The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-08-24

| uo,,Id PROVISIONAL government
r 1917 De oVerpowered; he had three
; -. men; Trey had held IA me. t.
ineI SAID Won 1~paZ was working for
money, but they working for
nIood; he promised me a position
III the custom house after the
restoration told me if / got
che names Of those who wouldn't
hght he would take the names to the
queen, that something would be done
ior me; this was at the second meet
ing; L went to the Anchor saloon
again to meet Walker, but did not
ma MIN; found him afterwards at the
hoyal saloon; l went and got Prescott
have told.
GROSS EXAMINATION by Peterson:
am not the son of a Russian count;
l nave been thirteen years here; have
oeen arrested three times mentioned
places where he had worked [
worked for Mrs. Beckley before L en-
listed in the army; / joined the army
two days after revolution; Joined Com
pany ID; saw Sinclair at the govern
ment building at the time with gun
and belt; went to the barracks after
wards; have been q member of regulars
since; met Walker and Sinclair in
June; know Walker and Bowler; met
them at TreglOan's window; Bowler
did not go with us to the Bay Horse to
get drink; did not say l was getting
tired of the thing and the soldiers
were on the point of rebelling, and
that if trouble came Capt. Good would
be the first shot; / said nothing of the
kind the time was occupied
in getting a drink; Walker said he
would meet me again; we talked out
side ten or twelve minutes;I remember
tlQ fnu ia1 TO- 30 81
more this time; | have seen the paper
which the captain took down for me;
Walker told me he would meet me at
the corner of King and Bethel streets;
the time L think it was between four
and five o'clock; don't remember if
testified to twenty minutes to four;
was with him an hour in a back
room; L told him things, were about
the same; he said the sand-b bags were
ridiculous; was an hour and half
there; anything L found out L told
Captain Good; Walker said the Pro-
visional government would be sent
word and if the queen was not re-
stored the government would be at
tackled; Walker thought we had bet
ter give up; said he had three hun
dred men and could get two hundred
half-whites; altogether they would
have one thousand men; Walker
never said Nowlein would introduce
me to the queen; do not remember
testifying that Nowlein would intro
duce me to the queen; was told if L
proved a traitor [ would be killed;
was not scared; / reported the con-
yersation to Captain Good; L laughed
at the threat to kill me; L did not
laugh at the statement of three hun
dred men, but 1 took it in with all he
said; the third time met him IN the
ROYAL saloon; do not remember whe-
Their the meetings were within week
but know it was all in the
month of June; / only testify to what
[ know; all of Goods notes were OBJ
tanned from me; read them; when L
met Walker, the two friends 1 took
did not know what L went for; Capt.
Good knew / was going to meet
Walker; did not testify in the lower
court that did not tell Good; saw
Sinclair at the Royal saloon; did not
testify below that Sinclair was not
there; looked in the saloons and on
the streets for Walker; did not hear
Walker tell Prescott that he had been
drinking all night, and was rotten;
told Prescott all he told me; Walker
said he had men in the bushes at
Washington Place; the 800 men were
ready; the 1000 could be got ready;
this took place in the Anchor saloon;
Walker had said Blount and Wode-
house had advised him to be patient,
but he was not patient; they intended
to act in the meantime; Walker did
not saw in case the decision of the
United States was adverse they would
act; Walker said he intended to over
throw the government in the mean
time; he asked me to get the names;
I thought he intended to act shortly
haVR
Sinclair at other times, but never
talked with him.
Attorney-GeneraI offered to prove
signatures to certain papers written
by Captain Good and signed by Won
Topaz. Creighton objected.)
Judge Whiting overruled the obJec-
ton as to proving the signature, but
said the offering of them as evidence
was another thing.
REDIRECT: told Good the CONVEX
sations; Captain Good wrote it down
and I signed it-generally the next
morning.
THOMAS WRIGHT worn: Met Wal
ker in the tram cars; the first inter-
view was two months before the trial
| in the police court; Walker said there
would be trouble if the queen was not
restored; he advised me not to join
the company; he said if / went against
the queen the government would be
blown up and no quarter given when
he CWalker) gave the word; the Sec
ond conversation was about the same;
ON every occasion he warned me as a
friend to keep out of it; he said wait
! till the time and they would have
| things fixed; 1 have told him they
| had no arms; i understood they hau
dynamite; this was three weeks before
! the trial.
| Judge Whiting would not allow a
question by the prosecution, as TO
what witness had heard from the out
| side about the conspiracy.
WRIGHT continuing: Walker dlo
not mention any others; at Notes
others were sitting at the table; Wal
ker did not appear to care Whether
others overheard him or not.
Cross EXAMINATION by Creighton:
Walker said nothing would be done
unless the United States decided
against the queen; they would await
the decision of the United States
said the place would be blown up on
moments notice by him. if it went
against them; didn't notice Walker
was under the influence of liquor; he
was rational and talked so; on some
occasions he might have been drink
ing; he was under the influence of IL
quor once; he told me of blowing ur