The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-10-09
THE
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1889.
OCTOBER TERM.
Crinl orAibrrt LoOmens for Treason


ing that the crime of treason, which
the defendant was charged with, was
a most serious one, the only punish
ment upon conviction being death.
After giving the statutory definition
of treason, he went on in very
lucid manner and outlined tho evil
dence that the Crown intended to
present before the jury. There was
a serious responsibility upon tho
jury, for the life of the defendant
hung in the balance.
The first witness called was Rob-
ert n. Boyd, who was accommodate.
ed with seat in the witness stand.
The Acknowledgement said that as
the question of Boyd's competence
as witness might be questioned
Che being held On charge of trea-
SOM, he would file a certificate to
show that he did not intend to pre-.
sent an indictment against Boyd.
The certificate was filed with the
Clerk of the Court, His Honor stat
ing that it was a statutory right the
Acknowledgement could exercise.
Robert n. Boyd sworn, stated -
Am native Hawaiian. Was born
in Honolulu. Am 26 years of age.
The natives call me Napunako.
Was in Italy about five years. Re-
turned little more than two years,
since the present government was in
Office. Was studying in Naval
Academy in Italy, sent there by the
Hawaiian Government. Know r.
w. Wilcox. Saw him in Italy, he
was studying in the army. He re-
turned before / did. l heard of his
leaving here for the coast with his
wife. Twas at Kohala at the time.
I saw him when he came back this
year. was employed as civil en-
gineer by Mr.. Gribbe. l know the
defendant. His name is Loomens.
/ first met him at Iwilei, at the first
meeting of the secret society. Can
not remember the date. 1t was af
ter the Kamehameha Rife AS
ISOLATION was formed. Ii must
have been in June some time. The
place of meeting is right opposite
the prison, near H. Kaia's honse.
Do not know who lived there. |
was invited by R. w. Wilcox, he did
not tell me the purpose. He invited
me at my home on Punchbowl street.
He simply told me there was going
to be secret meeting. He talked
Italian to me besides English and
Hawaiian. He invited me three
days before the meeting took place.
He told me the date. went with
Wilcox to the meeting, met him at
his Office and went from there. 1t
was in the evening, little before
dark. We left for Iwilei about z
o'clock. When we got there there
we're several persons outside, could
not see who they were owing to the
dark. I went inside the room with
Wilcox, it was not large room.
saw Albert Loomens there, Lucca
(witness pointed him out in Court),
also three sailors white men, and
two other white men. II was to
see them could recognize them.
They were Italians. Two of the
sailors were Italians, the other q
German. We all sat down in the
room and Wilcox read cohsti-
tuition. 1t was a constitution
for secret society, and was
written by himself in a little
black book. The door was open.
He read it in English. We did not
all understand English. There was
conversation in Italian. under
stood the constitution to mean that
as the native Hawaiians had had their
rights taken away, Wilcox proposed
to get them back and those of the
King. and overthrow the Ministry.
Everyone present swore under that
constitution. Wilcox administered
the oath in English. ! swore to it
while beng seated. 1t said il any
one were to expose the constitution
he should suffer death at the hands
of the others. Loomens took the
oath. do not remember anything
else in the oath. DO not know the
names of the Italian sailors. Tailed
with them in that language. Wilcox
introduced me to Loomens. Nothing
else was done at that meeting with
the exception of the election of two
officers, r. w. Wilcox, President,
and Albert Loomens, Vice-Presi-
dent. The meeting elected them.
| was stranger to Leomens. / do
not think / voted for a Vice-Presi-
dent. Wilcox told me that Loomens
was an energetic man. The meet
Ing lasted nearly an hour. 1t was
agreed we should meet the follow
ing Sunday on the top OF Punch
bowl. 1t was understood and agreed
upon at the first meeting that we
should get means to carry out this
project. The means meant money
to get ammunition and arms TO take
force in favor of the constitution
against the present government.
The object was to overthrow the
Ministers. We met on Punchbowl
the following Sunday afternoon
about 4 O'clock. All those at the
tl:st meeting were present. We met
in little house on Punchbowl near
the hagpole. We went inside, there
was no one in the house. At that