The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-08-29

met him (WaIkerl week or two be-
fore; don't exactly remember when; /
reported il to Captain Good, who took
! it down; the first time Walker asked
how / was getting along I told him /
was getting along we'll; getting $40
month and good P. G. grub; Bowler
gave Walker some money after we
met, and we went to the Bay Horse
saloon; said there would be a change
soon; the queen was to be restored;
do not remember whether Bowler was
present; Walker said for me to draw
! my $40 and wait; he would explain
the way the change was to take place
later; Walker and were in the pri-
vate room of the Anchor saloon; he
said the Provisional government
would be overpowered; he had three
hundred men; they had held meet
ing; said Won Topaz was working for
money, but they working for
blood; he promised me position
in the custom house after the
restoration ; told me if / got
the names of those who wouldn't
fight he would take the names to the
| queen, that something would be done
for me; this was at the second meet
ing; / went to the Anchor saloon
again to meet Walker, but did not
find him; found him afterwards at the
Royal saloon; l went and got Prescott
and took him to the place; the rest /
have told.
Cross EXAMINATION by Peterson:
l am not the son of Russian count;
1 have been thirteen years here; have
been arrested three times mentioned
places where he had worked; l
worked for Mrs. Beckley before 1 en-
listed in the army; / joined the army
two days after revolution; Joined Com
pany D; saw Sinclair at the govern
ment building at the time with a gun
and belt; went TO the barracks after
wards; have been 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 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 drink; Walker said he
would meet me again; we talked out
side ten or twelve minutes;I remember
what / testified to; have testified to
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;
h. in
room; told him things were about
the same; he said the sand-bags were
ridiculous; was an hour and a half
there; anything 1 found out / 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 1
proved a traitor [ would be killed;
was not scared; l reported the con-
versation to Captain Good; | laughed
at the threat to kill me; / did not
laugh at the statement OF three hun
dred men, but / 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
I know; all of Goods notes were OBJ
tanned from me; I read them; when
met Walker, the two friends 1 took
did not know what l went for; Capt.
Good knew l was going to meet
Walker; did not testify in the lower
court that L 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 300 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 say 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;
thought he intended to act shortly
after getting the names; have seen
Sinclair at other times, but never
talked with him.
General offered to prove
signatures to certain papers written
by Captain Good and signed by Won
Topaz. Creighton obiected.)
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 ! signed generally the next
morning.
THOMAS WRIGHT sworn: 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
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