Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-26
FIELD WINS;
. HIS FIGURES
ARE ACCEPTED
Hawaii County Officials Sign
certification That Probe
Statistics Are Correct
MISSION TO HILo r.. ,. i
Is NOW EXCLAIMED
Expert Has Summarized Entire
investigation - A but
/. $1,000 Accounted For

Bearing signed statement by Ha-
wall county officials that puts them
on record as certifying to the correct
ness Of his probe, its results and his
conclusions, H Gooding Field, audi.
tor for the Hawaii county graft In
vestigation commission, returned from
Hilo by the Manna Kea this morning.
Field left for HiIo quietly last Sat
urday, declining TO make a statement
as 10 his mission. When he returned
this morning II was learned that he
went to Hawaii largely at the instance
Of the county officials there in order
TO assist them In carrying forward
the work where Fields detailed re-
port left ii Some Of the figures given
by him IN bis report, which Is up to
March 81, 1913, were not plain to the
Hawaii officials, who found them
selves At q loss, II is stated, to gather
up the statistics and 60 ahead. Ac-
cordIngly Field was called upon and
went at his own expense to Hilo.
A new and important statement.
summarizing very briefly and strik-
fngly his entire statistical work, was.
prepared This statement has been
signed by County Treasurer Swain
and Special Auditor Sam Spencer,
who certify as to its correctness and
IA addition concur In Fields findings
as to yariances between the county
treasurer's and county auditors zig.
ures
The report Of Field showed that
the defaIcations and accounting ir.
Irregularities IN the financial affairs OF
the County oflaHawaii amounted to-
f7b.0e7.9f This amount, together
with The cash balance on hand as Of
March 81. 19f3, namely gl16,7s4.16,
was the sum which should have been
"a the treasury Of the county on the
above date
Report u onb6tsnitated.
The schedules IN Fields report,
contained. n detail. the other ae-a
Counting irfcEuI1rities which had q
direct bearing on the reconciliation Of
he books Of the county treasurer and
county o10IIof The financial rec
ords, however OF the county auditor.
and supportine documents. were found
10 be 90 unreliable by those not thor
6ughiy conversant with the situation
that any attempt at STRENGTHENING cut
the differences. even with the ex-I
haustiye data supplied by Field to ac-a
complish the same, was a hopeless
task. The comprehensive compare
tive statement prepared by Field at,
.Hilo yesterday. showing the desired
reconciliation as Of March 13, 1919.
the final date Of Investigation as pre-
Bcribed by the act authorizing the APP
pointment Of the commission and GER
titled correct by the Hawaii county
financial officials, substantiates the
correctness not only Of the figures In
Fields yoluminons report to the Ha-
vail graft commission, but his deduc-i
tions from the imperfect records in
the office OF county auditor taken In.
conjunction with the correct balance
In the accounts of the county treas
urer.
More Than s3,ooo.ooo Involved.
The total amount of money involy-
ed In the reconciliation which Field
accomplished was $3.141,521.36. COW
ering transactions Of a period of eight
and q half years OF this amount
Field was able TO account for all but