on november the 12th, 1928, lieutenant clarence stimler reported to captain s.j. nash night that the previous, quote -- i have lot thes of quotes in my paper, if you see me waving my fingers like this, it's to say quote, unquote, some unknown person has broken a sword off of one of the fingers for a souvenir. by rogers bronze's door, the lieutenant meant the bronze doors designed by randall rogers in 1853 for the eastern entrance into the rotunda, popularly known as the columbus doors. the victim was possibly amanda cortez, the famous conquerer of the asteks, but it was mor likely the brother of the man represented multiple times inside and outside the building, christopher columbus. lieutenant stimler showed his captain he was soliciting information with regards to this trick and that he now had a man preventing anyone from approaching the doors when the building is closed. today of course there is more than one man on guard to ensure that no visitor can get close enough to the columbus doors to even see cortez and cologne, let alone steal their swords. what are