People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14
SIX OF THE REBEL LEADERS
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
EX-QUEEN ON TRIAL FOR TREASON.
The Government Claims to Have Suf-
ficlent Evidence to Convict Her
Twenty Natives Also Charged
With the Same Offense-Min-
ister Willis Is Somewhat
Less BeliGerent

VICTORIA. B. C., Feb. 12.-The War
rimoo arrived at midnight and the
press correspondent writing up to
February I'd of the military court
martial, says:
The SIX leaders were all sentenced
to be hung. They are Charles r.
Gulick, William H. Richard William
1. Seward, Robert I. Wilcox, Sam
Nowlien and Henry Bertelman. Sem
tence in the last two cases will be
committed, as both men have fur.
nished valuable evidence for the
government. Gulick was born in this
country, Richard is an Englishman.
Wilcox is Hawaiian. The only one of
the four who is entitled to protection
OF the United States is William T.
Seward. As yet no date has been set
for the executions The only import
ant case tried before the military
court since the departure of the Aus
tralia is that Of V. V. Ashford. He is
charged with treason A batch of
twenty native rebels, charged with
treason, is now occupying the atten-
ton of the court.
United States Minister Willis has
changed his attitude somewhat since
the last advices. He is not so belig-
erent in his demands His latest
communication to the government is
request that if the death penalty is
imposed in cases of any Americans
that the executions be postponed until
he can communicate withhis govern
ment. The British commissioner has
made similar request.
Great interest is attached to the
trial of the ex-queen. The gov
eminent claims to have more than
sufficient 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 military commission has
brought in findings IN twenty-four
cases. Sentences were fixed by the
commission subject to review by Pres
ident Dole. The sentences vary much,
all the way from sentence of death to
Imprisonment for five years, with
fines The lowest sentence for trea-
son by the Hawaiian statute is i'm
prisOnment for five years and fine
of not less than $1,000.
Thus far but two men whe claim
American protection have been tried.
They are Louis Marshall, charged
with open rebellion, and Thomas
Walker who pleaded guilty to the
charge of treason. The government
has decided to Danish three persons
from the islands for completely in the
rebellion. They are j. E. Cranston
and A. Muller, for conspiracy to use
dynamite, and j. b. tombstone,
special police officer, who turned
traitor. The men will be sent on the
Warimoo, leaving for Victoria to-day.
Cranston and Muller were to blow
up the Central Union church on
the night when the rebellion
broke out OF the three exiles,
tombstone is a British subject.
Cranston an American and Muller a
German. They say they do not know
what they were arrested for; were
given no trial, were kept confined
without any chance of communica-
ton and did not know they were to
leave until the Warimoo whistled to
leave. tombstone will remain at Van
couver, but the others say they will
not leave the steamship, but will re-
turn on her TO Honolulu when she
goes back. They claim that they
have been victims of gross outrage.