Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-07
DYNAMITERS IN HAWAII.
The Government Arrests tho Agents in the
Conspiracy.

The Government Arrests the Agents in the
Conspiracy.
From the New York Sun.
HONOLULU, June %, via San Francisco. July
5.-The government has finally executed what
has been for some time in view, namely, the
arrest Of ascertained agents in the royalist
dynamite conspiracy. On the afternoon of
Fr'3ay, June %, simultaneous arrests were
tt1D1e of I. B. Walker. Archibald Sinclair and
+. c. Crick on the charge of conspiracy to
seize the executive building and overturn the
government. The Ofense is not bailabIe, and
the prisoners have been held in confinement
pending examination.
The government has known something Of
this conspiracy for tn rec months, and for sew
eral weeks 1t has possessed much exact in-
formation A very conservative policy has
been pursued, and no arrests were made until
the evidence was entirely complete against the
accused. This evidence was submitted to
four legal advisers and pronounced sufficient.
Meantime every precaution was taken against
surprise. or the arrested persons Walker is
the son-in-law Of leading half white royalist,
John Cummings, and is a mason by trade.
Sinclair is a mason, but Of irregular habits
Crick is q chemist out Of employment. About
twenty prominent whites and half castes are
more or less implicated by the evidence in pos
session of the government. Nine Of these per-
sons have been cabinet ministers More arrests
are likely to be made at any time, but none
without ample evidence to justify such action.
The use Of dynamite was the chief means Of
the scheme Of the conspirators Their plans
seem to have been bold and extensive, but
more on an anarchistic basis than one Of reg
ular warfare. Nearly all persons implicated
have more or less shady records. No pure Ha-
waiians appear to have been in the affair. It
is believed that no evidence duplicates Paul
Neumann or Claus Spreckels although the con-
spirators had sanguine hopes Of pecuniary aid
from the latter.
At the time of the arrests the houses Of
Walker and Cummings were searched. No dis
coveries Of arms or of dynamite were made.
Much CONSERVATION followed the arrests, re-
sulting in additional information being con-
tributed by persons implicated A general
effect Of decentralization has been produced
among the royalists, whose chief plot for the
restoration Of the queen has now collapsed. At
noon on June 49, just before the sailing of the
Belgic, evidence against the conspirators began
to be presented.
Minister Blount says that he has not vet sent
forward any report, but will take it with him
when he leaves the islands
Claus Spreckels found on his gate few days
ago pacard ornamented with skull and cross
bones and bearing the inscription: "Gold and
silver will not stop lead" He laid the matter
before Minister Blount, and the latter
forwarded Spreckels' statement to the
provisional government. The government
says 1t has evidence against the men 1t has ar
rested showing they we're forming plot to
blow up the government building and then
shoot down the annexationists when they
should rush to the scene. large number OF
other persons are being watched by the author
tiles.
Six or seven hundred anne xationists have
formed a 'citizens' reserve" They are armed
with rifles. and have selected certain promi-
nent supporters of the ex-9ueen. whose names
are known, and marked them for slaughter in
event OF royalist outbreak. A member Of
this organization gives a list Of names marked
for assassination, and says that in addition to
prominent HawRiians 1t includes Claus
Spreckles and Minister Blount in case they in
terfere in any fight that may occur.