The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-23
CHARGE AGAINST
G0MPERS MAY
FALL FLAT
Indianapolis Authorities Have
About Given Up Idea Of
Prosecution.
WITNESSES ARE NOT NEEDED
Say Labor Leader Had Close
Shave-NoW Watched by
Secret Service.
WITNESSES ARE NOT NEEDED
.fFrom Mondays Advertissr.)

az do not now believe that Sam
: Gompers will be tried for any compile
ity in the late dynamite outrages, so
do not see why you bother me-" said
Samuel f. Whitman last night to a re-
porter of The Advertiser.
Mr.! Whitman, it will be remembered,
was one of the witnesses at the Indian
apolis end of the Mcnamara conspiracy
who came to Honolulu under bonds sew
eral weeks ago. The other witness
who came at the same time and on the
same steamer, was A. Gustave Geb-
bard, or Gebhart, and who ten days ago
left this city with the expressed inten-
tion of purchasing some cane land in
Maui, but whose present whereabouts is
unknown. Mr.. Whitman declares that
he does not know where Gebbard is,
that he only saw him once in Indian
Spolis, and that it was the merest CO.
incidence that they met aboard the
Sierra some weeks ago.
a. f Permission to Go.
.'Yes,'' said Mr.. Whitman last night
In reply to question, al have permits
sion of the United States authorities
to continue on to Japan, whittier 1 first
intended going, but do not know
whether / will take the next steamer
or the one following it. Anyway, that
is no ones business but my own
1t appears that Mr.. Whitman, who is
n retired Canadian business man, was
originally called before the federal
grand jury at indianapolis some months
ago and questioned about a visit made
by Samuel Gompers to Toronto last
year, as well as visit made by the
same labor official to Indianapolis and
Los Angeles during the past summer.
It also appears that Mr.. Whitman was
!. in each of those cities during the visits
of Gompers, and that labor leader
who has since proved to be one of the
McNamaras was twice registered at the
same hotel, with Gompers.
s- Whitman was summoned before the
secret service men in Indianapolis, and
it was then that he was placed under
bond of $4,000, furnished by Tor
onto bank. to appear before any proper
investigating body by which he might
be called. He came to Hawaii by per-
mission of the authorities at Indian
apolis, and now will continue his trip
across the Pacific az a result of letters
recently received. Speaking to The Adj
vertiser man last night he said that
he would give brief extracts from the
letters received on condition that he
was not further ".bothered.
RJaadad No T,onper
From one of the notes the following
extracts are taken:
''Whiie your bonds will be continued
as heretofore and while you will be
asked to please report to us wherever
you may be within the next six months,
it is not probable that your testimony
will be required here in Indianapolis.
Your deposition is sufficient for our
present needs.
cit was unfortunate that other lines
of evidence did not point to this mans
connection with the case up to the time
of his coming to this city, If we could
have brought over the Toronto wit
nesses and the register of the King Ed
ward hotel Gas you know we had hoped
to do), your evidence as to G's pres
ence in both cities with his eonspiring
friends, would have been sufficient to
have caused his immediate arrest in
Washington.
Thanks for Action.
"T want to take this opportunity,
~ ON behalf of the State and good order
everywhere to thank you for yonr ac-
Ntion in this matter. The fact that You
are by birth and citizenship Canadian
:. makes the reason all the greater why
an American jury should vote Won
thanks, as our 3 have DONE
The other writer, near relative of !
Whitman 3. says in his letter:
& 81 was looking for your return quick |
ly after the authorities heard fully
what you knew. The other day / talk |
ed with Captain Driscoll and he was
sorry but it looks now as if some of |
the big fellows in the A. F.. would not |
get what was their due. But, az he 1
said, they will 'get brave some time
again, and try some more Llewe1lyn
tricks
- GOmpers' Close Shave.
ST don It quite agree with him, for
think they re scared OFF for good by
what g happened to the Mc's. It was
close shave for Gompers though, and
j guess they re keeping better watch
on him now than they do ON the Presi-
dent when he travels.
"Write from Japan and be sure to
let II. know your address by cable. +
saw him today and he is writing to
you"
ADVICE FOR OLD AND YOUNG.