New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-06
A ROlALIST DYNAMITE PLOT
CONSPIRACY AT HONOLULU.
THE PLAN DISCOVERED BY THE PRO
VISIONAL POLICE.
THREE MEN HELD UITHOUT BAIL.
THEY ARE CHARGED WITH PLANNING TO BLOW
Up THE GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS. De
STRoY THE ARMY AND RESTORE THE
-QUEEN-OLAUS SPRECKELs
FRIGHTENED.
lrRoM 4 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or rHE rHnryE.l

fFRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or TnE rRBrSE.l
Honolulu. June 2s.-Thc most important occur
renee since the last mail is the arrest of three
Roya~t con spirators, who had planned to blow up
the Provisional Governments headquarters with
dynamitc. destroy their army, and then in the
confusion and di.may restore the Queen an declare
the monarchy restored. This plot was wcll de-
viscd but the men selected TO carry il out
were 50 fatally deficient in retccncc that the
Provisional Government police soon knew every
one Of them. and simply waited until they had
secured ample evidence before arrcstlng the
ringlcadcrs In fact as II plot it bore "A strong
resemblance 10 the conspiracics in opera boulie
On June - r. r. Walker Archie Sinclair and
f. C. Crick were arrested by Marshal Hitchcock
for conspiracy against the Government Walker
and Sinclair are old residents Of the islands Sin
clair is stoncmason, who spends most Of his
wages for beer, and who is an habituc Of water
front barroomS Walker also drinks good deal.
Crick is "A chemist, and the Government is said
10 have evidence that he was the maker OF the
dynamite bombs found recently on the grounds
Of the Queens house in Honolulu. Crcl is
man Of education. and is British subject All
three hnvc evidently been hired by Royalist
leaders to carry on the dangerous work Of up
setting tho Provisional Government, for alone
tn''N rOulb nave no ObJNI III uHi'rldNlHS |oH-
spiracy that would be sure to involv" bloodshei.
" the preliminary hearing Of the eonSpirators
the three men were held for trial without bail.
Mr. Creighton, tire attorney who appeared for
Walker and Sinclair, made strong effort to
secure the release Of his clients on lnil, but this
the court refused, a, Marshal Hitchcock declared
that he had reason to believe they would escape
from the islands. Creighton then INDUCED in a
f,,in at on fh, PROV Nf~loual M,
whose methods he compared 10 those Of Russia
He declared that one man was holding ingnlSi-
ioral power Ills speech crcat'd intense excite
mcnt among the Royali,ts in court, bat no de-
monstration was made and the Judge set the trll
for June ?s
The-e arrests with promises Of moro. hav" e\-
cited a great deal of talk, and rumora of plots
and murders filed the air. TIL" excitement was
increased bv what was generally regarded as the
Joke Of some wag piay"J on Claus Npr'ck"lS'
which crcatly alarmed III" sugar millionaire. On
Jun" - Nprcckcls lounl on his gat" m"NaSr
declaring that he doomed to early death Tor
his opposition to Nh" Government. tn" mcs-ac"
bore : ciudr dc-lcn Of skull and croS'-hon'~ ~
irs head. and contained tine words: Lead Is
stronger than gold ANA silver Sprcckel~ took
the thing seriously and rushed ov"r 10 Minister
Dlount asking for protection from In" United
States lir Dlounr took down his cNcited
s-atolncn, and scnt !. without any comment - |
President Dole Tie latter instructed the Mar |
shal 10 oilcr 10 SprcclScls desired protcciion
hut not. -nn, ~ thc millionaire. asking HIM |
vLnt measure Of polio, guardianship he want"l. !
VA. MOI, answered MoanWhi'' Npr~krl>'' VIII"
and dauahtcr persuaded him 10 r"turn 10 san |
Francisco and i" Nil sail tomorrow ON th' !
Naripcra This l. peculiar move, ~ h' .N
sworn 70 stay IN tlc hel'. anu II Wa> "Np"ct"i |
that his money ,nd inilu"nr" w'ui nave -F'' |
weight against the plans Of th" GoN"rnn"n' oi |
liz. IIoNnlisf- Their" * 10 question 'lt III,
family arc thoroughly alarmed over thi~ pl3Gird |
and bclovc that his life Is IN lans'r WN |
know that Honolulu = full u tr'kl">> iriin"
who ,,bul a--as.uatc >nrc S"lS for i"w hlh'lirp
dCllot. The millionalr. l. alep hated by many !
men on the islands who have WORKED Tor MN |
on hi- SUGAR pan'1tonS ana hdf' n'h "l'h'l .,.'.
Minister Bount is weary Of TINS l"toi-'a,lnn,ii
land II j. ~nid on good authority thai he VIII |
mail Li. report ~ WASHINGTON N about iort-
nir. Thus far he ha9 sent ONLY pnrtnl com
hnt hc j. no" haf n' "'rN ." '''
4 member of n" Provisional 'iov"rnm"n' l.
,r,boritv for thn statement that Secretary t'r"'-
am rcprimandod Minister l'onn' Tor ms ari'"n
in fine Norlhon case. Nordhoh was SUNNI 1h'u /"
,rncor Icf re- the Government ana r\pll llh WIN |
,r hal written certain statements all" ia ~ De-
lih.lloua and which w"r" printed IN i' N'N
York Herald" Mr. Blount refused 10 allow III"
srondcnt 70 anNwf 'r .'V'lI,, X,Io ''n' ~,
l,r his prot.ction Mr. Bount citcd ~" cutting
r,.. in Mexico ~ prnr"I"t'. Inc fr"3itto,liii
Government held that thr Nuttn' cl''. I,i'rcd IH'rrd
from this in that cutting wrot" AMI pNpIIS.r,Ii
H. iI,J IN thc United states hut was arrst"i
and nnni,lcd in M"Nico Nordhon, they at8u"i'
rommittcd the libel here. and though n W,N pun
~led in Now York: ho was suprI I" ,,,i' iI ,hr
laval II is said that Gresham upHr,H ra%I
provisionaI Governments view. ana 80 lhl"r'Htru
Ronnt The latter. however. dill not INFORM tn tI,
f'ol