The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-21

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while the Attorney General declined |
TO go into the evidence. he stated /
that it was not his practice to make /
arrests when there was not ground
for conviction
The following interview was had
last evening with Marshal Wilson
about the present trouble.
THE INTERVIEW.
The Marshal stated that bis sEs-
picions were first aroused last Octo-
Der about the Hawaiians organizing
for some Interior purpose. He kept
track OF their movements and found
that just prior to election day
they had succeeded in forming an
organization to overthrow the pres
ent Government. In March enough
facts were discovered to prove that
the organization was complete.
Men were specially detailed to get
the names Of the supposed rebels,
and finally succeeded in doing so
about April 10th.
The Marshal has been furnished
with detailed reports of each meeting
of the so called Liberal League, and
considered that their utterances war
ranted him in arresting the ring
leaders, but could not get the Cabinet
to agree with him. He wanted the
arrests to be made on the 18th OF last
month In the meantime the leaders
became bolder and holder, and sent
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the household guards. They were so
persistent IL their endeavors to cor
rupt the police, that the Marshal
thought it was high time to call
halt.
He consulted with the leading citi-
zens as to whether it was better to
allow the matter to come to q head
by an actual uprising, or to suppress
I it at once and thereby avoid the
/ shedding of innocent blood and the
/ possible loss of valuable property.
Finding that number of promi-
nent men agreed that arrests ought
to be made on the evidence at hand,
the matter was laid before the Attor
ney-General with the result that
warrants were issued for the men ar
rested. This arrangement was made
on Wednesday, bat the time for ar
rest was left at the disposal of the
Marshal.
WANTED A REPUBLIC.
The facts discovered by the Mar
shall showed the aim Of the revolu-
tionists was to have a republican
form of government with "equal
rights" as their motto. The plan
they had in view was to make a break
on or just before the opening of the
Legislature. Their intentions were
to capture the Marshal and Captain
Nowlein; after this to gain
control of the police and Household
Guards by gaining a majority of the
men to their interests, and then
when they had succeeded in these
plans, to dethrone the Queen. They
depended good deal on these two
sources for their supply of arms and
ammunition.
The plans Of the rebels were
learned through spies who were
sent around The Barracks and the
Police Station. The Liberals had a
recruiting officer at each place where
the party's plans were made known.
The men who were approached In
formed the Marshal who in turn In
structed them to join the ranks OF
the league in order to get fuller in
formation. The Marshal further
stated that the members Of both
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j and showed their faithfulGess and
loyalty to their chiefs and govern
ment By every means in their power
Enough facts and evidence was
secured during the past week to IN
carcerate the men; SO they were
arrested on a charge of treason.
INTERVIEW WITH c. W. ASHFORD.
An ADVERTISER representative in
terviewed Hon G.. w. Ashford TO gel
his view Of the arrests. Iu response
to an inquiry Mr.. Ashford said, 81
know of no ground for the arrests
If there be any am utterly ignorant
Of it. l have no reason to believe
there is any,
Had you any intimation Of VIVA
was going to happen?'
''None except runor. My brother
told me he had been logged"
DO you know all these person:
who have been arrested 2" asked the
reporter.
+" Some of the names 1 recognize
others l do not"
"Do you know what precipitateC
the Governments action :"
+" No. | was not at the meeting
last night, but at the concert will
my wife, like an exemplary citizen
The rumor had reached me for some
time that arrests of supposed revo
: lutionists were to be made. When
heard of my brothers arrest wen
to the Marshal and asked him if b,
) had a warrant against me. He sale
: no, and l asked to see my brothel
} and was allowed to do so privately
, He is in an upstairs cell"
" Is the cell clean ?"
"There are no vermin, bu
it is not very clean There
is little cot and mattress
which was clean once. / am sending
him in some bedding, mosquito net
literature, etc. His meals are sen
from the hotel"
Glow does your brother take his
arrest?"
"Philosophically."