Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-01-12
LATE HAWAIIAN NEWS.

LATE HAWAIIAN NEWS.
Conspirators Arrested and Committed for
Trial by Jury-ilow Their Schemes Wera
Etposed-Though They Had Little
Chanee Of Success. the Government WIN
DO Its Best to Maieca Wholesome Exam
pie Of Those Implicated.
HoNQLrLU, Dee. 3l--Correspondence
OF the United Press, per steamer China,
via SanFrancisco, Jan. Three of the
conspirators, Bush, Crick and Nawahi,
who were arrested on the sth, were
committed, on the 2ith, for trial
by jury. They were refused bail
and were lodged in Oahu pris-
on. Young Weed, the fourth per.
son arrested, was released. The exam.
nation OF the conspirators occupied
five days, from the 18th to the ed.
One Van Giesen was arrested soon
after them, but released on bail. He
had been special crony and house
mate Of Crick and intimate with Bush,
writing for his paper, Ka Leo. To the
CONSERVATION of the prisoners, Van
Giesen appeared as the chief witness
against them. He had been spy Of
TIE ss,.aIcrnment, and revealed all the
plans d Bush and his associates to the
marshal Van Giesen was for many
years government school teacher, and
OF sufficiently good record to give
great weight to his testimony.
Other spies, Osmer and McEveri, cor
roborated Van Giesen's evidence. Os.
mer deeply implicated Weed, but failed
sufficiently to connect him with Bush
and Others so that the charge of con.
spring with them failed and he was
released Tinker, who had been ar.
rested later, was also released after
ten days confinement, notwithstand.
ing rifles were found secreted in his
house.
The scheme of the conspirators, as
fully disclosed by Van Giesen, was
somewhat elaborate. Under all cir
cumstances it was wholly an imprac-
ticable one. BY sudden and stimuli
taneous movement the executive build
ing was to be surprised, the chief leaders
and supporters Of the government ar.
rested in their houses. telephone wires
cut, certain stores raided of guns and
ammunition. station house blown in
with dynamite, and fifteen of the prin-
clpal street corners of the city occu.
pied and held by armed squads who
were to capture all citizen reserves
and volunteers seeking to assemble.
No one of these formidable procedures
of the undertaking was an original de.
vice OF the conspirators, who seem tc
have been as poor inventors as they
were calculators. All their plans had
formed part of previous conspracies OF
the royalists, rife during the past
eighteen months. Lists of street cor.
ners to be occupied were given by Van
Giesen as well as the names of repub.
lican leaders to be arrested.
As to means for carry ing out such
formidable and desperate plans the
conspirators felt sure of the help of a
large number of whites and half.
whites. They also relied upon the aid
of a large and miscellaneous mob OF
natives. Those were without military
training and unaccustomed to the use
ofarms.
The obstacles to be overcome were a
strong and watchful garrison at the
executive building, consisting Of sixty
enlisted white men, thoroughly drilled
with special surprise drill. The build
ing is we'll fortified and armed with
six rified cannon and two gatling guns
Secondly. there is thoroughly drilled
battalion of over 500 volunteers from
the best white citizens, among whom
are fifty extra sharpshooters. Thirdly,
there are 600 to 500 of the citizen re.
serve, well armed and equipped and
organized for prompt action by day or
night.
The government regards the matter
as serious. They will 40 their best to
make wholesome example of those
implicated.
1t is quite certain that all the lead.
ing royalists of responsible character
and business capacity regard the
restoration Of the queen as now i'm.
possible, and any attempt to effect il
by force as chimcrical. There is, how
ever, a body OF the lower class ofwhites
ready for acts of disorder who might
be induced to join actively in such a
movement A large ajority of hall
whites have sympathics with such an
attempt, and some OF them might be
willing to risk something in it. 1t is
very unlikely that many natives would
risk ANYTHING to make such an at.
tempt, although the majority of ma.
tives would prefer the kanaka mon
archy TO the white mans republic.
So far as can be learned, British
Commissioner IIawes has never coun'
tenanced or recognized any movement
to restore the queen.
II. Is. NJ. ship Hyacinth sailed on the
night of the 27,h for the south seas, as
is supposed. Capt, May has made re-
peated efforts to get away. Three sue.
cessive farewell entertainments have
been given to the officers of the ship.
Each time most urgent appeals have
reached Commissioner Hawcs from the
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