The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-29
THE 'OUEER" AT
CAMP M'EIKLEV


fiOnllnueu from page one.
kopt for evidence The conductor BE-
Louis b. Reeves According to Reeves
Private Nilsson gave him The money
Husou was passenger ON Reeves car
last saturday and paid DIS fare by or
FERNS 90 silver dollar After receiving
hIs change ho asked the conductor to
change hN. dollar piece. says Reeve
and was given he change. Reeves
thought I.. coin was uot a good one.
and showed H .H other passengers. af-
ter giving OBJ. change. DE Kept 3d.
however .I..u.n H. took the ureelu-
ton of separating 10 from other money
when ho turned it .n AT the Office of
the Rapid Transit company Doe was
told that 3D. was bad. Whereupon Dee
took it to Marshal Hendry.
jackson. who bad bad coin in pose
session. claims to- have been given 30
iu saloon last saturday night He
declares that DE offered "a ten dollar
gold piece for some drinks boz "a saloon
and that the barkeepcr took 81 from
him and then returned the bad one o.
him. saying pc could not change "a ten.
Breckous said this morning that Pre-
did not think much of She coin had
been circulated. cone bad ten dollar
piece was turned down by one of the
banks here 0u saturday be So q. -a-1
one was passed 0u Rapid Transit car
Saturday night. j. the coin had been
sent out much It has probably been
among japanese women and people
who do not bank their money for r.
has not shown ~ IN bank deposits. 81
. it has been passed iu that way 30 may
take some time 20 get into general
circulation"
j. n. Cooper. known as FaL cooper.
the owner Of the gold-pIater. is weI
known here. De Is member Of tle
Christian EudeavDr and has been eu-
pioyed in Honolulu iu business way.
He was solicitor for AIIeigh recently.
All the four men are in oahu prison.
BreckO1s questioned them further no
morning and then sent them 81 back.
though it is said that there Is little
against L0ngIey. and he may soon be
released The four men are not allow
cd 10 see one another They HII have
hearing before CJmmiss.Ouer Mailing
on Friday. Iu the meantime efforts are
being made 10 End the dies which 90
such excellent work DOB making .ui-a-
tons Of The faces Of the coins.
That there was excitement resI
though suppressed out at camp Sc
Kinley this morning when the rumOrs
regarding the arrest had passed
around and the interest became .Hten-
siGed shortly before u O'Clock when
L. S. Marshal Hcudry arrived with
two automobiles and subDOenas for the
attendance Of seven soldiers who Weie.
wanted as Witnesses The word had
evidently been sent along that 30 in
formation was 10 be- given out regard
ing any Of the men for the present AZ
al Of those approached were decidedly
communicative.
IT was learned from the records. how
ever that Cooper enlisted at OklahO.
ma city, o. r.. on August u, 1909. AMI
is serving his first enlistment Jack
son, who Is also serving his first enlist
ment, Joined the army at San Fran
cisco on August rs 1907
There are TWO companies of coast
Artillery at Camp Mckinley the 9Zud
and the Z8th and II is 10 the latter int
the men now 80 trouble belong There
is Of course the usual camp rivalry be-
tween the two companies ana the men
of the 9znd seem 10 take an uDhOiy tCy
in the mess that their brothers ,1 arms
have run into.
we had a couple " fellows D.uched
for getting drunk o little while ago.
remarked one Of the 9ZHd this morn
ing, "and the 2sth have been jOshiHg 20
about II ever since but We won't DO .
thing but talk 10 them now"
As the two automobiles with Marshal
HeEdry, the seven soldier witnesses
and the Star representative. swung out
Of the camp gates the soldiers of duty
INDUCED 20 some cheerful remarks re-
latye 10 the probable destination RI
the men 90 uniform ana az 10 tine un-
Likelihood Of their return, al Of which F.
the witnesses had 10 take 90 good part
They were driven rapidly into town
ana reported al the Marshars office .
The fact that Jackson Is one Of the
ones appears 10 afford the
soldiers good deal Of amusement H.8
name is obviously an assumed one Tor
he is "a Russian and his English rs very
imperfect . fact which makes him On
"A sense a butt Of some Of his comrades.
lie was OUT at rifle practice only lit .
tie while ago, 80 one Of the soldiers
said, and was utterly unable to hit the
target and this led to an uHmreciful
fun making at his expense. the point
Of the jibes at him being that 1t was
no wonder the japanese were licking
the Russians so easily II his was
sample OF Russian shooting.
He got very much mixed up when he
was Intercepted by the District Attor-
ney hits morning. lie spluttered ln
mixture Of Russian and English and
got hope'essly out Of temper finally
saying, well you fellers can speak
better English as me but / am too
smarter as Won"