The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-30
COUNTERFEITtR COOPER
CONTINUED from page L,

This overture was pleasant music to
the District Attorneys ears, for, after
the arrest of Cooper and three COM
rades of the Camp Mckinley garrison
the previous afternoon, he mad worked
long and hard at short intervals, to
elicit a story having semblance of
truth from this man, being already
sure enough that Cooper was the one
who had given out the coins for circu-
lation.
Cooper did now make a complete and
connected statement of his criminality.
OF course, pending the use of the con-
fession in court, Mr.. Breckons could not
| give its matter out for publication. Yet
he gave an Advertiser reporter the
main particulars of the discovery, in
GLIDING incidents of the short and sharp
chase that resulted in the running to
earth of practically the whole gang
concerned.
cooper got his plaster Of paris
moulds and worked the thing in a very
clever manner" Mr.. Breckons said.
1--WE know where he bought the
plaster of paris.
HE made two denominations of the
bogus money, the total amount being
$500. OF this amount $3.50 was in fives
and $3.50 in tens.
Last Saturday afternoon he tried to
pass three Of the fives in some Hotel
street places, but he failed.
Being convinced that he could not
do it and, as he says. being told by
his conscience that he was not doing
right anyway, he threw his coins away.
He also broke up his moulds and now he
has told where he hid the pieces.
HE turned over the $40 pieces to a
soldier, who is probably by this time
under arrest.
Tomorrow morning we will search
the duck pond into which Cooper says
he threw the S., pieces.
He bought the Babbitt metal-which
the coins were made of and not lead
at the Pacific Hardware Company.
"All that we have got so far, except
ing the few coins put out, is the gold
platter.
mo, a preliminary examination of
Cooper will hardly now be required. as
mo doubt he will waive examination
since he has confessed.
"Of the others, we may hold the one
who passed the IS piece. We may have
to find out something further about the
Imam found with the $40 piece in pos
session.
Later the man to whom the stock
of $40 pieces was given was arrested
by Marshal Hendry and placed in Jail.
His name is William r. Bolton.
4 The speedy work done by District
Attorney r.. w. Breckons and Marshal
f. r.. Hendry in utterly smashing the
counterfeters plot to victimize the
people of this Territory will be appre-
ciated by business men and everybody
else in the community,
It was only Monday afternoon that
the matter was reported to the U. s
District Attorney. A man was under
arrest at o'clock the same after
noon. This was one who had passed
a IS piece on an electric car last Sat
urday. On Tuesday afternoon the Off
cials had got in some witnesses. Sub
stantial progress was made on Wed
nesday. and yesterday the hunt wa.
brought to a completely satisfactor,
conclusion.
Prior to the arrest of Bolton las
night four persons suspected as eithe
principals or accessories to the crimes
the counterfeitlng and the uttering o
the coin-were in custody. Others wer'
, under some degree of surveillance 1
not actually restrained. All are soldi
ers of the 2Sth company of Coast Ar
tillery. which with the 92nd compan.
, forms the garrison at Camp Mckinley
Next week the garrison is to be trans
ferred to the mainland, a fact that !
believed to have been considered b.
Cooper and whoever may be implicate
with him in the happily futile attemp
to fleece the community.
James T. Cooper is serving his frs
I enlistment. having enlisted at Okla
o homa City, o. T., August 81, 1908. Sine
!. coming to Honolulu he has made a
3 ostentatious profession OF religion. H
s was baptized in the Christian churc
r here and became vigorous exhorte
: in the Young Peoples Society OF Chris
: tian Endeavor.
Thomas Hilson. the second man, &c
into trouble by passing one of the
t pieces on an electric car Saturday. II
h had paid his fare with a dollar an
= then asked the conductor. Louis
Reeves. to change a five dollar gol