The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-11-21
KEALOHA SUES
FOR HIS SALARY
Much Arrested and Indicted Of
fetal Brings Suit Against
County for His Fifty Per.
(Mail Special to The Advertiser.)

(Mail Special to The Advertiser.)
HlLO, November l7.--No matter
what will lee the final outcome of the
various eases in which Supervisor John
Kealoha is the defendant, that gentle
man will never be able to say with Jus
tiee that his attorney, ,laUdias Ne
Bride, is not giving him run for his
money, several runs, whole race meet
full Of them.
For while Prosecutor Ilreckons,
with much ingenuity. has managed 10
hand Kealoha from time 70 time some
neat and entirely unexpected little sur
Prise package, the gentle Claudms has
not been sleeping ut the switch. Dur
ing the beginning of last week he had
the famous impeachments before the
supreme court continued for another
month. This matter has been contin'
ued so many times that the number has
been lost to memory, and II is gener.
ally conceded that it will be continued
anti such time when it can be buried
quietly and unostentatiously, unmourn-
ed and unsung, and without flowers.
So much for Mcbride s fight on the
impeachment matter, which is an abor-
tive proceeding, anyway. But when
Claudius came home to Hilo he handed
out an entirely new line of fight on be-
half of Kcaloha. This took the form
of an application for a writ of man
damus to compel the county to dig up
to Kealoha the sum of $50, this sum
to cover the $500 the salary which
Kealoha claims he is entitled to receive
for his services as supervisor during
the months of July, August, September
and October, minus $50, one.quaIter
thereof held out in garnishment.
Stopped His Pay
1t may be remembered that last
July, after Kcaloha had utterly re-
fused to entertain Breckons' sugges-
tion that he resign as member of the
board of supervisors, the prosecutor
eountered by sending the following let
ter to the county auditor:
Acting on behalf of the HAWAII
County Investigation Commission, |
desire to notify you that facts have
come into the possession of the com
mission indicating strongly, if not
positively demonstrating, that one John
\. Kealoha, at present a member of the
board of supervisors of the county of
Hawaii, is indebted to the County of
Hawaii in sum of money which is in
excess of the salary already due him
or which shall become due him during
the term for which he was elected.
This Indebtedness arises not only on
account of official actions while he has
been n member of the board of super
yisors, but likewise on account of ac-
tons by him during the year 1917 and
1912 when he was road Overseer for
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our information be correct, the. county
could successfully defend any suit
brought by him as a member of the
board of supervisors by claiming an
offset
81 am advised by our legal adviser
(t must be remembered that while
Breckons loaded the gun, il was fired
by Doctor Elliott that this would APP
ply to any suit which might be
brought by any person claiming to be
assignee of warrants issued by Kea-
loha on account of his salary.
at is therefore suggested that you
refuse to issue any claim presented by
Mr.. Kealoha for his salary and refuse
also to order the issuance of any war
rants on account of his salary
The petition for the issuance of a
writ of mandamus was presented by
Mcbride yesterday 1t shows that de-
mand was made on Auditor Desha for
the money last week, and that Desha
failed to come through. Judge Par
sons ordered issued an alternative
writ, commanding Desha to appear this
morning at ten clock to show why he
should not pay Kealoha his hard earned
salary.