The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-28

! responsible for my action.
/ Cross Examined: Have held COM
! mission as a special from the President
! Marshal Hitchcock and Marshal Brown
! AS a member of Company E was de-
tailed by the President for outside bus
! mess. Had nothing to do with max
/ ing arrests. Received a commission
/ from Marshal Hitchcock in 1894. Held
! this until the early part of the year
! | think; it was renewed by Marshal
] Brown. Have occasionally reported
| to Marshal Brown; sometimes in his
| Office occasionally in the street. When
| | had anything to report l did SO. Nc
one told me to- report to the President
Never reported the sight episode to
anyone because did not think it neces-
sary. The matter was not in the
| Marshal's department consequently
! did not report it TO him. Intended first
! to report it TO the President but did
not because l wanted to await devel-
/ opments. I considered it my duty to
/ the government to correct any evils
which I might see. Communicated
my information to Col. Soper and At
torney Robertson.
l tell the government whatever
consider necessary, there is no dividing
/ line between what / want to tell and
what l do not want to tell. l am not
in the habit of writing anonymous let
tiers, this is the first one l ever wrote.
Have known Captain Good since
June 10, 1892. Was on guard once or
twice during the year I was special.
l have helped make ammunition here
in the building during the time the
Queen was expected to be reseated. |
drew S25 a month during that time as
well as $S5 at the nursery. Have never
limited that | wanted a position in the
executive building; never said l would
like to take charge of the artillery.
After took the sight home I kept it
in my desk; took it to the big house
Tuesday afternoon and did it up and
marked it that night Have visited
Captain Good seldom; probably once in
two months; the Captain has visited
me perhaps once in two weeks but
there was no regularity. Once visited
Lieut.. Coyne at his room when Captain
Good was not here. Called a few
times on Mr.. Greene. Saw no one but
Mr.. Greene. We were all over the
grounds looking at the plants. Never
called on other officers in the evening.
Was on Molokai during the month of
February. May have called on Captain
Good during January and March. More
than once perhaps; can't say how many
times between one and a thousand;
you may take your choice. left it for
Captain Good to guess whether the
sight had been in my possession. Usu-
ally talked with Captain Good in the
presence of other officers.
Sergeant Moore called and identified
as one of the men present during the
/ interview with Captain Good.
One of the strangers at Dodd's cor
ner remarked that Those d-n fools
down at the corner are making fools OF
themselves; they have their guns in
position and their wagons filled with
ammunition in a position that the enc
my could turn them on them" Did
not go into the hotel because 1 could
see no use for it. Supposed that the
men in the hotel had perhaps the
/ same information that the three men
had. Cannot say when | made my
last report. Am not drawing pay as g
! special. Have said to President Dole
that / did not particularly like Col
Mclean. Cannot tell the date of my
| first dislike for the Colonel 1t was
! the first day the Hotchkiss guns were
/ tried at Kakaako when the Colone
bounced Captain Good for something
Have not made practice of telling
/ people that l do not like the Colonel
Don't think the subject has ever beer
under discussion between Captain GOOD
and myself. Have considered the guns
badly guarded ever since they have
! been under the shed because | have
/ passed there frequently at night anC
never heard a call from there Once
called on the President in reference tt
the ammunition for the Austrian guns
wanted the government to procure more
ammunition. This led me to go t
! the President. Did not think any.
thing about it. 1 knew they needed
more ammunition. Reason l did moi
go to the President after removing the
sight was because l wanted to see il
a guard would be put over them after
it was shown that the grounds could
be entered. Learned that there was
no sentry there from the fact that
have been around here at all hours anG
never heard call. Have always beer
friendly to Captain Good Never saiC
anything to him but once about the
guns being unguarded. Said what &
! joke it would be if came in and tool
out breech block He told me l haC
better not do it as l night get shot Il
never occurred to me that by speaking
to Captain Good this trouble could
/ have been avoided. When the impulse
4 struck me to go over the fence l wen
! and came out again. Saw no one t
4 talk to that night Did not know Cap.
tain Good was on guard. Knew nothine
of the Court Martial being ordered un.
/ til 1 saw it in the paper. Cannot say
how often 1 have reported to the Mar.
shall within the past year.
CAPT. GOODS TESTIMONY.
Captain John Good, Jr., the accused
was called and sworn. Have been con.
nected with the national guard prac.
tically since January II, 1893 l called
/ the men in the company Office regard
ing the shoot for the Marlin rifle. Or
May l reduction of pay took place
/ and l called the men into the Office to
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