The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-10-09

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others were doing. Markham saw
about half an hour before the war
commenced, and then not again un-
til later in the hospital. / heard
cannons firing but did not know
which they were. / was the last
one to leave my cannon. In the
bungalow, after n while, Wilcox
came in and said he was sorry l was
shot. He asked me to take the
photograph of his wife and little
daughter. told him was more of
a dead man than he. He was not
wounded. saw Mahaulu and
Gabriel there. Wilcox was ia the
bungalow looking very blue. / staid
there until the surrender. j was
compelled to lie down. While |
was in the bungalow / SOW Wilcox
moving about; he appeared to have
lost all hope. He was dressed in
uniform and carried rifle. The
others iE the bungalow had rifles.
Towards evening tho conditions in
the bungalow were rather danger
Gus. Dynamite bombs we're thrown
on the building and bullets were ly-
ing thickly. MahauIu and others
were dodging the bullets. They
did not use their rifles / heard
MahauIu cry out peace, and he got
his handkerchief and put it out of
window, it was fred at. Gabriel
| placed a handkerchief at the end Of
a broom and went downstairs.
That is the last l saw. 1t took us
a long time to find the breech
blocks in the morning. They were
! in the gashouse, we lifted the door
off its hinges. Found ammunition
there. We used the ammunition
for the guns. There was perhaps
800 boxes of ammunition in the gas
house, 6 TO 8 rounds in box.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Rosa:-1
knew Wilcox had confidence in me
and I in him. | have lost conf.
dence in him now. Ny reason for
taking part in the affair was that ]
was sent away TO he educated to
Italy, succeeded in my examination
and got M diploma. When | came
back here l was simply street va
gahond. | applied 10 the govern
ment for position, they offered me
an inferior one. | was driven to
despair. l did not want to hurt the
King or Government. | did not
want the Ministers out. The palace
was our rendezvous, because there
we could procure arms. We knew
cannon were there. Wilcox with his
popularity among the natives
thought he could accomplish his OBJ
ject of becoming dictator aud then
place the King in his rights after.
He told me he thought the King was
weak and he would proclaim himself
dictator and place the town under
martial law. Wilcox did not take
any action on the palace. After /
was wounded went through the
palace without resistance. l do not
know of any resistance by the
Kings soldiers. | will not swear
that | saw Loomens enter the palace
yard. / saw him inside talking with
Wilcox before daybreak. | know
LOomens was armed, for | gave
him pistol at P4lama. know
where he lived, it was Oh King street
opposite the California Fruit Market.
l can swear that Loomens was with
us all the way from Palama to the
palace gate. There was confusion
there and lost sight Of him. We
took several policemen in on our
way. l did not level pistol at any
of the police. L did not level pis-
toll at Tesla or anyone else. ! did
not get single man there at tho
meetings, did not decoy them. /
did say that | dare 60 to the palace
with Is men. 1t is more honorable
to die in fight than to take ones
own life. We might have succeed
ed with fifteen men where we failed
with larger number. One reason
l have turned states evidence is
that ] did not show | was q coward.
W IISOA Nucil lilC III my CUlnlHSuCeu
left me alone and | say lost pa.
triotism right on the edge of my
grave. The object when we came
down was to take the palace. was
told that the others belonging to the
party had been making statements
tie day after they were arrested. 1
was instructed by my counsel not
to say anything. l was told if /
gave state evidence | would be let
free. The Acknowledgement told
me so at the prison in September.
| had no object when l came here to
overthrow the King, it was 70 over
throw the Ministers. We should have
succeeded if Wilcox had taken the
Palace, proclaimed martial law, etc.
l made an attempt to fire from the
Palace yard, because they were
shooting at us from the Music Hall.
The lrst shot from there hit me.
The cannons were stationed in the
Palace yard so that if we took the
Palace We could protect it. The
King was not in the Palace, he did