The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-16

.he honolulu plantation. The nrose-
eu.ion endeavored to bring out of the
witness that the luna was emnloved IN
supervise the digging I'M of tree
ps' and perforce had to use giant
po"uer. The witness denied that he
nneW OF Soldino's using the explosive.
was also shown that Soldino had al
SO signed the petition already spoken
ouuse davidson made a strong argu-
uent In defense of his clients. Mel
% vi lhem had ever before been ar
oe.eu lor any offense, and if ANYTHING
nau Deen said by Refs on any occasion
~ was only in the heat of passion
Nohe or his hearers however. had ever
'hought II necessary to warn the Con
SUI tnat he was in danger from the
man who uttered the statements at
trlDuted to him. But as both men had
signed a petition to the Portuguese
government asking that a commission
oe sent here to investigate the Con-
SUI acts and further because an at
tempt or several attempts had heen
made 10 assassinate the Consul the
ponce had directed the finger of sus-
plclon toward them"
III they were put under bonds. he
said, 1t would literally mean that they
would or necessity have to go to prison.
DIS tney were poor men and could not
possioIy get any one TO go upon their
pohus' he llkened the present case to
mat or Roman emperor who had a
uredm that some one had tried to kill
MIN, and when he awoke he had the
man searched out and deprived of his
life. The Marshal had such a dream
haI
around Reis and Camacho as the guilty
ones in the attempted assassination Of
Consul Canavarro
The argument of Marshal Brown
tended to show that every action and
utterance of the suspected men for
months had been directed in a menac-
ing way toward the person of the Con
sui, and he believed from the evidence
that they were of revengeful natures
and intended to make way with him at
some time. He admitted that there
was no direct evidence on which the
men could be convicted of the attempt
at assassination, because the men, who
ever they were, fought in the dark,
We're not seen by any one, and were
pledged TO one another not to reveal
thelr crime. Yet, on the other hand
Mr.. Canavarro believed his life in dan
ger at the hands of these men and he
thought they should be put under
bonds.
decision was quickly reached by
Judge Wilcox
i have listened" said he, ito all the
evidence in this case carefully Let me
tell you pointing to the defendants
who stood in front of him), when such
remarks as you have uttered, are
coupled with three distinct ATTEMPTS
to do some injury to Mr.. Canavarro's
house there begins to be a suspicion
against some one. The first time. il
was an Internal machine left on the
Consufs front verandah, which, how
ever, did not explode. Then there was
another explosion, and then the one a
week ago. You have not satisfied me
that Mr.. Canavarro is mistaken in be-
lteving that you have threatened his
life
This is no ordinary case. 1t is an
extraordinary case. 1t is a serious one
and 1t would certainly be a burlesque
or travesty to put you under a small
bond. | will put you under a bond OF
$4,000 in each case, limited to one year.
TO warn you against attempting any
violence whatsoever toward Mr.. Cana
varro." ,l-.,
Up TO late hour last night, no bonds
had been secured, and both men were
IN jail.