Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-10
De BOLTS KINDLY
CONSIDERATION
Resulted In Guardianship
Papers Going By
Quiet Route
REQUEST OF ATTORNEY
LEADS 70 LOVELY MESS
Documents We're Not Put in Public
Tin for Obvious Reason
Of Defeating News
papers.

The story of the Decring guardians
ship matter, which was published in
the Bulletin last Saturday after
IT had been concealed for several
days by Judge John Thomas
De Bolt. Clerk Job Bachelor and As.
sistant Clerk of the Judiciary De.
partment Scott, was withheld from
the newspapers at the instance, al.
though not by the direct orders-ap,
parently-of John Thomas De Bolt.
But II is none of the b letins
business. It's nobody's business, ap,
parently, except that of the all-import-
ant Job and his lord and master, John
Thomas. John Thomas says It isn't
and It must be so.
Bachelor was asked on Monday by
what right he concealed papers In a
matter of court record. job promptly
hwelled up. assumed the air of life
insurance president, and refused ia
answer. go and ask Judge De Bolt,
he said.
Did Judge De Bolt order you to
keep the matter secret?'
Il refuse to answer. Go and ask
the Judge" repeated the Clerk, brlst
ling with Importance.
Judge John Thomas De Bolt was
asked. Ibid you instruct Mr.. Bach
elor to withhold from the newspapers
the papers in the Deering case?"
81 did not" replied the Judge. And
then, "what business is It OF yours
anyway"
1T is a matter Of news" was the
reply, land the papers are public doc
uments which the public has right
to see"
THE Bulletin Is never fair,
whined his Honor, his face glowing
with virtuous indignation.
But repeated interrogatories wer,
unsuccessful in eliciting any part!c
ulars as to how the Bulletin had
been unfair to John Thomas. The
Judge merely repeated, as II II were Q
phrase he had conned over and ovel
to himself, "the b let n Is unfair
the ulletin is unfair" II sound
ed like the cry of gang OF San Fran
cisco boycotters.
Neither did the Judge have anything
to say as to why he should try to sup
press court news that concerned peo
pie OF money or social prominence, hui
take no such pains In the case o.
common John Smith, who works OF
the waterfront, and never wore a dres!
coat In his life.
Assistant Clerk OF the Judiciary De
partment Scott merely smiled when HI
was questioned as to his part In thu
concealment of the records. 1T is thu
custom around here to put papers OF
the secret file when some one asks tina
II be done" he said. He was reminde,
that there Is no such thing as a secre
file for court papers Of record, but re
peated, I'VE always have done It,"
Clerk Job Bachelor is the same In
dlvidual who in a similar case som,
time ago, when he was taken to tasl
for keeping secret court matter con
corning people Of prominence, replie'
in Mortified tones, why, those peopl
are rich. OF course ! wouldn't Civ
out any news about them!" Jobs re
spect for the 200" is that Of one VIII
falls down and worships In silent awe
The hearing in the DeerinR case wa
held Thursday afternoon. II was dur
ing this hearing that Mr.. Merric
made the remark that be hoped th
newspapers would not be unnecessarily
hard on Mr.. Deering. Whereupo
Judge De Bolt volunteered the remarI
to the clerk OF the court:
Il see no reason for putting this Il
the public tin"
From the above 1t may be seen tina
while Dc Bolt may be technically cor
rect In his statement that he did no
order Clerk Bachelor to withhold tn
papers, II amounted to the same thing
rs his suggestion would be law wit
a man like Bachelor,