Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 493, 10 Ianuali 1902 — WORKING ON CLUE IN KINAU MAIL ROBBERY [ARTICLE]

WORKING ON CLUE IN KINAU MAIL ROBBERY

ana«-t \\ gl*|. pf tjlie VCfldOT Steamship Company. anTT fn§pt< lor "hf Mails Kind hare been industriously at work following a oußibu' of i s wlr h th« v fiojdM J«L evwnw tually lead to the apprehension of cities inpiuated m the tooting of a registered mail poueh from Moliith.i* ah- simmer K pan «(iuo w»-<-ki» a(<). ">-srs l.irj atrl Wight recently called on K. A Schaefer. head of the h iu of F. A Schaefer t Co„ aud a censultat.on regarding the amount- -either tn cheeks. drafts nr neuoriaMe paper of any description—- ■ : r to Honolulu from the plantations :n the v:. ;nit> of Honokaa Mr. S haofor s{ates that a draft. iMintbered drawn in of A .1 Watts, ovrrst ■ r at Uie llonokaa plantation, is reported as missing. Mad ud\ ices from Hawaii state that

• * * u fs tli*' ilraft was mailed on or about yiei tinu* that the reported robbery was ' committed. The draft and the atten dam advices failed to arrive with the other mail from the plantation. limit In ,1.1 ruinf the ot tiw;. draft*. the postal authorities and the Wilder Steamship officials get to work’ to Hcvovcr tlie missing piece; of pa- [ ht i' possible K«i* som« days a Aill | hunt has Iw-n in progress, but after ( ■ racing the letter containing the $100 j draft to the Honokaa postoffica? the ■ trail is completely lost. Mr. Schaefer states that up to the present time nothing has been learned ; by the firm regarding the whereabouts of the negotiable paper. Nottce was sent to Bishop & Company, bankers., to stop payment of the draft and to detain the p. cion presentius the same for payment.