The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-29
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they'd ;tryssavs life of sWitnsas. a -.
Henry Fern:-Am2ayeassb badshaRn
On talnnds sof Nfani; drive KinR Rfeek
eaE;. An0W Bowler; iaAw ahim NliIRo
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sAtteMpt. made ON ThnaM1kgfkah hsallR
this ravQauel0n On; Lf1sse talked with
RoKleIo On wednesday :hefbHor fi.a m.
succenafuliattanipt On NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
day; ;Steahed with Bowler iHlruntOg
GnnhaRs new building Ivae.0U duiY;
was going inta,t Ghaneeo 5xssEnmrlnt
Nhen EBeEtalnaAnn caIlea 1akEaaS md
Enad him i8oSEloG Sehn&a(l 4oneAS Skilm:
IBnWteert0ok tR1tuessf hehinfls
hniading Hog talk tohtm; RoolW4r6y
peoplei around ERorking fon, builaaalE,
hntl DoWieR and sNakneas Monoa SINE
.sRhGn ConVaEsafinASt6 t6Qk snlara: EBeTw-
fng01eR tozxAE1s telepho soaDe; awo
were to seize and take Pnssessf0fi of
telephone ofice; he didn't e0in3e par
ticulArs; he said In .acAkas snf otEDuih7e
telephone offico cpnld ha haIdS BoiVIer
said to Witness that
talking now2s some one might DeAIi1s
and get AErested;d Bowler told wikhlgss
to eoms tOkis tBowlsr'sl house Hl1At
lieYening; went 20 Bowleriss housgDAt
| 8:l5 O'Clock that evening: Wifaless
quits work at 5s45 p. m. out at end sDf
car terminus at RRlama; came hack
on same Car aa he left; saw MIRA RnW-
Ter when he got to house; ask6d her
where Bowler was; she said he had
gone down to Gullck; witness then
left; next saw Bowler on Thursday
about noon at same place where saw
him AFsts when witness finiehed din
ner and came out Bowler said he want
ed to see him; wanted to see witness
| 1t his fBOwleF's) house that night:
was told on Wednesday by parties
concerned In the movement that &c
would come Off on Thursday night:
Bowler said 1t was going to come or
on Thursday night at l O'Clock; was
told by Bowler to be back Of telephone
Office; was there at that time; came
back to town when failed 10 find Bow
Ter at nome; came back to do what
was told; while witness was behind
building he heard some one passing
say something about trouble with po-
lice out at KAkaako; witness then
went home; told brother about failure
OF plans; brother was to help do the
work.
Cross-examined:-So of persons
| interested In movement must have
told about what part witness was TO
| take; after being arrested told Measrs.
Kinney and Carter and two other per-
| sons about IL; witness was told he was
/ arrested for treason aud asked 10 tell
/ the truth about it and he had done so;
/ no promises were made to witness;
| thought matter over and concluded to
tell all about IL; wanted the monarchy
restored; he considered part be was
| going to take was q crime; they in
tended TO overthrow the Government
by force; became conscious Of the
| criminal intent OF the movement after
being arrested; knew when they Were
| planning it was wrong, but had no
| time for reflection until after arrested;
| no sort OF promises were made to wit
ness; knew some kind Of punishment
for taking part; made statement be-
/ cause knew had done wrong and de-
served punishment.
Joseph Feru:-Brother OF Henry
Fern; witness was to take hand ia up-
rising; asked to do so by Bowler and
| Nowlein; first talked with Bowler
Pom 31st December; Bowler talked
| while on street car; wanted witness to
| come with brother and help them;
| told meet them there on Thursday
night at 1 o'clock; said we were to
hold Bell telephone Office; saw him
again on Wednesday night; was told
affair would happen next night at
KaakakO; first saw NOwIein on Thurs
day afternoon; Bowler said Nowlein
would give arms; told this on Wednes-
day; N0wlein came aboard Car witness
was driving on Thursday afternoon at
o'clock; told Nowiein had talked
with Bowler; NowleiD was to see wit
ness and his three brothers at Henry
Ferns house same night at IL o'clock;
would find guns out there; witness
and his four brothers and Bowler
were to meet near telephone Office
and go and take it aud stop it from
telephoning; brother said plan had
failed.
Cross Bowler first
about matter; when Nowlein talked
with witness had already seen. Bow
Ter; was arrested on Wednesday; told
Messrs. Kinney, Robertson and Car
ter about matter; they made no prom
ises to Witness. NoWlein there. when
questioned; he did not say anything
said Nowlein had told everything;
witness told all he knew then as be
has here; nobody made witness any
promises; Bowler said on December
31st would tell when they were ready.
George Townsend:-Went out to
Waimanalo and got some arms and
landed and buried some there in sand
| near KsalawaI; this on Thursday
night, January Sd; these arms was
ones use1 in fight between Govern
ment forces and others in rebellion on
1 Sunuay AuU AOuu3yi WlCneSS was
sent by Nowlein to do work; was un-
der orders of Nowlein.
Charles Warren: Witness helped
land arms on Thursday night, January
Sd; came to town and told NoWlein
everything been landed; 2S5 guns and
100 rounds each rife; reported 10 Now
leln on Friday morning at 8 8o'clock;
witness took part In fight and saw
arms; Nowlein asked witness to go
into the fight.
John Cassidy: - Know Bowler;
showed him over Office OF combined
telephone Offices; took him up on
roof and explained everything about
wire connections; Bowler came to
door and asked be shown around;
most of work of Bell telephone being
done in new office.
|. Cross-examined: - Bowler exam
, ined fire wall; witness asked Bowler's