ. Will
son and Mrs. Leonard was offered to
show that johnson had not attended
any of the meetings.
Attorney Ashford said the defense
would be to show that Enoch johnson
had been employed by the committee
to perform clerical work and that at
the express wish of Kumalae he did
not attend the committee meetings,
Kumalae taking notes which he SUBJ
sequently handed to Mr.. Johnson to
write into the report.
A legal opinion was also desired at
this time, and johnson gave it in writ
ing charging $50 for it. Subsequently,
Mr. Girvin handed in a report, and
johnson also had one. Johnson took
the Girvin report made interlineations
in it, and it was then handed to Testa
who wrote the last five pages of the
report to make clean copy.
F. j. Testa was called as a witness
by the defense, he testifying that he
had typewriter the last five pages,
for which work he was paid $3.50 in
cash by Kumalae. No explanation was
made as to why cash was paid instead
of payment being made by warrant.
Solomon Meheula, clerk of the House
of Representatives. was called. At
torney General Andrews handed up
bill for $500 purportng to be drawn
up and payable to Meheula, for his in
spection as to whether he handed that
special bill to be O.K.'d by the chair
man of the committee. Then ensued a
parry of words between Ashford and
Andrews Meheula protested that he
was indicted on that bill and it might
incriminate him If he answered.
Jonah Kumalae, chairman of the
committee to investigate the Chinese
fund testified he acted as clerk of the
committee, using abbreviations, leav-
ing out words, but writing rapidly
enough to take the testimony John
son. although appointed as clerk did
not attend the meetings as II was n
rule to exclude everybody except the
witness under examination. This rule
was broken when IL, T.. Cooper ap-
peared as witness when a shorthand
expert was called in,
kumalae denied that he had appoint
ed subcommittee, which had been
testified 20, He was not consulted In
the appointment OF Mr., Glryu to do
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