The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-01

to discussing the evidence in the Bush
N2wahi conspiracy case; he toOk oc-
casion to criticize the native move
ment and gave bis opinion as "a & be-
ing an absurd one; af this time he
expressly stated TO NowleEn that be
did not want TO know his plans; wit
ness had planned to go TO HiIo on
December 18th; be left one day later
in the Likelike.
At this point Captain Camara OBJ
jected 70 the line Of cross examination
and the court sustained him.
Judge-AdvOcata Kinney took an
other tack and resumed bis question
ing.
G. w. Ashford eontinued:-Don,t
remember any conversation with
N0wletn about not going on Likalike
Saturday; don't remember liz Nowlein
said anything about my going to Hilo;
best Of recollection brother staid one
hour at my house on Friday evening;
not in Kapf0iant Park on Sunday af-
ternoon previous to reputsd trouble on
evening; drove out that way. and met
Alex Robertson and Bauantyne; re-
turned from Hilo by Kinau on first
trip under new schedule; arrived about
o'clock in afternoon; saw brother
before going home that night; talked
but few moments with him about dis.
position OF his cases in Hilo; can't say
If brother came to my house that even
ing; telephoned to steamship office TO
know when Likelike would sail on
Saturday.
Charles E. Dunwell: - Am native
Jamaica, West Indies; been in Hawaii
six years; am hack driver; have
driven defendant several times; drove
him last on Thursday evening, Janu.
!. hwxk kaln &~@t t.s
idence on PunchboWl street; this was
between and o'clock in evening;
met Ashford few PAGES from his gate;
he got In hack and drove him by cir
cuitOus route to cottage back of kero-
sene warehouse; think Sam Stone
lives in cottage; Ashford remained In
cottage fifteen or twenty minutes; he
returned alone; drove back to his res
idenee by same route as went out; was
told TO wait; Ashford went inside and
remained three or four minutes; drove
along Palace walk to Fort street and
to HOLSTERS drug store; was dis
Ashford went into store and witness
drove of; been under arrest since Sth
January.
Mr.. Neumann asked Dunwell If he
took part in rebellion. Objection was
entered by Judge Advocate on the
ground of irrelevancy. Answer waiv-
ed by defense. DunWen continued:
Don't know why was put in Jail; (wit-
ness was asked to state to what he
had been subjected while in prison.
Judge Advocate objected to question
as it was not material to the issue
Court thought credibility of witness
would be attacked If question was
answered and the objection was sus-
tained.
Cross, xamined:-Work for City
Carriage Company; number of hack
is 26; answered no other call for Ash
ford that day; took no one else any
where at his request.
William Woon:-Am officer OF Hol-
lister Drug Company know defend
ant Ashford; best of recollection was
in our store on Thursday evening,
January Sd, after 6 O'Clock; came to
get surgical instrument case; my
watch is from 8 to $50 in evening;
Ashford stopped quite q while on ac-
count of my having to go upstairs for
package Ashford sat down on stool
and talked; Colonel Soper came in
and witness went to wait on him.
examined:-Ashford remain
ed in store five to ten minutes leaning
against show case talking with some
one; he went out alone.
Redirect Ashford said he was
going to Wailuku and wanted case TO
carry instrument in should he need it
while travelling.
Percy Ashford AM son of defend
ant Ashford live in Honolulu was
here Thursday after New Year; was
at uncle G. w. Ashforti's that evening;
went there after 5 80; staid there until
ok n1n Foe k4lA
to come home, as grandfather was
tired and wanted to go TO bed father
said he was sleepy aud wished to re-
tire; left uncle's house five minutes
after receiving message; took three or
four minutes to get there on bicycle;
father at home when arrived; while
going to bed saw father pass through
my room and 90 into his; he blew out
light and said goodnight to me; that's
all saw OF him witness went to bed
shortly after O'Clock; IL father wanted
to leave house, would have to pass
through mine and grandfather's room.
Cross examined :--Remember time
Of leaving uncle's, because governess
twitted me about having 90 home so
early; looked at clock and noticed the
time to be about five minutes to s.
At this point defendant ". ". Ash
ford took the stand in his own behalf.
He gave his version of what occurred
directly to the Court, with but few in
terruptions by his counsel.
His statement was substantially as
follows know Sam NowIein cas-
ually since coming to country, now
about ten years ago never been on
intimate terms with him am prac-
tising attorney never worked for
Nowlein on fee he came to me and
asked for inform alton aforf fIsxa r,osai.
bility of Washington Place being
searched for arms, as testified by my
brother; that was first time he came
to me; knew Nowiein in military
connection some years ago when at
taehed to Honolulu Rifles with me
had arranged TO go to Hilo to try
cases there and at WaiIuku on
December goth; intended taking
steamer in time to catch Hilo term;
found couldn't do so and so notified
clerk of court; heard Likelike would
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