Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-20

dred."
A. many witnesses exist who nro
reldy 60 say that the shot was fred By
! tie police ns there are that deny. Then
! ioliOwH the report Of The expert On
IuE BULLET goiE.
He llyg. "Upiulon ig divided on this
/ point hmoug Ono loctpr. still, and,
while they assert the opinion that u
was Qsusvd by rifle bullet, 10 =. re-
| jcciei, because they give no reason for
The 1piniuu.D
Dr.. Cava'lo Caliefou maintain
l thHt they cannot tell 10 the bullet
c'uscd Higgins death. and give a. n
reason ,nat they saw the budy the dIy
after his death. This h accepted. Two
Chilean ySprrA express the opinion
| That tha hulDs ia the shirt may have
bcou uldc by % large sized revolver
but can give no opinion a. to what
csuscd the holod iu tho ueckcrchieL
Lieutenant hcCcu expressed the
sguie Dplrilu, LUt says that the hole ln
the shirt was caused by a rife bullet.
He made "a strong point " the fact that
the rcr1rt of the rfoarms was 10 slight,
Notwithstanding the evidence tnat
there waE HrtIt tumulf IN the street.
THO nyidrlCe Is conflicting ns o.
whether one ur two shots wvro fired.
THO IrocuAt0r tries TO make strong
point We tN' following language, IN
order 10 demonstrate the fnlsity Of The
assertions of johnson AMI Langln;
those brilg 10 mind u number Of Incl.
uyn- which admit of no other course
huJ 10 reject their evidence. johnson
dcpogUs that he Ind Nlggims head on
nNm IHfHHH.H rel hft utmf.
fred on the group formed by them,
aud they produce rs proof the urckor-
chief rud the sniilr's shirt pierced by
the bullet. II this had been 80, l. Il
possible that a fifle hall, which can
periuraie Huvpsal peruns, would not
have touched him, II what thoy assert
be true, Noy Oug at 10 have exhibited
the blpod stains which must have r..
manned on the shirt. ~ all his depo-
tiions Johnson fUrgu,s this incident,
which would have given greater
cOloriug Of truth h his assertions. H.
then asks;
"lsit possible 20 believe thom9D
The plNinauswcr 10 thia ules,son is
the uuqucstiOncl TACT that llu bullet
passed diagonally downward through
the loose ehirt OF johnson and Into
klggin'a neck. 10 could have done NO
and rss,ud two iuchcs from his breast.
IL the CASE Or ruRSnurL
thoro 81 much c1unletiug testimony,
but on thp ttruurth 0f tha admission oil
Charles Gomez shat no uacd knife
against Turnbuil. mud the evidence N
two with sss, that jose Ahmudha in
ilicled blows on the Americans anu
tuat Froiorioo Rodriguez stabbed
Higgins they huu tbum guilty, but
add that there Is no evidence 20 show
that Turuhull'g death was CAUSED by |
the wOuudt inflicted by Carlos Gomez. |
john Davidson, "BaltimoreD |
ssllor, was found guilty OF hitting with |
u stone IA armed Chilean sailor, who |
was knitting an American sailor. Tho
fnal hudiugs are as follows
al ask the court to condemn
FREDERICK Rodriguez 10 minor pun.
ishment In the minimum degree Of |
three year,, John Davidson 10 prison |
IN medium degree Of from ten 10 |
fifteen year, jose Ahmuiha 10 prison /
medium degree Of three years and |
ue day % i've years"
a gentleman who understands the 1
Chilean people aud the government |
pretty well rays that 1t IL difficult 10
say what Ia the motive Of some OF tho |
governments conduct unless Il DO war.
Some things can be explained away
aud some other things clu't. Some
times they seem bent On making am.
culucs aUu adding insult 10 injury.
They have "A very good oplnlin on |
themselves and fancy that they arc
very great diplomats, but seem To caro-
precious little Tor the diplomatic right,
o. others. Among some Of them, ~
Gays my informant, the opinion pre.
valls that the United states would not
condescend to fight 20 inferior foe,
but among very many others there
exists mn insane believe that she does
not dare ito ~,
Oge Of the latest disclosures il the
curious fact that Thompson, the cor.
respondent Of the London I.uss, IL
trying 10 sell the Chilean government
a man.ofwar. This man a. acting In
ether directions. lt 10 he who caused
to be Inserted In the Chilean papers
selectione fiOm lot OF European
Journals, to the effect that the United
states has no navy worth noticing, and
that Chile could, with no trouble at
all, sink all her ships ami levy a
on San Francisco.
Chileausi when pressed hard, ntc
Iu4ttl 10 uuhlt tual tney would OF |
necessity be compelled TO submit to the
United states In the end, that II would
be tempered, however, ami that they
would DO lot down very easy by their
superior diplomacy,
The Chilean lsct has had steam IN
for the last three or four days, and
they have more or less torpedo practice
every day. The authorities now give
IL out that the ships arc to 20 10 the
south for exercise. The generally ac.
reptod rumor though Is that they have
been ordered To the Straits VI Mngel-
Ian, with tho Intention Of lying In wait
Tor Admiral Walker and the White
Squadron, in case he be ordered to the
'Test coast. This may or may not hc-
rue, but there is no doubt that the
.bips arc In fighting trim, and ready
0r action,
fcrninn Troops Dcfcated.
Sr. PETERSBURG, Jan. I0.-It is 70.
loricd that there has been fighting nj
Naliasuash, arising from a revolt.
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