The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-07
THE SWINDLER NABBED.
Detective kaapd Does Some Quick
Work.
Elizabeth WaikuIani Touches Rev.
NIackfntO-h for Five md Was
Arrested Yesterday.

Early last Saturday evening a
tall native girl called at the home
OF Rev. Alexander Macintosh and
told him OF the death at Eva Of
Leila. the widow Of Luke McShane.
whom she represented as her sis
ter. She said it was very neces-
sary that a coffin be purchased
Immediately. She had succeeded
in raising within "a OF the requisite
amount and asked Mr.. Macintosh
! if he would not favor her with the
amount, knowing all the while that
the gentleman had charge of certain
money left by the late Luke Nc
Shane Mr.. Macintosh handed
the girl So, asking her at the same
time how she intended getting the
coffin TO Eva. This she accounted
for satisfactorily. After other ques-
tions regarding the children had
been answered the girl left.
Between II and l o'clock on Sun
/ day Mr.. Macintosh was called to
the telephone and received the fol-
! lowing message: This Is Charley
McShane we have just buried
mother Aunt arrived here last
night at 10 o'clock, wet and cold;
coffin arrived in good condition
and everything went along smooth
| ly." Mr. Macintosh said he would
be down on the II am. train Mon
day. There being no train at that
time he telephoned to the deputy
sheriff at Eva regarding his mis-
take. The wife answered the tele-
phone and upon being questioned
said that Mrs. McShane was not
dead, but very much better.
Mr.. Macintosh communicated the
matter to the deputy marshal and
the case was put into Detective
Kapaa's hands between and )
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. As
the detective was casting about for
something to begin on an Eva Off
Ger by the name of Phillip came
into the police station in charge of
a Chinese prisoner. Upon being
questioned he said he knew of no
female relative of Lilia's living in
the vicinity, and had seen none
such recently. He stated also that
one of the McShane boys had visit
ed the city on Saturday, but had
returned Sunday morning. KAPPA
gave orders to have the boy sent to
town, which was done yesterday
morning.
KAPPA questioned him as to his
whereabouts. but he could not say
he had seen a girl of the descrip-
ton furnished by the detective. 1t
is Kaapa's opinion that the boy
had conversations with various
persons regarding his mother, and
that the fact of her illness was
communicated to the girl, who took
advantage OF the position to obtain
money.
Between Z and s o'clock yester-
day morning KAPPA went to Mr..
Mackintosh's house to obtain some
points of information regarding
the girl. That gentleman could
not describe her looks as she was
crying or apparently doing so and
had her hands up to her face while
she was in his presence. He said
however that she was tall, of light
complexion and spoke English
f1uently. She gave her name as
Elizabeth. KAPPA knew of only
one such girl who answered to that
description. Upon leaving he said,
Mr. Macintosh l will bring that !
girl to your house before night
Acting upon his suspicious he |
went to the Kings boathouse and |
asked for Elizabeth Waikulani |
who soon made her appearance.
KAPPA told her some work was
waiting for her at the Deputy
Marshal's office. Elizabeth be-
trayed herself by asking, in an
agitated voice, Have you a war
rant for me -
She was taken to the Deputy
Marshal's office, and from there to
the Macintosh home.
When the clergyman saw the
girl he was very much surprised,
and said, Why, that's the very
woman" Mrs. Macintosh also
identified her. Elizabeth said it
was her sister who had obtained
the money that when the detec-
tive arrived at the boathouse she
went out the other way. As it
happens there is water on all sides,
so Miss Elizabeth's tale fell rather
fiat, especially on the ears OF the
detective.
After about a half-hour's CONVEX
sation in private with Mr.. Mackin
tosh the girl confessed the whole
crime. Upon being asked who put
it into her head to do such thing
she merely answered: Some one
told me to do it." and relapsed into
silence.
Mr. NIankintnsh said he was