The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-10

chief OF the Pnchineha battalion. Colonel Lsissca
ana converses with him ~ some length Aecording
70 tins geniienAns statement ihe assassin. eoa
toya. had bern y,ars Ia the rtkincns,
had always done his duty. ana never gave
the slightest reason for snpponins him
Montoya is a young man Of mbidIe stature
without hair his face. which u perfectly express
msnts following tho psrps s ~ hs TER terrible
deed the guard Of the senate became com.
pleiely disorsani1ed; but Commander faiccni.
who by chance was near al hand. succossicd.
revolver in hand. in reducing them 10 orler.
II is said for fast that the criminal Montoys hss
Pardo had formed part Of conspiracy In which
almost; almost all the ..erseants Of the pinehincha
OF the officers are implicated lie states thai he was
engaged to take part In II by sergeant named Go.
mez Sanchez. who offered to assist him In perletrat
ing the crime but who ut the last moment left him
to himself.
STATEMENT OF THE cuLrRrr.
The Judge, DIR. Arbulu, Immediately proceeded 10
take the preliminary declarations Of the assassin
Montoya. In order to prevent the accumulation vi
crowds in front of the residence cf the Pardo fays
guard of soldiers belonging TO the Ayacncho bat
TALON was stationed in the vicinity ON saturday
afternoon. The wife and mother Of scfor Pardo.
who in the Secretaries Offices of the Senate
fused to give their consent 10 the body remsning In
the Senate hail. had first been proposed. and init
was given them that the body should be transferred
to the house. Orders consequently issued 70
this effect. The operation OF cmbalming the body
was begun at FIVE in the afternoon and terminated al
quarter to nine q olock at night.
VENGEANCE AND SORROW.
The news spread the city with singular
rapidity At first it was hardly credited that such
hideous crime could have been pcrpetrated but when
the truth known the aspect OF the city resembled
that of New York when the death Of Lincoln WA
announced. Men were openly weeping In the streets
all business was suspended flags were dropped to
halfmast and the houses OF the city became homes
OF mourning The President issued proclamation
declaring that the event was national calamity and
ass .n Mond % Win hs aa h,s
of tho law. There seems 10 be no possible doubt
that 1t the result Of conspiracy and the inves
legations now taking place will throw light upon the
matter BY removing the leader Of the civil party his
enemies imagined that disorder would follow tending
toward defeat and separation but the foremost of the
opposing national party loud in their denuncia
tons Of the crime and deny that It could have pro-
ceeded from their partisans. Still II is well known
that there many in that organization who had ut
tered threats against Pardo and II will be remembered
tina. in 1874 and in 1876 attempts made by them
against the life of the whose murder has
been comprised. On account of the alarm which
the murder caused in the city the Saturday after
noon many families sent to bring their children homo
from their schools. The two youngest children OF
Senior Pardo were in college on Corcobado street,
when some one sent to request that his child might
be permitted to return home and the mistress had
already received and complied with several previous
requests OF tho nature, she asked what tho
matter in the city The reply, to tine effect that Don
Manuel Pardo had been assassinated and that .
disturbance imminent. reached the ears Of the
two little sons OF the victim. who throw themselves
Poor little things they had just parted from their
father full of life and health On Sunday night
tho police arrested Ill the street captain German
Astete, who, readers will recollect. com.
manded the rebel ship Huascar in the engagement at
Pacocha 1t appears that the declarations taken by
the criminal 3uage throw much light the affair 80
deeply lamented, and give reason to hope that the
plot will be discovered. The Congress in the
time has decreed the suspension of articles Is 20 and
90 of the constitution, the tenor of which il fol.
lows:-
ARTICLE 49, No person be arrested without written
order from the competent Judge from the authorities In
with the o. public order taken
In fWrdn dit0 In the person arrested must
be placed the disposal of the Court within
hours Of The issuing such order obliged
Arr ~ No person separated from the Republic
from his place OF residence except in execution OF
judicial sentence.
ARr All tho citizens right psaceably
ing public order
On the 18th inst the authorities and public func-
tionares met at three +. NJ in the reception Of
tho palace. and. presided over by the Council OF Min
listers they then proceeded to the residence of the de-
ceased. where they received by the commission
Of the Chambers The body was then conveyed to the
this morning. During this interval of three days
celebrated in all tho churches. This
Cathedral. where the funeral ceremonies took
place. All the members VI the dplomstic
corps present. The funeral GRAFTON was pro-
nounced by DIR. Jose A. Roca At tho end of the i'm
pressve ceremonies the body conveyed to the
President married niece of Mr.. FREDERICK Barreda
former Minister from Peru to the United States
and still resident of New York. Foreigners in Peru
have lost true and generous friend. and the Repub-
lie will find it than difficult to replace the loss
Of such loving son.