Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-12-22

cane knives.
This Van Giesen has proven
himself to be hound. He has
accepted the hospitality. the
food and even the money of the
defendants and he made a sorry
show of himself. Van Giesen 5
yarn In regard to the map which
he claimed was the object of the
alleged consplratnrs has been
disproven by every man employed
and present in Bush's house. The
map and the list. which Van
Giesen claims that be copied, are
very suspicious. Van Giesen has
been paid for one year 800 a
month and when that list was in
his hands, afist that would have
furnished stronger evidence
against the defendants than any
produced here, he simply took a
copy and left alone the original
The most damaging original If 1t
ever existed which | doubt l
believe that can prove AN alibl
! for Van G.esen at the
meeting in October to which
he testified. The employees OF
Bush have stated that Van Giesen
WAS bounced in September.
Nawahi brings the latest appear
ance of Van Giesen at Bush's
house t. 9th of September
Since then be did not go there.
Nawahi at the time was on Maui.
As none If them were there how
is it possible that the converse
ton between them as re ported
could take place ! Van Giesen
stated that according to his diary
he was present at Bush's house
with Nawahi in October and
November. 1t has been pro ven
that neither Van Giesen or Ma
wahi we're there during these
two months, which finally proves
that Van Giesen is miserable
liar who for a paltry sum of
money, handed to him out of
taxes collected. makes up con-
spiracies to suit the Attorney
General. If Van Giesen says,
that there we're HOO arms around
town and it was true, this trial
acould not take place today!
In regard to Bush and Crick
the evidence seems equally alb
surd. What is there to have
prevented Van Giesen from hav-
ing placed the guns in the house
occupied by him and Crics I? The
guns were found 49 hours after
Crick had been locked up. I be-
lieve that the Attorney General
and Marshal act honestly. but
they are so badly scared that
their condition is bordering on
insanity. The very mention of
a magazine rifle throws them into
Mysteries.
There is nothing to show that
Bush was connected with any
move to overthrow the govern
ment- lie had right to put his
rifles outside ishouse or inside. |
1t might have been foolish for
him to hide his guns, but where
is the law preventing a man from
hiding his arms or any other pro-
perry. There is nothing to show
that Bush knew anything about
these guns at all. The principle
of Bush in his papers has always
been Waitl wait ! wait! Royalists
have cursed him for that policy,
but, nevertheless, he stuck to it
and hoomd ndmanui was his war
cry If the finding of the cart
ridges on Mr.. Bush's premises
constitutes conspiracy the
statute ought to be changed And
then | hope that We all are guilty
Mr.. Ashford ended his address
It 11:35, stating that he felt sure
n his position as far as Weed
md Nawahi were concerned. He
admitted that there were some
how of evidence against Bush
nd Crick. but he thought it was !
together based on the finding
t the guns. He asked for the :
ischarge of all defendants.
After short recess the Attor- :,
ey General in answer to r
uestion of Mr.. Peterson stated q
hat he had desired to enter n