The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-20
TSIAL FOR CONSPIRACY
Mar hal Hitchcock on The Stand-StarCh
MADE Under a Royal Warrant,
THIRD DAY.

THIRD DAY.
Court opened shortly after $50
o'clock this morning. The first wit
ness was the senior captain.
Captain Robert Parker, sworn.
states: Am senior captain OF police
Of Honolulu; am acquainted with
defendants, also with Osmer, turn
key here soma time ago; know where
Crick has been living, on Liliha
street; had occasion To- search his
place with the Marshal: know Crick
and Van Giesen lived at that house;
found four rifles, two pistols aud
some ammunition there; three were
under the floor in house behind
Crick's room aud Que in Van Giesen's
ro IN behind the bureau; one pistol
was in Crick's drawer, the other 10
Van Giesep's; (witness identifies the
reviewers, rifles and ammunition, ll6
rounds $40 aud Is 35 49,; search
was made on Dec. 10: the guns were
rusty when found; witness could not
| say that he saw any Of the guns be-
fore; gave Osmer more than one
gun TO fiud out where all the arms
where; Osmer worked under witness
with the approval Of the Marshal;
made a search Of Busb's house on
Sunday morning, Dec. 9; Mrs. Bush
handed witness pistol ON that oc-
casion; first sa" the seven guns
which came fro, Bush's place,
brought by officer E1apa; they have
since been with the four guns found
OF il.ha street, in the Marshal's
pOl on.
CT, examinations: Know il is
Crick's place, because saw him com.
ing out several mornings; know
Crict ) room because the woman
told witness; don't know the wo-
mans g. tions to Crick aud Van
Giesen; don't know OF personal
knowledge which was Crick's room
or drawer only from what the woman
in the house said; there was only
bed and a chair in Crick's room,
| which was a small room in the rear
| Of the house; don't know who put
| tihpis'ols in the drawers or who
hal taken them there; search Of the
house was mad. on Monday after
uoon, nearly forty eight hours after
Crick's arrest; had no talk with
Osmer about the evideucv to be
given in this case; don't know where
Van GIeseu was when the house. on
Liliha street was searched; don't
know whether Van Gieseu was taken
into custody that evening.
Marshal Hitchcock, sworn, states:
Il h.. nj lf h..
Republic; have seen these guns he.
fore; seven had been in witness's
possession since Dec. \, the other
four were IN witnesses possession q
week from "Wednesday last; first saw
the four IN Crick's and Van Giesen's
house on Liliha street; witness wa,
accompanied by the senior captain;
(witness describes where guns were
found on Liliha street,; am ac-
quaiutcd with Van Giesen; he had
been IN witnesses employ in the So
cret service since November, 1893;
the work asst gned TO him was To
watch parties that needed to be-
watched and report the same; cant
say that Weed was reported, the
other three were; Van Glesen re-
ported mostly by written reports,
sometimes orally; am acquainted
with McEvoy; been in secret service
employ since last March, 1891; been
continuously employed.
Cross-eAaminatiou: Van Giesen re-
ported on August - to the effect
that Bush, Nawahi aud Crick were
present, had discussed ways aud
means OF overthrowing the Govern
mont; did not think there was SUI.
iicient evidence To warrant an arrest;
Van Giesen did not report in Sep.
tember that his true character as a
spy was known to the prisoners;
McEvoy made report orally the
latter part OF September; McEvoy
did not report at any time that he
was suspected as being in the secret
service by Bush, Crick aud Nawahi,
and that hs could not got any fur
Their information; McEyoy made no
such report to witnesses recollection;
had search warrant to search the
house OF Crick aud Van Gi-sen; was
informed about five or six weeks ago
that there were three guns ON the pre-.
misses, and that more guns were ex-
pected; Van Giesen gave the inform.
alton; since that Van Giesen reported
fourth gun had been taken there;
had Information from Van Giesen
that there We're four or five guns ON
the premises about week before
the search was made; he also inform
ed witness that the guns had been
buried and whore they could be
found; do not know where Van
Giesen was when the search was
made; know nothing about Van
Giesen being arrested; Crick was in
the Station; remember taking Crick
to see Commissioner HAYES that
| afternoon.
Here counsel Ashford wanted to
call the witness attention To the
phraseology of the search warrant.
Reads, "Liliuokalani, BY the Grace
OF God, Queen OF the Hawaiian Isl
andS: To the Marshal OF the King.
dom" A litter passed around the
Courthouse.
Witness met halfcaste woman
and japanese girl at the house OF
Crick and Van Giesen; tho first
named told witness her name; she
was neither Ms. Crick nor MIR. Van
Chosen; she was from Molokai; Van
Gieseu did not To witness know
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