The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-17
ONE MULE AND
SOME POLITICIANS
The Weird Story of Why Chas.
Kaanoi Is to Be Punched
for Forgery.


torney Cathcart; his deputy, A. NJ.
Brown; Eugene Buffandeau; Makalena.
the $500 politician; a man named Lin
coin who pretends TO be a political
power in Kohala; and the alleged
forger, Kaanoi. recently deputy in
the Office of the territorial treasurer
but discharged last July for living be-
yond his means.
The Mule, although nameless, is new
ertheiess one of the important persona
dramatis.
To bring the story up to date, be,
fore going into ancient history, Deputy
United States Marshal David *. Sher-
wood sailed by the Mauna Loa yester-
dav for Lahaina, en- route to Pukoo,
Molokai. to arrest Charles Kaanoi who
is charged with having forged the sig
nature Of George Makalena to a
money order for $50.
This is where the Mule comes in.
Some time last May, it seems, George
Makalena who later became famous
as the $500 politician of Manoa Valley.
decided that he needed a mule. But
he didn t have enough money to buy
mule. By dint of frisking his pockets
he was able to dig up $50. But the
Mule upon which he had set his heart,
a resident of Molokai, was valued by
its owner at fifty bucks. Makalena
not only didn't have that amount but
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he still had few ideas Recolleeting
that within a few months a political
campaign was coming on. he went to
Eugene Buffandeau and told him his
troubles. Buffanieau saw the point
and came through TO the tune OF ten
bones.
That helped some but it WASH t
enough so Makalena called on County
Attorney John Cathcart and told him
the Mule story. Cathcart sympathlzed
to the tune of fifteen bucks.
Still Makalena was short, so he pad
a friendly call on A. NJ Brown, Cath
cart S deputy, and talked Mule to him.
Brown loosened up for few more
simoieons. Lorrin Andrews was equal
" generous and dug down into his
jeans.
That gave Makalena the value of
the Mule and he went back loy1ully 70
Buffandeau and told him the glad news.
Buff was overioyed and volunteered
to handle the tnancla! transaction for
the Manoa statesman, who promptly
consented.
-Buifandeau sent a money order for
$50 to the owner of the Mule, who
lived on Molokai. To be exact both
the Mule and his owner lived on the
island
But in the mean time. the Mule had
eloped and when the fifty arrived, the
Mule was not there. So his dIsap-
pointed owner had to send the fifty
bucks back.
Makalena went to Buffandeau and
told him about it. Buff sad he had
received the money, but because the
county treasurer or the county clerk or
some other county officer was tempo
rarilv short of funds, he had loaned the
fftv out But he would get 1t at once.
He did, by going to politician or
two. Meantime Makalena had found
another mule that could be bought for
fifty simoieons. This mule resided IN
Kohala, and his owner was willing to
part with him, though reluctantly, be
cause of his excellent qualities and
cheerful disposition.
So. at the solicitation of the Manoa
man. Buffandeau sent the fifty to WI
lima George Lincoln Of kohala, the
owner of the mule. Lincoln Tephed
with fair promptitude that the mule
was Makalena : at that price, but that
If MakaIena wanted it. he would nave
to send a man to get Il.
At this Makalena demurred; it would
cost nearly as much to send for the
mule as the mule was worth. No mute
for him. He wanted his money back,
and so Informed Lincoln.
Nakalena waited several weeks. but
failed to get any fifty bucks. 80 at
last he wrote to the faithless mule
owner and demanded the return Of the
money. He received in return a very
surprised letter, in which Lincoln SAID
that he had long ago sent back the
fifty.
This caused an investigation TO be
made. and It was discovered that the
nostoffice had cashed q fifty dollar money
order for MakaIena. Further lnvestl-
cation proved that Makalena was not
the man who had received the money,
and still other research brought out the
allegation that the man vino got the
fftv was Charles Kaanoi, who had gone
to Molokai.
: warrant for the arrest Of haanol
was therefore sworn to, and kaanoI Will
lie arrested on a charge Of having
forged a name to a money order.
Kaanoi was, up to June !, an EN-
pIove of the territorial treasurer S OF
fee. but was discharged because Treas