The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-07

lection was OVerIulcu "lLhOdO III
consultation.
Tben came objections TO the charge
and specifications rs follows:
Objections to charge. The charge
does not state clearly or distinctly the
commission OF airy military oHense
or any offense against the laws OF
war.
objection TO specifications. The
specifications and each OF them are
vague and uncertain and 90 not SET
forth either time or place OF the Al
legged offense charged against the &C
cnsed nor of the time or place Wnen
the offanse was committed with the
coneealment whereof the accused Is
Az to the sixth specification: The
accused objects to the sixth spectnca-
ton on the ground that the same does
not specify any act OF treason the
knowledge and concealment Whereol
constitutes q crime.
AS TO the twelfth specification: me
accused objects to the twelfth specih-
cation on the ground that the same
does not specify any act OF treason the
knowledge and concealment whereof
constitutes q crime.
Following this was a season OF spir-
tied legal sparring. The Court con-
ferred and announced the objection
overruled.
The Court then proceeded to the
plea. Mr.. Neumann answered for the
prisoner who declined to plead TO each
charge and specification. A plea OF
not guilty was entered.
The preliminaries having been COM
pleted, Charles Clark was called as a
witness by Judge-Advocate Kinney:
Clark entered the room with his usuaI
swinging step. When first inside the
door he gave quick nervous glance
toward Mrs. Dominis and during the
time he remained In the room appear
ed to take special pains not to look
toward the accused. Those look
ing for q display Of feeling On the
part of Liliuokalani were disappoint-
ed. She apparently took no more no
tice Of Charles Clark than OF the rest
Of the people about the room
Clark was sworn and on being ques-
toned by the Judge-Advocate testi-
fed that he was stopping at Washing
tom Place during last December and
up to January 7th. He had been there
nearly two years as an ohua. Re
member Thursday night, January Sd,
when there was talk of an uprising.
There were over thirty men at Wash
in0ton Place that night; they were
armed; arms were dug from the
ground at Washington Place between
the hours OF and 2 p. M; some were
buried In front and others In rear OF
the house; accused was living in the
main house; the arms in the rear
were under q rubbish pile. Over
thirty rifles were dug up, also re-
yolvers, bombs and ammunition.
The arms were buried about the
time there was q rumof that WASH
ington Place was to be searched,
shortly before the Bush, Crick and
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arms were; guards were not armed
prior to Thursday. The guns were
taken to the carriage house and the
men took their arms and cleaned
them; armed about forty; some went
to their posts and others were asleep.
The night was divided into two
watches from 8 p. m to II p. m. and
II TO .. M. 1t was about O'Clock
when the men first stood at their
posts; about eighteen men in the first
watch. Mrs. Dominis usually slept
down stairs in q room opening on the
Eva side; there were five guards on
the Eva side ten or fifteen feet from
the house.
1 dug up the arms because had re-
ceived an order from Nowlein that
the movement to overthrow the Gov
eminent was to be made at o'clock
Thursday night. When I gave the
arms to the men told them to stand
by as "the time had come" My
orders were to hold Washington Place
against all corners. I dug up the
bombs and carried them to the cot
tage, and laid them on the floor
ready for use; they were to be
thrown into any mob or crowd
that might attack the house. Now
lein told me to get ready, and 1
got ready, according to the commands
of my superior. The cartridge belts
were made at Washington Place and
Charley Warren's.
When said, 1.-THE time has come"
did not explain to the men.
An objection was offered by Mr..
Neumann to the witness stating what
the men understood by "the time has
Gomez
The court ruled that the witness
might state his knowledge of what
was meant.
Clark understood it to mean that
the time had come to overthrow the
Republic. Nowlein told me that the
arms had been landed and the move
ment was to be made that night; had
heard of the plan before; Nowlein
was the only one who spoke to me of
it; mad not heard the guards talk.
The second watch came on shortly
after u, at which time the arms were
again buried, as I got orders from
Nowlein that the movement was off
and must bury the rifles; / put them
back where they came from.
1 was ut Washington Place Sun
day night. The arms were again
taken up, as had received orders
from Nowlein that the movement was
to be made at 6 o'clock Monday morn
ing. / armed the men about 8 O'Clock
sunday night, and again told them
the time had come.
i saw Mrs. Dominis Sunday even
ing and told her Nowlein had told me
the time had come.
She said Nowlein had told her the
same thing, and she hoped it would be
q success. About g O'Clock went and
told her we were surrounded by Gov
eminent troops. Ihad no communi-
cation with Nowlein after he left the
house; saw troops at Wallis. Mrs.
srnfo ~ al, tk,.oT H.