The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-04-28
SECRET SERVICE
MEN ON CROOK

One r- ne central EEu-c> q Al eN-
citing experience II insular govern
near circles u TIE Philippines, Colonel
Il B MeCoy. Deputy Collector Of Gus
tons. : passenger sboz-3 TIE United
S-s-zs AMY transport CroOk, seeoD-
vs-ls7 IL his vie. q eight months
leave D sb-s-ss. Ee : = 1Ou.e 70
Ws-zi-z.c-- s1G has buzlnesz u 81
important reture with ths Var and
Other Departments
NtCCv va reeLIy prosecuted II
Tie Philippines q charge q 1s-S'n-
cation u , Vutl-e doeuu srt, VS. Irsso
znd found guilty q c6e'al lmp-udssnec
and 1s-lzs1c-. AID vas se1ts1eet =
l--..-is5n-rl1t for tour months sno
twenty Layz II Bllbid- buI wa>, lnHae-
dia-zlv following Tie ss1te1er, III!
-zrLo1el bv Governor smith o. I1e
PHILIPPINES.
Tters was 10 zeal wrong eonmITtec
according = Governor Smith I1s a.
leleE talSl6estion Of 5 pUbl1e document
ts5-z technical 4 pursuit q earla-1
5uu5r-szt ssle- service wC-k
Colonel Mccoy vent u The Philip
v5-ss several ysa-s ago p : major Of
Colorado Volunteers and latel, Tae1
~ vent back - Ss1 Frsnelsto and x 2s
mustered on. Ls entered The I :
Volunteers 8 3 Esucs1z1t-cOlonei- EaI-
- = 1911 Il vas sPP0l1i-d 70 f5e ecs-
---s service. sid Tzs msCe osQrt!
-rEe- Colonel Col.or- II the faL o.
1901 X. Morgan Sinister who Vas ur-
5sr General Bliss II tie customs ssry7 e
IN Cutz. wzs appointed sollect-- d
customs = TIE Philippines over 4e-
Gov. and Ebs1 lie got o the Phi ?
-i1ss L had with hin I six : Calrn
T5o Vas chef 4 tie eusTOU- ssecet
service q Havana dung Gensral
WOOD : regime. ana WL0 worked q ne
famous postal trsuos = which Aslo-
bone was implicated
Thz-e developed 8 tze1'oual fight II
tie Philippine customs service The lsF-
e7-e-s from Cuba being spoken Of -
ezros--baCss-s ty The ex-soldiar eu-
--1veS q TIE eCs-OZS
NeCcv Ezs q tLe head 0f The W
e-z-s q the a-v u tie Philip me-
and SAus-Cr ezQlzi-ed The Cubz ec1-
-1ace--. ana Z vas 8 uaiF wsr. The
general idea seemed . b that eaeh
SIDE Ess attempting . clean tos ot1eE
11t q TIE service.
Wien Sinister was zu2c' -ted 2 ner-
fz- II -hs PHILIPPINE Commission NJ
Crv -zs made acting collector q =
IONS z-6 II that capacity he thou 4
Il lad good reason % believe there
Ezs 3 conspiracy against the Philip
-f-e government Ee uu- Secret Ssr
vice Agent Nznion- also now sbosId
ne Crock O. he track Ct the negcd
-z-e. and NauiOu and Al sssissszt ore
night broke into Gains safe aid t5ck
-u- Al The eo--esQoa5e1cs aid doeu-
r1eu-s therein and had each O1e photo
--zuhed f0r reference. Afterwards Ee-
placing The lsttzrs and othzr documents
. they Es-s found Czir1s found this
on. AID Il led % the prosecution Of
Manion ard his zssis-aa,, and later Of
NeCov himself.
Mzaion had submitted 70 Mccoy an
exusnse vouchsr fo- SIG. for MeCoy :
siEuz1ure. the money called for really
% &c payment fo- photogrzphing the
d0cuueuts rzker from Gains safe, but
tie vsueher was made 70 rad a. eK-
uezss fo- detective work II following
up 2 singing p-OPosluCn- Here was
-he basis for the charge for falsIHes-
1i01 of 3 public document Nznion and
lis assistant were each sentenced 70 Z
tsrn, and se-ve5 three days iupris-
ouneut a. bliIhld- but were then par
d01e5 bv Governor Smith IS having
committed 10 real crine their wrong,
II Ms opinion hang technical, II pur-
suI- OF secret service work
Il : Il connection with this ease that
MrC1y L going 70 Washington Sins
rer / already II Washington and Il !:
reported that he VII not return 70 the
PHILIPPINES