The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-02
NIGHT RAID MADE
ON CHAMBERS Of .
FEDERAL JUR|STS
Drawers In Desks of Judges
Clemens and Dole Are
Broken Open
PRIVATE PAPERS THERE
ARE RUMMAGED THROUGH
1922
BourbonS May Have Wanted To
Learn II Judge Dole Sought
disappointment

Breaking into Judge Clemens cham
bers on the third floor of the Model
Building, Fort street, which houses alt
the departments of the United States
court for Hawaii, someone unknown
or, il his identity is known, it is being
kept a deep secret, broke open sew.
eral drawers in the judges Aat.top
desk, rummaged through private pap.
ers and otherwise played havoc with
the dignity and order Of the office.
All this happened either late Fri
day night or Saturday morning, but
every official IN the building has kept
uncOmmonly silent in regard to the
" burglary. When asked over the
telephone last night, Foster L. Davis,
acting clerk of the federal court, knew
nothing about the occurrence and re.
fused to speak on the subject Judge
Dele did not deny knowledge of the
story, but referred The Advertiser TO
Judge Clemens. Judge Clemens was
out at dinner.
Judge Dolo's Room Entered
The plot thickens
Judge Dole's chambers also were
visited on the same night and the
prOwler also took fancy to 90
through the private papers kept there
lust what the motive for the visit was
is not known. At least, none is given.
It is generally known that no money
is kept in the chambers of the federal
court Judges. That whoever rummaged
the place was after some particula ar
"scrap of paper, probably a cable
message or two, is surmssed. There
is possibility that some one inter
ested sought to learn the contents of
some cable or cables received, say.
from Washington. and probably also
sought to learn what answers, II copies
had been kept, as is usually the case,
had been sent
Went Through Transom
~ The double door leading from the
hallway to Judge Clemens chambers
was found wide-open Saturday morn,
ing and'in the same manner was found
the door leading from Judge Clemens ;
room into the court room proper The
transOm above the big door was open.
1t is surmised that the prowler entered
through the transom and descended by
way of the bookcases which line up
the walls. TIL accumulated dust on
the bookcase below the transom shows
indications of having been disturbed,
but NJ clear marks remained. After
going through the papers the "bur-
glar' oDered the door from the insid :
and walked out. He forgot to close
the door after him.
Nothing Missing Is Report
Nothing appears to be missed from
among the papers in Judge Clemens
rooms. This was learned definitely
Yesterday. Nothing could be learned
in regard to the papers in Judge Dole =
rooms, inst across the hallway from
Judge Clemens chambers.
That an official Investigation is IN.
der way, has been ascertained. No
person, however. in the building is sus
Pccted. The night visitor Is believed
to have been man from the outside
Had the purpose of the night explora.
ton been to secure monetary plunder
it is argued, he would have visited
either the clerk 5 office on the same
floor or the marshal's Office on the
lower floor. As far as could be learn
ed neither Office was disturbed, al
though both were gone over for signs
when the work upstairs was discov,
cred.
appointment At Bottom
At the bottom of the whole thing
it is believed, was anxiety in certain
Bourbon quarters over the pending
federal court appointment. Somebody
wanted TO learn, if possible, what
Judge Dole twas up to" and broke
into the federal court chambers, get
ting into Judge Clemens Offices first
by mistake. and then tackling the desk
of Judge Dole.