The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-04
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United States Marshal Hendry and A
District Attorney Breckons yesterday
obtained complete evidence to fasten
the guilt of Privates Cooper, Bsstca
and jackson, 2sth Company, Coast Ar
tirlery, under charges OF making and
uttering counterfeit money.
All three soldiers were bound over By
u. s. Commits sioner Mailing to the NEXT
Federal grand jury, with bail fixed n
the sum OF $500 each.
Yesterday forenoon the officials. 60
companying the arrested men, went to
Camp Mckinley. Private Jackson
took the Marshal to a date palm tree
in the vicinity and, showing his hand
behind the leaves, brought out pack
age which contained five counterfeit sic
pieces. He looked a second time and
brought out three more. Then a single
coin was found, making 500 counterfeit,
but a search for still another that
should have been there, according to
the guide, was unavailing.
Then Private Cooper escorted the Of
ficers to a cottage owned by w. o.
Smith. but which Cooper has been sur
reptitiously occupying. There he said
he had made" the spurious S. and $40
pieces. There also he had made plaster
of paris casts. He had thrown these
through a window and the broken
pieces were found outside. A bottle of
alcohol and some mixing powder were
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plete confession, and so did, Jackson.
Cooper felt uneasy about Bolton. to
whom he had given some of the
coins" to pass. Bolton, on the other
hand, says he gave the coins to his
wife. The officials have Mrs. Bolton
under arrest. She denies knowledge OF
the coins and says the soldiers have
lied. Privates Langley, Peterson. Col
well and Abbott, who were arrested on
Thursday, were released yesterday.
there being no suspicion against them
whatever.
At the preliminary hearing before
Commissioner Mailing yesterday after
noon, Attorneys Ashford and Creighton
appeared for Bolton and Jackson. IT,
courtroom was flied with soldiers.
Bolton was the first to take toe
stand. He had previously said he would
produce the coin given to him by
Cooper, but failed to show 1t 10 the
court He had conference with his
wife, but that failed to produce the
coin.
Private Cooper testified to having
made the coins and to have given
some to Bolton, but he felt that Bolton
did not really know what was In the
package.
Jackson testified to having met Boil
ton on Saturday evening, when the lat
ter gave him nine $40 pieces which
were spurious. He said Bolton asked
him to pass them, and said II he did
so they would share even on results.
jackson said he was pretty drunk when
he received the coins
Marshal Hendry took the stand and
was asked by the District Attorney to
show the coins which had been taken
from the palm tree. He dug down into
his pocket and brought up nine coins.
which he jingled in his hands as IL
they We're stack of blues. The coins
gave rasping, untrue sound. Ash
ford objected to their admission In that
manner and so they were deposited on
the table, The attorney tangled two or
three a sickly smile stealing over his
countenance. 4
! Commissioner Mailing decided the
| evidence was sufficient to hold Jack
son, and the District Attorney thought
the full limit of $500 should be Inn
posed as bail. Ashford objected and
suggested $1,000. The bail was finally
placed at $500, and this was applied
/ to all the cases.
Hilson, who passed the IS piece on
Conductor Reeves on an electric car,
was to have his preliminary examina-
| tion this morning but, at the last mo-
ment, concluded to waive 1t and stand
committed.
Mrs. Bottoms examination was set
| for next Friday at 2 p. m.
! For the making OF counterfeit coin,
in imitation of gold or silver coinage,
the penalty is fine of not more than
! $4,000 and Imprisonment at hard labor
for not more than ten years
For the uttering or passing of coun-
terfeits of gold or silver coin the penal
ty is a fine of not more than $4,000, or
| imprisonment at hard labor for not
more than five years, or both fine and
imprisonment. -
With regard to the degrees Of GRIM
inality as indicated by the penalties.
strange thing was done by Cooper
before the Commissioner. which the Of
ficials had difficulty in regarding with
straight faces. At the beginning he
was held under the charge of "uttering
and passing" though the evidence
early developed n case of making"
The law allows a raising OF the charge
on preliminary examination, contrary
to the rule that forbids such a thing
In jurys verdict
Cooper. on hearing the original
charge against him, voluntarily inter-
jected a speech. assuming the brunt OF
the graver charge, in these words:
II wish 1t distinctly understood that
am innocent OF uttering the coins,
and that made no attempt to pass
the coins. I am the maker of the
coins and nothing else"
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