Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-02-07
LII BETRAYED.
Trusted Allies Reveal Plot to
Save Their Necks.
Plans for Revo|t--Cabinet Selected
and Commissions Signed.
Rudolph SpreckeIs Furnished Money to Buy
Arms for the Rebels.

San Francisco, Feb. 6.-Advices from
the United Press correspondent at Homo
lulu, under date Of JAN 80, says that Jan.
10, John S. Walker, Major Seward and G.
r. Galick We're arrested for completely in
the purchase and landing of arms for the
rebels
Seward was one of the Queens commits
sioners to Washington, last summer.
Galick, who is deeply implicated, was
minister of tho interior with Gibson. These
arrests were made in consequence OF dis
closures by Noweiin, Wilcox and other
prisoners, who have been vying with one
another in their revelations.
On the morning of the 10th the ex
Queen was arrested at her residence by
Brown and Parker and confined in the
former royal bedroom in the palace. Mrs.
Charles Clark continued TO attend her.
That afternoon. the volunteer troops and
sharpshooters We're all called in and dis
missed None of them We're killed or
severely wounded.
Charles Clark, the chief attendant of
the ex-Queen, gave damaging testimony
which led to the discovery at her residence
of 40 rifles, l. pistols, five swords, 3s full
belts, 100 cartridges and 2l bombs OF
different patterns.
White and Ritton Were arrested for cast
ing number of the bombs found. They
were employed by Bertelmann, they claim,
to make 20 as ornaments for fence posts.
President Dole thanks W. G. Irwin for
assuming the cost Of 20 soldiers during
the rebellion also H. May for $1,000 given
for war uses.
All the important rebels In the field
and most of their white accompliccs and
instigators have now been arrested. Up
to Jan. 10, $40 persons Were held prisoners
by the government on account of the re
bellion. or the rebels taken from the
field four are foreigners and l25 natives.
The military commission opened court
Jan. H. Thirteen prisoners appeared
before it: Galick, Seward, Il. Is. Wilker,
Bowler, Rickard Bertelmann, Wilcox,
Nowlein, the two Lanes, Grey, Wcide-
mann and Marshall. The prisoners were
allowed time to confer with counsel.
Court opened again Jan. Is, with the
last eight prisoners named above, charged
with treason and levying war on the
republic, appearing before it. Wilcox
and Nowlein pleaded guilty. The testi-
mony was completed for the prosecution,
Jan. 10. Wilcox, James Lane, Grey,
weidmann and Marshall testified for the
defense, mainly proving an extremely
weak and incapable conduct of the whole
affair Niemann pleaded for light SEN
t,nce, urging Punishment.
The testimony developed large
amount of precise information about
tual proceedings of the rebels in the
field. From other sources it was ascer
A. ~ I,,, lsAl OF
Wailao, and the whole number of natives
gathered was 210.
inquiry about the death of Charles l..
Carter was searching, and the prosecution
took pains to exoncrate james Lane from
the guilt of shooting him, fixing it upon
William Poole.
On the 21st, the military commission
began the trial of the four leading men,
charged with procuring the importation
of arms, and ammunition: G. +. Galick,
Rickard, Il. B. Walker, Major Seward.
Walker alone pleaded guilty, Galick plead
ing not guilty The majority Of wit
nesses were prisoners who had been en-
gagged in loading the arms,
On Jan. 22 John A. Cummings, Kala
kaua's last premier, testified. He was inn
plicated by previous testimony. He be
trayed great agitation and confirmed the
testimony of his men as to the chief
agency of Seward in landing the arms
He laid all the blame of his own compile
ity in the affair upon Seward. A great
sensation was caused by Cummings stat
ing upon his inquiring where Seward got
the money to pay for arms, the latter told
him the Queen had given him letter to
Rudolph Spreckels, who would furnish
the funds Seward stated that Mr.. Fol
lis did the business for Spreckles.
Cummings son-in-law, Il. B. Walker,
one of the men on trial, testified to having
gone with Bertelmann to get the shells
cast by White and Ritton, pretending
they were fence ornaments. Nowelin
furnished the dynamite and Walker filled
the shells.
Samuel Nowelin's testimony made the
greatest sensation Of any before the tribu
nal. He stated that Nowelin, Richard,
Galick and Seward had been holding
meetings at Galick' house since Scptem-
Der, planning the rebellion. Seward pur-
chased and shipped the arms from the
coast; Nowelin sent out agents to enlist
the men and organize; Richard assisted
generally; and Galick drafted a new con-
stitution, proclamations of the restored
monarchy and martial law, and wrote
the forms of commissions for the cabinet
and other officers.
The Queens private secretary, W. +.
Kaae, testified that he copied all the papers
and gave them to the Queen, who signed
the appointments in his presence. The
members of the cabinet were: X. W. Will
cox, minister of foreign affairs; Samuel