The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-27
IS TO Get MONEY.
One Of the Train Of 1895 Claim
ants to be Paid.
JAMES DUREEL THE MAN
A Naturalized American-His Part
and Arrest-Was a Talk-A
Legislative Measure.

Of the many personal claims against
the Republic of Hawaii growing out
of transactions during the revolution
of 1895, one, it is believed, will be set
in favor of the plaintiff. 1t is expected
that the Legislature will be asked to
make an appropriation to be used il
reimbursing or applying balm to the
wounded feelings of James Dureell
The man thus favored out of the
great number alleging grievances and
urging for relief measures is not here T
now. He dropped out of sight many
months ago. Dureell was natural
lied American. He swas born in one
of the South American countries and |
was dark-skinned fellow. He came |
within the meshes of Marshal Hitch
cocks dragnet very early in the dis
turbance of January, 1895. Dureell
was arrested on the 9th of the month, |
the first incident of the uprising hav-
ing occurred on the evening of the 9Th.
Dureell came to Honolulu as steer
| age passenger on the Canadian-Austral
| liam liner WarrimOo in September,
1894. For time he was employed as
| a cook at the Arlington Hotel, he be-
| ing a kitchen mechanic by profession.
| In a few weeks he branched out as the
proprietor of a refreshment stand. The
place was on the Queen Emma Hall
premises, at the corner of Nuuanu and
Beretania streets. Dureell made his
little stand a sort of headquarters for
small conspirators and che ia gam
| blers. A che ia game was conducted
in the small back room, Dureell writ
ing the tickets. The man found his
business a discouraging affair inan-
cially and grumbled all the time, blam-
ing the successors to the monarchy for
| the hard times. He talked restora
ton and plotting fiercely and was very
indiscreet about it, venting his opin-
ions in the frankest of terms to all
corners. He advised natives and others
to make an effort to win back the good
old times. Some of the men who were
watching Dureell made him out about
as blood thirsty as an ardent disciple
Of the commune The fellow was quite
well informed on the issues as stated
in the circles of the corner gossips and
late-sleeping loafers. He could recite
alleged wrongs at the hands of the
missionaries for hours at a time. In
fact he had little else to do. Dureell
claimed to have had all sorts of expert
ences in shaping the destines of coun-
tries and likely made a great impress
ions with the men who loitered about
his place.
So many stories had been brought
to police headquarters concerning the
ferocious utterances of the South AM
erican that Marshal Hitchcock and his
mediate staff thought they had landed
quite a prize when the loud-mouthed
black fellow was behind the bars at
Oahu prison. In DureelFs suit against
the Government he claims that he was
thrown into a cell and was without
food or covering for more than "a
hours. This is denied on direct testi-
mony and from the further showing
that each cell was provided with ham
mocks and blankets and that ratiOns
were served as a matter of routine.
Further, the political prisoners, on ac-
count of their offending and the vari-
ETY. of nationalities involved, were
given better fare snd more attention
than the ordinary boarders in the
Reef establishment.
1t seems that Dureell is to get money
at this day, if the Legislature is will
ing chiefly because he was such an
accomplished talker, and natural ac-
tor. He made the ordinary secret ser
vice men and even some of those on
the Seats of the Mighty" believe that
he was a repository of information that
would do a great deal in the direction
of clearing away some of the deep mys-
terry surrounding several phases of sew
eral chapters of the revolution. The
Marshal at that time, who is now Cir
cult Judge on the Island of Hawaii,
. was perhaps not the only one in auth
GRITTY who thought that Dureell, if he
could be induced or forced to talk
could furnish the key to some of the
deepest and most troublesome puzzles
that worried the law and order and
good government people. A determin-
ed effort was made to secure from
Dureell information that it was fan
to believe or assume he possessed. The
man was not tortured, but the task OF
!, making him talk was gone about in
decisive manner. 1t developed that
Durreel, like many others prominent
both before and after the uprising, was
a mere braggart, talking glibly of things
of which he knew nothing whatever
and presenting, when brought to E
/. standstill, the spectacle of a man whose
mouth had made much trouble for him
Dureel was kept in Oahu prison
about five weeks. Instead of agaiT
taking possession of his little store hi
: sought employment as a cook and oddl.
enough was engaged in that capacity
at the barracks. While here, it i!
. said, he whispered like one of the vii
lians in tom Sawyer" that he would
now have an opportunity to get ever
with the Republic by poisoning all tn
soldiers in one batch, giving the IN
dertakers memorable job Heof cours
did not do this, nor attempt it so IA
as isknown positively In time Dureell
- stock was sold at auction under rem
distraint process and realized less thar
$40, whereas the man had claimed tina
in business way he had been inJure
many thousands Of dollars. He mad
this representation to one of the Con