The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-22
THIS REBEL SAYS HE WAS GUILTY

HIS kkbkL SAYS HE WAS GUILTY
He Slowed Himself Away and Escaped
Says CrAuxtoun Was q Potter.
Port Townsend. Feb 2L-speciai.-Ths
schooaer Puritan brought UP q Hawaiian
refuge James Faulkner from Honolulu
AZ stowAway. His connection with the
recent uprising was OF such q character
that the provisional authorities made IL
10 unpieasant that he was glad 20 sacri-
nee his interests and Zee from the islands.
not even taking q change OF clothes. He
freely admitted that he was actively assoc
ciated with the royalisss and was well mp
In their councils, but denied participating
In ne recent troubles. On the ether hand,
he was arrested no less than seven times
within month previous to his departure.
Tness charges. be said. were based on the
pretext n his inability to liQuidate per-
sonal obligation. Other Information re-
cesved on the Pudtan IN that the charges
were Of Il political character. Al any rate.
he established such q defense a. war
ranted his acauittai In each instance.
The day after Charles L. Carter. the Ha-
waiian patriot, was killed. two more war
rants were issued for Faulkner's arrest.
OF which he received premature warning.
and be clantestineiy smuggied himself
aboard the schooner Puritan and sailed
for Puget sound. When two days out at
sea he made his presence known to Capt.
Sake and paid his passage, IS. to this
port. The ofiicers OF the vessel believe
that Faulkner enjoyed the utmost conf
dence Of the insurgents. and was cogni-
can't Of most Of their plans.
1T was never the intention OF the real
leaders OF the late rebellion. aside from
Robert Wilcox. Paul Neuman. ex-Marshai
Wilson and few other personal friends
OF the ex-queep. to refnState her on the
throne" said Mr.. Faulkner to a Post-In-
teiligencer correspondent. '"rhe whites
who assisted In the insnrrection distrusted
her and knew that she would betray her
best friend on the slightest temptation.
Like similar movements in other coun-
tries. there was q ring within ring.
which efroitIy controlled the enemies Of
the government. When the rebellion was
about broken the ex-queen and her adj
visers learned Of the duplicity which was
being practiced upon them. They were
highly sncensed, and that was the real
cause or foundation for ..er prompt abdi-
cation In favor OF the provisional govern
ment She Is a cold. shrewd. calculating
woman. and to reAk the influence of her
betrayers with the natives she thought it
advisable TO renounce the throne.
Charley Carter. who was one OF shs
most prominent and highly esteemed
young lawyers Of Hawaii. met an I'M
timely death by indiscretton. He was
braye-hearted and a staunch supporter
OF ths existing government. and by his
earnest advocacy Of loyalty TO the new
republic he naturally incurred the en-
nifty of the insurrecticnists. When the
trouble began Carter begged OF the mill
tary authorities to be allowed to accom-
pany a detachment down TO Diamond
head. where crowd OF rebels were in
hiding. Several OF them were his former
schooimates and he errangly calculated
on his old-tinae persuasive influence to
get them to lay down their arms and sur
render. They had reached native DWELL
ing owned by the Layue brothers, when
Carter noticed some natives whom he
knew skuiking behind a boathouse on the
beach. He started down the walk to
meet them and when halfway the reports
of three rif.s stimuli ane.asiy rang out
and Carter fell TO the ground nortalIy
wounded
mo less than 1900 rifles and I COO pistols.
with ample ammunition were taken to
Honolulu on a vessel whose last name
ended with berg and another schooner,
which Is as yet free OF suspicion. and I
have no desire to involve her In this mat
ter. Hardly a third OF the arms have
been found and / was told before leaving
the islands that the remainder had been
securely cached ard would be used in
some future rebellion. which some OF the
leaders hope to arouse and enlist the sup
port OF the Japanese. Chinese. Portuguese
and other foreign elements.
The real object OF the scheming. Gun
ming leaders Of the plot. who were using
the queen and her friends as catspaws.
was to overthrow the government ard
reinstste themselves IN the fat, lucrative
offices. Personally, although an Ameri-
can. cast my die with the royahsts ard
lost. and then realized that I was sup
porting an irresrievabiy lost cause Then.
naturally enough. too. the government. TO
get rid Of me. began a system OF perse-
caticn ana I WAS glad OF the opportunity
TO steal away from the Islands. aharsfon-
Ing what little property owned and ,eav-
Ing Hawaii forever. after a continuous
residence Of fifteen years"
Mr.. Faulkner said there vas no a,,,h.
that S2reckels and his sons contributed
the FUNDS that purchased the arms and
ammunition He said the government had
geon cases against the three men who
were banishea from the country and sen,
10 vancouver recently. Concerning the
alleged pct 20 blow up church with
bombs. Faulkner said 1t was a he. The
bombs were 10 be thrown iaio the bar
racks near Washington place and m the
police station. thus deusorslsxsnr the GOV.
crrmens's forces. The maa who mase
bombs. Blacksmith named White, has
since been arrested. ard ey the comics.
sions OF some natives sn exceptionally
strong case was made cut agairss; HIM.
With referunce TO exposing The rio-, Mr.
Faulkner said. the government employed