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

morning found Mr.. Marcos, Mr.
Swain, and / think David Manaku.
This money had been in the safe, l
do not know how long, as we are
always paying out and receiving
money; there was not very much
more money than usual in atthat time
none Of the amounts given belonged
to me, $3.50, $1,375 and 81. No
attempt was made to open the safes
that morning until Mr.. Peterson
came tried the combination when
/ first got there, but could not turn
it, The disc outside of the knob
had been pounded and indented, so
that the knob would not turn; was
not there previous Saturday night
after O'Clock L left two clerks
there working at five o'clock.
When no mail is about leaving, or
mail about to arrive, the usual time
to shut up on Saturday is 2 O'Clock;
employees are usually all gone at
A o'clock; know of no owrk that
was OH hand that Saturday night, to
keep the clerks late at work. The
safe use is Magneso- -Calci, made
in Boston. Mr.. Peterson did not
say anything that L recollect about
the business that Sunday afternoon.
/ found the two doors of the other
safe wide open; do not know what
was kept in that safe, except money
received for sale of stamps, supposed
to be kept there. / do not know what
kind of safe that was. 1t was a
very old one; had a combination
lock; ] never knew the combination
of that safe.
Mr.. G. O. BERGER, sworn:-I
was in the Honolulu Post Office on
the morning of Jan. 3rd; saw the
safe; it was opened by Mr.. More;
/ am agent for safe; i understand
what is necessary for me to under
stand about combinations / noticed
An indentation on the safe; the in
dentation must have been made
; after the safe was opened; the lock
: was in perfect order; the effect of
the indentation was that the dial
was so tight that we could not turn
it; the blow must have been given
after the safe had been opened; the
dial would just turn it far enough to
lock the safe again; it stood on
"ten," but do notIremember exactly !;
the blow may have been struck be-
fore it was re-locked or after; after
the blow, the door could not be
: opened
l. Cross-examined by Hatch: = 1t
L was a fire-proof safe; three num-
Der safe; the last number was fixed ;
it was numbers not letters; you can
I change any number on the lock; l
did not examine the old safe; |
looked at it; there was combina-
tion and key, both on the outer
door; it was an old style safe.
Mr.. SWAIN, sworn IL am de-
livery clerk at the Post Office. i
was there on the 2nd January. The
Office usually closes at 2 on Satur-
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till 10 P. NJ. that day, taking the
f inventory of the office. On that
evening was taking an inventory
of stock of the office Mr.. Manaku
was with me; Mr.. Peterson came
in about seven o'clock he did no
work then; he told me he was going
to write his cash book. After Ma
| naku and would take an inventory
of stock, we were to give it to Mr..
Peterson we finished our work
about = o'clock; we finished our
work, left it locked up with our
books in the safe; Mr.. Peterson
had been in at intervals during the
evening; we left Mr. Peterson
there when we went out; there is a
light fastened under the verandah
on Merchant street; / went up
Bethel to King street; l do not re-
member whether the light was burn
ing while we were working in the
office.
Cross-examined: Mr.. Peterson
was doing nothing when we left that
night he intimated he had to write
up his cash book. There Yas moth
ing / know of to prevent him doing
that during the evening remember
of him going in and out twice. He
seemed to be out more than in.
paid no special attention to his
movements, was attending TO my
own work. He seemed to be doing
no work at times when he came in
he talked to us, seemed to have his
senses. Appeared as usual. Ma
naku and had keys of the outer
door. We are never in the Office
evenings except when there is
office work to do. | did not see
Mr.. Peterson take off his books that
evening while | was there. His safe
was in the back part of the office.
did not notice it when went out
Money received at the window was
kept in that safe. / do not know
how much money was in his safe.
Every evening the cash was turned
over to him. l would know by re-
ferring to the books how much
money was turned over that evening.
DAVID MANAKU, sworn:-I am
employed in the Post Office. / was
there Saturday evening before theft
was committed. The office closed
about O'Clock. We were taking an
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