Man Changes Plea, Confesses Shooting Jap

Changing his mind as he faced a jury trial, Walter Credell, 43 years old, a Negro, pleaded guilty this forenoon before Superior Court Judge William J. Wilkins to a second-degree assault charge. Credell previously had pleaded innocent.

Deputy Prosecutor John F. Evich said he was prepared to present testimony that Credell, civilian employe of the Army Quartermasters' Depot, shot and wounded James Hara, Japanese, of 100 14th Ave., because Credell wanted to "get a Jap."

Hara, a drug store proprietor, recovered from the wound, which the Negro inflicted at Hara's store.