The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-30
THE WAR
Fate of a Band of Youths Who
Opposed Balmaceda.
THEY WERE ALL MASSACRED
Their Aims We're to Aid in Freeing Their
Country from the Usurper-Shot
Down by Soldiers.
Lspecial 70 THE HrRA1p-Ekamtner pispatch.

Especial TO THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-In letter received
to-day by the Herald from one Of its special
correspondents in Chill, full details are
given of the massacre au Las Canas, near
Santiago, in August of a number OF young
men belonging TO some of the leading
families OF that city. a few days before
August 10 about one hundred and fifty
young Chiians residing at Santiago agreed
TO form themselves into a body to assist the
Congressional army as soon as 1t should ar
rive IN front of Valparaiso. On August II
nearly all of their number met on the Las
Canas estate, situated some ten or twelve
miles from Santiago and belonging to Senior
Don Carlos Walker Martinez. Their OBJECT
was TO fail upon the capital and STIR up the
people to take 1t in case the dictator with
drew his troops TO act against the Coz
kresslOnal army. Unfortunately for these
youths there was among them traitor who
betrayed them 10 Balmaceda. The dictator
took steps 10 WrSak vengeance on the
young men. ALP p. N. August 10 a force
OF seyenJy-hye cavalry and seVenty-hV6 in
1antry lelt Santiago Tor Las Canas. At
oaybreaK the houses and buildings on the
estate were surrounded, and the band
the discharge of rifles and carDines.
There WAS nothing TO 20 but enoeavor to
escape by running gauntlet OF ire from
ali sides. The nrst TO leave was Don Ar
turo Unduraja Becuta, accompanied by
twelve or more companions, and their lives
were saved through the fundamentally of
3 roll OF notes offered to ana accepted by
the soldiers against whom they had the good
fortune to run. Others OF their compani-
ons were less fortunate. AS they rushed
out Of the building they found themselves
confronted by soldiers and yoice rang
clear out above tue din to give them no
quarter. The order was given by an aide
OF General Sarbosa named Alego San Mar
tin. At the first discharge six or eight fell !,
the remainder attempted to cut their way
out Fifteen or more were then shot dead
and ten or twelve were made prisoners.
The wounded were bayonetted and s8bsred
TO death and their bodies mutilated and
burned. a lew hours later the prisoners
were marched of in the direction of SAT-
uago, but when about half way 10 the cap
ltal orders were received from Balmaceda
and BarbosR to take them back TO Los
Canas. This was done and on the way they
were subjected not only TO all Kinds of in
dlgnities but TO brutalities. On reaching
the estate the manager, Don Wenceslas
Arangulz tontecllla, was subjected to I'M
speaka0le horrors. He was bound to a
Tree, DSaOSu ana cut WIN SaDreS and
swords TO compel him to disclose the hid
ing place OF Don Carlos Walker Martinez,
but he asserted be was unaware of the
hiding place of his employer. First one
leg was broken, then the other. Paraffine
was then thrown over him and set fire to,
but the quantity was limited 10 prolong his
agony, which lasted nearly an hour In
the midst of his suffering he appealed TO
his tormentors TO put him out of his agony
hut they only reVile0 him The bOdieS oF
the remainder of the victims were subjected
to unheard OF atrocities. Some were cut
in two at the middle and suspended by
cords from trees. The bodies were then col
lected in heaps and burned They had
been stripped of everything of any value