Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-19
Brief Submitted TO Prosecution
by H. Gooding Field, Auditor
to Probe Commission
NSVl'lstEtIsgl


4 Inc following tdala on the healona
cases is taken from the report OF
Auditor, II Gooding Field to the Ha.
waii County Investigation Commits
sion, and was contained In one of his
fifteen interim reports, or briefs,
which he submitted TO The spreseea.
ton. The information so reported BY
Field formed the basis of the Grim
inal actions against Kealoha, then
supervisor from the district Of North
Hilo, Hawaii Kealoha's sentence BY
the fourth circuit court for embezzle.
ment was recently confirmed by the
supreme court of the territory.
Fhe data was submitted by Field
between the period OF June Z, 1913 to
July 5, 1913.
G. X. Mcguire informed me that
he believed the. pay rolls for the road
districts of South Hilo and North
Hilo, Of which John A. Kealoha and
Wilson Nahakuelua were road super
visors respectively, had been padded
during the years 1911 and 1912. These
pay rolls were made in blank: that
Is. without the days worked or rate
Of pay Of the men employed, and the
sum total sof the pay rolls, by weeks.
were presented by these men TO the
First Bank Of Hilo, Limited. and cash
ed, and the money turned over to
both Kealoha and Nahakuelua for dis
tribution among the men. The bank.
so Mcguire stated. at first refused to
Advance the money without the pay
rellE being filled out as to the num-
Der of working days and the rate per
day aof hetwaRes of each employee,
and also required the o. X OF the
county auditor, on each pay roll SO
.cashed. These blank pay rolls had.
however. been previously signed with
the names OF the men who. appeared
on the pay, roll. aud 1t was the belief
of Mcguire that, I'M several instances.
the names had been signed BY the
road supervisor himself. At the end
Of each month, the bank would fur
nish the county auditor with the
amounts which had been advanced to
the two supervisors. as above, acs
count OF road labor and q blanket
warrant would be issued to the bank
covering the total amount OF the
same. As the individual claims Of
the employees had been passed upon
by the finance committed and author.
lied by the board OF supervisors, the
issuing of the blanket warrant was
done to have time In making out the
individual warrants which would rbe
turned over to the bank on assign
ment One day. Mcguire was IN the
bank when Kealoha came IN. with one
of the weekly pay rolls, the total OF
the same being turned over to Kea-
loha BY the bank. After Kealoha had
received the money he took from the
sack in which he had received the.
money from the bank. 4 eonsiderable
sum of money. which, h the pres.
ence of Mcguire Kealoha deposited
to his own account with the bank.
Mcguire stated to me that he asked
Keal0ha why he was taking out such
9 large sum from the pay roll and
paying The same into his private ac..
count Kealoha's reply was that he
was simply repaying himself Tor mo.
ney which he had previously advanc.
Cd to the men. am inclined to the
belief. from my general examination
ct the pay rolls of the district Of
South Hilo, that the transaction re-.
version ~ Raall. ~ tbe s,,rs - 10.
new with which rs nod nsSa "a -, :
weezlv nav roll Maps,ira clss,,s that IA !
he tool Fwsliko i,,to hss con de srssss
and informed hin. ~ he s,,sricinns
but there the matter rested.
~. -, 80, ,,.s,.s,.. 81. a,c j. 49,.
~ - ss - ~ .. e -. -
& !, e, :. z 15.,, ~ 3 ~
NV 80 81 a,llktos :. g
s - .,,,ls = -, ~ sy - IN
lob . g ~ rar "a. Az ~ = Z,
sil - sso M ws ha,d ~ Il, E Ne ~.