The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-04
PREPARATIONS FOR AN UPRISING
ARE DISCOVERED.
Business Five Specials Were
Disarmed
NATIVES MAssING AT THE OLD I'M
MIGRATION DEPOT.
Mob Work Was Contemplated - Some
Haoles In Jt-Arrests and state-
ments

| liz tOWh 10 aNutCiy CA1ltSu ONCl
the threatened outbreak of las,
night. There was something in il
this time. Both the military and
police authorities were on the alert.
The latter had a very active time
of it.
The one event that makes the af-
fair tangible is the fact that five
special policemen were disarmed.
In couple of cases one man took
pistol and badge from the officer.
Other specials were made to stand
and deliver by two or three men.
Marshal Hitchcock is quite GER
tain that haoles disarmed the police
man. "Alabam" Mitchell, special,
came to headquarters with several
pistols. He was one of the officers
held up. Mitchell's account of
himself was so peculiar that the
Marshal has placed him on the
suspect list. Mitchell said that
the pistols were placed in his
keeping by some members Of a
m b. H Essays they were forced on
him. Henry Won Werthern is also
under police surveillance. Mitchell
is in jail.
The specials were relieved of
their pistols in Kakaako and Wal
kiki. They had been detailed to
that locality in anticipation of the
landing of arms. These were to
be brought from small schooner
that has been cruising around
Oahu, Molokai and Kauai ten
days.
About 7 o'clock one of Captain
Larsen's natives reported to him
that Hawaiians were massihg at the
old immigration depot, Kakaako.
Larsen Immediately accompanied
the man to that place. Fully half
hundred natives had already as
sembled. They were coming in
parties of three to ten from several
directions. There are six routes to
the place. Larsen saw that it was
necessary to act quickly. He knew
number Of the men,, To several
of them he said mo use for you to
try anything. The Government
knows all about it. 1 am going up
to tell the marshal you are here.
Larsen was down town for medicine
for his sick child and was not armed.
The natives talked it over and
Some of them left at once. Others
were for carrying out their plans
of burning, plundering and killing.
On leaving the place, Larsen met
the native formerly so popular with
royalty as member of the band.
This man was told he could not
make move and drove away.
Captain Parker was sent out by
Marshal Hitchcock with squad
of men. Four arrests were made.
Two of the prisoners are residents
of EVA and were up for
the occasion. Another native ar
rested today is said to have
implicated in the plot by street talk
a native officer at the police station.
So far the prisoners have not said
a great deal. They were simply
told to report. Many had ammuni-
ton. ' They were to receive rifles
and pistols. Dynamite was to
be used. No one.seems to know
who the leaders were to be. A
number of haoles were in the plot.
There are two motives. The
first is that the uprising was to
be on behalf OF I.iliuokalani.
That she had any knowledge of
it cannot be asserted. 1t is known
that she was recently assured by
the adviser in whom she has re-
posed great confidence, that she
had best declare for annexation and
get pension.
Some of the natives say they
simply proposed to make mob
movement. They say the foreign
ers own and control the country,
and so much cheap labor has been
brought in that Kanaka cannot
make living.