St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-19
tance of the scene of action the natives
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was shot in the breast twice and once il
the leg. One of the breast wound
ranged downward and entered tht
abdomen. He was taken to his residence
near by, where he died early the mex
morning. Holie's wound was through
the breast but not necessarily fatal. He
was sent to the hospital. Soon aftel
Deputy Marshal Brown arrived and the
premises were thoroughly searched
The Japenese servant denied there
were arms, but SX-Shooter at his head
induced him to bring to light Severa
rifles and pistols. Lieut.. King sent the
prisoners to town and asked for further
orders. He was told 10 hold the place
at all odds,as it was evidently distrib-
uting point for arms.
At daylight large force of natives.
who had taken up strong position on
the slope of Diamond hill, attacked him.
After standing fire about an hour and
finding that the natives had the advan-
tage of him in numbers and position.
Lieut.. King moved his force to Sans
Souci, pleasure resort few hundred
yards nearer town and with teiephonic
Communications. Shortly after the
telephone was used, Lieut.. Coyne and
twenty-five more of the regulars were
sent. The number of insurgents was
varlously estimated from 100 to 200.
With COyne's force was sent an eight
centimetre field piece. President Mur--
ray, OF the Citizens guard, with twenty
five mounted policemen, were sent out
on road leading to the Insurgents.
They met with no resistance until they
approached Paoli valley. over the edge
OF which stone wall extends, beyond
which
Large Body of Insurgents
with small howitzer were established.
The fist lntimation hurray's force had
OF an enemy was shower uf bullets
which did no harm. Had the natives
waited little longer Murray'S
could have been annihilated. They re-
treated short distance and established
telephone communication with Lieut.
King, the object to prevent any possible
retreat. This figh. occurred on the side
of mountain, whose Serraied side forms
all almost inaccessible valley OF little
width. 1t was the object of the govern
ment troops to drive the rebels around
the base of the mountain from which
there Is no escape except over the IA
nous Paoli road in which ten or twelve
men could hold their own against a
small army.
AS soon as it was known in Honolulu
on Sunday afternoon that there was
organized resistance TO the government.
no time was lost in communicating the
fact to its supporters both by telephone
and messenger. No general alarm was
given, il not being deemed necessary.
In response four
Companies of Militia
dOnned their uniforms and repaired to
their armOrles, the members of the
Citizens guard reported at their re-
spectiye rendezvous. and yet so quickly
was everything done that many in the
city were not aware anything had hap
pened out Of the usual Sunday quiet.
Between and a. m, however, the
appearance of squads of Citizens
guards at every street corner told the
! tale. People were quietly warned to
go home and stay there. Every
important avenue was guarded by
squads numbering from twenty to fort y
members of its body. leaving the entire
police and militia at the entire disposal
of the government. Cabinet and army
officials made their headquarters at the
marShaPS office during the night, but
nothing occurred to warrant particular
alarm. In the morning the news from
lllC llOiIL OCOluCu tlC ~
take immediate steps and stringent
measures for its protection. AT 9:30
martial law was proclaimed and all
saloons and liquor stores closed.
The news of the death of Carter, who
was popular young lawyer and was
recently elected member of the legis-
lature, intensified the general feeling.
and it would have gone hard with the
aSSaSSinS had they not been strong ly
guarded.
By noon Monday all the stores were
closed and there were few people on the
streets. The street cars and buses were
stopped. and the only excitement was
at the marshal's office where arms were
being distributed. The announcement
that the writ of habeas corpus was
suspended was quickly followed by one
requiring all persons not engaged
in the military or police forces to
deliver all arms or ammunition in
their possession to the marshal
within twenty four hours. After
comforting with Capt. Murray at noon
Monday Capt. Zeigler and a company OF
regulars were dispatched to his aid.
taking with them one Austrian field
piece. The
Ten-POund Shells
from this gun scattered the natives in
every direction, but did not seem 10 hurt
any of them. AT 2 o'clock the troops
advanced and forced the rebels into the
brush. Lieut.. Ludwig and fifteen me n
were then detailed for flank move
IN ent. AS soon as Ludwig got into pO-
sition the natives were beaten and scat
tered into the dense brush followed by
the troops.
1t is certain that many were wounded
as blood. shreds of clothing ETC., were
seen everywhere. The only man
wounded from the government side was
Ludwig. who received flesh wound in
the thigh. When the first prisoners
were taken, seven in number, and from
them it was learned that the leader of
rebels was Sam knoWlin, former colo.
mel of the queens household guard, and
Robert Wilcox, who was the leader of
the revolution III 1887. The prisoners
claim they had six hundred rifles but
only
500 TEen Were Armed
At O'Clock the government forces
camped for the night, pursuit being I'M
possible in the dense brush.
While this was going on the tug EIeu,
with field piece and detail of sharp
shooters le1t Honolulu. ana In nal1 an
hour was in position to she'll from the
rear the natives who threatened Lieut..
Kings command. A few well-fired
shots scattered them like sheep, one
shot falling directly into the natives
camp. 1t is known that five men were
killed here and large number wounds
ed. The natives were pursued by
Lieut.. Coynes' company as far as the
ground would permit. From the state
ments of the natives captured it was
ascertainod that the capture of the little
steamer Wainola was responsible for
the landing of the arms with which
the natives were supplied. The entire
crew was arrested. The mate COLI
fessed, and when confronted with hi
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