Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-04
THE GUILTY CHILEANS.
| Finding Of the Procurator in the Bal
timOrs Case
ONE OF THE AMERICAN SAILORS
Held 10 ts Guilty Of Assault-Ths Prisoners Clam
the RaldIac-s's Men Started the Trouble, and
They Used Knives 10 Save Their Com
radeS-Three Chileans Convicted.

VALPARAISO, January 3.-The Pro-
curator Fiscal has concluded his review
OF the Baltimore case. lie hnds that
Rodriguez, Gomez and Azumsda, the
three rioters who whore held by Judge.
Of Crimes Foster. are guilty OF stab
bing and otherwise wounding th4
American sailors, but he says that The
evidence is not strong enough TO show
that the wounds inflicted by the four
prisoners caused the deaths OF Boat
swains Mate Charles Rirgln and Coal
HEAVIER Turnbull. He fiads the Balti-
more sailor, Davidson guilty OF assault
upon a Chilean sailor.
Rodriguez acknowledged stabbing
Riggin, because the latter assaulted
one OF the sailors Of the Chilean tor
pedo boat, Amirante Cochrauo. Seeing
the Chilean seaman ill-treated. Rodrig-
uez stuck his knife into Higgins back.
Gomez admitted stabbing Turnbull in
the back three times and said be did so
in defending some friends OF his whom
Turnbull had knocked down. Azumada
denied having anything TO do with the
assault, but was shown by other wit
nesses TO have participated In IL. Cor
legged that he took no part In the affair.
A revolver was found on him.. but he
said that he carried IL 10 defend him.
self.
1t now only remains for Judge or
Crimes Foster to pass sentences on the
three convicted prisoners. Relative 70
Cortez's implication, the Procurer FiS-
cal says that moro data Is required. Tho
conclusion Is that IL Is impossible 10 de-
termlne who fired the shot which killed
Riggin. IL will be remembered that one
OF the witnesses, according TO Judge
Fosters report, testified that he saw
three policemen holding Riggin at the
time the fatal shot was fred.
The principal dispute has been over
the character OF the wound received by
Riagln. one OF the victims. The
Americans have claimed that he was
shot and killed by policeman and the
testimony OF comrade named johnson,
who was with Riggin at the time,
shows that policeman advanced upon
the men with rifle In hts hand and
fired ut them twice.
Riggln was then insensible from q
knife wound and johnson was carrying
him tofa drug store. One ball from the
policemau's rife passed through the COLI
lar OF Johnson's shirt and entered Reg
gins neck. killing him instantly. Tho
shot was Ered tt such close range that
Johnson's shirt was powdor-burned.
The Chilean officials have claimed
that the appearance Of Johnson's cloth
ing indicated that the shot had been
fired from a revolver, while the police
we're armed only with rifles and bayonet
swords.
DR.. Stitt, OF the Baltimore. made
some experiments by firing at piece OF
cloth at close range with rife and a
revolver. The result of this expert
ment was laid before the court yester-
day, and the appearance OF tho cloth,
which had been fred az with ride, cor
responded exactly with the appearn6cs
Of Johnson's clothing.
Both DR.. White and DIR. Stitt Of tho
Baltimore have described before the
court the character OF the wounds re-
ceived by the mon and have shown that
a number OF the wounds were made by
the baynots carried by the police aud
the testimony OF tho men themselves
shows that the police did use that
weapon on them.
At the Moneda to-day prominent on
cials stated that Minister Pedro Mont
has been notified that the Chilean Gov.
ernment was willing and anxious tc ac-
cept arbltrators mutually agreeable 10
both countries. The entire report OF
the Procuratcr Fiscal will be cabled
Monday for the Information OF the
United States Government.