Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-08
Hawaii GRAFT
INVESTIGATION
NEARING END
Combined from page one)

eHu WHcH IHG ECUulmlSSlOH CL0oco Ats
book late this month. but Attorney
general Thayer says he intends recon-
! mending to the new governor that
Breckons be retained to represent the
I territory and Hawaii county In the
!, long list of criminal and civil court
proceedings which win still be pend
ing.
Would Retain Breckons.
| '1 hardly think 1t wise 70 change
|, horses in the middle OF the stream.
/, said Thayef, saHd as Breckons has
had such great success IN the affair
thus far, and is so thoroughly fami.
| liar with every detail and phase Of al
the cases, it certainly would be to the
advantage Of the government to let
him carry them all to their conclu-
sion
when the new governor comes
shall recommend that an arrangement
be entered INFO with Breckons where
by he may continue to have full
|oharge Of the so-called graft cases,
civil and criminal OF course, some
Eof them can be handled by the conn
Ity attorneys ofIicerat Hilo, but the
bulk OF them should be left III the
special prosecutors care
Breckons brings back word that T.
*. Lalakea, the county treasurer
around whose Office has conferred 50
much of the graft scandal. fatty de-
ciined to make q compromise settle
ment few days ago and intends
lighting the cases against him, em-
.ploying Attorneys E.. C. Peters and w.
HI. Smith to handle his defense.
Breckons says Lalakea was given the
opportunity to settle on the same
basis that the First Bank Of Hil0 and
Mcguire bondsmen were accorded,
which would have relieved him Of all
further responsibility BY the payment
OF about $4,000 to the county.
10 Hold Treasurer
The special prosecutor figures that
the treasurer can be held for the diff
ference between the actual amount
paid by the bank and bondsmen and
the amount illegally paid out by the
treasurer's Office which amounts 20
about $4,000 Lalakea's refusal to
compromise the matter has given the
prosecutor discrimination to force
the issue In the courts and compel the
treasurer to make good every dollar Of
this amount Breckons Is thoroughly
convinced he has perfectly good cases
and that IN the end Lalakea viii be
made to pay Tar more than $4,000. La
lakea Is said to be worth approximate
Ely 100000 and # the government OBJ
tains judgments against him It viii be
able to recover Tor the fuli amounts
The general sentiment around Hilo.
as heard Il expressed, seems to be
satisfaction with the settlement made
by the commission with the Mcguire
bondsmen and the Bank Of HHo. said
Breckons. aOf course, / didn't like it
very well. for believe the county
could have recovered the entire
amount instead Of about half, but IL
the commissioners and the people OF
Hawaii county are satisfied. win
have to be.
At that, there are two sides of the
Question, and the people over there
are looking at the second side. They
are showing some sympathy for the
bondsmen and bank, realizing that the
embezzlenlents were not the fault Of
these concerns and that the moneys
paid to the county represent nothing
but dead loss to the firms While
there undoubtedly was some careless
ness. or pethaps Just laxitg, In the
cashing Of drafts by the bank, at the
same time It seems quite clear the.
bank was not q party to the frauds.
and had no profit from them.