Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-24
THE VALPARAISO RIOT.
Judge Fosters Report of the At
tack on American Sailors.


Died of Their Wounds.
New York Herald special
VALPARAISO, CHILL, VIA GALVESTON,
TEXAS, Dec. 22-Judge of Crimes
Foster has concluded his inquiry into
the assault upon the man-o-war's men
Of the United States cruiser Baltimore
in the streets of Valparaiso on October
18th last, and passed the testimony over
to the Procurator Fiscal for his opinion.
The fiscal, CT attorney, in accordance
with the Gillian criminal procedure,
will lay down the law in the case, after
which the judge will give his decision.
have seen the entire testimony.
There are 300 pages of it. 1t goes on to
say that the Baltimore's men, who were
arrested, stated that a citizen and other
parties assaulted them. There was not
the slightest evidence Of Handwriting or
bad treatment by the police.
The seaman Garrett thought, but was
not sure, that policemen stabbed him.
All Of the Baltimore's sailors, with the
exception OF Brown, who appeared to
have been perfectly sober, acknowledged
that they had been drinking.
KEPT WAITING FOR WITNESSES.
Thirty American sailors were arrested
in the first instance. The court of in
quiry was kept waiting for evidence
that was valuable in arriving at any
conclusion because Captain Schley Of
the Baltimore stated that Minister Egan
would procure other witnesses to the
ARRAY.
The judge adds that the inquiry is
now concluded without these promised
witnesses having been produced. Four
| of the accused rioters are held. Gomez,
one of the four, acknowledges stabbing
| Coal Heavier Turnbull three times in
the back. Turnbull received in all IS
wounds in the back, two of which pene-
trated his lungs and caused his death
| shortly after the death of Boatswain's
Mate Charles Riggin.
Gomez, however, while admitting that
he had stabbed Turnbull, asserts that he
was defending some frcndso of his whom
| Turnbull had knocked down. He does
| not think that the stabbing was the
cause of Turnbull's death.
Ahunad, another of the four prisoners,
denies all participation in the assault,
but the evidence Of other witnesses is to
the effect that he engaged in it.
HIGGINS AssAILANT.
/ itoullBucA, lllC bulIu Vi lIlG accused
persons, acknowledges that lie stabbed
Boatswain's Mate Charles Riggn be-
cause RigTin assaulted one of the sailors
Of the Gillian torpedo boat Almirante
Cochrane. Seeing his countryman i'll
treated, Rodriguez plunged his knife
into the American sailor. Riggin, il
will be remembered, after being stabbed
was left to die in the street Petty
| Officer johnson lifted him in his arms
to carry him to a neighhoring drug
store. At that moment, it is alleged by
the Baltimore's men, the Gillian police
came up, fired at Riggin over Johnson's
shoulder and killed him.
Cortez, the fourth prisoner, who is a
Santa Cruz negro, claims that he was
not at all mixed up in the riot. He had
a revolver in his possession, but alleged
that he carried it simply to defend him
self. The judge says that there is strong
doubt as to Cortez's completely in the
affair.
One of the witnesses testified that he
saw three policemen holding Riggin
when he was shot.
Our sailors stories were the same as
they gave aboard the Baltimore after
the assault The evidence of the saloon
keepers and other witnesses was very
conflicting.
These are al the important points in
the report. After the fiscal has reviewed
the testimony and returned it for Judge
Foster to pass Judgment upon it will be
submitted to the Supreme Court for a
final decision.
Every step in the investigation is now
being hurried up by request of the gov
eminent.
cHr1IAN SPIES CALLED OFF.
Minister Of Foreign Affairs Malta has
sent a reply to the letter of the Argen-
tine minister, Senior Urriburn, in regard
to the Gillian police espionage upon the
American legation. Senior Malta prom
ises to withdraw the detectives from the
neighborhood of Minister Egan's house.
but says that he will continue to main
tain the uniformed police around the
legation.
Senior Lascano, former Balmacedan
minister to the United States, and who
suddenly left there for Brazil imme-
diately after the Dictator's overthrow
, arrived at Los Andes yesterday. He
will probably be arrested as soon as he
, arrives in Valparaiso or Santiago.
., The official reports of Generals Cantc
and Korner were published yesterday
. Their accounts of the battles Of Concor
and Placila cotirms the HerdIcl's cabled
statements that 5000 men were killed
! and wounded in lesetwo engagements
: BALMAcEpIsT KILLED BY GILLIAN
CONSUL.
4 Balmaceda's ex-ininister Of the in
+ terror, Godoy, who is now at Lima
/. Peru, refuse to submit to the demand b
& the Gillian congress that he should al
{ pear ut Santiago and answer the accuse
ton in regard to the alleged RESPONSE
bility Of the Junta government for thu
murder Of senior Aldunatc and othe
: l}almaceda officials.
I 4 quarrel took place at Mendoza
!, Argentina, on Sunday between TIL
4 Chilian consul, Senior Torres, and Sal
2 vador Sanfuentes, Balmaceda's gov
:, ernor of Conception. 1t resulted in tn
!. death Of Sanfuentes and the wpundini
i Of Colonel Urrutia, his friend. Til
!. Argentine police arrested Torres.
4 LOCUST PLAGUE AND EARTHQUAKE.
Reports from Naldivia state that til
Il army Of locusts there are continuing t
" do immense damage to the wheat an
g other crops
,e The elections in Tacna yesterda
ii passed off quietly. Don Pedro Donos
1t Nergara was elected BY big majority.
IF Senior Maxine del Campo has bee
9. elected deputy in the department {
IS Traigneu.
to Senior Ladislas Errazuriz, membernc
the house Of deputies, was seized We:
# terday with sudden affection OF In
Is heart while in the legislative chambe
r, at Santiago, but is now nearly reco1