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James Carey Lane, ( – February 3, 1909) was a Native Hawaiian revolutionary who took part in the 1895 Counter-revolution in Hawaii. While trying to escape imprisonment, Lane sustained a head injury which left him mentally incapacitated him for the last fourteen years of his life.

Early years

Born at Makao, Oʻahu, Lane was educated at Hauula School and St. Louis College. He held various jobs as a clerk, and from 1893 to 1900 farmed near Honolulu.

James Lane was one of 12 children born of William Carey Lane (1821–1895), a Irish sea captain, and Mary Kukeakalani Kahooilimoku, a Koolau chiefess. Born in County Cork, Ireland, his father was said to be a descendant of Irish kings. Lane's grandfather, a staunch Catholic, had forfeited his lands and move to New York, taking his son William with him. William Carey Lane later ended up in Hawaii where he married a Hawaiian chiefess. Kukeakalani was the daughter of Kukanaloa, a member of King Kamehameha I's court who served as the keeper of the kings's personal war canoe.^{[1][2][2][2][3]}

Military service

James and his brothers, Lot and John, were members of Queen Liliʻuokalani's personal guard at ʻIolani Palace. They were avowed royalists, and the Lane brothers were among those who participated in the counter-revolution in 1895 against the Republic of Hawaii with the hope of restoring her throne and indigenous rule.^[4] He was captured during the Battle of Diamond Head along with Harry Bertleman, a fellow insurgent. He was suspected of murdering Charles L. Carter, one of the 13 members of the former Committee of Safety, the charges were reduced to treason instead.

During his incarceration in the Honolulu police department,

"Excerpt from Record of Trial of Samuel Nowlein, Henry F. Bertlemann, Carl Widemann, William H. C. Greig, Louis Marshall, W. C. Lane and James C. Lane before the Military Commissions January 18, 1895"

• http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/27609902/

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• Lane's Break Is Insane and Makes an Attempt to Escape, The Hawaiian star., January 23, 1895, Page 3, Image 3
• An Insane Rebel James Lane Tries to Escape and is Knocked on the Head, The Daily bulletin., January 23, 1895, Image 2
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• Skull Chipped - James Lane, the rebel in the insane asylum, is yet in a bad way physically. He has his mind back again, but his head hurts. And no wonder. The blow on his skull chipped it. The chip may grow into place, but it is doubtful if Lane is ever again entirely well.
• James Lane is still at the asylum. His sentence has not been read to him and may not be until Monday. He will first be brought to the station house and from there transferred to Oahu Prison.
• About James Lane

• Political Prisoners Pardoned
• Clemency

• For Treatment Abroad

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Sunday, January 6, 1895: Honolulu was alive with rumors of rebellion.1 An attempt was underway to unseat the Republic of Hawaii and restore the Hawaiian monarchy, which had been ousted two years before. In the summer and fall of 1894, forces loyal to deposed Queen Liliuokalani stored arms and ammunition around Honolulu in anticipation of the revolt.2 On Saturday, January 5th, bands of native Hawaiians entered Honolulu from outlying districts, concentrating at Palama and Waikiki. Led by Robert W. Wilcox and Samuel Nowlein, the uprising was set to begin just after one o'clock on the morning of January 7th.3 Arms had been landed in a small schooner off the coast of Diamond Head and cached in the Waikiki home of Henry Bertelmann, a royalist conspirator. But Honolulu police pre-empted the rebels' plans. On the night of January 6th, police Captain Robert Parker led a squad of six officers to the Bertelmann home. The police inspected the grounds until they came upon an old canoe-house in the rear. There, they encountered a band of armed men.4 They exchanged gunfire. Representative-elect Charles L. Carter, who had joined the posse, was shot and later died of his wounds. The man who shot him, a rebel named Jim Lane, put a gun to Parker's head and fired. But an officer poised nearby knocked the gun away in time for the bullet to barely miss its target. Lane, Bertelmann, and another rebel were captured as the rest fled along the beach and through the woods toward Diamond Head, with the police in hot pursuit.^[5]

• Jose, Wray Anthony Francisco (1982). "The Manuel Reis Case". Hawaiian Journal of History. 16. Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society: 134–148. hdl:10524/232.