Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-16
TELEGRAPHIC.
HAWAIIAN JUSTICE.
Prisoners Tortured With IHqulSlIOrIal
Cruelty.
OUTRAGE on. AN AMERICAN.
Confessions Obtained from Victim, Near.
ly Dead after Hours Of Intense
Suffering.

SAN FRAEcisCo, Cal, Feb. TO-
The cal prints the following from
Honolulu The success OF the gov
ernmou, Of Hawaii In conducting Its
treason cases was due 10 the incrlmi.
mating evidence given by CAPTAIN
William Davies Of the steamer Wa.
manaiu.
The manner In which the sworn
statement was wfung from Davies IL
interesting, ms showing the peculiar
legal pfoctsa at present existing Ia thu
Hawaiian Islands. Davies anu nia
mate, kuudson, were arrested on tbs
morning VI January 9th. kuudson
made n confession, telling what little
he knew.
Davies, who IL an American citizen,
refused TO give any Information, aud
while protesting his innocence, de.
mandeu an interview with the United
States minister. This was Teiused.
Davies WAS then taken into the prison
yard, where he was shown two ring
bOlis In the wall above his head. Ths
uniformed inquieltofs " the govern
mont then gave the cal tain 10 under.
stand that ia complete confession was
not forthcoming, ho would DO strung Up |
by the thumbs.
Davies did not iilnob, determined !
that " the Amui an minister could |
not come, tie cOso' general should be- /
lniofmcd.th.t backlog American Clti- /
Ee'aavu 10 take after h's'p HE protest |
anu 40 nbUut town & Um door Il be.
trying 10 Euil them, n this way y
procured a little bran, auorts uuu nJt
aud miEe1 tbom t'Eethcr lot brsa
Win thia AMI few smAu p1istUsH Z
IL family 10 suutiHt unOr, tie iu.t the
aud walked N miu-Wlnltr ftgm sa
Lake Guy 10 ihis place " nnJ WORK
HE hut WOfE iu BprlugviIlc COZ
tiaiui oil i've dEyP labor, iag which 1
received MY pounds ~ nuuT, this J.
oent BACK 10 hiH vile and UhiiIre-, ~
moved tncm here later on. lie ian
many others helped 10 make Bufu
Vile, worked uu the roads aud bfiIEt
ard tll that they received Tor too
uuy was the pleasure ihuy derived
seeing their adopted town Improve nu
grow.
Mf. Child In yesro back dld prs
deal Tor the puJllc I'm assisting
build achU0ln0usus aud holplur q
various puUliO enterprises. Whr
Solomon Chase romudoleI aud Z, 81 o.
the mpullnEuuusu, Mr.. thilu COllrr
81 eight huud,od dollnfF from N
peopIs and paiu up Ill ducs. In enri
yeura ths Chufun tant Tor their COZ
vttte each spring 10 Missouri, Hftt
bringing them ffom all ptrIs u N
earth 70 that place. Evgfy tow
would iuruigh ils portion, Alr. Jhul
conducted tue buhilths each upulj
UWcu consisted Of gathering ifoi
thn people, hOFios, oxen, wagons
anything that could 10 ufsi ~ nj OF
men EId OK teams 20 70 n iuusau
mice. IL was usually required
spuugville 10 furnish too Ieamp,
nlau 10 dive uuCh team, Aad uIgh
guard, wish enough pf0yIei1nB Az
clothing 90 last them uown aud baul
aud M. Culld was appointed 81 ~
that II was oil accomplished ia prop,
time, anu " he ever lailcl 70 is not o
record.
40 1851, whom the government OF IA
United states ucrued Is nalcJ0sry {
Gonu troops 70 Uhn, the people Oft
north aud 3aN Like county wen
advised 10 leave tuolr hon,
and come south, This mlgFatIo
has been called rho "Muvs.I
Three hundred families we're g. be- q
tributed M spuugyille. MI. Chi
Wan appointed 60 tUr that ~ hA
shelter, and piaoo 10 60. 10 bay
not a family So spfingyiIlr refused {
open their uU0rH 10 the rrfugrr. TIL
work occupied nearly ifog month";
but Mr. Child rec igoi no othy
emolumett thHn tue gratitude {
many bears.