New-York tribune., 1895-02-11

o'clock .he next morn. .ng when the cell doors were
opened and were allowed to walk nd IN he G pTson Sow
many prisoners had been made the day previous previous
5kne Were as he order d Of the day each
telling the other how he had been run IN: & Dur-
and we we remained in prison for several days only
knew three four Of them but found we had ada as
V Z. and G. w Ashford, Mr.. Peterson and Mr.
Creighton We also had Editor Norris "a and drS bust 81
the compositors Of that paper together with ot l.
Ivy an IL 5 m nosractors or and
builders: Frederick Windinberg. an ex-rostmaster- Ter
'f, me natives m % and halfShtSs were Prince Kaakan
better known Prince Cupid; M Testa. ara
resentatives of the best native element. and many
whom any would be proud to cali friends ends t.,
the prison yard at "a m; where breakfast was was
served which consisted Of So meat PG1a'V eu ead f
tea but which is a weed product OF the islands
II As.S $ %nSer Sa Ssnass up o VE
the breakfast by wash they called soup beng beng
ioesed nyseId np tn q 4 when in the prison yard the
miserable tea bread or ships s,h 6sgTS w for the
night until o'clock the next morning NO iients
given TO us The gparSda Ss rh nSr BRING news
in 10 us stin. despite all the precautions, taken
little bits Of @ eSs nsone TS%e Sr perhaps S Would
be taken away This weeding-oqt was as, kept ppthap up
oGy aoSet toSether until saturday February
News reached us that there wns m e
Shooting Shooting Of ali arrested Without & trial while while
other Ministers. were opposed to such extreme
measures.
SAYING THAT MEN WERE ILLEGALLY AR
RESTED.
Right here it might be necessary TO say that from
the way the arrests had been made, 1t seemed as II
.Iettres de cachet' were given TO all who had any
persona, or business grievance against any one, so
that all that was needfu TO cause pPvns Pvr3n snd
rest TO 81 order. that ne was hoydi;st' anu anu
ne was forthwith arrested ana cast mo me pas
tile All those because, according 10
the opinion of counsel one can be arrested under
martial law fer offences alleged to have been com
sfa nhed and psions marital r.s IA" decaTed which o. only
done Monday morning hence. all those who were
acts agains, the existing Government were Illegally
arrested ard detained, With these facts IN Iaind
to entertain for one moment the thought Of sucn
az nhSman thing as to wish to sheet without 'ria
a T we nl hsaTd q ss ms lhe Ws
and told him what We had heard. lie stated that
no also had heard it. and Immediately intervene s
sha weud be- sSwed o ake place. lie LETT
with the statement which was not very assurlng
advocatins the same whoissae slaughter. His Ex-
'ce.ency was tod by that If there was any dan dan
as-dearly as possible. and II rifles and cartridges
ere given us we were wng to take our aaSsie
-daAger but. knowing that there was no man-oi-wd
os any nationality IN the nero1f bat the e." whoesae
butchery had been advocated by one OF the conern-
nn sSi one pspe so 9y ha discontinued for
They also imprisoned the editor Of the other 9pPoSS S
the other two newspapers jus; what suited their
purpose; consequently all that has been sent over ,ss
arrival OF the first steamer. our mail brought US
each letter which had been opened ana reaa Sr Gy tsr
against such action. but he seemed TO take the
naf snsy hnd until February
when 10 Muller and myself scs Nv we're ,hs caes f%
things we had Entering the yard. we found James
D. Johnston one OF the men confined ne ~, Win ards Ii
where they were taking & u.s. 6I no Soor answer we
were placed in the centre OF them ana were marchen
S1wn sra crowded ns dfe Win people evidently on the look
out for new developments, and, although we were
II was touching to see old Kanakas taking off their
hats, and many smile and bow were given en- us US
white and native prisoners were taken before the
Attorney General and the Marshal
REFUSED TO SAIL ON THE WARRIMoO.
The Attorney General said: "You are going to be
put on board the Warrimoo, which leaves in an
hour" l replied that was not. You have moth
ing to say about it, retorted the Attorney-Generai
"and you are going. You can leave power OF at
torney with anybody 10 attend TO your business
If you wish" answered absolutely declining to
do anything Of the kind, and demanded the pres
ence Of the American Minister. The Marshal said
e. will try to have no proper clothes for such trip
main force. viii resist TO the last" The Marshal ar hal
Clothes You have got on We will put You on board
Then he opened the door, and walked OUT, 'oi
%ss S the a s ao6 Gneaf to
shall: II ask you again. in the presence OF thls man
'ha Rs answer ss sea Was G sit down there pointing
to chair told him would & sit doTn nr when so
consigned him sdes He saa e bs qsys Doysman nS
Ss%ad his MaSs hm M aaG sat dovp
In about hour the guard called me- f99W9d kIi,
ana johnston ready to move We put into
three hacks, each accompanied by two guards. and
last whistle had sounded. l refused to leaye the
hack and was taken from It BY force m Ihen
by the guards: Ny fellow;prsoner. Johnston.
Ha%es as we we're being driven down, and called
10 him. Major Hawes Immediately turned ana TO-
owe the fact that were able to communicate 4,
with our represenaves II was ne d eTden. shdvo M NE
on board the steamer just she was leaving so we
could no. communicate with a1ybody Wnen ne
Johnston. j asked him II he would kindly send
the sSo1 Asss1 to Ms sfa ms
Immediately by Minister Willis | stated az the
haed on board the steamer He said he would do
everything in his power fer me. and for the iirst
@ ,ms asses ss socsed RaS lie asked
friend in whom he might conhde ] told him ] was a.
either directly or indirectly. ! had never heard Of
1n Monda knew none Of the M men s1 me Il
any charges had been preferred against me, and l
told him that did not even know whv was ar
rested. He went ont for few minutes, and on
his return said: MIR. Cranston, tae Marshal tells
me they preferred charges against you and that
the proof conclusive" I said II was an '"fa-
nous lie. had never even seen anybody connected
with the Government until that morning, ana no
charge had ever been made against me. and | was
absolutely unaware of the cause OF my arrest. He
asked Consul Mills 10 place that In writing: He
wrote 1t In Shorthand. and read It TO me. signed
IT. and Mr.. Wills swOrc a. 10 the truth. he
said he would make every endeavor IN my behalf
The guards accompanied us for quite distance.
and were taken off by pilotboat. Now was ar
rested unlawfully detained. and forciby placed on
steamer without charges of any Kind. My busi-
ness was locked up for month Freight was on the
wharf for me WHEN left. In fact my whole busi-
ness Is ruined They had broken open my trunk and
abstracted papers. What is gone don't know, as
nothing Sns there but my private letters SO some
Of them must be stolen. All the money given 10
Muller ard myself what We happened TO have