The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-10-31
k0HALA GRAF 7
HAD MANY
SIDES
Road Work, Police, Marriage Lii
censcs, Courts and About Every
thing Else Yields Up Evidence
When Probe Is Turned Around
Sheriff Pua Takes Quick Ac-
ton to Suspend Deputy.
(Mail Special to The Advertiser. )

(Mail Special to The Advertscr.)
HILO, October 27.-Last Thursday |
morning Commissioner Williamson re-
turned from Kohala where he had been
conducting another investigation of
county graft matters. He was sue
cessfpl as usual, in uncovcring a lot
of very interesting stuff, which he in
cluded in detailed report to the com
mission. Much of the same material
will be placed before the grand jury
in Kailua, which began its $ salon yes.
terday. Williamson has gone TO Kai-
lua with Deputy County Attorney Heen,
who will prosecute in the graft cases,
as well as in all the other criminal
cases which are TO come up before
\ Judge Matthewman. There are likely
to be almost a score of indictments re
turned in graft cases alone, so the SEES
sion will be both a long and an inter
estng one.
Kohala Road Dope.
Williamson was as Il matter of fact,
unable to complete his investigation OF
the North and South Kohala road mat
tgrs. Still he secured some valuable
information. For instance, a road
worker, named Abb aham Kahukula,
told him that he had worked for the
county four days during October, 1910,
and two days in November of that same
year, but that the county had never
come forth with the money it owed him
for his services, amounting to n total
of nine dollars. Williamson found,
however, that warrant had been is
sued covering these months, in which
Abraham had been credited with twelve
dollars. The warrant was endorsed
with Abraham $ name, hut the hand
writing is that of another person. The
name of former Supervisor Joel Kani-
ania appears underneath, showing taat
that worthy cashed the warrant.
Another interesting find was II war
rant, which had been issued on Decem-
Der IA, 1910, in favor of one David
Mia, 1t was endorsed as follows: "Pay
to j. Kaniania, David Ma, J. Kama
MIA, - which would make it appear that
Kaniania cashcd the warrant. The
joke is that it has been impossible to
find any one who ever knew or heard of
such person as David Mia, and Will
hanson is convince that he is a pu ely
fictitious parsonage. These are samples
of a NUMBER of cases brought to light,
Will Plead Guilty.
AS a result of some additional work
which he did in kopa, Williamson was
able to report to the commission that
w. u. Wright had confessed to some
forgery charges He did SO when he
was confronted with payrolls on which
he had entered names, signing the roll
for them, and endorsing the warrants
which were issued against them. These
matters will DC placed before the Kona
grand jury, and Wright agreed with
Williamson that he would plead guilty
on one charge. In this case it is prob
able that no other charges will be press
ed against Wright.
Williamson also obtained statement
from Kona official that he bad placed
on the payroll extra time for certain
men, and that he had done so, at the
order of the then supervisor for Kona,
in order to reward the men getting the
extra money for political work done by
them.
Another Kona official admitted to
Williamson that he had forged the
name on a payroll, where the warrant
for the total of the payroll had been
made payable to himself. The money
he had used for his own purposes.
The North Kohala police force was
hit as hard rs any one by the tireless
commissioner, who brought with him
On mis- return to Eilo, bunch of dope
which will probably end forever the
official career Of the Kohala finest
The moment Williamson arrived in the
district he was beset by a mass OF
rumor and report, instance after in
stance of reported graft or incompe
tence being brought to him. Most OF
his information was, however, of 50 in
definite nature that il could not b.,
used as basis for Investigation, lei
alone for charges. Williamson did
nevertheless, sift out enough facts Il
convince him that a thorough cleaning
out Of a great part of the police fore,
of North kohala was necessary ON nc
count of either dishonesty or incompe
tcnce. When h. returned 10 llilO, he
placed his evidence, or at least som,
Of 1t, before Sheriff Pua, aud Pua wa
30 impressed with ID that he TOOK thl
steamer TO kohala the following morn
ing, with the aYOwel intention of re-
organising the North Kohala pole,
force, He made quick cleanup, III
suspended Deputy Sherih Humane ans
discharges Onieer uaia, Ne failei 4
meet the ilNN League, owing 10 w
short time he was IN the district, Pul
Gays he will make detailed inyesii
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