The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-10-24
CONFESSES To.
SOME NEW
GRAF 7
Police Clerk Brown Tells Some
More-Hilo Graft Gases Go to
Grand Jury Tomorrow, While
in Two Other Circuits Gases
Against Grafters Are Being
Made Ready.
lMail speelaI to The Adyertiscr.l

(Mall special to The Advertscr.)
HlLO, October 20-As result of in.
formation which Gooding Field dug up
during his investigation trip in Hama,
kua last week, Enoch Brown has admit.
ted that he did not tel the truth when
he, in his original confession, stated
that he had been embezzling county
funds only since last April. He now adj.
rlts that he began this practise soon
after he had obtained the office of chief
clerk at the police station.
Field returned last Friday from
Honokaa, where he had spent several
days going over the police and the
court records. He also looked over the
North fiilo court records. He found
both Judge Hall 8 and Judge Osorio S
affairs in order, and the same was the
case with the Hamakua police accounts
with the exception of some instances.
where II appears that former Police Of
hcer Perez who is now serving a term
IN jail, had received money which he
should have Turned over to the sheriff.
but OF which no record il to be found,
Many OF the jail records at IIonokaa
prior to 1912 had been destroyed, how.
ever.
Last Saturday Field went to Sheriff
fna and stated to him that he had Sc
cured evidence showing that Brown
mad Rpcketed county money which had
been turned over to him. by Hamakua
officials prior to last April. in spite of
tne Iact mat Brown had told Breckons
Field and Williamson, when he made
his original confession, that he had be.
gun grating only last April
Inc sheriff immediately went with
Ileid ana with his assistant, Cook, to
brown 8 house, where they found
Grown sick in bed.
want you to tell the truth this
Time. Bowl said Field. "You know
you lied to me before. -
- What is it you want?' asked
Grown.
In reply Field confronted Brown
with showing to the effect that the
deputy sheriff of Hamakua district had
last January sent in to Brown seventy
seven dollars, which had never been
turned IN TO the county treasurer. Field
added that he was certain that he would
De aple 20 snow lnat Brown mad taken
that II wonId fae;l;toto H.; ."en o9,
Brown wouId molo frlI " ~;
aiu oack at frst
BroWn replled that as far as he
eouid remember he began converting
county money to his own use in No
Vemper OF last year He added that
ne mad taken office as clerk in July of
iast year, ana that pr1or to the month
OF NoVemper ne mad from time to time
helped hlmselt to the county funds in
MS custody, but ne had, he believed,
maze restitution IN every case until
november Wheh MS borrowings from
'he county lll became so large that he
was NOT aple TO replace them.
fieiu heures that the pecuiatlons OF
brown SO Tar discovered amount to at
,east thousand doliars. lie adds that
ne WIN not De apie 10 ten with any de-
gree oi certainty what the total OF his
Peeuia1iohs wiz amount TO until after
an auait mas been made OF the Puma
aeconnts Tho f0a n ~ I'm 'ne nilo Jai,
amount to much. but the latter Field
believes. NAV prove a PROMISING field
for investigation.
Grand Jprv Tomorrov
M,
ne srahd jury VIII meet Wednesda'
,noin ins' put IL is pronable that the
seheiai run Oh cases winch nave aceu
nan"tt WI oe taken up petore Tn,
tp Dunts slaiS eases are handled u
t tna. Il -; uone oouh,y attorney Beers vii
naae IN. ms innings nIst, wnereupon Breck
U III VII L. "Ppehr peiore the grand juror
a "an ms puuget: rms includes ease'
,p s"'H 81 i1' S, supervisor furdy, for'
@ oaI r Supel'isor Nahakueiua, Sn'
FL Nv l p ana FORMER romeo
oisa ,n r.n hI hrown, al OF whom have
tho,', Iau s""rEes preferred against
;n''ni,.; WI "'So DE presented
ha, ot,n ~ onu VI 1mp una men, VINO
Rron npo 80 PULLEY ehargeu as yet
ba aon a. ~. 1851 tu"t ne DeleVes tha'
hofor go n,oln win these cases
davs n rIe '" ,hn IN TWO or three
49, 'n s .ue srah" Jurors wish TO
muke more thorough investigation, in