The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-03-29
GIRL REVEALS |
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POLICE HOLD
Chief Thinks He Has Key
to Mystery-Wrappcd
Killing.
Believes He's on Heels Of
SIayers of Sergeant
SchooIey.
tFrom Wednesday s Advertiser }

(From Wednesday s Advertiser.)
Have the police caught, in the per
sons of All Yum and Manuel Lopes, the
murderers of Quartermaster Sergeant
Elmer E. Schooley, Co. 159, Coast Artii-
lery, whose body was picked out of the
Nuuanu stream November 23i
Retribution gathered on the horizons
of these two mems lives yesterday
morning, and swept down upon them as
fast as ever hurricane swept on DOOM
ed ship. If the evidence gathered
against them by Chief McDuffie is up.
held by investigation today, the mo.
ment of their arrest yesterday after
noon was the moment of their ship
wreck.
Although committed over four months
ago and almost forgotten, the police
yesterday morning found themselves
suddenly in the possession of the clue
to Schooley's murder. Before they had
even discounted the mass of conflicting
and useless evidence gathered by them
after several weeks of patient, hard
work on the case in November, they
found themselves in the possession of
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euse u INC Seoie' oo'"i"e p'i' VI i'
The Woman in the Case.
The woman in the ease is n half.
Japanese half-white girl, and from her
in an extremely roundabout way. the
police received their first clue yester.
day morning. mans unmerciful
beating, according to her own story
own acquisition OF the knowledge. She
mao peen the mistress OF AN yum,
Chinese humppack tamiliarly known as
humpy, when she learned the tale
OF Schooley, $ deatn and mad, when her
love changed, told 1T to another
Gle OF three who have SO carefnlly
onarJod Il if ;nSood - ;s +rno ~ oII
the first person to learn il was Dennty
Sheriff Rose Later in tho forepoon
Yesterday Chief McDufIie also became
suddenlv in toueb with II from the
same source. There was n conferences
of the police officers and Chief McDufie
was placed in charge of the inyestiga.
ton.
His first act was to find the pirl and
early in the afternoon had her story,
She told it straightforwardly when
presented with indubitable proof that
part of it was already known.
She had been living with s'Humpy ,,
she said, subjected to his brutalities.
He made frequent efforts. she said. TO
make her 90 ont on the street and earn
a living for him and one night on her
refusal, he beat her numerically.
How sbe Eeord +bo s+orv
-,
sne men' On '4e Porch iinheulately
aisef"StuS az WniIe tne man renamed IN
elue' Doth were staying, at the tlme,
IN mousse on AIakea street. Whlle
she was outSlue nursing her Drulses,
MahueI LoPes' OF as ne Is known TO
Shlel McDulie' caesar Lopes, accosted
her ana commenced TO sympathize with
her;
ihe man INSIDE, he told her, was
O'utD, s anyway
~ 70" N"o" "ne'e ne Sot thaE
sult ne eu mas on, she CLAIMS ne tolG
ner; VEL ulu you near OF that uead
soluler 'nat was Puiiea out OF Tne
stream huhPy got IL OIL OF MN, we
Kiiled hlm IN the automooile ond threw
MN m over me pahk,
Ihen, her story goes ON, he continued
to explain now the deed was performed
The two men with tmrd' now nn-
known had SSchooiey IN the autom9Dle'
an apparently on good terms. Ihen
we whleh might re1er TO either OF
them, killed the sergeant, TOOK con-
siderable amount OF money that was on
ms person and humpy TOOK the
man s clothes; Ine story allows II TO