The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-24

with the graduations. That's the only
sight that has ever been out of the
guns.
Cross-EXamined: From the time the
sight was taken from the gun there
has been one gun in the shed without a
sight. Orderly Sergeant Weatherby
brought the sight to me a month or
two after / came here. / inspected the
guns two or three times a week No
sight was ever missing except that one.
| had military reasons for keeping an
eye on that gun. When / came here the
guns were around this building TO fire
at people. They are now used TO shoot
people, but not women and children
They were removed from the building
two or three days after | arrived here.
as soon as / sized up the situation
They have been under the shed since
then, and when / thought necessary /
placed special guard under them.
| placed guard there when there was
talk of flibusters-that was before I
knew Honolulu as / do now The men
have had orders always to keep an eye
on them. No special sentries have been
there, but the men have been instruct
ed to look after them. When ! came
here there were eighteen sentries;
reduced the mum Der TO -FOUR.
decline to say whether there is am
munition for the guns, unless ordered
by the court. (Question ruled out)
Sentry at Likelike street was chang
ed to my headquarters. When special
occasions arose there was a guard at
Likelike street. When you want cor
poral guard you look for him at Rich
ards street gate. There has been no
guard over the guns since July or
August
Captain Good told me of the missing
sight about May 20. He came to me
when | was inspecting the old army.
He told me there was a sight missing
from one of the Austrian field pieces.
/ paid no attention to il because knew
the sight was in my office. He was ap-
parently annoyed at my lack of atten-
ton to his report, and followed his re-
port with the statement that the sight
was there when he last inspected the
guns He spoke rather loudly. and
told him there was no occasion for vel
ling at the top of his voice. Captain
Good then talked about the matter to
the officers and all over town
A day or two afterwards, probably
the next day, was sent for by Minister
Cooper. | told him after reading the
letter that it was a lie, that the sights
were all there. A sight was subse-
quently found by guard and handed
TO Sergeant Weatherby and by him
handed to either Sergeant Taylor or
Carlyle. and by him handed to CAPTAIN
Good. / have an opinion regarding the
finding of the sight. The locker of Ser
geant Weatherby was broken into by
some one after a sight had been lost.
| do not know who broke into the
locker and probably would not tell if
! did
Attorney Robertson expressed a wish
10 question Colonel Mclean further
regarding condition OF the guns in the
shed, but the Judge Advocate objected.
There was never any question put by
me to Sergeant Weatherby in presence
of Captain Good regarding number of
sights, and his answering Eight"
Weatherby told me later that Captain
Good had sent for him as to the num-
Der of sights in the locker. Weatherby
reported to me something about Cap
tain Good. Weatherby went on my or
der, not on Captain Goods order.
At this point Judge Advocate Kinney
arose to object to the manner in which
Colonel Mclean answered the questions
put by Attorney Robertson, which
questions, he wished to say, as Judge
Advocate, were entirely correct. He
would insist upon them being answered
and would object if there was one word
from Colonel Mclean which did not
belong to the answer. He did this, he
said, as Judge Advocate, representing
the prosecution, but the defense must
be protected.
Col McLean-I thoroughly recognize
what Captain Kinney says, and do not
intend to be disrespectful to the court
or Mr.. Robertson, but we are human,
and as this thing has been going on
for months there is naturally some feel
ing l do not, however, mean to be dis
respectful.
BY Robertson-Did or did not Wealth
erby go TO the locker and discover but
seven sights?
do not remember exactly, but he
came back TO me and said he had found
only seven sights. They are kept in
small box When he went to the room
he found it had been broken open and
some belts taken. He examined the
boxes and found one sight missing.
With those In the box, in my office and
on the guns, there are sixteen sights.
Redirect: The sight / had was
placed on one of the book shelves be-
hind my desk. 1t was within the knowl-
edge of a number of officers.
Sergeant Weatherby-Am ordnance