The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-02
Mete Riggin Was Killed BY Chilisn Guards.
WhiieOihe Members flhe Baltlmore's Crew
We're Wounded By the Same Oficisls.
Naval officers Warned by Secretary
Tracy TO Maintain DISCREET Silence.
Views from Many Sources as TO the Cause Of
the lll-Peeling Towards the United States
Would Fight for Annexation.


Valparaiso Police Responsible for the killing
and wounding of American Sailors
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The only Chilian
news received to-day by the Navy De-
partment was in the form of cipher dis
patch from Captain Schley. dated valps-
raiso. yesterday. The dispatch. which waf
not translated till o'clock tonight, reads
as follows:
'Petty Officer johnson. IN whose arms
Riggln was killed. declares that the act
was done by the police guard. Apprentice
Williams reports that he was arrested by a
mounted policeman who placed cat-gut
nippers around his wrist and started his
horse into gallop throwing him down.
After that the policeman walked his horse.
Coal-heaver McWilliams was arrested ana
taken 10 prison with cat-gut nippers
around his wrists. and lasso around his
neck. He was bitten in the arm after ar
rest. Coal-heaver Quicley, while tri-
iRg to s,4nsh ssat escape w,P from w6fs the mob
police officer. Apprentice Talbot was
arrested, cst-gut nippers were placed
around his wrists and on the way TO prison
he was struck repeatedly by the police.
Petty officer Hamilton, dangerously
wounded and unconscious. was dragged to
prison. One OF my people trying 20 make
him comfortable was threatened with the
butt of a musket and made TO desIsL My
men in prison were examined secretly,
although / sent an officer TO the court TO
request authority TO allow his presence.
The request was denied on account of tho
proceedings being secret. Before discharge
my men were required TO sign paper, but
before doing il Rinehart asked court
official the meaning OF the paper. lie was
informed that il was mere form stating
that the signer was not engaged In the
trouble. Two are dead. three are danger
ously wounded and about fifteen are
slightly injured. Surgeons believe the
wounded are out of danger"
The seamen whose names are referred to
In the above dispatch are as follows:
Boatswain's, mate Charles Riggin. twenty
eight years old. enlisted ut League island,
Pa, killed; apprentice Francis ID. Williams,
nineteen years old, enlisted at Baltimore,
Md; coal-heaver Patrick McWilIiams,
twenty-five years old, enlisted at Boston;
coal-heaver Joseph Quigley. twenty-nine
years old. enlisted at New York; apprentice
John w. Talbot. twenty years old. enlisted
at New York; carpenter's mate John Hamis-
ton, dangerously wounded, forty-nine years
old, enlisted at New York
In addition TO those mentioned above, &C.
cording TO the dispatch previously received,
coel-heaver VIM. Turnbuil was killed. aged
twenty three. years, enlisted at Boston.
Mass; coal-heaver George Painter aged
thirty years. enlisted at Boston. Mass,
wounded; landsman John Davidson, aged
twenty -four years, enlisted at Norfolk, Va,
wounded.
Assistant Secretary Soley received this
dispatch in cipher this afternoon, and to-
night, after il had been translated, gave it
to the press. When asked If any additional
instructions had been sent tonight 10 Capt.
Schley. he remarked that Captain Schley's
dispatch was all he had TO make public to-
night relating to Chilian affairs.