New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-15
THE NASSACRE At 10 CANAS.
CRUELTY OF B1MACEDAS TROOPS,

A BAND OF YOUTHFUL SUPPORTERS OF THE
coysurrTIoXAL PARTY BUTCHERED.
VALPARAISO oct. l5.-The ChiIan Times prints the
following details of the butchery at 10 Canas
few DAYS before August IL about 80 young men,
ost NJ em belonging 10 the first families in santiago,
agreed themselves into BODY 70 assist tne
nsr1i~o on August Il nearly all OF them met on the
10 Caaas estate, ten twelve miles from santiago,
er object being TO fall upon ne capital ana ra'se o tns
De pie take IL in OF the Dctators troops pens
withdrawn TO act against the constitutional army a
wretched traitor betrayed them 10 the Dctator. WHO
mcd aely took steps to weak vengeance on the young
snd ardent patriots At q. free. consisting OF
seventy FIVE cavalry and seventy five infantry me Iat
ter being mounted behind the former, left Santisgp
quietly for Lo CAMS At daybpak the houses and
buldlgs on The estate surrounded, and tine oand
Of gallant youths rudey awakened BY discharges
There nothing for ii but to endesvor to escape
by running the gauntlet of fire 10 which they were
exposed from oil sides The first to leave tue spot
were Don Arturo UndnTTags Vicuna, and twelve 0r
more companions and their lives were saved through
the lnstrnmenaty Of roll OF notes oneEea 70 ana ~
eepted BY the soldiers whom they mao the eooo
fortune to meet. Others of their companions welY
is fortunate As they rushed ont OF the buildings
taey found themselves confronted by soldiers and
voice rang out clear above the din to give the UNI
;h Of General Barbosa named Ale1jo San Martin At
the FIST discharge eight OF the young patriots
TitAen or more were shot dead. five six were
wounded and ten twelve were made prisoners; the
wounded were bayonetted and sabred 10 death, ana
Their bodies were mutilated and burned. few hours
later the prisoners were marched of in the direction OF
Santiago but when they were about hall way. orders
were received from the Dictator and larbosa 10 take
them hack y 10 Canas. ON the way back they were
subjected T. all kinds OF indgnities and brutalites
On reaching the estate the manager. Don
wenceslao Aranguiz FOntecilla, was bound TO
tree and was beaten and cut with sabres
and swords 70 compel him TO disclose the hiding place
n Don Carlos Walker Martinez. A. he insisted that
be knsw nothing Of the hiding place Of his employer.
FRS, ore leg and then the other was broken. Paraiin
tas thrown over him and st fire: but the quantity
limited 50 a. to prOlong his agony. which lasted
nearly an hour. In the midst Of his horrible suffer
Ing re appealed to his tormentOrs 10 kill him at once
and put lin out of his misery but they Knocked at and
revled him. The bodies of the remainder OF the
victims were subjected 10 unheardof atrocities Later
o. the greater portion ~ the muiated bodies and "a
mains we're collected and burned All the bodies had
been stripped Of watches. iewery. money and every
thing Of value
The Archbishop Of Santiago accompanied By the
parish priest Of Nunoa and by some Of the superlors
o. the seminary. visited the scene OF the L0 Canas
massacre a few days ago. The Archbishop purposes
taking measures for the erection on the SPOT Of an
s1pistory chapel The prclate put the following dues-
uon 70 little country lass
- NJ girl did yOu see tho young men who were
died hsre?@
4Yes. Father she answered, a. saw them; they
NET and wept7
, The present Government Is making every EFFORT TO
fng TO Justice all who took part in the massacre