The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-04
SaVatiOl Army People Have An
other Trial.
DISMISSED BY DISTRICT JUDGE
Evidence of Prisoners and Police
at Variance But Two
Officers Tried.

Captain Zimmers, Lieutenant Viola
Monroe and six other members of the
Salvation Army were up for trial in the
police court yesterday morning on the
charge of being a common nuisance by
obstructing a certain public highway.
In the case OF. the six privates in the
army nolle prosequi was entered and
tbs defendants discharged. The two of
ficers alone were held for trial Mar
shall Brown appeared for the prosecu-
ton and Messrs. w. R. Castle and J.
Q. Wood for the defense.
The first witness for the prosecution
was Officer Wills, who testified that he
had arrested the defendants according
to orders from headquarters, which
were to the effect that in case the Sal
walton Army held meeting at certain
places, such as the corner of Hotel and
Nuuanu avenue, and refused to move
on when warned, they were to be ar
rested and taken down to the police
station. Wills further stated that the
locality mentioned was crowded with
people shortly after o'clock on Sat
urday night while the Salvation Army
was singing a hymn-so crowded in
fact that neither carriages nor pedes-
TRANS could get past.
Gus Cordes, sworn, testified: Defend
ants were arrested on Hotel street near
Nuuanu avenue, shortly after o'clock
on Saturday evening, October 31st. 1t
was very large meeting that was be-
ing held and the street and sidewalk
were crowded. Officer Wills spoke to
not hear what he said. On Saturday
nights there is usually a large crowd
| around in the vicinity where the Sal
walton Army took it's stand on the
night of the arrest. Most of the driving
is done around there. No, 1 did not
hear what Wills said.
Cross-examined: l was there about
o'clock The Salvation Army was
standing by the saloon. don't remem-
Der anything about my conversation
with Wills. Think 1 heard him say
something about making an arrest. He
went over toward the army and 1 fol-
lowed. There must have been between
40 and so people standing on the side
walk. There were a lot of carriages
passing by on Nuuanu avenue, but not
on Hotel street, where the army was
standing. No, l can't say that l en-
joyed the music. The crowd was not
disorderIy There was one drunken ma
tive standing near by, and thinking he
would be safer in the police station, [
arrested him.
Attorney Wood-Mr. Cordes, 1 want
to know about your conversation with
Wills. You say you don't remember
distinctly anything about it?
Cordes-Think Wills said something
remember exactly just what he said.
After few questions by the court
w. r. Castle made a motion to dis
charge on the grounds that looking at
the case from a point of law the de-
PENDANTS were not guilty of common
nuisance. After adducing his reasons
and after having been answered by the
prosecution, the motion was denied
and the defense proceeded to place it's
witnesses on the stand.
Adjutant SimOnson, sworn, stated: l
was with the army on Hotel street on
the night of the arrest No crowd fol-
lowed us as we marched from head
quarters around on Nuuanu avenue,
King, Fort and Hotel streets to a po-
sitiOn near headquarters again. The
police came up just as we had arrived
there. The crowd came with the police.
There might have been between 40 and
so people. The street was not damned.
CrOss-eXamined = There was plenty
of room for hack to pass. 1 always
look out for that part of it. The lower
side of the street was clear
Then followed a dispute between W.
R. Castle and Marshal Brown about
the situation of the saloon in the vi
cinity of where the arrest was made,
the former declaring they were opposite
each other and the latter insisting upon
their being diagonally across. How
ever, the matter was amicably settled
and smile passed over the faces OF
all present.
Captain Zimmers, sworn, stated: The
officer, when he stepped up to address
us, said: Il have orders for you not to
hold meeting on this street tonight.
l told him we were not going to move
on, and that we were going to hold
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blockade the street. The four corners
of Nuuanu avenue and Hotel street
were filled as we went by the first
time. They did not all come over when
we took our stand for the meeting. Yes,
l think that Officer Cordes did draw on
his imagination when he affirmed that
there WAS q large crowd there