The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-07-04
ON THE TRAIL OF
PADDED PAYIR0lLS
Expert Gooding Field of Probe
Commission Finds More
Discrepancies.
(Mail Special to The Advertiser.)

(Mail Special to The Advertiser)
HILO, June 30.-While Gooding Field
had good reason to be well satisfied
with the result of his first expedition to
No, tn Hilo, he decided to make an
other during the end of last week. lie
reaped therefrom a harvest, which was
very important in its results.
One of the reasons why Field made
his second trip was to procure evidence
of SO strong character that its contra
diction would be wellnigh impossible
That he had some reason for exercising
considerable care is shown from the
experience which he had with Wallace
| Naope, the road clerk in North Hilo.
Naope had been very bitter in his cri-
ticism of the manner in which things
were being run in his department, and
made an affidavit to the effect that
he had not received the larger part Of
his pay for May. This affidavit was
made before Manager Moses of the Bar
nard store, who is notary.
A few days later Naope came in hot
haste to Moses and demanded the re-
turn of the affidavit. Moses told him
that he did not have the document
Field had it. Naope then demanded that
Moses telephone to Field, demanding
that he destroy the affidavit. NaOpe
said it was incorrect. He had received
all his wages for May he claimed.
The affidavit has not been destroyed
nor will it be.
Field Works Cautiously.
With this experience in mind Field
proceeded to nail down his eases with
extra care. He took with him the of
fetal pay roll tor the period from Jan
uary 26 to February 20, 1919, for North
liilo. This bore the ok. of Superior
John Kealoha.
Armed with this document, and with
two time books which he secured from
lunas working-in the North Hilo road
department, Field interviewed laboref,
David Atenuola, who signed an affidavit
stating that during the period mention
ed he had worked for Luna j. w. Ke-
koa eight days, and for Luna $. Villa
nine days, making total of seventeen
days, which represented all the work
which he did for the county during
tire period mentioned. This statement
is eorroborated by the time books Of
the two lunas, which are now in Field s
/
man credit for having worked twenty
days, at $l.6O day, three days more
than the man and his lunas claim he
worked.
Three Days Discrepancy.
John Maikai was another of Field s
new acquaintances, whose case proved
rather entertaining Maikai made AN af-
fdavit TO the effect that he had work.
| ed for Luna Kekoa, during the period
from January 20 to February %, 1913,
twenty-One and half days, and that
| this was all the work which he did
for the county during that period. The
official pay roll, which bears the su.
pervisorial Ok, credits the same man
with having worked, during that same
space OF time, twenty.four aud half
days, the difference being again three
days.
In the case of T.. X. Kahaawiau, an
other Of Field Is new found friends, the
/ circumstances are much the same as
those mentioned above kahaawilau has
made nn AFFIDAVIT 10 the effect that be
worked for the county during the period
referred 70, seventeen days, and no
more. The pay roll gives him credit Tor
twenty days the difference being three
I days in this instance also
Ia view of tho Na0pe Incident Field
took particular pains 10 have the ailida
vita made Ia sne pfefeuer Of reliable
witnesses, among lhsss being l.unas 81.
Ion and Wilia, Yield hlmself Hnd ihe
demiy shern Of tho dirtliri ne also
had the luuas make alldaYlis thai ihr
mrn had Wofhri the periods ihey claim
90 and 90 hnfs ani leriiifing ~ ihr
feTfeeiHfts VI ile iime books