The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-26

with George Townsend on the stand
or the prosecution.
George Townsend Did some Work
for Sam NOwlein last December: met
"A schooner seveuty-hve miles oil the
island: went off in the WaimsnalO on
Friday before New Years; met the
schooner on New Years evei guns
and ammunition were Iaken ashore al
Kahala know Richard ; Thursday
night Wilcox aud Richard were on
the steamer know John Lane by
sight: told Tot Lane OF the landing of
arms at Kahala; there were several
men around Lot; they seemed to be
Young; Warren also spoke with Lot
left and went to Bertelmann's house;
went out TO Kahala on Saturday even
ing before the fight; was at haalaWai
on Sunday; the guns were cleaned
and passed out to the natives, VINO
were coming all forenoon on Monday
WAS still there Wilcox was In COM
mand at Kaalawai; left there Monday
night.
Cross-examined - Warren and /
were talking to Lot Lane at the same
time; Wilcox called me away to go to
Bertelmann's cannot tell whether
accused was there or not; did not see
anyone leave on horseback; when L
left, went straight to Bertelmann's
house, where / remained until day
break; the other men who were with
Lot Lane were standing in the dark,
and could not recognize them; Lot
came right up to US could not help
but recognize him; the report TO Lot
Lane was given in ordinary tone.
Charles Bartow:-Know John Lane,
the accused; saw him at his home on
Saturday night, January 5th; went to
Kaae's house, where John Lane lives,
for the purpose of getting ready to
tight; Jim Lane, native boy and my
self started out to Kaalawai together.
Cross examined:-JOhn Lane walked
into dining room and then went ont
again; walked in and out about twice;
that is all know about him.
Dick lam q hack John
Lane has ridden in my hack; last
drove him on the night OF January
9Th: found him at the house Of Abra-
ham Fernandez; told me to drive In
on King street; when we reached the
King street bridge Jerry Simonson
came ND and asked Lane where he
was going; Lane told him he was on
his way home; Lane told me TO drive
out toward the residence OF J. A. Cum
Minis; asked him where he was gOingi
told me to drive him to Bertelmann's;
told him there was fight out there;
said not to mind that; asked me to go
in and help natives fight; said his pur-
pose was to fight and that two or three
nights previous he had helped to land
arms; we were stopped near Sans
Souci and Lane was arrested.
Cross examined:-My stand is at
corner Of Bethel aud King streets ;
Simonson stopped us and asked Lane
where he was going; Lane answered
he was going home; SlmOnson said
alright; thIs;was at the King street
bridge; told Lane there was shooting
90 ia and help him; told me he was
going out to help fight; told me that
two or three days before he had gone
out to land arms; the book which you
ask me about and which I have here
in my pocket Is q little memorandum
book did not make 8 memorandum
at the time Of what he told me; put
down on last Saturday what recol-
lected of the ride with Lane; had a
talk with Judge-Advocate Robertson
on last Saturday night and made q
memorandum of what took place the
Sunday night Of the fight; wrote it
down In my book because I wanted to
be prepared for the witness-stsnd;
wanted to be sure of what told Rob-
ertson; Lane spoke to me IN Hawai-
ian; told me TO go to Bertelmann's;
told him they were fighting out there;
told me to 60 on for there was work to
be done; asked me to go out and help
him; nothing was said about the dis
position Of my hack; have never been
arrested; when 1 returned that night
told KRae that John had been ar
rested; after my return to town heard
of the shooting of Carter; some of the
hackmen at my stand reported that a
fight was going on at Waikiki, and
that Is how knew of it.
w. o. Smith was the last witness
for the prosecution, but was unable to
be present on account of business at
Court The Judge-Advocate asked
that he be allowed to testify later.
Granted by the defense.
The defense started with John Baker
on the stand.
John Baker WAS not a leader
under NOwlein; did not furnish Now
lein any list of names of persons who
would JON in the fight; furnished
Nowlein with list of men who had
not taken the oath Of allegiance.
Cross-examined Found out people
who had not taken the oath by going
and asking them; Nowlein spoke to
me about making up the list some
four months ago.
Re direct:-There were about four
teen or fifteen names, which were
written on white paper; gave list to
Charlie Clark.
William Olepau:-Gave Nowlein a
list Of names OF natives about ten
days before the beginning of the revO-
ton; gave him two or three Lists;
there were about q hundred names on
one list; told the men to join the
'tAloha Alma" league tor the over
throw OF the Government; there were
over two hundred names in all; Pu-
kilR and John Mahuka went with me
at times to collect names; Pukila had
q list; he had about sixty eight men;
gave bis list to Sam Nowlein.
John Mahuka Got list of names
which gave to Sam Nowlein; gave
him list two or three months before
the outbreak; had about twenty five
names on my list; asked natives to
JOIN the "Aloha Alma" league; only
gave Nowlein one list.
Lot Lane:-Went to Bertelmannis