The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-07

| of ammunition, at Antoine Rosa's place,
near Waialae For his services Captain
Davies, the owner of the Waimanalo, was
promised $4,000, but he actually received
but $40 on account.
The testimony of the witnesses on Mon
day having implicated John A. Cummins,
one of the royalist commissioners, in the
landing of the arms, he appeared before
the commission on Tuesday and yolun-
tarily told everything he knew.
| Mr.. Cummins stated that his presence as
a witness was at his own request, no
threats or promises from the Government
| having been used to influence him in any
way. He came to tell his story of what he
knew of the events during and previous to
| the rebellion.
| He first knew that arms were being
| brought to the country on the evening OF
December 3, the day when Major Seward
| returned from the coast. This statement
was afterward modified, Mr.. Cummins
calling to mind visit received from Now
lein some two weeks before Stewards ar
rival. He said: "Nowlein came to my
house and asked me ii l had any guns. l
said yes and pointed to some arms which
I had. Mr.. Nowlein said, When the time
time comes l want them, to which I re-
| piled that I wanted them for my own pro-
| lection. Nowlein then said that the old
man would be back and that he had gone
to the coast to get arms.
"When Seward returned l told him had
| heard that he had been after arms, and
asked as to the success of his work. He
said that he had not done the work him
| self, but had seen that it had been done
and, generally speaking, had been very
successful. He said the last he had seen of
the arms they were on a tugboat being
| transferred to schooner that had gone to
sea. Seward took the steamer from San
Francisco few days later. told Seward
l was very sorry he had mixed up in the
affair, as I feared it would make trouble for
my family Seward replied, Don't be
afraid; all the blame will be put on me-.
l then told him that suspicion would be cast
on me because of his being so intimate
with the family.
81 asked Seward about the money with
which the work was done, and he said he
had received letter from the Queen tell
ing him to go to California, where Mr..
Spreckels would furnish him with the
necessary funds. l think it was Rudolph
Spreckels. I understand the Queen had
given Seward letter to Rudolph Spreckels
asking him to assist Seward in his work
l did not see the letter / remarked that
Spreckels had been in this country and
had but Just returned to San Francisco.
Seward then said Mr.. Follis did the
work. Witness said he knew Folls; he,
with Spreckels and others, having been at
his house; didn't know what his business
was. No one in the family but myself
know of what was going on"
The remainder of Mr.. Cummins' testi-
mony related to what Seward had told him
about the landing of the arms and was
merely corroborative.
| At the afternoon session on Tuesday the
Judge Advocate gave the defense decided
surprise when he called Sam Nowlein to
the stand. His testimony Shows that he
was to tell the whole story on condition
that his life should be spared. The story
he told is the story of the rebellion as it
| is already known.
| Attorney Neumann put Sam Nowlein
| through severe cross-examination, but
| little new evidence was brought out.
Mr.. +. Kaae, private secretary of the ex-
| Queen, corroborated the testimony of Now
len as to engrossing the proposed new
constitution, proclamations and commits
sions, and said that the following were
named for office in commissions already
signed by the ex-Queen:
r. w. Wilcox, Minister of Foreign AT
fairs; Sam Nowlein, Minister of Interior;
Charles T. Gulick, Minister of Finance;
c. w. Ashford, Attorney-General; Antoine
Rosa and V. V. Ashford, Associate Justices.
Governors-A. S. Cleghorn, Oahu; Joseph
Nawahi, Hawaii; D. Kawananakoa, Maui;
j. Kalanianaole, Kauai; w. HI. Richard,
Marshal.
Wednesday mornings session of the
com mission was taken up with the argu-
ments of counsel after the Judge Advocate
had read statement prepared by Charles
T. Gulick, one of the defendants. In this
he denied that he had anything to do with
| the plot for four months past, denied that
| Nowlein and others had used his house as
meeting place; but admitted writing and
| preparing the draft of the proposed con-
stitution and other documents, and claimed
that this was done as simple matter of
business for the ex-Queen, who transacted
most of her business matters through his
agency.
! At the afternoon session fresh consign-
ment of twelve of the rebels were brought
before the commission, on the charge of
| treason.
| The trial of the third batch of rebels was
concluded at P. NJ. on Thursday, and at
the evening session thirteen more were
brought up, all charged with treason. Sew
eral of these pleaded guilty, and the testi-
| mony developed little that has notyet been
adduced.
Nothing is known as yet as to the find
| ings of the court in any of the cases, and if
any have been made they are now in the
hands of President Dole, as commander
! in-chief. The general opinion at this writ
| ing is that he will not make them public
until all excitement has died out.
| JAPAN And THE ISLANDS.