New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-03

IA SAN jas DEL NoRrE, Nicaragua. !
10y this public instrument OF protest. DC II known nn.'
MI men that on this day OF May A. H. 1893, person
sy appeared Joseph n. Scott agent of the Accessory
1rausit Company of Nicaragua, who beng duy sworn
did so,mny depose and say That On The evening Oh fr'-
day 9TH inst, about the hour OF II T. NJ W.idn
CREIGHTON uiate of the steamer IL. H. Huiwer, belonging
TO the aforesaid Transit Company being az MAJ time al
Tho s,id onrpuv station at Point Arenas, did observe
four m, in the OF loading yaw boat belong ny L"
the said Company, with merchandise ana suspecilng
something wrong consequence ol the aleess oi to
hour Ola thereupOn notify the deponent OF the iact.
The said Creighton recognised the aforesaid men ne
Robert Reed j. Magraw and two others names unknown
but all the time previously employees oil tnc saiu
Company. he deponent Immediately proceeded 10 me
SPOT bu the boat was al some distance from the beach at
the lime of his arrival lie hailed the boat calling upon
the said Reed, by name 10 come back Inc parties ~ INC
boat made reply although they were within easy hal-
Dg distance, and Their voices were heard iro INC snoe
apparently exhortng another TO push on Tie, the de
pOnont, finding that no attention was pald ~ o n' ~
the boat 10 his command, at once upulcheu scCVA
boat manned by William Creighton, Robert buihs ana
Wlam Soman all employees OF thu SAID TRANSIT company
in pursuit. n. Ana. .L.,o,
her couse Tor the City of San Juan del Nore and arrived
there before second boat portion OF the men sue
ceeded III leaving her before the pursueis Feaeheu he
spot. One man. the aforesaid Reed, was found IN me
boat and. while resisting the attempts OF the aigTeSu
Sloman him. he struck upon TIE mead 10y he
SlOman , -,
The said Sloman, after knocking the man Reed into The
water attempted shove the boat oil shore, and while
the act OF so doing the soldiers from the
man rrturned TO the shore with he boat. In the
fine the men who had escaped from the first boat TOOK
refuge Il the station house
that the yawl-boat above described, together with the
merchandise therein. consisting OF -four corn meal
nas the propeTt, of the aforesaid Transit company ana
was stolen from the SAID company as above descrOed
and that ii in the attempt - recover saId properly
and the persons OF The oiendofs "' o "oo c
specified difficulty occurred. =,
Soon after the occurrence last described above NJ
Hutchinson clerk the aforesaid Transit Company a;
ing under the .ordeis OF the deponeht accompaneI ~
three men, arriv the spot and hnding the stolen O""
on liz beach jumped her with his the said hutcLin
ron men, The said Hutchinson then ate mped 20 soNe
I'll the boat, and ordered by me po;cein4n WIKI
nu,ke TO stop but no attention being paid to this orle
the nan dropped las mUske and called on me cTo"l %
assist him IN taking possession Of The boat WHICH, oe'us
the strongest party, ihey succeeded III DONG. -.
The SAID Hutchinson, then observing r D!ez hai,
CSItn Of the port Of San Juan del NorIe called upon
the sald eznGn TO deliver over 10 hun the saii ue'
the aforesaid boat agreeing at the same tune 10 leave
IN has the zman charge tho merchandise therein
until the ioOwin. morning that might then be ieuneI
with the express understanding that tins property wa MOI
be III any other way disposed Of gnt such examination
made. The sand Hutchinson togeher with the aforesaid
Soman Bulls aud Creighton having the three boats in
charge, the eit The of Juan aforesaid Their
return 10 Point Arenas.
On the following morning. 9TH instant the said Huohn-
son returned 10 Juan with thu sail Creighton len
gy the aforesaid property, IN accordance with the
meut made with said Diezmgu above described He.
the saa Dezman, had not the property IN charge but
raid b. had handed II over TO the " AaIshal The sad
Hutchinson !cu accompanied The eaid Marshal 20 house,
in the omen ytr OF which some ortcos which ne the
said "M9shai asserted were the goods IN question.
The sad Hutchinson finding the grCtrent between him
and the above described hal been thus
violated and seeing that the -four and other articles taken
by the aiooad iced MlgrGw, and h'N associates were
nusng and tina, Toe wife OF the SAID Magraw was appsr-
outly In charge 81 the goods declined making any exam
nation the same and LETT his return 10 the point
aforesaid,
On the morning 9TH inst, 4. Sgaud, Mayor OF
'San Juan uol Norte issued a for the arrest Of
the aforesaid William Sloman, charged with assault and
battery upon the person Of tn Aforesaid Robert Keel
which received by the said Soiasn from the hands OF
fhe saii Marshal" The sand Sondn beng IN ne en-
ploy Of .hc a'orl tr's.- Conpa1y .ass.r o e
iuncaie with ne l,pouc.. agent ~ ai'rtsari uh!e'
whose orders b." bad scted Tho sla Har'Aa. men "'-