Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-12-22
CHILEAN BRUTALITY.
Sailor Shields Tells a Sensa-
tiOnal Story.
He Was WOfully Maltreated in
Valparaiso.
The Indemnity Promised Him Is Not
Forthcoming.
Sufficient vessels at San FrancIseO to
Transport $4,000 Troops in Case
OF War with Chile-Egan
Again Insulted.

Associated Press Dispatches.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. 21.--rhe Union
tomorrow morning will contain long
story related by Patrick Shields, en-
gineer of the steamer Keweenaw, just
arrived from Valparaiso en- route from
New York to San Francisco, about the
brutal treatment he received while
in the Chilean city. He says
that on October oath he got
leave Of absence and went ashore
for short time. On his way back to
the ship a couple Of Chilean police
stopped him and said few words he
did not understand; they followed him,
arrested him and took him to Jail. When
he asked what the charge against him
was he was simply kicked and culfed.
He says: "They took me to sort Of
corral where there were a lot OF horses
and put me to work cleaning
the place, shoveling and wheel
ing manure and washing the horses.
Every time | would straighten to rest
my back an officer would strike me with
heavy stick, or thrust a sword against
my breast, and motion Tor me to go on
to work. l was knocked down twice
and late in the afternoon was
so weak from hunger and the
blows that 1 received, that l
stopped for a moment or two, when they
commenced beating me, and saying:
You American you no good They
beat me over the head and back with
clubs, and let me for dead. About
o'clock they again came around, ald
seeing 1 was able to walk, took me TO
the door and told me to go. I started
out to hunt the American
consul, but his Office was locked,
and | went away upon the side of
q hill and lay down on q rock for the
night l had no money. They had
taken it all, and besides was afraid of
my life to 90 through the streets.
Early Tuesday morning came down to
find the consul. 1t was little
after daylight. l inquired the way.
and was again insulted and hustled OF
to the city prison, and went
through the same beatings and
ill-treatment in the stable yard. | made
efforts to escape, but was overtaken and
cruelty beaten, and for days vomited
blood. l frequently asked for the priv
llege OF communicating with the consul,
but was refused every time. Finally |
escaped and sought the protection OF
the consul, who had me taken on board
the Baltimore and put under the sur
geon's care"
Mr.. Shields exhibited several ugly
scars on the head from his wounds,
among which are two long, ugly looking
Jagged red lines on the forehead and one
over each eye. He is still under the
care. One Of the passen-
gers, Mr.. Edmundson, an Eng
lishman, says the Chieans spit
in the Americans faces, and
the latter do not resent, because they
know they would be oyerpowered by
mobs and probably would be killed
Feeling runs high, and war is eagerly
expected and wished for by the Ameri-
can residents.
The consul at Valparaiso inter
coded for him, and q promise was given
by the Chilean officials that indemnify
would be forwarded to San Diego for
Shields, but nothing has arrived. The
officers of the KeWeenaw say that feel
ing among the petty officials and people
OF Chile 10 bitter, but they relate no
new outrages.
The Keweenaw lett for San Francisco ;.
this evening.