The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-08
BODE BACK
FROM JAPAN
Claims He Didn't
Try to Bride
Police.
Denies All knowledge
of the Adachi
Case.
Came Home on the Thomas
Because He Couldn't
Go to War.

Henry Bode, the man who is alleged
to have attempted to bribe a Yoko-
hama policeman to secure the release
of Adachi, the Ten Dollar Club in
terpreter, returned yesterday morning
on the transport Thomas. He denies
absolutely the charge of bribery made
against him and says that the first he
heard of it was upon his arrival in
Honolulu, when he was Informed of the
says that he went to Japan with the
hope of making a stake in Korea dur
ing the war. He admits that he knew
both Adachia and Brooks in Honolulu
and that he met the former in Japan.
Lawyer Brooks called in the neighbor-
hood of Chaplain lane, where Bode
lives, yesterday afternoon but Bode
says he has not seen Brooks since his
return.
1.-The first / knew of this bribery
story was when 1 arrived in Honolulu
this morning" said Bode to an Ad-
vertiser reporter at his home on Chap
lain lane yesterday afternoon. 1T was
a total surprise to me, but the news
papers are always publishing stories
about me, or my travels. Yes, 1 know
Marshal Hendry is quoted as making
that charge, but 1 can't understand
how any such absurd story came to be
given out. I met Adachi while in Yo-
kohama, but besides having a few
drinks with him, had no other COM
munication, nor did 1 attempt to bride
the harbor policeman. L knew Adachi
and Brooks here, Brooks was an old
friend of mine, having come from Mon
tana.''
Did you leave here before Adachi?"
was asked.
Let me See" Bode started to an
swer, when Mrs. tBode interrupted
with
You don't know anything about
Adachi."
I left on the same steamer as Mar
shall Hendry. said Bode finally. But
L had talked of it long before he left,
with my wife and other clerks in the
postoffice. i was a clerk in the post
Office and thought L saw a chance TO
make a good thing by going to Korea
during the war. had talked with my
wife about going to Japan or Manila
for some time, and when this war
broke out 1 thought 1 saw good
chance to make some money, by go
ing into Korea. 1 had about $40 saved
up and so I started. I was all through
Japan. l had letters from General
Mac Arthur and other high generals, so
/ had quite pull. I saw the japanese
Secretary of War and the American
Minister there, but they could do moth
ing for me, though L got to see some
high japanese officials. The govern
ment had issued orders that no for
eigner be allowed to accompany the
troops, and even the correspondents
were held in Toxic. Japan did not
want to give away her plans until the
army had been sent into the field, and
then the correspondents were to be. al
lowed to go along. 1 met Egan, Palmer
and all the other famous correspond
ents in Toxic, but they could do moth
ing except to sit still and pay for their
chow. There is lots of activity in Japan
and troops are being moved to the
front very rapidly. l guess I was the
only foreigner allowed to go on the
Japanese railway with the troops. But
they wouldn't let me go into Korea or
near the scene of activity; so as my
money was running short 1 came home
while 1 had enough to pay my pas
sage
BODE ON TRANSPORT.
The first intimation that Bode was
on the transport Thomas was when
Quartermaster's Clerk Burns opened
his safe yesterday morning 10 take out
a package OH which BODIES name was
written. An Advertiser reporter was
present and heard the official state that
Bode was to leave the transport here.
United States District Attorney
Breckons and Marshal Hendry We're
notified of mis- presence during the aft
arnoon and both officials drove to the
vessel at once. They interviewed the
Iuartermaster's clerk, who produced
BODIES transportation papers, which
gave him passage through to San Fran
,isco. The paper contained the follow
ng notation:
Henry Bode.. discharged civilian
Jerk
The United States officers remained |
aboard the vessel all afternoon until /
Ter departure and were then convinced
hat he had remained over in Homo |
ulu.