Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-07
Of Rebels by the Government of
 Hawaii
THE QUEEA STILL A PRISONER
"A Military Commission App pointed and Now Busy Try
 Ing Rebels for Treason.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6.-TCorrespond- ence of the United Press via steamer Aus tralia, Honolulu, Jan. 30. Ion the 15 instant John s. Walker, Major Seward and c. T. Gailick were arrested for com plicity in the purchase and landing of arms for the rebels. Seward was one of the queen' s commissioners to Washington last summer. Gallick, who is deeply impli- cated, was minister of the interior with Gibson. These arrests were made in con sequence of the disclosures by Nowlien, Wilcox and other prisoners, who have been vieing with one another iu their revea- tions.
 On the morning of The 18th the ex-queen was arrested at her residence by Brown and Parker, and confined in a former royal bedroom in the palace, where she now Is. Mrs. Charles Clark continues to attend her. That afternoon the volunteer troops and sharpshooters were all called in and dis missed to their homes. None of them were killed or severely wounded. The weather during the campaign was mostly cool and dry, with moonlight nights. In Nnana and Ontautus 1t was cold and wet during the last few days. The Central Union church was evacuated by the volunteers at 3p. m. It had been used as barracks by about 100 volunteers, who ate and slept there when notou in the field.
  Kennedy, Castle and Wood, were chosen to fill the vacancies in the advisory coun- cil. Two acts were passed, one appropria- ting $50, ,000 for special expenses incurred during The instruction, and the other en. ablipg the president to appoint officers of the national guard in time of war. This was to enable certain lawyers to act on the military commission for trying the rebels. Judge Whitney was accordingly made colonel of the First regiment, aud W. A. Kinney captain of the staff. The president appointed the following military commis. sion Colonel Whitner, president; Cap tain Kinney, judge advocate; Lleute1ant- Camara and Wilder and Lieutenant Fan teresa.
 There was no celebration of abrogation day on the 17th, except a noon salute. The military commission entered court in the morning, thirteen prisoners appearing bs- fore it, as follows: ..-
 Messrs. Gallick, Seward, T. B. Walker, Bowes, Rickard, BeIt tlemann, Wilcox, Nowlien, the two Lanes, Grey, Wlede- allowed time to confer with counsel and the court adjour3ed.
 Charles Clark ia chief attendant of the ex-queen, gavshe damaging information which led to t& &e discovery at her residence Of forty rifles, (leven pistols, five swords, thirty eight full belts and LOCO cartridges; also twenty one bombs of different pat terms. This last the Bulletin, lately a TOYal1St paper. LeTW6 lTlButlul White and Riiton were arrested for casting number of the bombs found. They were employed by BeItlemaun, they claim, to make bombs as ornaments for fence posts.
 President Dole thanks ". c. Irwin for assuming the coet of twenty-h soldiers during the rebellion; also H. May for $l0oO given by him for war uses.
 A skilled native scout was sent up the mountain to search for Lot Lane.
 Lane, however, came down starved out d hi1ealf He th9 only rebel leaG or still out. All of the rebels In the field and most of the white accomplices and instigators have now been arrested Up to January 19 BIO persons were held prisoners by the government on account of the rebellion. Of the rebels taken from the fie Ids four were foreigners and 125 natives; of the accom- plices thirty niue were forti .n- CTS and III natives. Only the mali Wbiles are included with the natives.
 The court opened on January l8 with the last eight prisoners named above, who were charged with treason and levying war opthe republic. Paul Neunann appeared as counsel for Wilcox, Grey, Weldeman1 for James and William Lane: Nowlein and Brettlemann refused counsel.
 The taking of evidencs was begun in the afternoon. Wilcox and Nowlein pleaded guilty. The testimony was completed for the prosecution early in the afternoon of January 19. Wilcox, James Lane, Grey, Weidemann and Marshall testified Tor the defense, mainly proving the extremely weak and incapable conduct of the whole affair. Neumann pleaded for a light sem tence, urging banishment. Kinney set forth the great public danger from the rebels.
 The testimony on this trial developed large amount of precise information about the actual proceedings of the rebels in the field. From other sources 1t is ascertalned that only 288 rifles were landed at Waialao, and that the whole number Of natives gath ~oI rhaoo moi Uara OQ during all Sunday, January6. They were employed In cleaning the rifles of the sand in which they had been buried and in getting drunk on gin. Nowlelu was In chief command.
 Nowlein commanded at Palso, aided by Weidemann, Grey and Marshall. Nowlein had distributed bombs to some of his ofh- cers. few of these flung by hand had shells from a cannon, which was ID error. Wilcox with forty men retreated into the mountains and walked across Manoa. His force dispersed entirely that night into the mountains, himself crossing 10 Nunaan. Nowlein and his three younger compan- ions got up Palola ridge and soon after to WoiliiIi, where they lay concealed for week, fed by the natives. The whole at. tempt proved an absolute hasco through the incapscity of the leaders, lack of dis cipline in the men and general lack of courage and persister ce.
 On the 21st the military commission be- gan the trial Of the four leading men charged with procuring the importation of arms and ammunition--C. F. Galck, Rlckard, T. B. Walker and Major Seward.
 Walker alone pleaded guilty, Galick with emphasis pleading not guilty. Neu- mann appeared for the defense. Of the four only Seward and Rickard were im- plicated by the testimony yesterday. Now lein was deeply in it. John Cummings was also implicated. He was Kalakaua's last premier.
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