Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-12-18

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then buried the arms In the yard.
This was about the 22i of Nov
ember. Arms were then In good
servieeable condition and well
oiled Now they are rusty. Ere
qnent illusions have been made
to explosives by Criek and Bush
and Nawahi Specially by Crick-
, He told me how easy it was to
throw vial with toz nitro gly
cerine into the crowd which
would gather on the wharf at the
return of the President from Ha-
waii. 1t could hardly be
detected O.her methods
to blow up the palace were also
mentioned. That was perhaps
the safest plan. l saw arms at
Bush's house. They belonged to
Bush and he said they were ne
cessary and had to be held un-
til they were needed Crick
told me that mortar has been
ordered, that will throw 25lbs.
bombs. and can easily be handled.
Bush and Nawahi, told me. that
it has not arrived. They often
told me about the Hui Aloha
Alma. Orders were sent to mem
bers to sell their property or
mortgage it and buy arms. l
have not seen such letters. |
proposed that. they should write
them on a Monograph, but my
advice was not taken. During
one conversation with Crick in
November, he told me, that orders
had been sent to natives at EVA
and Kahuku to fire these places.
No news came, and Crick said
they were too cowardly to do it.
There have been conversations in
regard to the overthrow of the
government il the presence of
others, but | don't recollect the
occasions. Since the return FROM
Washington of the commissioners
peaceful means were abandoned +,
and it was decided, that it was
necessary to force.
CROSS EXAMINED.
| hare been in the country
since 1879. and have been en-
ployed as teacher by the Board
of Education. as an agent of the
Board of Health and as an officer
of the secret police service. 1
entered the Board of EDUCATION
in 1881. (Mr. Ashford here pro-
posed to show what a scoundrel
witness isl l worked as
carpenter previously. Then l
was appointed teacher on
Kauai. Thereafter | was in
the service of the Board Of Health
at the Leper Settlement. 1 left
after Gibson went out. l have
thereafter been teaching school
at Halawa, Molokai. Pwas dis
charged for professional reasons.
No charge has ever been preferred
againts me. 1t has never been
proven that l had carnel inter-
course with my pupils. 1t is not
a fact that one of my pupils had II
child by me. All l know is that
| was discharged through let
ter from W. j James Smith. | am
married l have been divorced
once. My wife lives on Liliha
! Street. She is in town now. |
got employment from the mar
shall. lapplied for any position
under the government, and was
finally engaged in November
1898. l made no application to
anybody else. | worked few
nights in the Custom House, and
left when there was 10 more
work. The marshal ordered me
to watch certain dangerous per-
sons. Crick was one of them.
did not ask for their confidence,
they gave it to me. l was also
told to watch Bush. l never
heard them talk sbout using force
for 10 months. 1t was since the
commissioners returned. / for
warded my reports to the mar
shall either through mail or verb
ally az his house and elsewhere.
| never reported at the station
house. / have been regular on
the force and received a salary of
500 a month. Tie game has not