The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-06
WUNDENBERG ON TRIAL.
WITNESSES BEING EXAMINED THIS
AFTERNOON
III" ic>timony of Marshal HtchcocL aud
>. VI NiVas-N NJ Demurrer Allowed
IN rhes. Case

Before the Justices OF he Supreme
Court this morning the inquiry into the
alleged misconduct Of f. W Wmden.
berg was continued the \ torney. Cen
eral having filed an amended informa
tion. The defense attempted to inter-
pose demurrer thereto. hit the Court
ruled that demurrer would not lie in
cases of this character. The defense
then filed an answer to the information
denying each and every allegation con.
tanned therein. The first witness for
the Governmeui--wa Ma shal T.. g..
Hitchcock. who testified Ia substance
ON Monday. the 10Th uf March last
in the clerk Office had conN cisa.
ton with f. W. Wui deuberg, He
burst out with damning the Provisional
Government, stating thai il was all
family compact and that We lIawaiians
had no part or lot in it, that strangers
were given all the principal positions,
and that those who were born and
brought up on these Islands were en-
tirely left out in the cold. He also said
that such were simply the acts of pirates
and robbers He also stated that il was
.
rs he called it," He used the words
God damn" His voice was that of a
man who was disgruntled about some.
thing.
In the latter part of April. oI-early
part of May last, at his house on Richard
street. he was profane in his language
about the Government aud the
way the Government was taking no
notice or caring for those who were
boru in the country / am pretty
sure that the names of McCandless and
Morgan were used in reference to
strangers: that is people not born in the
country here. 1 don't think he men
toned any Hawaiian. born as not hav.
ling been appointed to office, but it was
more those who were "A short time here
who were Immediately boosted into
prominent positions to the detriment of
Hawaiians who were born here. | think
in May he made an offer of his services
Ia assist me IN case | needed it with
reference To my Office. My recollection
is | was inquiring about some of the
officers there, Juen, Parker and pos
sibly Mehruens.
Mr.. Hitchcock was cross. examined at
some length, but the above contains
all the material points elected.
At the afternoon session j. NJ Nivas
was the first witness. He testified:
II met the respondent IN the Office of
V. V. Ashford in Honolulu some time
in April last. ] had been discussing
with Mr.. Ashford and X. w. Wilcox the
condition of the situation here when
Mr. Wundenberg came in. The discus
sion after that was directed to the land
ing of the troops from the Boston.
Wundenberg tried to show That the,
revolution had not taken place until
after the troops were landed.
He told me that if | was convinced of
that fact ] ought to 90 to Blount and
tell him so. He termed Minister Stevens
an old rascal. | told hlm | did not
think there was any conspiracy or pre-
arranged matter between Minister
Stevens and the Provisional Govern
ment. TO my recollection Wundenberg
maintained that there was, that it was
agreed upon. but don't remember ex-
actly what words he used Wunden-
berg talked about going to see Blount,
but don't know if he had already been
there or not. During the conversation
he condemned the aciions of the heads
of the Government. those whom he felt
/ aggrieved by. He ed what is called
troopers language-profane language.
| could not swear that any special names
were mentioned. He swore against the
Government in a general way about
some acts that lac considered not proper,
and about which he felt aggrieved. He
did not mention the Marshal = office in
particular, but ! suppose his words had
reference to that office or the Custom
| House.
Mr.. Vivas was being Examined
by c. W. Ashford when our reporter
left