The Daily bulletin., 1893-12-16
SEARCH FOR ARMS.
several Peaceable Citizens Disturbed
at Dead of Night.


several unoffending citizens were
molested by the police authorities
last night. John Il. Colburn's house
was searched at midnight for muni--
tons of war, but nothing was found
to indicate that he had any such on
his promises to be used against the |
Government. Mr.. Colburn has made |
q statement to the BULLETIN in sub
stance as follows:
Last night my cousin, Charles
Colburn, and myself were at T. j.
Kings house playing whist. When
we returned home after 10 o'clock
there were several men standing on
the street opposite the house.
Charles asked If these were spies
and l answered that they were prob
ably policemen. i
"About midnight Charles called
NE and told me the Deputy Marshal
wanted to SEQ me at the door.
went to the door, where Mr.. Brown
stated his business and l asked him
inside. He took a paper out of his
pocket, saving it was the search war
rant. My arm was asleep from my
living on it, and | asked him to wait
a moment. was a little dazed
from being reused out of sleep, and
lomi-lomiod my arm until it was all
right.
"Then | said to Mr.. Brown that |
wished 10 make statement OF what
arms had about the house before
ho began to search. He agreed to
this. | told him there was Il Win
chester rifle and a pistol belonging
to myself, of which l had made a
return to Col. Soper when orders to
all persons to do such were issued
during martial law in January.
Then there was paror rifle be-
longing to my son. There were
also Sharpe rifle belonging to my
stepson Long and u Springfield rifle
belonging to Mr.. Peterson, which
he used in target practice at Kaala
many months ago, and left here in
the wagon on his way into town.
All the ammunition l had consisted
of eleven cartridges for the Win
chester rifle and a box of cartridges
for the pistol.
"When 1 had made my statement,
Deputy Marshal Brown, Capt. An,
drews and Capt. Parker went all
through the house, the carriage
house and the yard. They found
nothing other than what l had led
them to expect. Before they re,
tired they held a low conversation
with Capt. Klemme who had been
outside with other policemen.
"While they were talking Charles
asked me if [ thought it was the
; pineapple cases l had received the
other day which had caused the
f suspicion. 1t struck me at once thai
such was the case and l went out
and called Mr.. Brown. l asked hin
if it was not a report from the spie:
, of certain boxes having been de
livered in my yard within the pas
few days which had been the occa
sion of the search.
"He answered: Mr.. Colburn
: since you have been so open Will
} me, will tell you frankly that it il
E those boxes
! "Well, l told him that l had re
> ceived four cases of pineapple
r shoots, imported by w. G. Irwin 8
Co. by the Mariposa. He woult
probably find three of the cases ye
unopened at Charles Longs place
in Manoa. The other case was 70
: my place at Eva, where am goins
= to plant the pineapples." .
: This morning in company witt
Mr.. C. w. Ashford, his attorney, MI
Colburn requested the Marshal t.
l give him a receipt for the weapons
9 He was told that the list of article
g seized was endorsed on the scare
warrant, which was equal in valu
to a receipt.
The Marshal promised Mr.. Co
burn, that, if everything proved t
be as he had stated and no MOI
discoveries of war materials wei
n made on his premises, the gun
would be returned to him at l:3O tn
afternoon.
/. As the arms had not been return
n ed at the appointed time, Mr.. Co
l. burn called on Marshal Hitchcoc
d in his Office to find out the reaso
g of the delay. The Marshal state
i to him that he left the matter to tt
l. Executive Council to be acted upo
Is and would be able TO give MIN
ie answer by II o'clock noon on Mo
d day. They were to act upon it and
IS possible establish a precedent ten
l. ing to the taking away Of all arm
h from the royalists.
n. Mr.. Colburn says that of the MAI
a false statements in the Advertiser
u report the one that annoyed hi
of | p,oct ,uoc tho fo11owinp. STha w
30 men who were in the house were Il
ID most disturbed, and, although til,
lg search, yet they were most bitter
10 their remarks to the officers"
j. He asserts that his wife made !
an comments whatever on the scare
y and the only one who said anythil
m was his little girl, who, whom ava
SO ened So that she should not
10 startlad out of sleen. told him s