The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-22

Richard; witness was engaged TO go
out Id SCHOONER and get arms; was To
meet schooner twenty f1ve miles off
Rabbit Island;- was to receive $4,000
for the service; received so next day
from NowleiD; this amount was TO
purchase coal; would need three tons
for trip; RIrkard said arms were to be
landed at kahala and tish market;
witness was told by Richard that pass
word to- locate schooner was "mis-
sionaries;" used that word when got
to schooner; it passed INT; case of
whisky auu box of cigars came on
board steamer Waimaualo Ou Thurs
day AFTERNOONS; witness ideutlfied bot
tie rs part OF whisky;l think there
was one dozen in case; it came down
to steamer in hack don't know
driver of hack; received letter from
George Townsend when out to sea:
letter told me how and when to go
and come; put 10 sea on Thursday
night; Hutchinson, Townsend, mate,
witness aud TWO Cinnamon on board;
ran 20 Kaneohe; found schooner on
Tuesday; took arms on board by boat;
Townsend, Hutchinson and mate went
aboard schooner; saw captain OF
schooner receive letter; he had 1t In
his hand; don't know who the letter
was from; after getting arms came
back to Rabbit Island; arrived there
on New Years night; anchored and
boat went ashore; Townsend, BUTCH
insOn and mate went in boat on shore
I'd find men; they had failed TO an
sWer signals; went from there to Dia.
mond Head; Richard came out to
steamer in whaIeboat; he remained
on board; went to sea again; Rickard
also went 10 sea; Richard went into
cabin and produced letter brought
with him; il was written OH ordinary
sheet writing paper; letter written In
ink; witness saw address; It was adj
dressed to e.. r. Gulick; Richard spread
letter out on table and fitted in num-
her guns ana ammunition on bOardi
witness gave information OF arms
in cabin; Townsend was also rreseut;
Rickard was sitting size of table,
letter was on table; witness was stand
ing in middle of floor; Rickard filled
in number of arms in pencil; Richard
told witness couldn't land ut fish mar
ket OH account of dredger being
there; Richard wrote a Letter about
change of plans; witness saw Rlckard
seal up letter; IL was already auurees-
ed; saw Richard give letter to native
to be carried ashore; Rickard staid on
board until next night; he had seen
arms; examined one OF guns next
morning; there was considerable prac-
ticing and shooting with arms while
out at sea; arrived off Diamond Head
next night at 11:30 or Il O'Clock !;
boats came off from shore; Wilcox
came out in q canoe; Wilcox reported
nothing to me; he staid on board;
Richard went ashore in one OF boats !;
letter came back to witness by ooae
from Rickard; it was addressed to
| witness; gist of letter stated that II
arms couldn't be landed to throw them
| overheard; letter said for witness 10
consult with Townsend and WI COX;
| they said land them; the arms were
landed in whale boats; had no lights
out when came in second time; DIDN'T
want to be seen; thought Peterson
wouldn't report our coming IN as
| some one said q communication had
| been sent him; moon shining next
| night when came in; day Richard was
| on board he talked little about arms
| complained of being sick; witness was
not feeling very well himself; heard
Townsend say something about an
| office he was to get; spoke to no one
about landing arms except hickaro
and John Walker told walker
] wanted some coal was going to DO
| some work for Richard; met V. V.
| Ashford on Bethel street; asked him
| if he knew anything OF coming trou,
Bile: Ashford replied he had heard
something OF 1t, hut could not
/ find out anything about 1t;
asked witness to try and hnd
out about it; Ashford advised witness
to find out more about it before mix
| ing in the matter; didn't tell Ashford
anything about arms; told him was
| going to sea; this was on thursday
conversation with Ashford was IN
the morning before arrangements
with Richard had been made; talked
| to John Walker afterwards; asked
| him to oct coal; said Allen & Robin
son wouldn't let us have it; witness
bought coal from Allen & Robinson
with money got from Nowlein.
No cross examination.
At $40 p. m. the Commission adj
iourned until :15 this morning.