Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-11
Furnishing THE REBELS.
Four of the Hawaiian COnspirato1
Condemned to Death.

| Four of the Hawaiian COnsp1rators
| Condemned to Death.
The following Hawaiian advices arrived
at Victoria. 3. c., yesterday by steamer
| Warrimoo to February ?:
| There is q lull in affairs here, and quiet
| will probably reign until the military court
| now sitting will have finished it's work.
| There are a large number OF conspiracy
cases yet to be tried. and the proba Dill
! ties are that the court Will sit for TWO OF
| three weeks at least
| Great interest is attached to the forth
| coming trial of the ex-queen. The gov
| eminent claims to have more than Suff1-
cient evidence to convict her of treason.
| What her punishment will be in case OF
| conviction is hard to conjecture. Her case
will probably come up on next Monday.
| She is charged with treason. The counts
| are:
| l. Treason, by engaging in open rebellion
against the republic of Hawaii by attempt
| ing by force of arms to overthrow and de-
| stroy the same, and by levying war against
| the same, and by adhering to the enemies
| of the republic of Hawaii, giving them
| aid and comfort within the Hawaiian
| Islands and elsewhere.
| 2 Treason, by aiding, abetting, procuring,
| counseling, melting, countenanclng ana en-
| couraging others to commit treason. and to
| engage in open rebellion against the le-
| public of Hawaii and to attempt by force
of arms in the overthrow of the same. *nd
| to adhere to the enemies of the republic of
| Hawaii in giving them aid and comfort
| in the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere.
| There are six specifications in the charge.
| The military commission has brought in
| findings in twenty-four cases. Their names
| are: r. W. Wilcox. s. Nowlein. II. F. Ber-
| lehman, Carl Widemann. w. H. c. Greig.
Louis Marshall, w. c. Lane. j. C. June c..
| T. Gulick. w. H. Richard. w. T. Steward,
| T. b. Walker Solomon Kauia, Pelahua Lot
/ r Dar
Palu. j. w. Kipikane, kiolana, Joseph
Clark, D. Januaha. w. w. Iddifed. Joea
| kiakahi.
OF the foregoing D. Januha and ]. Kalau-
| koa were acquitted. The others were all
found guilty and sentences were fixed by
the commission subject to review by Presi-
dent Dole.
| The sentences vary much, all the way
from sentences OF death to Imprisonment
for five years. with fines. The lowest SEN
| tence for treason by the Hawaiian statute
| is Imprisonment for five years and fine
of not less than $1,000.
Four Sentenced to Die.
The six leaders were all sentenced to he
| hung. They are Charles T. Gulick, William
II. Richard, William T. Steward. Robert
| w. Wilcox, Sam Nowlein and Henry Ber-
| lehman.
Sentence in the last two cases will be
committed, as both men have furnished val
| liable evidence for the government. Gulick
|
| Englisbman. Wilcox is an Hawaiian.
| The only one of the four due the protection
of the United States IS William Steward.
AS yet no date has been set for the exc
| cutiOn.
The only important case tried before
| military court since the departure of the
| Australia was that of V. V. Ashford. He
is charged with treason.
A batch of twenty native rebels charged
| with rebellion is now attracting the at
tention Of the court.
United States Minister Willis has now
| changed his attitude since the latest Hd-
| vices His latest communication to the
| government is a request that if the death
| penalty is imposed on any Americans that
the executions be postponed until he can
communicate with his government.
| The British commissioner has made q
similar request.
Thus far two men who will claim Ameri-
| can protection have been tried They are
Louis Marshall charged with open rebel
lion, and Thomas Walker, who pleaded
guilty to the charge of treason.
Three Banished.
The government has decided to Danish
| three persons from the islands for COM
plicity in the rebellion. They are ]. E.
Cranston and A. Muller for conspiracy to
| use dynamite, and J. 3. tombstone, special
| police officer, who turned traitor.
| The men will be sent on the Warrimoo,
| leaving for Victoria today. Cranston and
Muller were to blow up the Central Union
| Church on the night when the rebellion
| broke out. OF the three cXileS tombstone
is a British subject Cranston an American
| and Muller German.
They say they do not know what they
| were arrested. for; were given no trial; were
| kept confined without any chance of COM
munication, ard did not know they were to
| leave until the Warrimoo whstled to leave.
tombstone will remain at Vancouver, but
the others say they will not leave the ship,
but will return on her to Honolulu when
she goes back. They claim that they have
been victims of gross outrages.
To obtain q decision of his exact status
/ F. C. Jones. a prominent property holder
4 under the republic, wrote Minister Willis
! yesterday to learn just what position he
occupied in the United tates; whether he is
still subject to the income tax and at the
same time cannot look to the American
| government for protection.