The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-09-09
GRAND JURY TO PROBE ROAD
CONTRACTS IN PUMA AWARDED.
To REPRESENTATIVE LYMAN.
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Examination of Records Brings to
Light Some Things Which APP
pear to Call for Serious Ex-
plantation on the Part of the
Former Supervisor and Member
of the Legislature.

Representative Norman Lyman of
Puma, until recently the supervisor
from that district in the Hawaii board
appears to he considerably mixed up in
the investigations now being carried on
by the Hawaii graft probe commission,
and the grand Jury has been summoned
to convene in lllo next Monday TO
consider some apparently startling evil
dencc in connection with Lyman lcrli
torial road contracts, at 20 Mile, Olaa,
taken by him when he was serving the
district as supervisor.
The allegations, in short, are that Ly
man took two territorial contracts for
road building, that he took advantage
of his position as supervisor to have
county machinery taken at county eX
pensc on to his private work and that
he built the roads mt the countys eX-
pense and collected the contract price
Tor his private account. The contract
price OF the road was $l7l4.96. Ac-
cording to what the prOhcrs can learn,
the county paid bills for this road work
to the amount of 5000.
Lyman, according to word which
COMES from Hio, explains that he took
the contract ON the understanding that
the county machinery was to be used
and that the then Superintendent of
Public Works Campbell authorized the
use of the county machinery and knew
that it was to be used This Mr..
Campbell emphatically denies.
The following special corresI ondence
to The Advertiser from llilo relates the
particulars of the graft probing to date
al, % h., Ia i..in
HILO, September 6.-When Judge
Parsons grand jury meets on Monday
of next week it will have presented to
it budget of cases more Interesting
and important Titan has ever been pre-
scented to local body in the past. en-,
Prosecutor Brcckons spent last week
in getting ready the evidence which he
will lay before the inquisition. He also
got out number of forms of indict-
ments, and when the grand jury meets,
he will have everything in such a shape
that the work, though voluminous, can
be despatched in very short space OF
time. 90 ea
Among the matters which will be
brought before the grand jury will be
the Hamalua tangle. Probably a
charge of either forgery or of embez-
Element will be brought against eX-Su-
porvisor Purdy. In view of the fact
that Purdy made clean breast of his
sins, it is likely that the commission
will satisfy itself with bringing only
one felony charge against him, e.
Will Drive Off the Grin.
With regard to Kcaloha the feelings
of the prosecution are, however, entire
" different, and the prosecution will
lay before the inquisiton vast bunch
of evidence. Some of that will relate
To the alleged sale of county crushed
rock TO private individuals, while some
will be connected with the North llilo
matter. If it can, the prosecution will
secure "A large bunch of indictments
against Kealoha i'm order to show that
il does not pay TO fight it.
Wilson Nahakuclua is also in for
prosecution. It is, however, likely that
IN ease he agrees TO take his medicine
on a charge of attempt to commit mur.
der, based on the Simmons dynamiting
incident. il will be considered to be
hardly worth while TO press graft
CHARGES.
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cases are paseu aIe' OIL rperse' w
eehei"ny Nno"" W INV 'uo''' - ~.
real interesting grand jury sun VIII
emahate from the az trict Oh una.
As mas Teen stared before, ton n,nI,
sioher Nl'iiahison anu hNPert III ~,
WORKED up 10. Oh li"terlal, Wnic" ny
spent h'u'h tlue u, h"''"'ei l"s NV
shape' nuulner OF ih'luenVs etopPe'
up In the district whlch lookel fa'he
snady, ana several oil these WIN DC SUD ,C,I
lected 10 iur'her ihNesueauoh: -"
investigators nave however so iar eon
centrated thelr energies on one OF wv
cases when are peleved TO De more M ~
teresting tnah any OF the others: ~
material whleh was discoNereu III tni
connection, was NorNeu ul III SPcol1
report MniSn was ~, P'i w. b;s - turn io'i
working mn the material in such shap
tint he can present it to the gran,