The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-11

j ~0-- VI AatilEs AlAe NlealNtlls anu
h1i-hey, the judge advocate. never wore a
sword before il was buckled on them in
tLe court martial room. The towards
VINO ned before a handful Of rebels ad-
Nocdted that all the prisoners be shot
Wltnout trial. a petition was extern
slNely signed by the soldiers demanding
me immediate execution of the royalist
leaders. Marshal Hatcn said: II L had
my VIII there would not be a single man
IN prison. which means he would shoot
all Three months ago the marshal
SAID 10 me. If ever the royalists revolt
every white sympathizer with royalty viii
De shot down without mercy. Armed or
unarmed they viii be shot down We
were therefore I'm very critical position
I Inc government was in the hands of d
mob Foreign ministers We're powerless
as there was no Warships in the harbOr
70 back them up, OF to protect us. Every
night We expected an indiscriminate
slaughter. Al last the Philadelphia ar
rived and everybody felt more secure. The
trials proceeded, but We're grossly oue-sid-
ed. The GOV erument lawyers would not
defend the prisoners, and all the rOyalist
lawyers We're in jail. The prisoners there
fore were completely at the mercy of enc
mics and Marshal Hitchcock's Spies who
are the most competent men in the world
when 1t comes to swearing away the lives
OF innocent men. AT the trial of ". V.
Ashford several natives who had been
taken prisoners during the hUstilities tes-
titled strongly against him. They swore
that they had seen Ashford at secret meet
ings of the rOyalists. On the cross ex-
animation Paul NeEmann, who defended
Ashford, asked Why do you come here
to testify against Mr. Ashford% The re-
ply was We were kept In our cells on bread
and water and were told that we would be
shot if we did not state so and So. Let
this be recorded to the everlasting shame
of the missionary government of Honolulu.
| The findings and the proceedings Of the
court martial had not been approved or
| disapproved by The President when I left
Honolulu"
Mr. Johnston, in concluding, said; What
Will become of the distinguished Ameri-
can and British subjects who We're left
behind in the jail2 They cannot hope for
a fair trial. Are they to be prosecuted
and imprisoned and have their property
confiscated for political opinions? WIN
England and America stand idly by while
the best and bravest men in Honolulu are
being prosecuted and ruined for no other
reason than they entertained other opin-
ions on annexation than that alleged to
be entertained by the government"
Cranston, in his interview, says ne was
at home in bed on Sunday, Jan. g. when the
revolution broke out. and knew nothing
OF it until he went TO his business the next
day. He was arrested in his office, along
with Mr.. Muller. In the jail he had at
first, about nifty companions, but some Of
these We're taken out from time 10 time
until only thirty-two remained on the date
of his deportation.
Cranston describes his prison life as
| follows; our daily life was to get let
out of our cells into the prison yard at
3 a. M, where breakfast was served and
which consisted or meats, q potato ami
| bread. which was washed down with
stuff called tea, but which is a weed pro-
duct of the island. At 1890 o'clock we
were locked up again until 1880 p. m,
when dinner was partaken Of verying
only from the breakfast by n wash they
called soup, being given instead of tea.
At p. m. we were again locked up till
4:30. When in the prison yard the miser-
able tea or bread or ships biscuits were
given us and at $50 we were shut up for
the night until 8 o'clock the next morn
ing. No lights were given.
"Our Imprisonment continued till Feb
2, when at 10 a. m, Muller and myself
were called from our cells and told to
pack up the few things we had. Entering
the yard we found James B. Johnston,
one of the men also confined with us, also
perparing to leave. We inquired of the
guards where they were taking us, but
no answer was given As we went from
the outer door we found a guard Of six
native policemen waiting for us. We
were placed in the center OF them, and
were marched down the street to the ship
ping house. The streets were crowded
evidently on the lookout for new develop
ments At the shipping house many ma
tive and white prisoners We're taken before
the attorney general and marshal. Our
attorney said: You are going to be put on
board the WarrimoO which leaves in an
hour"
Cranston refused to 90, and was put
on board the Warrimoo by force with no
preparation for the voyage except the
clothes in whoich ne stood and $14 in his
pockets. His business was abandoned
without protection of any kind.
Muller had 81 in his pockets, and was
like Cranston in the matter of preparation.
On the way from the prison to the vessel
the British commissioner was encountered.
He took Johnston's protest and sent Min
ister Willis to Cranston for the same pur-
pose. Up to that time neither Cranston,
Muller nor Johnston had been able to
communicate with the representatives of
their governments, and the opportunity
afforded was accidental.