The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1916-09-15
FREAK OF FATE MAKES
GINZA'S CAPTURE SURE
Slayer OF George Cooper Had Carefully Planned
Crime And Escape But Overlooked Important
Fact--Expected To Commit Deed In Village At
Night Not Know Victim Had Gone To Home
stead To Spend Night With Wife And Children,
His Confession States

officers say that if he had been sue
| cessful in killing Cooper at the vii
| lage home the night before, as intend
ed, he could have made his way back
TO central Maui the same night and
never have been seen by anyone in
| the district,or, if he had BEEN he could
have passed unidentified in the dark
| ness.
Once Ginza had reached this part of
| the island again it would have been
almost impossible to have connected
! him up with the murder Ali of which
Gina had counted upon, but that Gin
explicable something" that almost in
variably causes the arrest and punish
ment of murderers he had not con-
, sidered.
Even with three men in the district
from whom Gina had inquired regard
ing Cooper, it took three days to ex-
tract a confession from him, so stout
ly did he stick to the story that he
came to Hama on his way around the
island and turned back only because
his horse had become tired. Neither
of the three men of whom he had ask
ed questions concerning Cooper were
discovered for several days.
GinZa's answers to the questions of
the officers were apparently truthful
at the beginning of his investigation.
!, He. stuck continuely to his story, and
Awhen he did make conflicting state
ments, he was too wise to try and
cover an error with an open lie, but
would blame the mistake to lapse of
memory.
Makes His First Break
He was asked: "Did you see a hoale
that morning before you started for
Keanae?" He replied, mo l did not
see any hoale." Did you see a loose
horse with a saddle on it near the
| government road that morning?"
Then he made his first mistake, after
a-grilling that had then been going on
for two days. He answered, mo l
did not see a white horse that morn
ing" White, or rather grey, was the
color of the horse which Cooper was
riding.
Up to this point County Attorney
Bevins had been firing the questions
at Gina. At this break Sheriff Crow
ell, promptly asked: ''What do you
mean by saying you did not see any
white horse?" Ginza was very little
disconnected by this question. He
replied with perfect confidence: 81
said white horse, because | know that
Cooper five years ago used to ride
white horse. l supposed he still did,
Admitted Being Near Cooper's Body
To show his cleverness in answer
ing questions, the officers tell how Gin
"a frankly said that he went along the
government road, only about $50 yards
from where Cooper's body was found.
They at first argued that if he was
trying to cover up guilty act he
would have Lied and said that he was
no where near the place Cooper S
body was found. But he knew that he
had been seen by Serreno near the
place of the murder and so acted the
part of honesty.
1t was not until after the officers
learned of Gina inquiring the way to
Cooper's home that he began to break.
After he was confronted with this
evidence, which so exactly tailed with
other circumstantial evidence, he i'm
mediately showed signs of weakening.
This was late Thursday night and
by noon the next day he had agreed
to make full confession. This he
did in the presence of witnesses and
then accompanied the officers to the
place where the killing took place,
where he explained the tragedy in
detail.
Makes Few Excuses
: The confessed murderer makes few
excuses for his cold blooded crime
He says that years ago he and Cooper
, quarrelled over money he thought was
, due him. Since then, he says Cooper
, has prosecuted him by getting him
discharged from any job he secured
/ in other parts of the islands.
: With the exception of signs of mania
, on this subject he appears to be more
, than an ordinary intelligent Oriental
He was educated at the st. Louis Col
lege and there are a number of young
: men in Wailuku who remember him
as an incorrigible classmate,
One Time Altar Boy
, Ten or twelve years ago, for the
sake of. his foster parents, Catholic
priests in Wailuku attempted to wean
, him of apparent criminal tendencies
i and for almost a year he pTofessed 10
! be a Christian. During this period he
won the trust of the fathers and he
was made an altar boy in the Wailuku
, Catholic church 1t was the fathers
of Hama and Wailuku who furnished
the money which made il possible for
him to attend st. Louis College.
( Ginza was arranged in the Wailuku
l district court yesterday morning. He
7 waved examination. 1t is likely that
l he will be indicted and tried at the
I October term of court,