Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-02

| Soon after the occurrence last described above
Mr.. Hutchinson, clerk OF the aforesaid Transit
Company, acting under the orders of the de-
| ponent, accompanied by three men, arrived on
the spot and finding the stolen boat on the
beach, jumped into her, with his, the said
Hutchinson's men. The said Hutchinson then
attempted to shove off the boat and was
ordered bya policeman, with musket, to stop
but no attention being paid to this order, the
man dropped his musket, and called on the
crowd to assist him in taking possession Of the
boat, which, being the strongest party, they
succeeded in doing. The said Hutchinson,
then observing K. Diezman, captain OF the
port of San Juan del Norte,'' called upon the
said Diezman to deliver over to him, the said
Hutchinson, the aforesaid boat, agreeing, at
the same time, to leave in his, the said Diez-
mans charge, the merchandise therein until
the following morning, that it might then be
identified, with the express understanding that
this property was not to be in any other way
disposed of until such examination was made.
The said Hutchinson, together with the afore-
said Sloman, Bulls, and Creighton, having the
three boats in charge then left the port of
San Juan aforesaid on their return to Point
Arenas.
On the following morning, 9th instant, the
said Hutchinson returned to San Juan with the
said Creighton to identify the aforesaid prop
erty, in accordance with the agreement made
with the said Diezman, as above described.
He, the said Diezman, had not the property in
charge, but said he had handed it over to the
marshal The said Hutchinson then ac-
companied the said marshal to house, in the
open yard Of which were some articles which
he, the said marshal" asserted were the
goods in question. The said Hutchinson, find
ing the agreement made between himself and
the said Diezman, above described, had been
thus violated, and seeing that the -four and
other articles taken by the aforesaid Reed,
Magraw, and associates were missing, and that
the wife of the said Magraw was apparently in
charge of the goods, declined making any ex-
animation Of the same, and left on his return
to the point aforesaid. 9
On the same morning, 9th instant, A. ST.
gaud, "mayor of San Juan del Norte,' issued
a warrant for the arrest of the aforesaid Will
liam Sloman, charged with assault and battery
upon the person of the aforesaid Robert Reed,
which was received by the said Sloman from
the hands of the said marshal" The said
Sloman, being in the employ of the aforesaid
Transit Company, requested to communicate
with the deponent, agent as aforesaid, under
whose orders he had acted. The said marshal
then accompanied the said Soman to the office
Of the deponent, and the deponent replied to
the demand Of the said marshal, that, according
to the views Of the company which he repre-
scented, the "authorities Of San uan del Norte'
held no authority or jurisdiction over the terri.
tory known as Point Arenas, and that he
should not permit the arrest of the said Sloman
by them, except it was effected by force and
under protest, upon which the said marshal
departed.
On the afternoon Of the same day the said
marshal returned, accompanied by an armed
force, when the deponent permitted the taking
of the said Soman, protesting verbally against
the act at the time, and notifying the said mar
shall of his determination to send in likewise
his written protest to the authorities of San
Juan del Norten at his earliest convenience.
Now, therefore, the deponent, for and in
behalf of the aforesaid Transit Company Of
Nicaragua, doth hereby publicly and selemnly
protest against the authorities of San Juan
del Norte" and their proceedings as above de-
scribed, in the assistance rendered by them in
harboring the aforesaid Reed, Magraw, and as.
sociates, and receiving the goods stolen by
them, the said Reed, Magraw, and associates,
to the great detriment of the Transit Company
aforesaid, and in sending an armed force to the
territory known as Point Arenas in Nicaragua,
now occupied by the said Transit Company, by
virtue of their charter from Nicaragua, as a
gross and snjusti6able outrage upon the prop.
erty as well as the rights and privileges, of the
said Transit Company, and will hold them, the
=" authorities aforesaid, responsible for all
losses, damages, costs, charges, and interests
which are or may be occasioned by the same.
JOSEPH N. SCOTT, Agent.
Sworn to and subscribed before me- on the
day and year first above written.
sa- JOSEPH w. FABENS,
United States Commercial Agent.
hereby certify that the foregoing protest is
a true copy from the record book Of this
agency.
In testimony whereof j hereunto set my
r, : hand and seal of Office, this 18th day Of
- 81 May, 1854.
JOSEPH w. FABENS.
U. S. COMMERCIAL AGENCY,
San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua.
tB.