Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-12-19


tered 10 his case. He is a Ger
man, and Mr.. Grau Of Hackfeld
& Co. was sworn IN as interpreter.
After being sworn. be spoke
about as follows:
Ny name is j. F. Osmer
live IN Honolulu and [ know
Crick. / have had dealings with
him during the last few weeks.
| have been selling guns to him:
Crick came to my house in the
last part of November and asked
If ! had any arms. l told him
had some. He asked if wanted
to sell. L told him | did not feel
like selling them, and asked him
TO come again next week. On
the 18th Of December he returned.
| told him be could have my re-
peating rife. He gave me SIS
and asked me if | couldn't buy
gan for him from +. 0. Hall Il
S II. 81 told him would try to
get one. He came again next
Friday the It'll | WAS out. He
left note. now in the hand of
the authorities, in which he told
me to call at Printers Lane.
N, tie froduced) | went there in
the evening to meet Crick. | met
him on tie corner of King and
Punch Bowl street | told him
that l could get him two guns
and asked him to come to nv
house with me- He went there
and | showed him the rifles and
told him that | would deliver
them the folio wing night, at $50.
Crick came to my house again.
on Saturday the 9Th at noon [
told him that | did not know
where Bush's house was. He
told me to 60 Printers Lane and
he would show me the house. I
went there and he showed me
the gate aud told me to deliver
the arms there that night This
was $50 p m. He said he would
be there and receive the arms.
| told him that | could get an
other rife and be gave me a
check on S Jreckels & Co. (C.W. |
Ashford here objected to the
evidence in regard to the check
and was sustained by the Court |
On the same night l brought two
rifles about $50 O. clock. [ took |
them to Printers Lane to the |
gate which Crick had pointed out |
to me Criok was there and re
ceived the rifles. | saw nobody |
around. | did not see any of the
other defendants. When | had .
given the rifles up | met Nawahi
on Punch Bowl street. He came /
from king street aud was going
in the direction OF Printers Lane.
| met him on the corner. / can
identify the guns | sold to Crick.
Gums examined and identified). |
l got ore from Z. o. Hall and
one from Captain Parker. | got
the last one because | was in
Parker's service. | told him why
/ wanted it After | had deliver
ed the guns, handed the paper
which L had received TO Captain
Parker. Nobody else were pre-
sent. Parker took it inside the
Station House. | saw it again
when Parker gave it to me and
told me to cash it | did so at
the Merchants Exchange. Klein
ne cashed it He gave me So.
Crick told me that be wanted the
ynps because they wanted all the
'rms they could get and that the
government wouldn't be able to .
stand much longer. Nothing ,
Use was said [ asked him if he
could use ammu milton showing
lim about 500 rounds at nv !
louise and offered to sell it. He 1
aid they had all the ammunition a
hey wanted. After l gave the
uns to Crick he went toward
house ~ the direction Of King a
treet, there was light burning. g
know David KAPPA. / saw him =
nat night at the entrance to i
rinters' Lane, after l had de. b
yered the guns | know WED. W
spoke a short while with him o
NO or three times. We talked y
bout the government. He told d
e, that, if l had any guns 1 p
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