The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-12-27
THE HENRIETTA CASE.
Testimony in the Formal Trial of
the Alleged smugglers.


tried in the District Court this
morning.
The Attorney. General, Deputy
Attorney General, the Marshal, Col
lector McStocker, Port Surveyor
Sanders, Jalor Low, and others we're
present in Court. General Hart
well Messrs. Thurstcn and Stanley
conducted the defence. The first
witness called was
w. j. Sheldon, who stated: | re-
side at Waianae WHERE arm Deputy
Sheriff; | know defendant Gale; l |
saw him at Waianae on the 21st OF
December; he was walking towards
Waianae; l was sitting outside a
Chinese store with Captain Cook
when he passed.; saw him later on
walking towards the schooner Hen
rietta; / received information that a
schooner had been seen towards Ma
kaha; that was about IL o'clock; |
sent an officer to find out what
schooner it was; in the afternoon,
receiving no report, | went to Keau
and saw the schooner there, about
I quarter OF mile from shore; she
was anchored; | returned and met
Mr.. Gale; he told me that he came
from the schooner; | asked him if
Lycurgus was on board; he answer
ed that he did not know Lycurgus;
arrested him for Investigation;
j i'm Holt aud his brother we're fish
ing near by; | turned Gale over 10
the Hollis and told them to take
him to Waianae to the lookup; |
overlook Holt who turned the de-
fendant over to me; | asked defend
ant il he had any opium on board;
He answered, yes, he had 400
pounds, if could fix it for him he
would do the right thing to me;
told him to give me signal so that
could signal the schooner and
have the opium landed to me; he
then suggested to write a letter to
the captain; the schooner was to
sail away for ten days and then re-
turn and | was to assist in landing;
he wrote the letter, sealed it and
banded it to me; the letter was adj
dressed to Captain Anderson, Qetter
produced); | handed Tie letter after
having opened it to the Marshal;
this was in the afternoon; l tele-
phoned to the Marshal and received
my orders; the Marshal arrived and
| boarded his boat, and brought Mr..
Gale To him, and from there to the
tug; | remained on the tug guard
ing Gale; later on | went with the
Marshal in his boat looking for the
schooner; after rowing for about
two hours we found the schooner;
the Marshal hailed the schooner
and boarded her; | saw the cap
tain and identify him as one OF the
defendants; | followed the Mar
shall on board; | went back to the
tug and reported to Mr.. McStocker
that the Marshal was in charge OF
the Henrietta; he and Sanders went
on board the schooner and the tug
towed her to town, arriving here
about 8 o'clock.
THE letter from Gale to Ander-
son was ready.
Cross examined - The schooner
was three miles from Waianae, at
Keau / of mile from the coast; L
think jim Holt heard my converse
ton with Gale.
James II. Holt, testified: l reside
at Waianae, / have seen defendant
Gale; | met him last Saturday in
the afternoon; was talking with
Sheldon when Gale came along on
horseback; the horse belongs to the
Portuguese store; was asked to
take the man to Waianae; | had
some conversation with Gale, and
he admitted that he had 400 lbs, of
opium on board; he told me he was
a passenger; l think told him that
my landing was as good as any of
them if he could arrange with Shell
don: took him to Jail, and saw him