Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 79, 20 December 1893 — Statement of George J. Cavanaugh. [ARTICLE]

Statement of George J. Cavanaugh.

i Relating to His Arrest by Hitchcock's Spies on Fnday the isth Inst. At 11:30 p.m. Iast Friday night I left tbe Commercial Hotel, where I atteud bar in the haek of Niok Peterson, intendiug to ! go to the residence of AttorneyGenerai Petersou on Pensacoln Street. When ive passed Kinau Street, I noticed outside the residence of Minister Colburu two hacks and a bugg\\ I told the driver to tum into Kinau Street for tbe pnrpose of ascertainiug what the carriages vrere doing there at that time. I made a note that the hacks were No. 75 aud No. 180, aud I learued from enqui r i e s that the buggv T belonged to Captain of poliee L. Andrews, and that the hacks had been ecg.tged to bring a number of poliee officers to Mr. Colburn’s house whieh was being raided for fire arms. There were no drays though to bring away the arms whieh the poliee expected to find. Wo drove down Victoria street, and at the corner of £eretauia street we were stopped by a yonug poliee officer who informed us that he had orders to arrest Niek Peterson and make his report at the station. At this time Captain Klemme passed by and in respouse to a question uf Niek he answered that “everythiug was all right.” M'e then drove to the station where we were told that we were not wanted. TVe went to Nick’s hackstand and tried to telephone to Attorney General Peterson, but failed. We proceeded again on our way to Mr. Peterson’s house. Outside the Central Union Church, we were hailed by Captain Klemme, and George Wilson who asked who was in the haek. and when thev saw me told me that I was wanted by the poliee as I was suspected of packiug guns around. I did not thiuk that Le was serious, and we drove off withont being molested. and went to 3Ir. Peterson’s house. I found Mr. Peterson asleep, and woke him up. and told him abont the raid on Colburn and that the poliee claimed that three rifles and a 1000 rounds of ammunition had been found, and that the poliee expected to find more at dayligbt. Mr. Peterson seeraed to take the matter as a langhing matter and paid little attention to it. I staid for abont an hour speaking about some business of my own. On leaving the premises and turning into the street a polieeman on horse-back known to me as Man*-Ann—stopped us and asked Niek if he had any guns in the carriage. On receiving a negative auswer he insisted on searchingthe carriage whieh he was permitted to do, and he and another officer (on foOt) looked around and got it where the ehieken got the aie? Tho officcr then madc w * a proposition to search me whieh I refnsed to let him do and as he insisted I told him tbat I would kiek the bead off any man who laid his hand on me withont a legal warrant. I was then told that I must go to the Station to whieh I agreed. A polieeman *

jnmped into the haek and two others on horseback escorted ns. Abont ten officers were aronnd the premises coming seeminglv from holes and corners. When we ■ were arrived at the station I was invited to enter and I accepted the invitatiou. 1 was conducted to the deputy Marshal’s office ' where I found T. B. Murray and ■ Capt. Klemme. The first named I poliiieiau expressed his grief in seeing me at the station,andI suppose it was genuine—as I had | just heard him sing out to some bwly not to waste time, bnt to 1 bring mo “down"—presumablv to ! a eell. They told me tbat there were 60 guns found at Colburn’s house, and that they wonld put their hands on 30 rnore in the morning. They also told me that I there were two spies concealed i nnder Mr. Peterson's honse who had heard my conversation with that geutlemau. My answer to ; this was siraply “Rats.” Seuior Captain Lorrin Audrews eame into the office now and desired to know why I bad gone to Mr. Petorson, what I took there, what there was in the box, what we did, what Urms we carried, and several other similar qestions. I answered him that I went to Mr. Peterson ou ray own private business whieh was j none of the Senior Captaiu’s. That I “took” there a horse and a carriage, and a driver named Niek besides myself. That I hadn't seen any box in our carriage and that if his spy reported so, he shoukl have stopped while the box was there and not after. (In this the Senior Captain eoncux*red describing the spy as a d- -d fool.) That I spoke with Peterson and also tasted his whiskey, aud that the onlv anns I carried was a bottle of whiskey, whieh migbt be ealled a deadly weapon. I was told to remain iu tho Marshal s oflice until the captain should return, and I was left in charge of Mr. Murray of League fame and Klemme, or they in my charge, I don’t know whieh. We had now been about 40 minutes in the Station bouse, and I had npt been searched yet. I was then called into another office, where tbe captain again plied me with questions. I told him that it was getting rather monotonous to be rnn in without any charge being brought against me, or without any search being made of my person, and detained for so long a time. He answered that he did not wish me to be searched, but he would have liked the Marshal to speak with me, bnt as that oāieial was asleep and very tired he did not feel like waking him up, bnt I eoukl go home and he would ask me to eall on Mr. Hitchcockthe following morning at 8:30. I then left after having been detained for about an hour like a criminal and held up on a public road after the fashion of regular highway men. Geo. J. Cataxacgh.