The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1916-09-15


have escaped capture and punish
ment for his crime, if it had not been
for one of those inexplicable incidents
which makes criminologists almost
superstitiously believe that fate takes
a hand in the apprehension of murder
ers, and gives rise to the old police
axiom, murder will out"
The Japanese murder had careful
planned the hour and place for the
murder, and all the details of his ex-
pected escape, but had to slightly
alter his plan through lack of know
ledge of an important fact. When the
plan had to be altered to
meet this unexpected contingency,
Ginza was not brainy enough to alter
his plan in entirety.
Planned Murder at Night
Ginza had intended to kill Cooper at
his home in the village, as he did not
know that Cooper and his family had
moved up mauka to a homestead.
But a still stranger incident connect
ed with the murder is that on Tues
day evenings, the night Ginza Planned
to kill, him, Cooper usually spent the
night at his former home\in the viii
lage, instead of going to the nome
stead. On the Tuesday night before
the murder Cooper went home 6s
several of his children had intended
leaving for Honolulu the following
morning TO enter school after spend
ing the vacation in Hama Only his
desire to spend the last night of the
vacation with his children saved his
life for twelve hours longer and caus-
ed the altering of the murders pan,
and, the Maui officers believe, the
capture of Gina.
Hides in Daylight
The original plan of Ginza appeares
to have left but few loop holes which
could have led to his arrest after the
crime. He stole horse from another
Japanese at Haiku on Monday night
and rode all that night, arriving at a
deserted building in Nah!ku before
daylight the following morning. Here
Ginza remained careful hidden
throughout the day until dark From
there at dusk he rode to the outskirts
of Lahaina and left his horse. He
then went to the village home OF
the Coopers, and after discovering that
his intended victim was not at home
he lay stealthily in wait for several
hours, expecting Cooper to return al
any moment from the office, where he
thought the bookkeeper had been de
tained by additional work
By midnight, he became convinced
that Cooper would not return that
night and he went to a nearby stable
and slept until 4;30 o'clock in the
morning. After arising he made his
first error and was seen for the first
in trin a
TO a Chinese coffee shop where hi
drank a cup of coffee, during which
he asked the proprietor if Cooper haC
come down yet Also he inquired
which road Cooper would come by
The Chinese explained that Cooper
would be down before o'clock anC
the road which he usually travelled.
Ginza Delayed on Way
Ginza left the coffee shop and start
ed in the direction of the Cooper
home. He got off the road and meet
ing one of the plantation workmen a
gain inquired the way to the Cooper
home. He turned back and coming t.
the intersection of two roads was a
gain puzzled as to the direction Il
take. Again he met another work
man and asked to be directed.
By this time it was nearing 6 o
clock and a few minutes further della!
would have prevented him from meet
ing Cooper, but as it was he proceeded
up the road leading to the Coope
home and in a few hundred feet thu
two met and the encounter began,
Gina Tells Story of Fight
In Ginzas own story of the crim
ka haf hn IA
quarrel He started as though to rid'
on. But as he passed Cooper he pul
led his revolver and fired, the bulle
inficting a slight flesh wound unde
the left arm lit. At the report of tn
gun both horses jumped in opposit,
directions and the men clinched il
each others arms fell to the ground
Cooper was slightly stunned by tn
fall, and Ginza had little trouble break
ing loose from him. AS Gina rose t
to Cooper's back, as the wounded mai
lay helpless on the ground.
After some difficulty he caught hi
horse and made his way from III,
cane field TO the government roat
where he began his excited attemp
to escape from the district. 1t was
few minutes later that he was seel
by Serreno, Cooper's brOther-in-law
and later by police officer.
Too Excited to Change Plan
No doubt unable TO lucidly thinl
after his attack on Cooper, he starte,
for Keanae, as he had previousl.
planned, but the original plan hal
had been to escape at nigh