The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-10
MAY CAUSE B[OODSHED.
Martial Law Has Been Proclaimed In
Kanai.
TROUBLE WITH NATIVES FEARED.
Soldiers and Police Onicsrs to Attempt
! the Arrest Of tho Lepers who Murdered
! sheriff stoitz-Honoiuia Conspirators
| Not Dismissed.


I Sheriff stoitz- HonoIuia onspirators
Not Dismissed.
VANCOUVER, B. c.. July lO.-A press
correspondent at. Honolulu writing per
steamship Warimoo under date of July /.
says: 1.-THE examination of the alleged
conspirators Walker, Crick and Sinclair
Is the one theme of absorbing interest at
present On the second day of the trial
on the Goth ult.. five witnesses were ex-
amined for the prosecution. The substance
of their testimony is as follows: Captain
Good, of Company f, testified that Won
Tapaz belonged to his company and had
reported to him conversations had with
Walker. j. II. Marmont. a boiler maker,
who had lived four years In Honolulu and
previously in Arizona and had acted for
three months as detective, had many
conversations during that time with T. b.
Walker, on topics connected with the pro-
visional government.
Walker said he had a large number Of
men well drilled. also plenty of arms and
ammunition To overthrow the govern ment
whenever they wished. Witness went
spying at Cummings Place and heard what
he thought was irregular drilling. Walker
admitted that they were drilling at his
place. Michael Kennedy proved that
Crick lived at the Central House. George
Markham was asked by Walker to join a
society to overthrow the Provisional gov
eminent T.. A. Strout Sergeant of Com
pany had one conversation with Walker
about overthrowing the Provisional gov
ernment.
On the 30th the court refused a motion
TO dismiss the defendants for lack OF evil
dence. For the defence John Phillips tes-
titled to Marchmonts poor repulstion for
veracity. Marshal Hitchcock testified
that Marchmont made report to him
about tie supposed drilling. He had held
a commission as detective since April o.
Deputy Marshal Brown testified that he
has searched Cummings premises and
Crick's rooms without discovering muni-
tions ofawar. j. A. Cummings knew OF
10 new armed men drilling on his premi-
ses. w. f. Dreward, private secretary
of Cumming. testified that no armed
men had been drilling on Cummings
premises within three months Col. j. II.
Soper had made no effort to lucate firearms
since martial law ceased.
For one person To have three thousand
stands OF arms without his knowledge was
not probable: it might be possible
June 30th, the sreamer WaiaieaIs called
for Kanai with force of 23 soldiers aud
l2 police officers with a Krnpp howitzer
tor the purpose of arresting the murderers
of Sheriff Sto.z together with the rest OF
the lepers.in their retreat at Kalalau. A
surgeon and reporter went along; also
Prince Albert kuuuiakea, who believes
that he can influence these natives as
former partlsans of Queen Emma.
Martial law has been proclaimed for that
part OF the island. IL Is hoped that the
display of force will induce surrender with
out bloodshed. Kalaiau is an isolated
canyon. accessible on foot with extreme
diihculty and by sea only in fine weather.
There are lO2 inhabitants OF wnom 20 are
lepers, mostly refugees from other districts
of Kanai. their stronghold is four miles
inland in the valley. in recesses, accessible
through narrow chasms. Sheriff Stolz had
been urging the Board of Health to re-
move them, and was confident he could
persuade them to come il given full
powers.
The result proved fatal to him. The
majority of the natives are strongly OPP
posed to the segregation of the lepers,
which most whites regard as vital neces-
sity.
The Royalist organ, the Bulletin, vio-
lently attacks the President of the BOARD
of Health for disturbing the peace OF Kali
alau, which the Royal government had
LETT unmolestcd. As matter of policy
the provisional government would doubt
less have deferred action but f"- The ur-
gency and confidence of Mr.. Stolz