The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-28

regular practice if they want them
cleaned. The breech blocks are taken
off and the sights are removed ana the
hinges oiled-that's about all Some
times the nuts may be taken OFF. Tine
guns were cleaned on the third Wed
nesdav in April. prior to the third
Wednesday in May. The two compa'
nies have to do the work whether they
are on guard or off guard. BelleVe
Company F cleaned them three times II
succession. Guns were cleaned at hall
mast five. Does not make any differ
ence if Captain Good was officer OF the
day up TO 9 a. m. on the 18th. l cleaned
the guns.
a half dozen other witnesses were
called and related all they knew con-
cerning the sight.
AT 10 D. N. the court adjourned to
meet at 7:3O this evening, when Min
lister Cooper and Captain Smith VIII
be called. The prosecution Will nnlsh
their testimony tonight.
The court martial was little too late
in getting started Saturday night, but
wben.tbe work was once started it went
booming along. A. st. NJ. Macintosh
was the first witness on the stand.
4 St NJ Mackintosh-Am clerk In
the foreign office. Have been employed
+bere eighteen months. Here the
Judge Advocate handed in letter mark
ed exhibit a. to Mr.. Mackintosh). Yes
have seen that writing. 1t came in
\ package brought by a messenger to
the Foreign Office about two months
ago. It contained a sight similar to
the one Won Just showed TO me. The
,acl,age was addressed to President
nnle Yes that was the tag 'on the
nackage. Here the Judge Advocate
fled the tag.) Minister Cooper asked
me to telephone to Colonel Mclean.
He showed me the sight first and Colo
mel. Mclean came up. Think that the
nackage was put on the Presidents
desk first. The next time l saw 1t, the
package was in Minister Cooper's office
on his desk. Colonel Mclean came up
shortly after I telephoned.
xamined-Package was done
nm very carelessly. One end the
sight was sticking out It was tied
with a string. Did not see the messen-
ger bring it in. Don't remember IL
the package was stamped. Have no
means Of fixing the exact date OF arTlF-
al OF The sight. Minister Cooper asked
me if / nad seen The address on the Tag,
I said l did and then went to look for
ii. finding it in the waste-paper basket.
Lieutenant Coyne-Remember some
thing. not distinctly, Of remarks by
Captain Good in the mess-room regard
ing reduction of pay. Remember were
made generally. Don't know exact
time remarks were made by Captain
Good. heard them made by him as
well as the other officers. Must have
heard them between the 1st and 10th
of May for l was of duty after that.
Captain Good said that he could do
ten per cent. less work. Yes, that he
could do less work. This was in gen
eral conversation.
examined-Remarks were gen.
eral. I passed remarks myself. / said
that if I could get better pay outside l
would do it,
Re-direct-None of the other officers
said that if they got less pay they
would do less work.
Captain Ziegler-Captain Good said
he would do less work. Some one said
he didn't see how he could do it. He
said he would find way.
oss-examined-Capt Good seemed
to be the only one who spoke about
doing less work.
Re-direct-Captain Good was very
earnest when he spoke.
Lieutenant Ludewig- Captain Good
said he would do ten per cent. less
work. Was at table where all the off
GERS were Think Captain Good spoke
seriously. Don't know whether con-
versation became general afterward.
Cross-examined-C Ziegler made
a joke about wages being cut down;
this to Phillip, the waiter. (The joke
was explained and attorney Robertson
wanted to know if that was a joke)
Captain Good Joined in here and said
he could do better by doing less work.
Think he was serious. The officers
generally spoke about the reduction,
but / cannot remember exactly what
they said. Don't know what the other
officers thought. For myself l thought
that l had 10 put up with it. Did not
express any opinion.
Sergeant Weatherby-When Captain
Good spoke to Colonel Mclean he said
he examined the guns. He found the
sights all there.
Cross-examined-It was the third
Tuesday in May that this conversation
took place. Inspection by the Minister
was next day.
Captain MeCarthy-Was called to
take part in Court of Inquiry for the
purpose of examination into the matter
of receipt of the sight sent to Presi>
dent Dole Marked the sight and letter
Exhibit "a" That is my handwrit-
ing on the articles. Captain Goods
testimony was taken there. Showed
this to Captain Good Said they were
all right.
Here the Judge Advocate asked Cap
tain Mccarthy to read the evidence of
Captain Good before the Court of In
quiry.
Attorney Robertson said that he
would agree to this provided he would
be allowed TO cross-examine on all the
evidence given in the Court of Inquiry.
Captain Mccarthy stated the sub
stance of Captain Goods testimony as
follows: On third Tuesday in May,
Captain Good reported to Colonel Nc
Lean that a sight was missing Said