The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-24
COLONEL M'LEAN
GIVES TESTIMONY
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sergeant, First Regiment, y. G. H. The
first time I knew about the missing
sight was when Col. Mclean asked me
to get him a sight from one of the
Austrian field pieces, he wanted TO
study the graduations Of the sight.
removed one from the Waikiki end of
the building He told me he could do
nothing with it without the key. Was
present when Captain Good reported to
Colonel Mclean that the sight was
missing Captain Good said the sight
was on the gun the day before. Looked
at the field pieces the day the sight was
reported missing and found seven
sights-but one missing. Next thing
Col Mclean sent for me and asked /
how many sights there We're and [ told +
him siXteen-seven on the guns, one in /
his office and eight down stairs. Next /
day Col. Mclean asked me to investi- /
gate and ascertain the number, and
found one missing from the box. Later, /
one was found in the yard and handed
over to one of the nOn-cOmmissiOnedl
officers Investigated the affair of rob-
berry and found a staple drawn. I re-
paired it. It has been broken into
twice since then. Did not discover any
thing but belts taken from the room at
that time; would not have known it
but for the fact that saw some of the
men wearing new belts Took account
Of stock before Col. Mclean came here,
but have not since, except the time
Col Mclean ordered me to. There was
no suspicion cast upon Captain Good
for breaking open the door.
CrOss-EXamined: Do not remember
q IncS nf
! the sight; think it was the third Tues
| day in May. Went to the storeroom
and found seven sights. Learned that
the sight had passed through several
| hands to Captain Good. Do not know
| whether the sight was lost before /
| gave the sight to Col. Mclean or not
| The third break was four or five
months ago. Presume the sight was
| found in the yard about this time
| When the Colonel asked me how many
| sights I had l told him sixteen, and
where they were. Captain Good was
present with the Colonel. Good wanted
me to count sights with him. Later he
! met me in the hall and said that was a
| good time to look at the sights. Knew
| before this that there were but seven
! and reported it to the Colonel. Captain
Good did not bulldoze me, but came in
| a proper manner. There is very little
| difference in the sights, except the num-
| bers. l saw a sight on the table during
| the Court of Inquiry, but do not know
| that it was the one found in the grass.
| Generally examined the guns three or
| four times a week, sometimes every
day. I recollect Captain Good asking me
to have frequent examination of the
guns, and 1 told him I would. Cannot
say whether the sight in Col Mclean
Office is the one gave him or not.
Redirect: Captain Good never told
me that a sight had been given him.
| Had two conversations with Captain
| Good at his request. There was one
| sight missing when 1 talked with Cap
| tain Good, but I was not aware of it.
| In conversation with him he told me
he knew the sight was on the gun the
| day before. Had not counted the sights
| in the basement when the Captain
! spoke to me. In the first conversation
he asked me about counting the sights
| in the basement. Don't remember his
making any remark of surprise when
| he found the sight missing. Was told
not to ask him any questions. I am the
only person entitled to the possession
! of the sights. The lock on the door
| was a common Yale paddock. There
was no trouble to pull the staple out or
to conceal the fact of the place having
been broken into. | discovered it be-
cause the parties had not taken the
trouble to close the door. Met Captain
Good and Col. Mclean at the steps
when the conversation took place about
the missing sights. Never remarked to
the Captain that I was feeling a bit
| Shakey and would go and look for the
| sights.
Sergeant Taylor sworn: Found
| sight belonging to an Austrian field
| piece five months ago under the banyan
| tree; turned it over to Sergeant Car
| lyle. Same day Captin Good spoke to
me about finding it. 1t was the same
! kind of sight as the one there.
! Cross-Examined: Do not know where
| the sight came from; do not know
! whether it came from Sergeant Wealth
! erby's locker or not. Think the guns
! were cleaned that day by Company F.
! Sergeant Carlyle sworn: A lost sight
was found in the yard and turned in to
me by Sergeant Taylor. He told me he
had found it under the banyan tree.
1t was like the one you have turned
| 1t over to Captain Good. Do not re-
member what he said Afterward I re-
ported the matter to Lieut.. Coyne I
should have done this first, but Lieut..
/ COyne was not there
Cross-Examined: Think it was about
i've months ago. Fix the date by the
fact that we were talking about organ
lzIng a team at the time. Am not sure
that the guns were cleaned that day:
impression is that something was done
to them about that day or the day he
fore.
Sergeant Moore-Am first sergeant
of Co. f. Sergeant CARLYLE came into
Captain Goods Office one day and hand
ed sight to the Captain. Said it was
found outside. 1t was laid on desk.
That's last I saw of it.
Cross-eXamined - Had charge of
! Guard On the daN sioht was found