The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-11
LATE HAwAIfAN NEWS.


Trial by Jury-How Theft SthenTes Were
! ExpOsed-Though They Had 14ttIs
Chance of Success. the Government VIII
| DO It's Best to Make Wholesome Exam
pie OF Those Implicated.
| HeNOLtLU, Dec. S1-Correspondence
OF the United Press, per steamer China,
via San francisco, Jan. 7.-Three of the
conspirators, Bush, Crick and Nawahi.
| who were arrested on the Sth, were
committed, on the gath, for trial
| by jury. They were refused bail
and were lodged in Oahu pris-
on. Young Weed, the fourth per-
son arrested, was released. The exam
ination of the conspirators occupied
five days, from the 18th to the aad.
One Van Giesen was arrested soon
after them, but released on bail He
had been q special crony and house
mate of Criclt and intimate with Bush,
writing for his paper, Ka Leo. To the
CONSERVATION Of the prisoners, Van
Giesen appeared as the chief witness
against them. He had been a spy of
the government, and revealed all the
plans of Bush and his associates to the
marshal. Van Giesen was for many
years government school teacher, and
of sufficiently good record to give
great weight to his testimony.
Other spies, Osmer and McEveri, cor
r0b0fated Van Giesens evidence. Os-
mer deeply implicated Weed, but failed
sufficiently to connect him with Bush
and others so that the charge of con-
spring with them failed and he was
released. Tinker, who had been ar
rested later, was also released after
ten days confinement, notwithstand
ing rifles were found secreted in his
house.
The scheme of the conspirators, as
fully disclosed By Van Giesen, was
somewhat elaborate. Under all cir
cumstances it was wholly an imprac-
ticable one. by sudden and sinful
taneods movement the executive build
ing was to be surprised, the chief Leaders
ard supporters of the government ar
rested in their houses, telephone wires
cut, certain stores rdided of guns and
ammunition, station house blown in
with dynamite, and fifteen of the prin-
cipal street corners of the city occu-
pied and held by armed squads who
were TO capture all citizen reserves
and volunteers seeking TO assemble
No one of these formidable procedures
OF the undertaking was an original de-
vice of the conspiratOrs, who seem to-
have been as poor inventors as they
were ca1culators. All their plans had
formed part of previous eonspiracies of
the royalists, rife during the past
eighteen months. Lists of street cor
tn ha "A
Gieseh as well as the names of fepub-
lican leaders to be arrested.
As to means for carry ing out such |
formidable and desperate plans the |
conspirators felt sure of the help of
large number of whites and half
whites They also relied upon the aid |
of large and miscellaneous mob of
natives Those were without military |
training and unaccustomed to the use
of arms
The obstacles to be overcome were n
strong and watchful garrison at the
executive building, consisting of sixty
enlisted white men, thoroughly drilled
with special surprise drill. The build
ing is we'll fortified and armed with
six rihed cannon and two gatling guns.
battalion of over 500 volunteers from
the best white citizens, among whom
are fifty extra sharpshooters. Thirdly,
there are 600 to 500 of the citizen re-
serve, well armed and equipped and
for prompt action by day or
night. FEf# t.
The government regards the matter
as serious. They will 90 their best to
make wholesome example of those
1t is quite certain that all the lead
ing royalists of responsible character
and business capacity regard the
of the queen as now inn
possible. and any attempt to effect it
by force as chimerical. There is. how
ever. body Of the lower class of whites
ready for acts of disorder who might
be induced to join actively in such
movement A large majority of half
whites have sympathies with such an
attempt, and some of them might be
willing to risk something in it. 1t is
very unlikely that many natives would
.isk ANYTHING to make such an at
tempt, although the majority of ma
ives would prefer the Kanaka mon
lrchy to the white mans republic.
So far as can be learned. British
Commissioner Hawes has never coun-
,enanced or recognized any movement
20 restore the queen.
II. B. NJ. ship Hyacinth sailed-on the
hight of the 27th for the south seas, as
; supposed. Capt. May has made re-
,eated efforts to get away. Three sue
.essive farewell entertainments baVe
,een given to the officers of the ship,
each time most urgent appeals have
cached Commissioner Hawes from the
British sub jects to detain the ship
or their protection. and he has
vice or thrice prevailed upon Capt.
fav to remain longer. Just before the
departure of the Hyacinth eighteen
British subjects, beaded by bishop
Willis. sent a strong petition TO the
again TO detain the ship.
rbera Is no more ardent royalist than
he ANGLICAN bishop. He has steadily
efused to offer public prayer for
he president of the republic. The
government and its supporters are en-
ireIv willing to see the Hyaeinth
cave. Nor are they greatly solicitous
or the immediate arrival of an Amer
can war ship, although one would be
cry welcome.
WHO TO BLAME7
-erreting out the Responsibility for inc
ST. Joseph Jail Delivery.