The morning call., 1893-07-07
Strong Evidence Against
the Conspirators.
PLAN TO RESTORE THE QUEEN
An Island Sheriff Killed by a Colony
of Armed and Angry
LeperS.
Special Correspondence of THE MORNING CALL

HONOLULU. II. l., June 29.-The con-
spiracy trials are continued to-day. The
evidence introduced yesterday by the Gov
eminent seems conclusive and if not im-
peached will prove the existence of a
widespread conspiracy, whose object was
10 overthrow the Provisional Government
and destroy public buildings in order to
secure the control of the seat of govern
ment. Five witnesses were examined
yesterday. whose testimony was snDstan-
TALLY as follows:
The defendants applied TO the apothecary
Of the United States ship Boston, MI
Frank B. Orlich, for the formula for
Illuminate of mercury or silver. or both.
Orlich refused to grant the request. The
conspirators told him they Intended to
blow up the Provisional Government
Orlich said he thought Crick was drunk at
the time.
Z. r. Powell. engineers yeoman on the
Boston, testified TO the same effect
Thomas Wright testified that defendant
Walker had told him not to join the new
rife company, as there would be trouble in
case the United States decided against the
Queen and be did not wish 10 see any OF
his friends hurt.
Simon Won Topaz testified that he was
approached by Walker, who advised him
to sow dissension among his company at
the barracks and get the boys to turn
traitors Walker promised the witness he
would get him position in the custom
house as soon as restoration took place.
lie wanted q list of the regulars who
fro isI bo
Walker claimed the cOuspirators had 800
armed men and that they had good hackers
in the persons of Claus Spreckels and
James Campbell. an Irish capitalist here
He stated that Minister Blount and
Minister Wodeh ouse had advised the con-
spirators to be patient. He stated at an
other time they had 1000 men armed and
equipped.
According to the witness, Walker said
he would place men outside of the execu-
tive building to prevent the volunteer
forces from going inside the fence; an en-
trance to the building was to be gained
through an underground passage. The
witness also stated that Sinclair said that
he had been in favor of annexation,
but was not in favor of missionary Gov
eminent He and Walker could defeat any
twenty men in the regular company. he
then advised Prescott to leave the COM
pany. Walker told him that if he or Pres
colt gave any information to the Govern
ment regarding their conversation they
would both be shot by him or by members
of secret society. A meeting had already
been called by the conspirators. but the
natives remained away. and only about 800
whites and half-whites attended. The
leader of the crowd was Colonel Sam
Howline. halfwhite.
This moIhing the body of Sheriff Stoltz
of the island OF Kauai, arrived at Homo
lulu by one of the interisland steamers
he was shot by the lepers. who are in
hiding in Kalalau Valley on Kauai, while
attempting to arrest them preparatory to
removal to the leper settlement at MoloBai
The Government determined about three
weeks ago to remove the lepers the last of
July, and had intrusted Stotz with the
work of removal. to act as he saw best.
Last week he entered the valley. which
can only be approached by trail. accom-
panied by one policeman. The lepers,
SEINE twenty-eight i'll number, congregated
and drove the natives who live in the val
ley to the seashOre. After Selling what
arms they could in the settlement, they
surrounded Sheriff StoltZ and shot him to
death. The Government has determined to
now remove the lepers at any cost, and
there is danger of contamin ating the en-
tire valley with the disease otherwise.
There will probably be bloodshed before
the removal is accomplished, and the
lepers are desperate and are now armed.
a steamer will be sent the latter part of
july to guard the seashore, and the valley
will be entered by the trail. This will
shut the lepers off. and they must either
surrender or be killed.