The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-16
POLICE COURT.
THURSDAY. August Is.
TREASON CASES

| 18th. The charge as made on August
1st is repeated and defendant reserves
his plea. Keawehawaii, sworn, says
81 was police officer in Honolulu on
the morning of July 30th. Was on duty
at corner of King and Richard streets
between and o'clock on that morn
ing. saw body of armed men come
| up King street. First l saw them at No.
l Engine House. When they got up to
me, Jimmy Boyd's brother Robert, who
was one OF them, spoke to me and asked
whether was an officer. He told me
to go into line. refused because I had
not been ordered to do it. Then defen-
ant spoke to me and said good morning
and asked me to fall into line. 1 asked
Why? l said l had not received orders.
He asked me whether / would go with
| them to the Palace yard? l then went
with them. We went up Richard street
to Palace walk and then to the mauka
gate of the Palace. l brought up the
rear. The men appeared to be acting
under the orders of Wilcox. / stood
near the Palace gate. Heard somebody
knock and ask to have the gate opened.
Someone inside asked for the counter
sign. Wilcox replied, "It is 1, Wilcox,
who am trying to get the rights of the
people, government and King" Then
there were more demands from outside,
but no answer from inside. Then heard
the noise of guns outside as if these
weapons were being loaded. After which
| the gates were opened and everybody
went inside, when the gates were again
closed. wanted to 60 out. Somebody
came down from the Palace and talked
to Wilcox. l asked Wilcox to let me
out. He took me to the right where there
were other policemen, and we were then
let out at the mauka gate. The men
under Wilcox were on guard at the gate.
No Household troops were there; but
some were in the Palace. None of them
were guarding the gates. 1 think about
fifty of the psSple with us had guns. +"
Robert Parker, sworn, says: 81 am
lieutenant of the Kings Guard, and was
so on July Both. On the morning of that
day, between 3 and 4 O'Clock, L was on
duty at the Palace. Between 4 and 5
O'Clock, the same morning, a guard called
out at the mauka gate that Wilcox and
his men were outside. The guard ran
from the gate to the Palace and told me.
| then reused my men and stationed
them to repel an attack: Then [ saw
large body of people come into
the Palace yard through the mauka
gate. They were drawn up in line
mauka of the Palace. Wilcox called out
"Where is the officer of the guard who
has charge of the Palace?" l answered
81 am here, what do you want?" He
said he wanted to see me, and l went
down and met him. drew my sword
the only weapon I had. He bid me
good morning, and asked me where the
cannons were. | told him l did not
know. Then he asked me to give him
possession of the Palace. He said he
wanted to put his people in the Palace.
[ refused and then went back to the
Palace. Shortly afterward | heard him
tell his men to look around the yard for
the cannons. Soon heard the house
where the cannons were kept, broken
open; and also the house where the
ammunition was kept. | saw the cannons
; being dragged out, and one cannon was
placed at each corner OF the Palace.
Before this | had run over to the Bar
racks and reported to my superior
officer. He told me to try and hold the
Palace with the men had, and said "i
you can't do it that's ALL" These can.
mons were fired that day by men that
. came with Wilcox-they fired in a
makai direction. Wilcox acted as com
mander of the men who came with him
He was dressed in uniform, but it was
not a Hawaiian5 uniform" Defendant
offered no evidence, but asked to be dis
charged. 1t was ordered that defendant
! be committed for trial at the next term
IS - Crora,,oo EOI1rt OF HnpOII1lu To
putty Attorney General Peterson, A. S
r Hartwell and F. M. Hatch for the prose
I ton; and Paul Neumann and J. w. Ka
lua attorneys for defendant.
Albert Loomens, (remanded from Aug
! 18th on same charge as Wilcox.) Thos
g iona, sworn, says: 81 am a polict
y officer, and was ON duty at the corner O
King and Liliha streets. About 4 a. m
on July 30th, I saw the company, LEI
: by Wilcox, coming from the PAlama di
t rection. l came down to the Chimes
: Theatre. Alexander Smith drew re
e yolver at ME, and told me to get into line
| did so. About 100 men were III tn
body-some with guns and some with
out. I did not notice defendant in tn
IS body. Wilcox, Alexander Smith an
e Jim Kauhane were in the front rank
n We marched down to Maunakea street
and two policemen who were ther
were compelled to join US. A
e Fort street another was taken in
e Then we marched to Richard street an
=. up that street to Hotel street, theme
Il along Palace walk to the mauka gate {
the Palace where we were drawn up
line. Wilcox then demanded entrance
3, but the sentry would not open the gate
n The people outside then cooked the
N guns, and the sentries inside ran ava.
st Some of Wilcox's men climbed over tn
Re wall and opened the gates. We polio
ut were in front We were all drawn U
t. in line at the Palace. The police wei
lie on the right next the Bungalow" Rol
it ert Parker, sworn says-'I saw defer
p dant in the Palace grounds on the NOR
&c ing of July 30th. l noticed him whe
Ii, the guns were being placed in position
On He was talking to Wilcox. 1t W.
between and Z a. m. whe
saw defendant there" John ks
sworn, says F'I saw white man
the Palace yard with Wilcox, and he W
defendant. l heard him ask wheth
there were sufficient provisions. al
saw him go out of the Palace yard:
number OF people went in and out OF t
Palace grounds. l was only spectator
Police Captain w. Larsen, sworn, say
,of 81 was a police officer on July 30th.
mr. saw defendant that day on Hotel sire
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