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Show Soldiers Arrested I for Counterfeiting J Men in Uncle Sam's Service in Hawaii Charged With Mnking Gold-Plated Gold-Plated Coins. HONOLULU June 28. United 'States Marshal E. It. Henry has arrested four soldier belonging to the Twenty-Fourth h glmcnt of coast artillery etatloned at Camp McKlnb . on charges of connter-l-'liiiig passInK and possessing spurious gol.l coin ) 'he .Marshal also seized a gold-plating machine believer to have been used by the counterfeiters Gold-Plnted Copper The (oIds alleged to have bein made illegally are rive m. I ten-dollar pi--, 1 The materials used were lead and rop-per rop-per plated with gold An excellent die w.is use.i. but the coins are light and lack th ring of the genuine gold pieces. A numbei of them, believed to have been pasaed In the Japanese iju.'irter reneh.'il a local bank on Saturday An Investigation Investiga-tion was Immedlatels ,,f'Bl'n by United Sim. s Alt. , 1 11. II Hi. ck..ns and 1 1 , . . arrests followed. Men Who Are m Custody. The nien In custody are J. T. Cooper, who had the gold plater in his possession Thomas Hllson, charged with passing the b.-gus money; James Jackson, on whom was found a spurious ten-dollar piece; and J Longley, who was arrested on sues- plclon. The Investigation Is being continued Efforts to locate and obtain possession of the die which was used by the counter-fellers, counter-fellers, have as yet been unsuccessful. Confesses His Guilt. Pilv.ite Cooper tonight confessed his emit lie said the coins were made here .mil when It was found they would not pa."- r-.i lll hi became frightened and .1. slro . ,i i,. , ast. lie also says he threw away 250 of the counterfeit dollar coins made. Very few pieces had been passed. |