The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-09-20
ONE MULE AND
SOME POLITICIANS
The Weird Story OF Why chas.
Kaanoi is 10 BE Pinohed
for Forgery.

! Mule Is namele,s though she may be |
Maud. The politicians are County A.
torney Cathcart; his deputy, A. NJ. |
Brown; Eugene Bufandeau; Makalcna, f,
the $500 politician; man named Lin
coin who pretends 20 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 nev
ertheless one Of the important persona
dramatis.
To bring the story up to date, be-
fore going into ancient history. Deputy
United States Marshal David X SheT.
wood sailed by the Mauna Loa yester.
day 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,
resident Of Molokai, was valued by
its owner at fifty bucks. Makalena
not only didn't have that amount bnt
4 he didn't know where to get it. But
4 he still had few ideas Recollecting
that within a few months a political
e campaign was coming on, he went to
J. Eugene Buffandeau and told him his
troubles Buffandeau saw the point
e and came through TO the tune Of ten
J. bones.
e That helped some but it WASH It
d enough, SO Makalena called on County
Attorney John Cathcart and told him
P the Mule story. Cathcart sympathized
, to the tune Of fifteen bucks.
i Still Makalena was short, so he paid
n a friendly call on A. VI. Brown, Cath
n cart s deputy and talked Mule to him.
o Brown lOosened up for few more
. simoleons LOrrin Andrews was equal
y ly generous and dug down into his
% jeans.
e That gave Makalena the value of
{ the Mule and he went back joyfuliy to
Buffandeau and told him the glad news.
: Buff was overjoyed and volunteered
to handle the financial transaction for
the Manoa statesman, who promptly
= consented.
g Buffandeau sent a money order for
s. $50 to tine owner of the Mule, who
y 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 ftty
bucks back.
Makalena went to Buffandeau and
told him about it. Buff said he had
received the money, but because the
county treasurer or the county clerk OF
some other county officer was tempo
| rarily short of funds, he had loaned the
| fifty out. But he would get it at once
- He did, by going to politician OF
two. Meantime Makalena had found
another mule that could be bought fol-
fifty simoleons. This mule resided II
o. Kohala, and his owner was willing tc
a. part with him, though reluctantly, be
,, cause of his excellent qualities anc
~ cheerful disposition.
~ So, at the solicitation of the Manoi
e. man. Buffandeau sent the fifty to vii
e. lima George Lincoln Of Kohala, tht
n. owner of the mule Lincoln TepleC
with fair promptitude that the mul'
was Makalena IS at that price, but tha
Gu if Makalena wanted it, he would nav
ne to send man to get 1t.
he At this Makalena demurred; 1t woul'
We cost nearly as much to send for tn
nd mule as the mule was worth. No mul
for him. He wanted his money back
an and so informed Lincoln.
on Makalena waited several weeks, bu
I'D failed to get any fifty bucks. 80 a
last he wrote to the faithless mule
owner and demanded the return OF tn
money. He received in return yer
surprised letter, in which Lincoln sal
that he had long ago sent back th
fifty. !,
IT This caused an Investigation to !
| made. and il was discovered that u
u postoffice had cashed ffty-dollar none
order for Makalena. Further invest
CATION proved that Makalena was NJ
,rk the man who had received the none.
10. and still other research brought out u
allegation that the man who got u
a"' 6fty was Charles Kaanoi, who had goI
no. 20 MolOkai.
his A warrant for the arrest Of Kaan
ods was therefore sworn to, and Kaanoi vi
80 be arrested on charge Of haViI
'"I forged name to a money order.
on Kaanoi was, up TO june ], an ei
up ploye of the territorial treasureI.s
and ice, but was discharged because Trea
e,a, urer Conkling discovered that the mi
w. was living far beyond his salary, al
"a also that he had drawn checks on ban
~ where he had 30 deposit. Mr.. conkii
and says that Kaano's accounts were p'
lie feetly straight when be left the gl
Ian ernment service, but in view Of
has fact that he had easy access 70 abo
la Two million dollars, IL Was resolY'
lem. IN view Of his habits, 10 get rld
him,
self Tie mule which hgureh so largely
~ the matter. Is still somewhat Of hyl
80 Mhetieal question. Although Il has be
, in paid for twice, there 10 still no mule
The poliHeians still remain, IA 81
they are eyer with u.s.
HnpE ugn TADE