The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-04-09
SCH0OLEY MURDER
STILL A MYSTERY
Story Told by HaIf-Breed Woman
Falls Through When Probed
by Police.
tFronl Monday's Advertiser.l

Nfronl M0nuay's AuVertser.1
That the investigation into the death
of Sergeant Elmer e. schooley of the
coast artillery upon information sup
piled by half Japanese woman, has
fallen through, is the Inference to be
gained from the discharge by the
police of the two suspects, "Humpty"
All Yum and Manuel Lopes. schooley s
body was picked out of the Nuuanu
stream last November.
Chief McDuffie worked two weeks on
the case, during which considerable
more evidence was secured, but none of
this backed up the statement which the
girl claims Lopes made to her, that he
and All Yum had murdered Schooley
in an automobile and thrown his body
into the river.
As was 70 be expected, this was
fatty denied by both the men impli-
Gated. Lopes admitted that he might
have said it.. had he been drunk, but
that it wasn't true. The one relative
fact discovered by the police was that
Schooley was practically penniless the
night before his death and for some
time previously. This practically dis:
proves the statement which the girl
puts in the mouth of Lopes, that All
Yum was buying all his clothes with
money stolen from the dead man.
After conference with the army
paymaster, the chief obtained a
memorandum of Schooley's pay and
remittances. He had no large sum
coming to him, and had sent off good
portion of his wages by money order
to relative on the Coast. This again
initiates against one assertion made on
the street that Schooley had received
remittances from home. The banks as
sisted the chief as much as they were
| able, and it has practically been asceF
tanned that the soldier had no large
sum of money at them.
Seen Drunk.
The most important evidence OBJ
tanned from r. ]. Werndt, formerly
employed at Watertown, and now OF
the other islands. Werndt's evidence
was secured by accident. He says il
signed statement in the chiefs pos
session that he and several others were
with Schooley in the saloons for somI
time on the night which he though
was two days before the soldier 7
death, but which has been satisfactory,
proved to have been the night before
Schooley bought several rounds O
drinks, but did not seem to have an.
too much money. On the last roun,
indeed, he had not enough to pay AM
.one of the others had to dig up. III
was so drunk when he was through
says Werndt that he started home il
the wrong direction. After being Sc
straight, he went to a Chinese board
ing tenement and obtained room
When Werndt, who was with him
walked up the next morning he fount
his companion gone, and believes tina
he wandered out during the night an'
fell over the parapet of the Nuuan,
stream. f.a
In discharging All Yum and Lopes
however, the police do not indicat
their belief that the two men are in
nocent of the crime. Indeed they ar
still unwilling to admit that the girl
story Of her conversation with Lope
following beating given her by A
Yum, is entirely without foundation
They have been compelled, however, t
reach the conclusion that her, word j
! all the evidence they have pointin
against the men, and that consequently
the case against them would have bee
worthless in court. The investigation
is still proceeding.