New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-03

lean sailors, who after so long an examination
have not been found guilty OF any breach OF the
peace. so far as the Chilean authorities are able
TO discover unarmed ana deTenseless, are fleeing
for their lives pursued by overwhelming num-
Ders and fighting only to aid their own escape
from death or succor some mate whose lite is in
greater peril. Eighteen OF them are brutality
stabbed and beaten. while one Chilean seems
from the report to have suffered some injury
puG now serious or with what character OF
mell Or by some OF his fellow rioters is unascer-
tanned.
The pretense that our men were fighting with
stones, clubs and bright arms in view OF these
facts is incredible. 1t is further refuted by the
TACT that our prisoners when searched We're alb
soutely without arms. only seven pen knives
being found i'll the possession OF the men arrest
ed. while there were received by our men more
than thirty stab wounds, every one of which
was inflicted i'll the back and almost every con-
fused wound was Oh the back or back Of the
head. The evidence of the ships officer of the
day is that even the jack knives or the men were
taken from them before leaving the ship.
CONVINCING PROOF.
AS to the brutal nature OF the treatment re-
ceived by our men, the following extract from
the account given OF the affair by the La Patria
newspaper OF Valparaiso OF Oct. II cannot be
regarded as too friendly:
Tine Yankees. as soon as their pursllers gave
chase went by way OF the Gale del Arsenal
toward the city station. In the presence OF
an ordinary number OF citizens, among whom
'NAS oSAAiS
seats IN the street car to escape from the stones
which the Chileans threw at them. 1t was be-
lleVed for an instant that the North Americans
mao saved themselves from popular fury but
such was not the case Scarcely had the car be-
gun to move when u crowd gathered around and
stopped its progress. Under these circumstances
ana without any cessation of the howiing and
throwing OF stones at the North Americans the
conduct or entered the car and seeing the risk OF
the situation to the vehicle ordered them
sailors left the car, in the midst
OF Il hail of stones. the conductor received a
stone blow on the head. One OF the Yankee
the Plaza Heelright. theother was felled to
ground by a stone. Manaaing to raise himself
from the Ground where he lay. be staggered in
front of the house OF Senior Mazzlni he was
agai: wounded, falling senseless and breath
less"
cloud our clear vision OF this brutal work. II
should be noticedin this connection that the
Americans arrested after all examination were
during the four days following the arrest every
one discharged, no charge OF any breach OF the
peacs. or other criminal conduct having been
sustained against a single one OF Them The
dente. under date Of Oct. 90, before the djspatch
from this government of the following day
which aroused the authorities of Chile to u
better sense OF the gravity OF the affair. saws:
Having presided temporarily over this corrt
In regard to the seAmen OF the United States
cruiser Baltimore who have been tried on &C.
count q the deplorable conduct which took
place, ETC.
AMERICAN SAILORS v1Np1cArED.
The noticea BILE point here is that our sailors
had been tried before Oct. %, and tnat the trial
resulted in their aequittal and return to their
vessel. 1t il quite remarkable and quite char
acteristic 81 the MANAGEMENT OF this affair by
the Chilean police authorities that We should
now BIZ advised that Seaman Davidson, Of the
BAlrimore. had been included in the indictment.
his oHenss being. SO far as have been able to
ascertain, that he attempted to defend ship