The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-08-22

The Csc o. libel brought by
Captain Ferguson against the
editor Of the ADvERTIsER came up
Friday morning in the District
Court
Judge Robertson re4d 5 decision
everything the motion for the dis
charge Of the defendant
Ne TOMBSTONE sworn: HSye 10
power 70 stop the publication OF the
ADVERTISER have no control over
is publication: nobody inteFferes
With ne in diScharging my editorial
duties hsd : conversation with Ferg-
usou; told him that IS | considered
81 such articles might be untrue, hSd
insisted that l. should be inserted over
the name Of the writer; after talking
with Cloys. hzd decided he was re-
spouSi0le person; Captain Ferguson,
IN repeating the conversation, had
left out the auxiliary yero might.
DISCRIMINATION: Have charge
y the newspaper department; order
IN or out aII matter for publication;
nobody has ever interfered with me;
I generally revise articles and reSd
The proof, sometimes these latter are
read by the reporter or fOrem2n.
Redirect examination: Mr.. Whit
new i the ultimate authority; when
ever I have doubts I consult with
him: he hss ultimSte authority s. 70
the publication Of the paper.
ANTOINE CLoYS, sworn: Hzve been
staying at the St. Louis lodging
house. When I returned, on August
18th heard Paul Neumann and
Charles Creighton bSd made inquiry
for NE IS s Portuguese. | had been
can. born in Utah; went TO GUate-
uala in 1855; peddled goods there;
have travelled over the country; was
II the country three years found lots
q SEamps Sud fever there have had
the fever myself; the fever is called
The moris fever, the Guatemala
planters have the fever.
JUDGE ROBERTSON ordered witness
70 testify to any facts he had heard
concerning the country from the
planters
CLOYs, continuing Al Europe
ans are subject 70 the fever and do not
stand IL SIS well 81 the natives l saw
their houses On one plantation; used
corrugated iron roofs; it rains heavily
there. some houses are wooden below
the roof; the wind can blow through
them: the IsboTers sleep on mats;
est beans and dried salt meat; there
sre Iunss or captains; they 90 armed
As aII in authority do; ESs IN San
lose when South Sea islanders ar
rived; they looked 5 curious lots any
one who can afford it carries 8 re-
voIver; it Is the custom; there are
few Chinese in Guatemala city; the
Indians work bat will not work under
contract; plantation hznds eat cakes,
beans and dried beef; have ridden
through the sEamps, my mule would
sink to the girth; the money there Is
POGO tempo dollars and other foreign
coins are in circulation; dOllSEs we're
Worth - 10 ) cents when was there;
native Indians do not like to contract
contract laborers are scarce but de-
sired: sometimes violence and force
i used in making them work, they
are threatened they viii be shot if
thew don't work. I have heard such
threats made when was peddling
among them; they hate GrIngos
( Americans; had seen natives threat
eued 70 be shot contract laborer told
me the fellow who threatened to shoot /
him would do 50 without much provo
cation If he didn't 90 to work; have
no personal malice in making my
statements IL vas the common re-
marx in San Jose there goes the fel- /
low who trzfies in human flesh
Cross examination: Arrived here
in middle Of May was here the year
before. in June. was here three
months had no occupation, but paid |
for all / gut- worked three days On |
for 4 sailor; resided at
FoEler's Yard. left on the British I
shin Palmas for Port Townsend vent |
from there 10 Portland, Oregon;
thence 10 San Francisco; returned to !
Guatemala in latter part Of ls'sz- came |
I'D on the steamer Collins; was bound |
for San Francisco; spent Christmas /
day At sea this vas after We left Pan l
anna: was ashore two or three hours /
sc san jose; had lived there before 1
from ISL 70 1850 or Whereabouts. was /
20 San Jose when steamer MoussTTat |
arrived
To Judge Robertson Made trip in |.
COIima in Iss5; If l said san Juan 1 l
meant the steamer ColimL
Cross-examinztiOu continued: Con- /
Tersed With people who were dis
charging the south sea islanders; l
never saw them on the plantations
indians sign for Z month only; the
JuIy one whom I talked 20 about IL
vas The contract lab0rer VINO told me
the lana would shoot him; the plan
.stfons were twenty 10 thirty miles
nIand- 1 slept.on q mat With thirty !
aborers- I never saw anybody shot by
unas- the climate i warmer than
lere: have eaten beans and beef with
he labare-s- do not know If the plan
ations gave out ratiOls; the M0nser-
Il was At anchor when the
audfng Ezs made; the Aus
riau dock IaboFez told me
he blzekbiris were looking oct for
he boss who brought them into trO1-
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