The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-15

said blomAD, ofter knocking The mha n0a INTO sue
While In the scs - 70 doing the soldiers froD the
station house threate ned to fye on him. Thus Com
PEELED, the said 6lomsn returned to the shore wta
the boat In the meantime the men who had -
capped from the s. boat took refuge II tho ststtcn
house. He, the deponent, doth further solemn1
depose and say, thN the said yawi boat above 90
scribed, together with the merchandise therein.
consisting OF -four corn meal DC. was the properly
Of the Aforesaid Transit Company. and was stolen
kom tie eaid company, Is above described, and
that It was In tho attempt to recover said properly,
and secure the peFsODs OF the offenders, that the
above specified difficulty occurred.
Mr. Hutchinson, clerk Of tho Aforesaid Trs0sis Com
pany, acting under the orders Il the deponent, &C.
compasied BY three men, arrived on the spot, ana
6ndipg tho stolen boat on the beach. jumped INTO
her with his 1.-THE said Hutchinson'sl men. The
said Hutchinson then attempted to shove on thu
ket to stop; but no attention being paid {, this
tie crowd % ns IN 1ss ssS
Of the boat, which, being tho strongest party,
they succeeded niece in doing The said Haschio 2;
him, the said Dsis~an, to deliver over vert to him,
the said Hutchinson, the aforesaid boat agree.
ing lat the same time to leave In his. the said
De zmaas charge the merchandise therein until the
following morning, that It might then be identified,
with the express understar ding that this property
was not to be in any other way disposed OF until
such examination was made. The said Hutchinson,
together with the aforesaid Sloman, Ballis and
left the port Of San JUAN Aforesaid ON their return
to Point Arenas. On the following moraing, 9Th
inst the taid Hutchinson returned San Juan, with
the said Creighton toidentify the esaid property,
10 sccordance it'll the agree ment made I'll ne said
Deizmsp, as above described. He, the said Deiz-
mon, bad not the property in charge, but said ne
had handed it over to the marshal. Inc said Hutch
inson then accompanied the said marshal TO house,
in ha imam ard If wi ycQ
he, the said marshal, asserted were the goods In
question. The said Hutchinson, finding the agree.
ment made between himself and the said Deizman,
above described, had been violated ar seeing that
the cur and other articles taken by the aforesaid
Reid, Nagraw, and associates, were missing, aud
that the wife of the said Magraw was apparently in
charge Of the goods, declined making any examina.
ton Of the same. and left his return to the Point
aforesaid.
On the same morning, 9th inst. A. Sigaud, Mayor
Of San Juan del Norte, issued warrant for the ar
rest Of the aforesaid William Sloman charged with
assault and battery upon the person OF the aforesaid
Robert Reid, which was received by the said Sloman
from the hands Of the said marshal. The said So-
man being in the employ of the aforesaid rransit
ponent, agent, aforesaid, der whose orders he
had acted. The said marshal then accompanied the
said sloman to the office of the deponent, and the
dep0nent replied to the demand Of the said marshal,
that according to the views Of the company which
be represented, the authorities Of San Juan del
Norte held authority or jurisdiction over the ter
litory known a. Point Arenas, and that he should
not permit the arrest Of the said Sl0man by them,
upon which the said marshal departed. On the af-
ternoon of the same day. the said marshal returned,
accompanied by an armed forcs, when the deponent
permitted the taking Of the said Sloman, protesting
the said marshal of his determination TO send in
likewise his written protest to the authorities Of San
Juan del Norte 1t his earliest convenience. Now,
therefore, tho deponent, for and IN behalf Of the
by publicly and soIemnly protest against the sutho
rites Of San Juan del Norte and their proceedings
as above described, in the assistance rendered BY
them in halboring tho aforesaid Reid, Magraw, and
Company Aforesaid, and in sending an armed force
to the territory known ~ Point Arenas, in Mia
ragua, now occupied by the said Transit Company
by virtue Of their charter from Nicaragua, as gross
and unjustifabse outrage upon tho property as well
as the rights and privileges Of the said Transit Com
pany and will hold them, the authorities aforesaid,
responsible for all losses, damages, costs, charges,
ard interests which may Be occasioned BY the same
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day
q, d year first above written.
JOSEPH w.FABESs, U. s. Com. Agent.
COMMERCIAL AGENCY, U. s. AL
San JUAN DEL NORrE, MIC.
hereby certify that the foregoing protest is q
tue copy from the record book Of this agency In
testimony whereof have hereunto set nv hand and
atfixed the seal of my agency, On the 18th day Of
May, 1904.
JOSEPH W. FABESs, U. S. Com. Agent.
GREYTowS, OR SAN JUAN DEL NoRTH,l
June %, 1854.
We. the undersigned, declare that the things
tund IN the boat belonging to the Accessory TT IN
sit Company, on the night Of the 5th Of May last,
which was examined by Mr.: Atcheson, the com.
Iary's clerk, consisted Of nothing more than wear
iIg apparel and that there was no meal, -four,
rice, or any other thing supposed to be belonging
10 ne company. THOMAS S. Conn,
JOHN JAS. MCLEAN,
(tiis mark) RoRERT REID.
COMMERCIAL AGENCY, u. s. Al
SAN JUAN DEL NoRTR, NIcARAGUA.5
by this public instrument of proteet-Be il known
unto all men, That on the 18th day Of May, 1854,
personally appeared before me, Joseph n. Scott,
aqua, who, being duly sworn, did solemnly depose
and say, that on the 9th inst, William Sloman an
empioy6 OF the aforesaid Transit Company, was
taken By force and under protest Of the deponent,
tom Point Arenas, In Nicaragua and carried to the
city Of San Juan del Nortc by persons claiming to
Mosquito flag.
On the evening Of said Gay, he, the deponent, did
proceed to the city OF San Juan aforesaid for the
purpose OF making an attempt to obtain the dis.
charge OF the said Sloman from custody, he being
man whose services were Of great value to the
WS1Is IN TIaas; Company At the time being
FabeDs United States Commercial Agent, after hav-
ing obtained the discharge Of the Aforesaid SlomAn
urder bond. ne, tho dcponcnt, was declared . pri-
charge preferred against him by the marshal Of
the city" OF having, whilst st Point Arenas object
ed to the taking OF the Aforesaid Sloman thercrom
ny the authorities Of the city Of San Juan del Norte
on the ground that the authorities had no authority
or jurisdiction over the said Point The deponent
was then held to bail FOR his appearance for trial
within six days from that date, (6th inst,) which
being Furnished BY the United States Commercial
Agent Aforesaid he was released. Now, therefore,
he, the deponent, doth hereby, in his own behalf
as citizen Of the United States Of America IS well
as in behalf Of the Accessory Transit Company Of
Nicaragua, publicly and solemnly protest against
the Aforesaid authorities ofthe city Of San Juan dol
Norte. for the commission Of the above described
outrage and win hold them responsible for all losses
damages, costs charges, and interests which are or
may be occasioned BY the same.
JosErH N. Scorr, Agent.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and
year hrst above written
JosErH W. FABErs, U. 8. Coml. Agent