The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-05-16
HIRAM JOHNSON'S.
CAPITOL OFFICE
Is BROKEN INTO.
other Senators Complain That
Flnks Have Rifled Desks. One
S0lcn Missed Bottle of Good Lii
quof.

Washington, May 1O.-UP-Po-
iltlcal letters containing the most
intimate facts about public Off
Gals In Washington as written by
the fluent and often caustic pen
| OF Senator Hiram Johnson and his
friends back home in California
We're surreptitiously read by some
intruder who broke into his office
IN the capitol early Saturday.
AS this marked the fourth riff
ing OF senator's office, it created
a major crime problem for capitol
police and local detectives. All
they could develop was that it was
professional job" There was no
evidences the window had been
raised, so it was deduced entry
must have been by a pass key.
Drawers in Johnson's private desk
were pulled out. His complicated
card index letter file had obvious
ly been scrutinized carefully, with
particularly attention to his priv
ate correspondence
A set of private letters which
all Washington knows are regard
ed as contemporary masterpieces
on the passing political situation in
Washington were left on top of
the file case.
Cabinet Jimmied
A cabinet nearby had been jim
mied, apparently by one who well
knew how.
The intruder wasted no time
with Johnson's bulky office cor
respondence containing the routine
letter a senator writes to his con-
stiuents. He manifestly knew
where things were that even John
son did not know until his file
clerk hold him.
Detectives said they found evi-
dence that the burglar used glove:
to avoid telltale fingerprints.
Throughout this session of the
congress there has been feeling
of uneasiness among senators. Dur
ing the hot prohibition argument
last winter, many senator's com
planned they were being trailed
Others reported their office hat
been ransacked. Senator Boral
! said his office was being watched
: and Senator Wheeler complaine,
his files had been searched.
+ 1t was also learned today tina
! Borah recently has seen a lette
tending to substantiate his allega
!, tions that his office was watche
! during the prohibition discussion
: last winter. The letter is said t
have been addressed to a membe
of the house, and said the ma
who went through Borah's offic
is now in the prohibition servic
II in st. Louis" The author of tn
II letter is understood to be in til
II government service.
III Moses Office Rifled
I At the same time it develope
that the office of Senator Nose
= republican, New Hampshire, WI
. is abroad, also had been reporte
, rifled recently.
4 Another senator reported pr
vately a bottle of liquor had bee
4 stolen from his desk. Apparent
it had been taken by a janitor,
was said.
The janitor was one of the fir
= questioned by detectives. invest
K eating the Johnson case. He sa
le he left the office at 1890 a. n
IS and everything was in good orde
j. He locked the door behind him.
1e Within the week. Senator M
Kellar, democrat, Tennessee, a
yised the senate that his off
tie had been searched in the night.
en- the same time, Senators Smoot, 1
y, publican, Utah, and Brock, dem
OF crat, Tennessee, also intimat
e. their offices had been search'
ne Smoot indicated the intruder h
stolen only pen. The regular
ed of the offense is expected now
an result in a thorough Investigate
lat and perhaps closer watch upon |
&c offices of senators.