The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-29


! of secrecy.
1t makes no difference | shall in
! sist, said Capt. Kinney. Capt. Good
! continuing: Il will say further that IL
| affects two of the members of the court
! On vote the court decided to admit
! the question.
l was informed by Mai Jones that
the labors of the board would be sub
mitted TO Lieut.. Col. Fisher and Major
| Mcleod and that Col. Mclean was not
10 be shown the report; another rea-
son, Col. McLean's rule that we cannot
see either the President or Minister OF
Foreign Affairs without communica-
ting through him. think that will ex-
plain my position. During all this time
the government and the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs ii seems were cropping
in the dark. | never said TO Lieut..
Coyne that Il knew all about the
sight; that was his statement not
mine; what | said was that the people
up stairs know all about il and will
know more. / knew only what MIR.
Rhodes had told me. When | was
called into the court of inquiry / was
told by Captain Mccarthy that it had
been called in consequence OF a letter
received by Minister Cooper. The first
question asked me was regarding the
disappearance of a sight of the Aus
trian field piece. / understood the
question to relate to the sight that
disappeared in May and l answered
accordingly. If / had been asked fur
tber questions l would have answered
them. | was perfectly willing to tell
them all | knew. AS far as 1 under
stood the question my answer to Cap
tain Mccarthy was the truth. / was
astounded when they ceased answering
questions. Captain Kinney, when /
went into that inquiry | was prepared
TO answer every question put to me;
l was not the Court of Inquiry, but the
man being inquired into. First saw
Mr.. Rhodes in 1891 or '92; became ac-
quainted with him in 1892. He has not
been any more special friend than any
others. / have a number of friends.
| have no frequent callers. He has
no set period for calling on me; he has
probably called on me three times in
as many months Am not certain that
he has called here at night since he
abstracted the sight. / do not think
he has called on me prior to May be-
cause | was engaged with friends from
the Coast. Do remember Mr.. Rhodes
coming in through No. gate one night
after nine o'clock and visiting my tent
and leaving there walked to the steps
and his going away"
Questioned as to another occasion
similar to the one mentioned Captain
Good denied a second visit Do not re-
member the subject of the conVersa-
tion between us that night in June
when he called on me- He is not a
mere gossip as / understand it, He
called at my tent in June but / cannot
say how long he remained. / cannot
say that he mentioned about the sight
that night. | never probed the matter
further because knowing that he was
a detective in the employ of the gov
eminent and had no right to question
him. | can recall but one visit to the
camp at night. | have not seen the
gun at the Waikiki end of the shed
without a sight after the battery was
put in order last fall Sergeant
Weatherby agreed to inspect those
guns as he passed to and from his
meals
1t was in the latter part of Oc-
tOber, prior to Minister Cooper's in
;umbency, that the battery was put
in order My impression is that I
never said anything to anyone but
Lieutenant Coyne about Mr. Rhodes
about the sight Sometime
before the Court of Inquiry, Col Soper
-old me about Rhodes extracting the
sight.
II. G. Rhodes recalled. Have not
heard any of Captain Goods evidence.
did not wish to convey the idea that
had not been here at night after /
.oOk the sight / was in once in June
o see Captain Good. Do not remem-
jer who let me in or out of the grounds.
Was only there once at night during
he month of June and think once i'm
he day time Took the breech block
part way out and then put it back
again. / can better demonstrate than
ell you how l did the work.
At this juncture Judge Advocate
asked that the court go to
he drill shed and watch an exhibition
which Mr.. Rhodes would give. En-
.ering the shed at the Waikiki side of
the shed Mr.. Rhodes removed the block
but after a five minutes trial failed to
get it back. At the suggestion of Mr..
Kinney he tried the next gun and re-
moved and replaced the sight in one
minute by actual time; returning to the
first gun he repeated the performance
in one and a half minutes. y he court
and spectators then returned to the
court
A few minutes later Mr.. Rhodes
again took the stand.
There waG no plan as to my intents.