The morning call., 1895-02-07

| shall Hitchcock and Henry Waterhouse
! went over to Waialae to see Parker. They
were told of the attempt to escape, and
| given the name of the native, and finally
| located him and placed him under arrest
! He was brought into town. Of course, he
denied any knowledge of the whereabouts
of Nowlein and the others. He was not
| questioned again until $50 o'clock, when
| Chief Justice Judd and w. a. Kinney took
| him in charge. He made a firm denial
! again, but finally, after a great deal of
quiet persuasion, he commenced to tell the
truth. He admitted that he went in search
of q boat at Nowleins request. He re-
turned on Wednesday evening about mid
night and reported to Nowlein that he
could not secure a whaleboat. He said
that he had been feeding Nowlein all
along. Nowlein had told him that he had
three others with him. Paeaina had not
seen them, but was of the opinion that
they were Haoles. His daughter had
brought poi, beef and fish to the men. The
man then gave the hiding place of the four
rebels. They were in the bushes below
Kanewai spring, mauka of Cleghorn's new
windmill.
AS soon as the statement was made Mar
shall Hitchcock sent w. A. Kinney and
number of men after the rebels. They
reached the district in which the men were
| hidden, but the exact spot could not be
| located. The native police and others
were thrown in a circle to prevent the
escape of Nowlein or his companions.
Mr.. Kinney then went to Paeaina S cottage
and found his family. They would not
give any information at first, but finally
through threats son was prevailed upon
to visit the rebel camp and ask for the sur
renaer of the men. He was instructed to
! inform them that they would not be
harmed and would be conveyed safely to
the station-house. His mission was sue
cessful and at the expiration of ten
minutes the four men were seen emerging
from the bushes. They were taken in
charge and placed in carriages. The ride
in town was uneventful.
Their camp was discovered this after
noon by Patrolman Nelson and some
native police. Two sleeping-mats, cups,
| spoons, sugar and some crackers were
| found. The camp was located in dense
underbrush, which could only be reached
| by crawling on hands and knees. 1t was
located but 300 yards from the Waialae
road. No arms were found. Nowlein and
| his companions stated when they sur
rendered that they threw away their rifles
when they went into hiding.
| But this was only the beginning of the end.
AT P. NJ. the welcome news was whispered
around from mouth to mouth that the
arch-rebel himself, Robert Wilcox, had
| been captured and was on the way to the
police station. At once an immense crowd
gathered in that vicinity to await his ar
rival. This took place in a few minutes
after the first news of his capture. He was
| found less than two miles from town in the
vicinity of the Kalihi leper receiving sta
ton and not mile from the Government
| penitentiary. The circumstances which led
1 UP to his arrest show that he deliberately
deserted his followers and, taking advan-
! tage of information he had secretly OBJ
| tanned of the situation in Honolulu, sought
only his own safety, regardless of that of
the poor natives whom he had deluded to
their own destruction.
| During the latter part of Monday after
noon the authorities received information
through Charles L. Hopkins that the
much-wanted rebel-leader could be found
in one of his houses on the reef near the
Kalihi leper station. Acting upon this in
formation, party of picked men, consist
| ing of G. A. Brown, John Ouderkirk, Fred
erick Leslie, John F. Scott, L. L. McCand-
less, B. l.. Warson and Luther Wilcox (no
relation to the rebel, but the Government
interpreter), with a native guide named
Welau, were dispatched about 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon to the place men,
toned. The officers went out in hacks to
point distant about half mile from the
! house in which Wilcox was said to be
hiding and which is located at the extreme
end of a spit running out to sea, where
fishermen are wont to rendezvous. The
vehicles containing the officers were driven
behind cluster of houses in order to pre-
vent their mission being known, and the
| possibility of Wilcox and his party making
their escape by boat, which could have
been easily accomplished before they
arrived at the house. 1t was learned some
time previous that a hack driven by a
native would repair to the house of the
concealed rebels, presumably to be used
by Wilcox in escaping, or to be taken to
some other place of concealment. There
fore, by keeping track of the hack, the
officers could the sooner locate their man.
To reach the house where Wilcox was
necessitated drive through water several
feet deep for distance something like half
concealment noted the arrival of the hack
at the house. Shortly after its arrival a
man was seen to come out and walk leis-
urely toward the vehicle, followed almost
Immediately by two others, who proceeded
at slow rate, seemingly supporting each
other All of them entered the hack and
the return journey to the shore slowly be-
gan. The officers came out of their place
of concealment and demanded the sur
render of the party. Quite a parley en-
sued, during which Wilcox spoke some
what haughtily and asked the meaning of
detention. He was more than indignant
over his arrest, and said he wanted to see
Mr.. Smith, the Attorney-General. He was
informed that Mr.. Smith wanted to see
him, too, and had sent the officers out to
bring him.
j Luther Wilcox (no relation to the rebel
leaderl, said to Robert Wilcox that it was
a good thing for him they were there to