The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-22
AN AGED PUBLICIST.

the witness stand.
AN AGED PUBLICIsT.
The jaws of the prisoners fell
when John a. Cummins was call
ed. Cummins looked i'll. He has
been a big man in Hawaii for
years.
/ am here as a witness by my
own motion. l have not been
promised or threatened. l first
knew of arms to be brought here
on Dec. 3, in the evening, Maj. Sew
ard had returned that day from the
States. Two weeks bafore that
NoWlein came to my house and
asked for guns. He said when
the time comes 1 want them. I
said no, l want them here for my
own protection. Nowlein then said,
"the old man" (Seward) has gone
for munitions Of war. This was
stricken out as hearsay
When Seward returned | said to
him, hear you have been after
war material He said, YES. )"
l asked if he had been successful.
He said, EYES," but he had not
done the work. He had seen a tug
place the material Oh vessel and
the vessel put to sea. Two or
three days after he said, he left
San Francisco for this place. said
to him / was very sorry he had
gone into the thing. 1t would
make trouble for our house. He
said, "All the blame would attach
to me-" l said, "You live in my
house. How can 1 escape being
associated with it by outside par
ties" l asked him where the
money came from. He said he had
received a letter from 'the Queen
and that Rudolph Spreckels had
the money i'll San Francisco. l
understood the letter. was request
for assistance to the Major in his
mission. | said Spreckels has Just
returned to San Francisco. He re-
piled that Mr.. +. f.. Follis would
help. He was here with Rudolph.
No one ofmy family knew of this
affair except myself. One Tues
day John I.iilii brought me horse
from Koolau. He said Major
Seward had sent him and had Ell.
gagged him to wa.ch at Rabbit
Island. [Stricken out as hearsayl
In conversation with Seward
l protested against his doings.
saw him give John Liilii twenty
dollars in gold to buy food for use
on Rabbit Island. A boat haC
been sent. Seward asked me tC
tell the boy TO take two horses fol
two of Nowlein's men. Kaul
came and told Seward and mysel
that they had met the vessel anC
taken off pistols and concealed
them The Major wanted then
carefully hidden.
In few days the Major told M
Nowlein had sent man for the
pistols. The man came back with
out them.
On Sunday afternoon the Majo
and Sam Nowlein came into my
room. They said the pistols coult
not be gotten over. AT their re
quest | wrote a letter and gave t.
Seward. They sent again for tn
pistols. Another day Seward ex
citedly said that the pistols wer'
withheld. | said, II have nothing
to do with that, You are doing
something to get us all into trouble
We have been friendly, but | don
like this. He said, mo, onl,
myself will suffer" He declares
that his part of the work wa
finished when the pistols wer
landed. Others would do the rest
In couple of days he said tn
Waimanalo had gone to look 70
the vessel. l explained the signal
to a native for Seward. | heard b,
telephone that nothing had bee
seen. Kauli took a carriage lam
for signal use. Seward gave it t
him and gave directions, In fey
days a message came that the yes
sci had been seen. Kauli came t
town and told the Major and my
self all that had been done i'll KoC
lau.
No cross-examination.
WALKERS POSITION.
Thomas B. Walker had aske