Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-17
LOTTERY FOR HAWAII
The Gamblers Scheme Again to
Restore the Queen.
IT had NO SERIOUS BACKING Slime
A Large Cargo Of Opium Cap
tured in the Islands,
s HIPLOAD OF BIBLES

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
HONOLULU, December %, 1895.
recent matter of public interest here |
Is the conspiracy case. Two men, who had |
for Some time been Swallowed by the police. |
were arrested December 8. Their names |
are T. X. Sheridan, alias Morrow, and DIR. |
Underwood. They had a preliminary ex-
animation on the 23d, and were committed
for trial. without bail, on the charge of
conspiracy to overthrow the government
OF Hawaii. They are rather good-looking
young men, with nothing especially dam
gerous or criminal in their appearance.
Morrow, o. Sheridan. gained some noto-
riety lately in the San Francisco papers
by advertising for volunteers to engage in
flibustering expedition. They arrived
here November in the barkentine S. G.
Wilder. and Immediately commenced at
tenpts to negotiate arrangements to over
turn the government and restore the ex-
queen. This was done, as they repre-
sented, as agents of a syndicate of sport
Ing men in San Francisco. The two men
appeared to be short of funds. Underwood
obtained employment in putting up refrig-
Grating works.
At their examination this week the two
chief witnesses against them were promi-
nent partisans of royalty-one the ex-
queens chief law adviser, Paul Neumann.
the other Fred Hayselden, for whom Neu-
mann is attorney. Hayselden is son-in-law
| to the late Walter M. Gibson and proprie-
Tor of the sheep ranch which covers a
| large part of the island of Lanai. Through
| mismanagement, the estate is in critical
| position, having against it mortgage Of
| $4,000. foreclosure of which is threatened.
| Hayselden will be removed from the man.
| agement. and the concern be run by agents.
To these two royalist gentlemen the newly
| for hn1 o66 thor,,-
| selves, with the result that the whole BUSH
| ness was communicated to the government,
very wisely, indeed, for the safety of the
| former pair
| Neumann was spoken with as being Hay
selden's attorney. There was some talk
about bringing down 200 colonists and
| planting coffee on Lanai. Underwood pro-
| fessed to have done some coffee planting
! in Guatemala. The propositions speedily
| ran into plans for turning Lanai into
Monte Carlo for horse races, gaming, lot
| teries, prize fights and other sports, which
| were greatly INSTRUCTED in the United
| States. Underwood said he could get a lot
OF capital If he could get some privileges.
They would buy the island, colonze it and
put in a lottery Hayselden told him that
it could not be done under the present gov
eminent. Underwood then said Suppose
franchise then be gotten?" He was an
swered that it might or might not be pos
! sible. Underwood expressed surprise that
the queen had not been restored before. He
| and men in the states would support her
| II there was anything in it.
Campaign Planned.
Later, Hayselden met Sheridan on Neu-
mann's veranda. He repeated the prin-
| cipal features Of Underwoods conversa-
| ton. They both stated that moneyed men
in the states were ready to advance funds
for the restoration of the queen if the con-
cession of the lottery could be assured
Hayselden stated that no definite PROPOSE
ton for his property on Lanai or money
offers for the place were made. He was at
| that time open to proposition to sell the
| island.
Neumann's conversations with the two
men We're a trifle later than HayseIden's.
They went to him as the latter's attorney.
Sheridan said there was a sporting syndi-
cate that wanted Lanai for sporting pur-
poses. He also wanted concession from the
queen; had plenty of money available, and
would restore the queen; wanted to land
arms at both ends of Oahu and move on
Honolulu. They would use Lanai as a
base. At Hilo they would get 1,jOO friends
to subjugate the other islands. At this
point Neumann concluded the man to be a
fool Sheridan named sporting men in the
United States who would advance the
money on condition of the queen granting
the franchise. Lanai should be the nucleus,
and he would bring 200 colonists. They
would land at Lanai, take Maui, capture all
island steamers about there, and go to
Hilo, where they would be joined by their
friends. At the same time the double move
said it was absolutely necessary that the
concession from the queen be had, before
the movement could be fully inaugurated
HaySelden and Neumann both profeSSed
| to have suspected the two men of being
government spies. The former thought
they were trying to get him into a hole. "
Mr.. Hayselden is evidently not prospect
ing holes just now, especially the kind in
which his old friends Gulick and Bowler
are still unfortunately lying. Upon both
him and Mr.. Neumann there evidently rests
very prudent and wholesome fear of the
government, whose hand is still heavy
upon some of the conspirators Of January
last. 1t is not improbable that the govern
ment will conclude it expedient to con-
| tinue to maintain few useful object les
sons of that kind for the admonition OF
gentlemen who might otherwise be inclined
to entertain propositions hostile to the gov
ernment.
There was a third witness, named Free
Weed, a highly intelligent three fourths
white, who had himself been under arrest
last January Sheridan talked politics will
Weed. He asked him who were the bes
people to approach to assist in uprising
against the government; and where some
, good guns could be procured in Honolulu
said they had come down for the purpose
OF starting Il revolution. When Sheridan
asked who was in the revolution business
Weed referred him to Sam Nowlein. HI
| wanted to borrow money to go to Lana
and Hawaii. At Hawaii he said he would
: take Hlo. which he could do with ten o.
fifteen men. Asked witness how strong th'
government was replied: Just strong
enough to take care of itself" Weeds lit
tie joke about Sam Nowlein is apparen
in the fact that Nowlein was military chic
: in the late insurrection, and afterward
) saved himself by giving away all his as
sociates.
l Alleged Syndicate.
,, DR.. Tucker testified that he came dow
: in the same vessel with DR.. Underwood
Finding the latter was under police surveil
lance, he quizzed him about it. Underwoot
, frankly said he knew about flibusters il
5 San Francisco, and knew their plans H
: was willing to state to the government
! what he knew. Tucker asked Presi1en
: Dole if he would see Underwood, but TIL
I president declined to do so. Defendan