The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-18
n II SIDE.
Berbarities ut Navassa laid to Have Pro.
vOked the Riot.

Barbarities ut Nav.ssa ssid to Have Pro-
vOked the Riot.
B~ALrnBoRk Nd, Oct 1.-THE steamer
Pirate has arrived here from Kingston,
Jamaica, bringing with her . COPY OF the
Jamaica Post Of October l. which pub
hshes Q full story OF the riot recently ON
already been published In the United
States. the Post contains Q statement
from Charles Davenport one OF the ne.
different face on the trouble. He says:
anne 10 the island a. . car boss. aud from
the men. After Superintendent Upton
died, on September s, Mahon punished
four or five men daily. This demorali1sd
the men and he had neither method nor
discipline. He punished them by placing
them in stocks, h~andcufing them and
hanging them up by the hands" Daven.
port goes on to tell about the cruelty
practiced by Mahon against q man who
had been in the hospital for twenty
days. 'When the sick man was
discharged from the hospital Mahon put
him at work, for which his condition was
not ft So he objected, m MahOn toOk
him by the neck and shook him
severely, and took him back to Jail. when
Jones tied bin up. About 1880 the doctor
let him down. but Mahon tied him up
again and took the keys Of the handouts.
but DR.. Smith had him taken down again
and had the handouts cut Of DR.. Smith
vas generally recognized by the men as
superintendent but in fact everybody was
boss. for the men had orders issued by
Roby. DR.. Smith and others as superin-
tendent. Next morning Roby had a col.
fiict with two lnen named Phillips and
Francis. Fifteen minutes after that the
a men came down and Robinson. who
was the spokesman, demanded to see the
superintendent. They said to Smith, who
claimed to bs the superintendent, 1--WE
want to see you with regard to the treat
meDt of this mantle man who was tr;csd
by Mahon. We are American citizens and
not slaves. Smith made the men go TO
their quarters at the point of a gun. Halt
an hour later all the white men had their
revo!vers and gun in their hands. They
called on the men to come up. Jones was
the foremost and the men flied out and
came over, and they were called of man
by man. DR.. Smith was the eff .ers'
spokesman, and he and they held cooked
revolvers and guns. As each man filed past
he was asked: Are you willing to work!'
Yes Then pass on When James
Phillips came along he said: YES, if
am properly treated Mr.. Jones imme-
diately jumped out at him and put a pistol
to his head. Don't move.' he said. or l'll
blow your brains OUT He shot with the
last word ard Phillips fell. shot through
the jaw. The men, about 100 in all. then
picked up stones from the rOad and threw
at the officers. The latter retreaied and
got under cover, while the labOrers picked
up the pistols that fell. The white men
began firing upon the men again. About
two O'Clock they ceased firing. DR.. Smith
then came out and said: Men, there Is
a vessel in the harbOr. You a 60 to
Kingston or England in it We Won't
exercise any further control over YOU
The men said: NO. we want all
the ammunition so you can't harm US any
mOre.' Stones began to he thrown again
and some ran toward the dynamite house.
What occurred then l on know, for I
went to my shanty. That was about fou
O'Clock, and about five l heard dynamite
explosions and from some of the men who
came uD l learned the officers a sur.
rendered. After the officers surrendered
three of them were murdered. Foster was
killed by Henry Jones and Mahon n
Fales were also shot, but l did not see
these deeds. 1t would have gone hard
with the remainder had not Henson and I
stood guard over them. They got proper
treatment. but because of this action Of
ours and the feeling OF dislike the men
took to US in we thought it
best to come away from the island, know.
ing we would not be sure Of our lives il
We remained