The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-10-12

pdIdCo ydFu We COulu TGSpOLu. L gave
| the command ready" when we arrived
at the palace gate. The rifles were
loaded at the gate. [ gave the command
ready" for appearances.
Bv Mr.. Rosa-When we were discus
sing means Loomens did not say any
thing. At any meeting Loomens did not
say anything more than that he sympa-
thized with the natives. The meetings
were conducted mostly in Hawaiian.
Loomens does not understand Hawaiian.
The rice bird guns were loaded at Pa
lama. | saw LoomenS little time after
[ opened the map in the palace yard.
could not say whether Loomens came in
the gate with us. | saw my men but
not Loomens after [ came from Robert
Parker It was between and o'clock
when | saw Loomens again. It was then
when handed my card to him to take
to the King. / wrote on it, ''Eia au
ianei me ma koa, ka pa ALI, ke kali aku
nei Ike Alii," which means, 81 am here
waiting for Your Majesty ] signed
my name to the message. The message
sent by Kaaha to the King was verbal
one. [ received message later by the
staff officer about the sanctity of the
palace Colonel Baker told me he had
seen His Majesty [ was at the front of
the palace when the first shot was fired,
it came from the Opera House. When
the firing became general my men re-
sponded. We had arms and ammuni-
ton enough to have destroyed the build
ing if the cannon had been fortified. /
received message on the day of the Goth
that it was the proper time to set to work
and also a message that the King had
had trouble with his Ministers about the
cannon.
By the Court-It was when they COM
menced firing that | first thought the
King would not come.
By Mr.. Rosa-Previous to that l
thought he would come. | heard the
Ministers wanted to shoot me, then the
war would be ended. | was fired at all
day as if were chicken, but was not
hit at all.
By the Attorney Generate / had
seen Mr.. Damon and the King would not
have come, | would not have surren-
dered. l was for the King and the
people.
Jona Austin sworn, stated was
Minister OF Foreign Affairs on July Goth,
30th and 31st. On the Doth / was tech
nically in charge of certain field pieces
and ammunition. On that day they were
in the palace. Previous to that time
they were under my control. Suppose |
could have got them if | wanted to.
They were carted from the palace yard
to the Station house after the affair.
Cross of them came
from the barracks.
Albert LOOmens sworn, stated am
Belgian. Arrived in Honolulu May
4th. 1t was on the 10Th first met Will
cox. [ was asked by Wilcox to attend
meeting of society at some place I'M
known. 1t was society of white men
for the good of the country and people.
Boyd appointed me vice-president, l OBJ
jected. They accepted, me, however.
They were all Italians, and l did not
understand them. Boyd told me what
they said. He told ne he had eight or
nine hundred acres of land in the country
and was going to try and form colony.
| was to be vice president of the colony.
[ was at Punchbowl meeting, invited by
Wilcox. Did not understand much,
they were talking Italian. | was at the
meetings at Palama. Nothing was said
about overturning the government. l
remember the meeting where wine was
drunk. 1t was in the Princess. dining
room. [ made some remarks, as one
man took me for spy. Told them [
was invited by Wilcox as his friend.
Boyd forced me to take pistol. Did not
hand any arms or uniforms to the men,
never gave any orders. They met to
talk about the Kings rights. Did not
understand much, as they talked in ma
tive. l started with them from the
Princess residence and when we got to
the palace gate | went to my rooms at
Mrs. Kingsley's. / returned to the
palace yard and talked with Wilcox. He
sent me to the Kings boathouse with a
message written on a visiting card.
delivered it to a soldier. He came back
and said there was no answer. / did not
talk with any native about provisions.
Someone outside of the palace asked me
to go for bread for the people inside.
had nothing to do with the guns. Invent
back to the palace to tell Wilcox there
was no answer, and then went to my
room. l was arrested between II and 1
o'clock. / had pistol on me. On the
| way down [ was last in the line of
march; was not my business to hold up
the police. [ saw Boyd and Markham
| giving out arms and shirts. The room
was public where they were kept.
| Speeches were made in native. Some
times Wilcox translated them for me.
did not use arms in the palace, did not
direct anything. Did not buy any bread
at all that day. [ was in my room when
the firing commenced, and on going out
| Mrs Kingsley told me | had better take
the pistol with me. l did so. The only
cartridges | had were in the pistol, had
none about me when arrested.
Cross-examined-Ih have been most Of
the time in the hotel business. was in
Paraguay in 1878. Was six years in the
Silver Palace Hotel in Sacramento. At
ter'that l opened a sample room on Sec
ond street in the same place, then went
back to the Silver Palace Hotel. got a
letter from Mexico to go as manager of q
hotel there. | staid there a short time
and then went to San Francisco.
travelled around a great deal for some
time with a gentleman. [ was in ar
oyster palace at Oakland. 1 came here
on the S. S. Umatilla, which left Sar
Francisco April Goth. Wilcox was mo-
passenger, did not know him before
l met him one or two days before goins
to the first meeting. / joined this so
ciety for the good of the country, to ge
the rights of the King if there is a King
he oug ht to be King. did not know
exactly the rights he had been deprived
Of That was the sole object of the so
ciety. At the first meeting Boyd ant
Wilcox was there, also some sailors.
did not take any oath, never was sworl