The herald., 1893-07-06
HIGH JiNKS IN HONOLULU,
A Series Of Sensational Oc-
currenceS.
Arrests for Conspiracy and
More Pending.
Claus Spreckels Threatened With
Assassination.
The Sugar King Thinks 1t Healthy to
Sail for San Francisco-A MUIR
der Society within the An.
nexatioa Club.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HoNoLULU, June 2S, per steamer via
San Francisco, July 5.-I1ree arrests
for conspiracy and promises of more;
Claus Spreckels threatened with
assassination; the organization of q
murder society within the Annexation
club. and finally news of the appoint
ment of Judge Sneed OF Tennessee as
minister to Hawaii to succeed Mr..
Blount have been the developments of
the past six days, and no end of excite
ment and gossip have resulted.
sPREcKELs' LIFE THREATENED.
Claus Spreckels started the fun by
discovering early on the morning of
June 22d the following placard, orna-
msnted with skull and cross bones,
posted on the gate OF his residence:
"Gold and silver will not stop lead."
This statement, in view of his opposi-
tion to the provisional government,
seemed very significant to Mr.. Spreckels,
and he Immediately carried the placard
to Minister Blount. The American min
ister took Spreckels' statement down
comment. Mr.. Spreckels' house is now
guarded by a stalwart native policeman.
The government, as we'll as the mem
bers of the annexation club, deeply re-
greet the occurrence and look upon the
posting of the placard as the work of
practical joker, or some crank who has
taken it into his head to warn Spreck-
els. The victim of the alleged Joke,
however, has no hesitation in saying
that he believes his enemies here are
trying to scare him off and that there
are men desperate enough to attempt to
kill him, The sugar kings combative
nature is now thoroughly aroused and
he is using every means to discover the
author of the threat.
| coNsPIRAToRs ARRESTED.
The Sprekels incident was still fresh
when Friday afternoon arrests already
predicted in these dispatches we're
made. T. B. Walker, Z. G. Crick and
Archibald Sinclair were taken into cus-
tody on the charge of conspiracy to over
| throw the government by force of arms.
| V.Ashford, Samnel Newline and ]. f.
Colburn, whose arrests were also antic.
pated, were not molested, as the evil
dence against them was not strong
enough.
The government claims to have most
complete evidence against the alleged
conspirators, and other arrests are antic-
ipated. Following is an authentic list
of the names OF those suspected of being
engaged in the conspiracy: Sam Parker,
half white and ex-minister of finance;
John Cummings, native and English;
j. E. Bush, native and English; A. P.
Peterson, American, ex-attorney-gener-
al; Charles Creighton, lawyer, English,
but American born; Antoine Rosa,
lawyer, Portuguese and native; DR..
Foote. American; Charles Wilson, ex-
marshal, native and Tahitan; J.. w.
Robertson, ex-chamberlain, English;
John Fowler, Irish American, contrac-
tor and builder; B. Thomas, English,
stonemason; joseph Tinker, English,
butcher; G. @. Kenyon and Edward
Norrie, English, editors of the Holamua
newspaper; r. II. Rickard, English,
mason; James Campbell, Irish, ranch.
owner John f. Colburn, ex-minister of
the interior, half white, and w. H.
Cornwell, EnglIsh, but American-born.
THE ARRESTED MEN.
OF the arrested men, Sinclair and
Walker are bricklsyers and Crick is q
munnings' son-in-law. These three
men have been Swallowed constantly for
over three weeks and the police claim to
nave knowledge OF plot; en-
bracing murder, arson and
contemplated blowing up the palace
which Is now used as the government
building, and when the annexationists
70, ho
shot down. 1t is known that the royal
lists have in their possession 200 rifles
and ammunition, which are said to have
been stolen from the government during
the ex.queens reign, by John Cum
mings, for the purpose of engaging in a
revolution. Cummings house was
searched Friday, but no arms were
found. 1t is thought that they have
been distributed among the royslists
who can be relied upon to use them at
the proper time. The three conspirators
were all EnglishmeE, and the British
consul here was about to interfere, when
he was informed of the nature of the
charges against the men, and he dropped
the matter. Sinclair was member of
Battery d, q volunteer organization.
The three men were brought before
Judge Foster Saturday morning and
held without bail to appear for exam
ination Wednesday, June 2Sth.
AN ANTI-RoYALIsT PLoT.
As an offset to this royalist plot, the
annexationists have little one OF their
own which is quite as deadly in its ma.
ture as that of the royalists. The citi-
zena' reserve, which now numbers be-
tween 600 and 700 men, all armed with
Springfield rifles, and the Annexation
club, most of whose members belong to
the reserve, play quite an important
part in this plot. In the event OF q
royalist outbreak, certain prominent
supporters of the ex-queen are marked
for slaughter, and even If men have not
been detailed to do the work there is a
tacit understanding among certain of
each is to pick out and 60 for.
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