The record-union., 1895-03-04
Sentences Passed on Participants
in the Revolution.
HEAVY FINES AND LONG TERMS
OF IMPRISONMENT
The Sentence of the Ex-Queen Held In
Abeyance in the Hope That Il
Promise of Clemency VIII Induce
Her to Give Important Testimony
Against c. w. Ashford,
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.

special to the RECORD-UNION
SAN FRANCISCO, March 3.-News from
Honolulu by steamship Australia brings
| the intelligence that in the cases of the
principals in the revolution the following
sentences have been passed: W. II. Rick
ard (hnglish), thirUy-tive years. imprison-
ment and $4,000 fine; Major Seward
(Amer!can), thirty-fve years and $40, ,OgO
hne; Robert w. Wilcox lHawaiian), thir-
ty-tive years and $4,000 fine; L. b.
Walker tEnglish) thirty years and s., 600
line; Z. L. Gulick (American), thirty-five
years and $4,000 fine; Henry Bertlemann
| (Hawaiian), thirty five years and $4,000
line; Carl Widemann lhaIf-white), thirty
years and $4,000 fine; W. II. c. Greig,
twenty years and $4,000 fine; Samuel
NowIein, thirty-tive years and $4,000
line; Louis Marshall, twenty years and
! $4,000 fine; John Lane, five years and
S9'UUO me; w. Z. Lane, five years and
$1,000 fine.
In the above sentences those of Rickard.
| seward, Wilcox, Nowlein, Bertlemaun
ana GuIlck were COmmuted by the Gov
ernment from the death sentence imposed
| by military commission, as we'll as was
/ that OF Captain Davies, sentenced to ten
years imprisonment and fine of SO. .OGO
l y DfOVlUeu
| he would leave Hawaii, not to return
| without the consent of the Minister of
| Foreign Affairs.
Later, at Cabinet meeting, Nowlein
and Bertelmann were likewise set at lib-
| erty under an indefinite suspension of
sentence, subject to good behavior. and
IN the meantime they were under the pro-
lection OF the Government
Inc sentence of the eX-Queen has been
! ueIayed by the Government, and will be
called Tor consideration early next week,
PROBABLY on Tuesday morning. AL
| thougn not impaired by the Governmeul,
IL Is learned on the best authority that
the reason for the delay III the sentence
OF tle eX-llueGn. upon whom the mill
| tafy commission has imposed sentence
OF nVe years imprisonment and a fine of
SoOO1, Is tnat she holds valuable evidence
winch Will convict {. W. Ashford whose
| trIaI is set tor next week, OF treason in
| the first degree. Her sentence is hela in
abeyanCe IN the hope that a promise of
cIemency VIII cause her to give evidence
against Ashford That will convict. II is
understood the Government considers
the eX-Queen and {. W. Ashford as the
leading spirits OF the rebellion In case
the eN-Queen persists in her refusal to
testify against Ashford the sentence OF
| hNe years imprisonment and a fine of
S2UOJ Will be carried out against her next
week, but i'll all probability she will be
AOlI d otdLC prisoner III LH9 executive
building after the determination of her
case. Her punishment is certain and is
now only question Of degree.
The trial Of Z. W. Ashford will be
called some time next week, and as soon
as the less important cases are disposed
of martial law will be raised and the
community Will pursue the ordinary
course of peace and tranquility.
During the trials which have taken
place since the steamer left on the 18th
inst. nothing OF importance has trans
pIred. Prince David has been arrested.
| but, being minor cuIprit, the cases of
| the Government for treason aud consDir-
acy may be considered closed.
Up to date the Government has con-
demned seventeen persons TO deportation,
TO leave in the near future. Those leay-
ing this afternoon by the Australia, as
given by Marshal Hitchcock this after
noon, are as follows: Fred Wunden-
berg, German; y. p. Peterson, American,
formerly Attorney General under the ex-
Queen; Charles Creighton, American; A.
Carignne, European; John Radin, Eng
lish; James Brown, American; John
Redward, English; a. HOnerk, German,
and Arthur White, English.