Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-02
STOLEN NOTES.
The New York Herald Claims
to Have Done 1t.
&c Gives the Testimony of One Man al
Taken Down in Mr.. BIount's Inves-
hgations-It Favors Secretary
Grecham's Conclusions.

NEW YORK, November 22.--The Herald
prints what purports to be portion of tn.
yeport of Commissioner Blount, claiming tc
have secured sheets of the stenographer's re
port of statement made to Blount by r
Wundenburg.
The statement of Mr.. Wundenburg is:
''The committee of safety met at the Office
Of E. o. Smith, in Fort street, at 4 O'Clock
Of January IA, 1893, for the purpose of dis
cuseing steps necessary to take in the forma.
ton of a new government. Shortly after
the committee met, they decided they were
not for the landing of the American troops,
and committee of three, with Thurston al
chairman, was at once dispatched to the
American legation to prevail on Minister
Stevens to delay the landing of the Boston Q
men. The committee returned shortly and
said Mr.. Stevens had said to them: Gentle
men, the troops of the Boston landed at 5
O'Clock this afternoon, whether you are
ready for them or not.
''At the time the men landed the town was
perfectly quiet, business hours were about
over and the people were in the streets.
Nothing unusual was to be seen except the
landing of large armed force with Calling
shore an indefinite length of time.
1.-The committee met at Mr.. Waterhouse's
residence that evening at 8 o'clock. The
formation of some sort of a government was
under discussion. Mr.. Stevens had given
them full assurance that any proclamation
of the government put forward at the gov
eminent building or any other building in
Honolulu, for that matter, would receive his
immediate recognition and the support OF
Nho nf fha
'On Tuesday afternoon, January II, the
committee of safety proceeded from the
Office of w. D. Smith, (now attorney general
m the provisional government), to the gov
eminent building, and there read the proc
lamation of new government, there being
practically no audience whatever. AS the
reading proceeded a dozen or so loungers
gathered, and near the close of the ceremony
about thirty supporters, variously armed,
came running into the side and back en-
frances to the yard and gathered about the
committee. At this moment the q. S. troops,
in the temporary quarters in the rear Of
music hall, less than 100 yards away from
where the committee stood, appeared to be
under arms and were evidently prepared for
any emergency.
"During all the deliberations of the COM
mittee, and in fact through all the proceed
tngs connected with the move up to final
issue, the basis of action was the general un-
derstanding that Minister Stevens would
keep the promise to support the movement
with the men from the Boston, and the state
ment is now advisedly made, that without
the previous assurance of support from the
American minister and the actual presence
of the United States troops, no movement
would have been attempted, and if attempted.
would have been a miserable failure, result
ing in the capture or death of the partici-
pants in a very short time. Having been
present at the several meetings referred to in
this statement, hereby certify the same is
correct in every essential particular.
lSignedl F. WUNDENBURo."