The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-07
done. At what meetlngs were you

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! ing that question:"
| Chief Justice Judd. al cannot see
how you can object to answering"
Wundenberg: 81 object 10 saying
what took place.
The Court: "You are not asked to
| say what took place, but where the
meetings were that you attended"
| Wundenberg: "At Henry Water
| house's.n s
The Attorney-General: sat what
| time?'
Wundenberg: "On Monday even
| ing, the 18th Of January"
| The Acknowledgements: "Was that
the first meeting you attended?'
Wundenberg: Eyes" -.f#
The Attorney-General: "WeTe you
not at the houses of w. r. Castle and
and l.. A. Fhurston before that?"
Wundenberg: 81 was.n
The Acknowledgement: "Was not
| the question of forming new gov
eminent under consideration at those
| meetings ?r -
Wundenberg: 81 decline to answer
that question:
The attorneys for the defense both
| objected to the question, and q wordy
| war ensued between Ashford and the
Acknowledgement.
The Court overruled the objection.
| discussed at the meeting at Mr.. Water
| houseis,n
The Attorney-General: Was it or
was it not 2"
Wundenberg: at was.n
The Attorney. General: Did you
consent to such action ?"
Wundenberg: ''I did not"
The Acknowledgements" Was it dis
| cussed at Mr.. Thurston's?'
ton OF anything that savored of an
nexation having been discussed either
at Thurston's or at Castles. The first
| intimation that i had of annexation
was at Warehouses; on Saturday
night"
The Attorney General: "Did you
protest in any way ?"
Wundenberg: mo-
The Attorney-General: "When the
proclamation was made, did you pro-
test to any one pr
The question was evaded, and OBJ
jected to by the counsel for the de-
Tense.
After some argument, the objection
was overruled. e
Wundenberg: 'I think 1 protestrrac,
to Mr.. Smith (the Attorney-Gens. a.et
himself" 1~ShaC sraI
The AttorneySdr Of the i"f
before 9s; inc o6pinior. Gheral: WAS ina,
i M q minds nf Easing OF the Aineiic"l
II Wundenberg: az know that | spok'
e IN Won about il. Whether before o.
s after the raising of the flag, canno
say" ,u
t about your going to the station
y house"
n Wundenberg: "My position in tn.
: station house L took only at the ear
nest solicitation of yourself ana MI
n SOBER. / did not care for il"
8 The Attorney "Are vol
: sure that you ever protested to M
( personally ?"
|. Wundenberg SIN the confusion
d the moment / may not have gone L
t YOU, but protested to some one"
o The Attorney General: "Was no
G the reason that you did not go TO IN
: station at first because you were afrhl'
q to go?" otroidu
: The Acknowledgement: "And, al
> though YOU were against annexation
e vet YOU were willing to take the posi-
i lion of Marshal under the Provislona
It Government, which you knew wa
: formed for the purpose OF anneHa
e ton Pr
It Wundenberg CT was willing t
: accept it."
b THE Attorney-G "Your scru
ples did not go to the extent of pre-
e Venting you from accepting such
: high office ?"
If Wundenberg al was willing t
: accept it in the interest OF law an
S order"
= The General : /" Eve
: though you were opposed TO anneA'
tion?n
n oflaw and order"
II The Acknowledgement: "Did 20
Y try i'm any way to defeat the aims
IS the Provisional Government-the pu
lie pose of annexing to the Unite
L. Mr.. Ashford: III object, if Yor
D. Honor please. Any man has a rlgf
ID to try and defeat such cause. Man
IN men are doing it, and L myself am
N The objection was sustained;
The Attorney-General: How q
n Won explain saving to Marshal Hitcl
cock that the acts of the founders
i'll the Provisional Government were tt
ne acts of robbers and pirates"
lg Wundenberg: "I did not say
lam ut q loss to understand why NJ
Hitchcock should say such thing
In The Attorney General: Mig
ne you not have said it, and forgot1e
ft?"
at Wundenberg: "T am perfect
willing to admit that am not favo
at able to annexation, and do not thin
lr- it would be blessing to this countr
an hut / have no recollection of saylI
b. such a thing as that. We had loI
be discussion about the situation, ana
OF understood that Mr.. Hitchcock
en- views were fully in accord with mil
On have talked over the situation VII
W a number of my friends"
The Acknowledgements: DID yt
nd ever discuss it with Jas. III. Blount'
Mr.. Ashford: az object to sue
Sc questions. If the Attorney Gener
ed is not careful, L will have WI
denberg tell all he knows about tn
SIX question" ,,,,.
n The Attorney General: "That
ly lust what 1 want"
We Wundenberg: 'I refuse to ansW
in such a question"
Ial The Court: 'Did you take an GA
n of secrecy about any of these things
,e- Wundenberg: mo"
lst The General: III the
is Tense has anything to conceal, w
is stop cross-eXamining MIR. Wunde
n berg. 1t is not at all pleasant for ~
in the relations L bear TO him, to ma
he to use forcible measures to get him
answer. If L have to struggle WI