The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-05-30
Absolute PROOF or
CRAFT IS UNCOVERED
lMaIl speeial 70 The Advertl.er. J

HlLo, May 26.-Absolute eases Of
graft, In addition to those which have
been reported on in the past, were dis.
covered by the county invesgie ation
last Saturday. They involve an amount
of about five thousand dollars. OF this
two or three thousand dollars was taken
in connection with the payment of the
salaries of the officers who served at
the time when there was a double pc.
lice force, one set of officers being APP
pointed by the supervisors and the
other by the sheriff. Subsequently the
Legislature passed an act providing for
the payment of those who had served
on the extra set of officers, and il was
in paying these claims that defalea.
tons took place.
The grand jury went into session yes.
terday forenoon. Judge Parsons deliv-
cred general charge, part of it being
the same as that which he gave last
fall, when the Rufus Lyman case was
to be taken up, relative to the einbez-
element of government funds.
James Webster was appointed fore.
man OF the jury. Prosecutor Breckons
will handle the jury the first few days,
taking up several alleged graft matters.
1t is believed that several additional
charges will be brought against Ma.
guire, this time under the act which
provides penalty for false eerti6ca.
tion by an auditor. 1t does not seem
likely that indictments will be return
ed Mt this session against any of the
very most prominent county officials,
although a couple Of less distinguished
heads seem likely to fall.
Official Directory.
The list of witnesses subpoenaed be.
fore the grand jury 10 a large and SO.
lect one. 1t includes Deputy Sheriff
Kekaula, Of Kau; Deputy Sheriff w.
j. Richard, of Hamakau; ex-Chairman
of the Board Of Supervisors James d.
Lewis, former Deputy Sheriff Of Ko.
hala j. G. Lewis, Chairman Of the
Board of Supervisors Ewaliko, ex-Dep.
uty Sheriff of Hilo Fetter, Sheriff Pua,
Clerk Kai, Treasurer Swain, former
Treasurer Lakakea, former clerk in Of.
flee of the treasurer, Eugene H. Lyman;
former Road Supervisor for Hilo, Dan
Kaihenui; former Sheriff Keelanui,
former Police Office Perez of Hamakua,
and finally Rufus Lyman, who Is now
serving term for embezzlement of Ii.
cense funds. .S ,.- ~
Garden Variety Of Crime. IT,.
After the graft cases have been, fin.
ished, County Attorney Beers win take
charge OF the presentation of the 0rdi.
nary run of criminal cases before the
grand jury. These include the cases Of
Alberta Hernandez, charged; with poly.
gamy; Cornelia Delepina, charged
with forgery; Helanio Osmenia, Charged
with polygamy; Bartolomeo Duragan,
the Filipino who killed., his wife ct
| Waiakea when he found, her In com.
promising situation with another man;
.Baltazar, who is alleged to have stolen
revolver and jewelry from Doctor Ell.
lott; Encario, charged with. having
killed another Filipino, by mistake in
Hamakua. when he was cunning for, an.
other gentleman; and Ramon Bellida,
charged with rape. %t.
A Weird Case.
In this last case Beers has run up
against weird state. Of affairs. The
woman in the case claimed that BellidA
climbed into her room and assaulted
her while her husband was working on
the night shift in the Hakalau mill.
She now claims that Bellida ID innocent
and that the real assailant is. another
man, whom she names, and who ap.
peare1 as one Of the witnesses against
Bellida. She says that her assailant
threatened to kill her il she did not
accuse Bellida instead of himself, and
she obeyed him because she feared he
would carry out his threat.
The case of the former, Filipino pc.
lice officer, who was arrested on a
charge of having assaulted q fve.year.
old Spanish girl, will also be brought
before the grand jury. This case was
originally brought before Judge Wise.
but the prosecution g lamentably weak
case caused the man 8 discharge.
An interesting case which comes up
on appeal, for mitigation Of sentence,
is that of Attorney Claudius Mcbride,
who was fined 800 for assault and bat.
terry on Secretary Deyo Of the board
of trade at the legislative luncheon by
the board Of trade. The two witnesses
for the prosecution, Deyo and d. 8.
Bowman, are both on the mainland.
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