Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-30

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CHICAGO, Nov. Probably the
most intelligent consecutive account
yet received In this country regarding
the Chilean massacre OF the United
Stves steamer "BaltimOrc'sn men
reached here today In letter from one
Of the officers, y. w. Wells, to his
father, writing under date Of October
10Th, from Valparaiso. He told 0f the
exciting occurrences and said that the
mcu had had no liberty ashore since
the middle OF August until the day OF
the massacre, and were 0uly granted IL
then after the captain had requested
the police 10 protect the men IN case Of
any trouble ON shore. The men went
ashore aud sirolled about quietly aud
orderly.
About O O'Clock BoatswAin's Mate
Rirgiu, one OF tho best men In the
crew, had words with Chilean sailor;
another OF the "Baltimorc'an men
came up and said something, when the
Chilean Hpat in his face, and was
promptly knocked down. This started
the row, and soon the two men
were surfounrd by n crowd Of Chilean
sailors, fOughs and bOalmon, out.
numbering them forty 10 one.
Rlggin was stabbed aud sank 10 the
ground. The other man, fearing n like
fate, started b. run, but was pursued
anl stabbed In the back seven times.
Another man cnine along aud picked
ltiggin up TO carey him away, when a
squad OF police fired and n bullet passed
through the shirt OF man carrying
Rlfgln, and piercing the latler'a neck,
lodged andor the shoulder blade. The
other man, seeing the brutes loading
again, dropped ltlggIn and ran. The
next heard Of Itiggin he was seen Ia n
cart, dying, while ~ crowd OF Chiluaus
applied eplthets. Ho diod In n short
time.
Tho "Bnltimore'sD officers found
people who could identity tho police.
man who did the shooting.
About y. m. another mnD was
brought oil stabbed Ia tho back, one
wound penetrating the lung. All night
bowling mob Weru alter the "Bnlu.
morcian sailors, caught them aingly
and hru,ally heat aud stabbed them.
There were u Ainiber In the hospital
badly wounded when the letter was
written, nnd "a number who escaped
with slight cuts and brulscs. In fact,
~ tho young officer said, the sick
list tho day after was bad enough
Tor n regular battle. lie expressed
tho utmost Indignation, saying that
the affair was brutal and cOwarily. lie
" sure that our boys were set upon
without warning, and eayg "Don't
l0se sight Of the fact that Riggin was
shot by policeman while dying from
a stab wound.D
Several other fnen, while running Ia
save thclr lives, were cut ut by oiiicem
with their swords. Tho men were hold
up AMI robbed In broad daylight In the
Htrcots OF VALPARAISO, ana one OF the
"Baliimorois" officers, walking down
10 the landing, was spit at. Besides all
this, there were a dozen other things,
such ~ splitting nj the llag OF the "Bnl-
iimorc's" boat while II was nj the
landing, kicking the Inon Ia the boats,
| etc.
The night u the fight one man was
70 hard pressed that hn Jumped oil the
landing, and stones were thrown nj
him while no was la the water When
a boat from AN American merchant
ship tried 10 pick him up II was driven
back.
The young officer adds that from all
rcporls the police abettod the whole
affair.