The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-08-01
bRECKONS MAY
CATCH OTHERS
Prosecutor and Probe Commission
Arranging for Enforcement Of
a Dead Letter Law That May
Bring Others Into the Tolls on
the Big Island.


NNall Speelhl 10 Inc AdVertlsef')
HlbO, July 2S.-The graft commits
sion has devised another plan through
which it hopes TO Introduce a consid
cradle improvement in the manner in
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ptlhg run II VIII 90 so oy competing
the enforcement of the law which makes
il An ofTense for county officers TO
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tlohs' Inc aet covering TINS SUBJECT
became law in 1911, but although its
existence has been referred TO at times.
.,.o,.,;o,, hss oyar hosn maid .here,o
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ihere nave peeh sumo exceedingly
striking cases of violation of this law,
which Prosecutor Breckons has got his
eve on. He states that he intends to
show nm inst how loose the county nd.
ministration of Its finances has been,
and that he is likely to do so through
the institution of criminal proceedings
under the law ouoted. He is not civ.
ing out publicly against whom he is
likely TO proceed. so those who have
heretofore acted on the supposition that
the law was dead letter. ANYHOW. NAV
now for n few DAYS live in what Mui.
vepey called 'finyidious apprehen.
rion. -
cr,sbsd poor Acoo,r.,
FOR the iast couple OF weeks the al
tenlion OF tile commission mas peen al
fected III the man 10 tne famous crush
en rock accounts, supJeet whleh mas
Always peeh " iaNorite WIN lhNesliga'
Tors OF county rottehhess.
me commission was apie . get con
siderable evidence by making thor
ough ana sysieHiatic huht ior persons
n "mu nau dn WGt th te aorn rom tne
Supervisor John Kealoha was road su
peryisor for South Hilo. The prosecu.
4 ton was much bampered by the fact
4 that practically no records were avail.
able. There was one single poorly.
kent book. which pnrported To be A kind
j of record. in the road department of.
fee. The commission did however,
have access to the treasurer,s hooks
showing where PAYMENTS had been made
by Kealoha of money he had received
for crushed rock, which he had sold for
the county. Kealoha never stated from
whom he had received these sums. he
merely turned in from tina tn tima n
lump sum. This made the inyestipa
Bv patient work the commission man
aged to solve the tanple to n great OK
tent. 1t gathered together the realiza
tions for each wear, as thew received
them from the nersons who had kent
their receipts. and then thew compared
the total of these realizations for each
year with the total of money turned in
for the same year and credited to
crushed rock sales. This shows that
considerably more money had been paid
III Tor crushed rock than had been
turned over 80 the treasurer.
Arrested on One Charge
Tho tracing ont of indiy;d,,oI oosos
also raGnirad notiout vel, and 80
nuity. Breckons would find that on
some date Kealoha had turned in some
money the amount being immaterial.
Then at some later date, say for the
sake of an example, week later Ke-
aloha would receive, say, $50 for crush
cd rock. Then, say, again, week
later he would turn over to the treas
nrer, for instance, $40. In such case
the prosecution can base charge OH
the $50 amount, claiming that it was
not turned in to the treasurer.
While the prosecution has a number
OF such cases in readiness, Kealoha has
"'ioe'Vh oh ohiy ohc sucl cHdIP
80 far. He is alleged to have collected
$40 from ex-Auditor Chas. X. Mcguire,
Tor crushed rock belonging to the
money ~ "">o e"'o'N~'eu 'na'
cr,,u;so. ,.,, ~,
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Neaioha was arrested on TINS charge
iast Saturaay morning. lie was brought
TO mo from Laupahoehoe, where he
was ,aSIns- III an auto by the deputy
sneii" III pan was SET at Thousand dol
lars' me supervisor spent some time
~ the laii' put ne was later on baiied
VIZ; MS pohdsmen being FELIX Bru-
fnel ann the hewiy-appolnted 500
s'ue"a'N Inspector
Mcguire Reappears.
On Saturday Charles Nauire was
also brought to Hilo. as he is In no used
as witness in the case against Ko,
aloha. He was brought to Hilo in or