The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-02-14
FOURARE SENTENCED
LEADERS OF THE HAWAIIAN RE-
BELuON FOUND GUILTY.

eELLIoN FOUND GUILTY.
Treason Was the Charge-1Iany Others
Convicted but Not Yet sentenced-The
Queens Trial Comes Next, and Onicials
Claim to Have Evidence to Convict.
VICTORIA, B. c., Feb. 11.-Hawaiian
advices by steamer Warrimoo to Feb. 9:
There is a lull in affairs here and quiet
will probably reign until the military
court now sitting will have finished it's
work. There are large number Of
conspiracy cases yet to be tried and the
probabilities are that the court will sit
for two or three weeks at least. Great
interest is attached to the forthcoming
trial of the ex.queen. The government
claims to have more than sufficient evil
dence to convict her. What her punish
ment will be in case of conviction is
hard to conjecture. Her case will prob
ably come up on next Monday. She is
charged with treason.
Findings in Twenty-four Cases.
The military commission has brought
in findings in "a cases. Of this number
two were acquitted. The others were
all found guilty and sentences were
fixed by the commission subject to re-
view by President Dole. The sentences
vary much, all the way from sentence
of death to imprisonment for five years,
with fines. The lowest sentence for
treason by the Hawaiian statutes is i'm
prisonment for five years and fine Of
not less than $1,000. The six leaders
were all sentenced to be hanged They
are Charles 7. Gulick, William H.
Rickhard, William S. Seward, Robert
w. Wilcox, Sam Nowlein and Henry
Bertelman. Sentence in the last two
cases will be committed, as both men
have
Furnished Valuable Evidence
for the government Gulick was born
in this country. Richard is an English
man. Wilcox is Hawaiian. The only
one of the four who is entitled to the
protection of the United States is
William T. Seward. AS yet no date has
been set for the executions. The only
important case tried before the military
courts since the departure of the Aus
tralia was w. V. Ashford. He is
charged with treason. A batch of 20
native rebels charged with treason is
now occupying the attention of the
court. United States Minister Willis
has changed his attitude somewhat
since last advices. He is not
So Belligerent in His Demands.
His latest communication to the govern.
ment is request that if the death pen
atty is imposed in cases of any Ameri-
cans that the executions be postponed
until he can communicate with his gov
eminent. The British commissioner
has made a similar request. Thus far
but two men who claim American pro
lection 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. Grams
ton and A. E. Muller, for conspiracy to
use dynamite, and J. B. tombstone,
special police officer,
To Turn Traitor.
The men will be sent on the Warrimoo.
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 British sub
ject, Cranston all American and
Muller German. They say
they do not know what they
were arrested for, We're given no trial,
were kept confined without any chance
of communication and did not know
they were to leave until the WarrimoC
whistled to leave. tombstone will re.
main at Vancouver, but the others say
they will not leave the steamship, bu,
will return OH her to Honolulu when
she goes back. They claim they have
been victims of a gross outrage.
Rulnor of q PrOtectorate.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.-THE EX
aminer prints a story from it's CORES
pondent at Honolulu to the effect thai
Admiral Beardsley has taken possession
of Pearl harbor and declared protector
| ate over the Hawaiian Islands. TIT
news came to Victoria by the steamer
WarrimoO.
O,IEFN ARD,CATES-
Liliuokalani Resigns All Rights in Favol
| Of the Republic.
HONOLULU, Jan. 80, via San Fran
! cisco, Feb. 9.-Lilioukalani has abdi