Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-02-01

That caused me to stay all that Sat-
urday afternoon. The inventory
made that day, that is the part made
that day--part of it shows on the
stamp account book. / got through
with the stamp account the first
thing in the evening. We handed it
to Mr.. Peterson when we left the
office. For few nights previous,
was there till sometimes half-past IL.
Mr.. Peterson was not there on these
occasions. did not know if he was
coming down that evening On
Sunday morning, got there about
half-past 6. (Witness named a
number of persons he found there).
Mr.. Peterson was not there then.
Kaialoa is one of the sorting clerks.
generally get there about that time
on Sunday morning to receive mails.
Mr.. Peterson, Mr.. Swain and my
self usually come there at that time
on Sunday mornings. l saw one
safe open, the other shut. did
not notice the contents of Mr.. Peter
sons safe.
ROBERT MORE sworn: l am a
machinist, lock and gunsmith, etc.
/ was in the Post Office Sunday
morning, January 3rd. My expe-
rience in safes is that / have done
good deal of work about their locks.
/ found one safe all right. 1t was
open. l examined the lock on the
outside door. | am positive there
was no violence done to this safe.
The othersafe could not be opened
by hand. The dial could not be
turned by hand. 1 used an instru-
ment to turn the dial. The safe
seemed to have opened, closed and
then stuck. With reference to the
locks of both outer and inner doors
there were no signs of violence. l
could have discovered an inspicture
if any violence had been done. The
safe could not be opened after the
blow was struck, except as | des-
cribed. After opening the safe, the
inside was so that there evidently
had been violence used in opened
the drawers. 1t looked as if two
screw drivers had been used. 1t
took me about five minutes to open
the safe after l got there. 1t must
have been about eleven or half-past
| eleven.
DAVID DAYTON, sworn: | was in
the Post Office, on Sunday morning,
the 3rd of this month. | made a
minute examination after L got
there. l found the hasp of the
mauka door had been pried off. The
upper screw showed bright. The
bolt of the lock was back. The
hasp had been taken off without
being forced off by the lock bolt.
The hasp showed as if taken off
with the door open. (Witness here
gave statement of the condition in
which he found the safes, which is
substantially the same as given by
previous witnesses. | think the
upper screw of the hasp had been
unsCreweu ana the lower one 1orced.
had some conversation with Mr..
Peterson. (Attorney-General OBJ
jected to mentioning what passed
between him and Mr.. Peterson.)
KALAELoA, sworn: / work in the
Post Office; stamp letters and sort
newspapers for the other islands.
| left the Office on Saturday the 2nd
January, at half-past three; went
from the Post Office to Mr.. Peter
sons, and afterward to my own place
just beyond AT half-past 4, next
morning, l called at Mr.. Peterson's,
harnessed the horse, and drove to
the Post Office. Got there about
81. / remained to tie the horse,
Mr.. Peterson opened the door. Then
we both went in together. The first
thing did was to light lamp. Mr..
Peterson went towards the telephone
to ask how far off the Kinau was.
Passing along | saw that Willfong's
safe was open; was alarmed at
seeing it open and looking on the
floor saw some certificates. / then
went TO look at mauka door to see
how that was. Called to Peterson,
who followed me. Found the door
closed, but opened easily. Then Peter
son took the lamp and started to look
at his own safe, and found it open.
We did not 60 close up to this safe.
1t was before daylight; we were
alarmed. We went then to the
other room; there was hammer
belonging to the office; Mr.. Peter
son told me to strike blow on the
safe; did so. The door was shut
when he told me to strike the blow.
We went again to the mauka door.
He told me to take the hasp off,
which did with q claw hammer
Invent to the door on the Eva side.
While there | heard Mr.. Peterson
telephoning to the Police Station.
After a few minutes, policeman
came along. / left the hasp l had
taken off on the floor near the door.
did not meet Peterson between 81
P. M. and 49 A. NJ.
Cross-eXamined 1t was Mr..
Peterson's horse / harnessed on
Sunday morning. / broke off the
hasp; knew it was wrong; was
excited. / thought that people might
come in afterwards, and finding the
place robbed, they might think