The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-20
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Johnson and Laagin: "Those bring to nv
mind number of incidents which admit of
no other course butito reject their evidence.
Johnson deposes he had Higgins head on
his breast, when two shots were fired on
the group formed by them, and they pro-
duce as proof a neckerchief and sailors
shirt pierced by bullet. If this had been
so is it possible a rifle ball, which can per-
forate several persons, would not have
touched hima If what they assert be true,
they ought to have
EXHIBITED THE BLOOD STAINS
which must have remained on the shirt.
In all his depOsitiOns Johnson forgets this
incident which would have given a greater
cooring of truth TO his assertions He
then asks: ''Is it possible to believe
themW The plain answer to this question
is the unquestioned fact that a bullet
passed diagonally downward through the
loose shirt of Johnson and into Higgins
neck. 1t could have done so and passed
two inches from his breast.
IN the case of furnbull there is much
conflicting testimony, but on the strength
OF the admission of Carlos Gomez that he
used knife against Turn bull, and the evil
dence of two witnesses that Jose Ahmuha
ln1lcGed blows on the Americans and that
FREDERICK Rodriguez stabbed Riggin, they
md them guilty, but add there is no evil
dence TO show that Turnb ulPs death was
caused by wounds inflicted by Carlos Go
mez. John Davidson, Baltimore sailor.
Is found guilty of hitting with a stone an
armed CHILEAN sailor who was knitting an
American sailor.
THE FINAL FINDINGS
are as follows: II ask the court to con-
denim FREDERICK Rodriguez to a minor pun
lshmeDt in the minimum degree of from AS
70 oOO days; Carlos Gomez, to minor pun
lshment IN the minimum degree for three
years; John Davidson to prison in the me-
dunn degree from ten years to fifteen
years: Jose Ahmudha TO prison in the me-
dunn degree of from three years and one
day to five years.
A gentleman who understands the Chill
ian people and government pretty well,
says: sit is difficult to say what is the mo-
tive OF some OF the governments conduct
unless 1t be war. Some things can be ex-
planned away and some other things can't.
sometimes they seem
BENT ON MAKING DIFFICULTIES
and adding insult to insult. They have o
very good opinion of themselves and fancy
they are very great diplomats, but seem to
oare precious little for the diplomatic
rights of others. Among some of them
SO says my informant, 1.-THE opinion pre-
walls the United States would not condo
scend to fight so inferior a foe, but
among very many others there exists an
insane belief she dare not do sou
One OF the latest disclosures is the cur
lous fact that Thompson, the correspondent
Of the London Times, is trying to sell the
Chlllan government a man of-war. This
man Is acting in other directions. 1t Is he
who caused to be inserted in the Gillian
papers selections from a lot of European
journals to the effect that the United
states have no navy worth noticing and
Chilli could with no trouble at all sink all
her ships and levy contribution on San
Francisco. The Chilians, when pressed
hard, are forced TO admit they would of
necessity be
COMPELLED TO SUBMIT
to the United States in the end but that
they would be temperate, however, and they
would be let down very easy by their sn-
periOr diplomacy.
The Gillian feet has had steam up for the
last three or four days and they have more or
less torpedo practice every day. The
authorities now give out that the ships are
to go TO the south for exercise 1t is a
generally accepted rumor though that thew
have been ordered to the Straits of Magei-
Ian with the intention of lying in wait
for Admiral Walker and the White SQUAD
ron in case he shall be ordered 10 the west
coast. This may or may not be true, but
there is no doubt the ships are in fighting
trim and ready for action.