Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-11
FOULLY MURDERED,
Opinion OF the United States Attorney in tn
Chilean Outrage.

saults on tho Americans were unproyoked and
that many were outrageous. The testimony
points very strongly to the fact that while the
attack resulted from a quarrel between Riggin,
| Talbot and Chilean sailor. it was seized upon
by the Chilean mob as a pretext for n general
attack. 1t was also fully shown that the police
and soldiers in Chilean uniforms made little
effort to dispense the crowd and protect the
Americans. and they even joined in the assault
| Although there were instances of arrests made
and protection given to American sailors dur
ing that time still affirm that Riggin and
Iurnbull were foully murdered"
Saturday was the third of the investigation
OF the attack on the sailors Of the Baltimore
Attorney Carter being absent Nearly all the
crew have now testified. and Monday the Off
| GERS will probably take the stand The case of
| the United States, as stated by President Har-
rlson In his message, has been fully made out.
! There can no longer be any doubt that the
| mob was organized beforehand Nearly every
sailor was warned by at least one person that
the Baltimore's men would be attacked at dark.
ihe clerk OF the bank where they changed
their money warned some of them. An English
sea captain stopped others on the street and
warned them, and many others in all classes of
society also gave warnings. As a result. many
| OF the sailors kept away from the low part of
| town and went to the fashionable residences
| and business portions only to be followed and
| attacked there by the mob.
There we're at least four different localities,
some OF them over a mile apart. where attacks
! on sailors were made simultaneously. The
| shameful part played by the Valparaiso police
and soldiers becomes more and more evident
daily. Nearly every witness was abused and
| insulted by them, while the evidence that it
was they who shot and killed Riggin is con-
elusive.
As TO THE ASSAULT.
The first three witnesses on Saturday testi-
fed to the facts Of an assault made on sailors
nan fha mol ltot, oia la
from where Riggin was killed The row be-
gan Ill both places at the same time. All the
three witnesses told the same story. That
OF the third, John Carson, was the most SEN
satlonal, as he followed by a mob into
the heart of the finest business portion Of the
city. The entire row occurred outside the
lower quarter Of the CITY. A large number
of the sailors had gone to the Plaza Victoria
TO attend an opera in the finest theater In the
city. The opera had been postponed late in
the day and 1t was soon after this was known
that the row began.
The story of James Gillen, the first witness,
was merely corroDorative of Carson's accounts.
The next witness, James Stewart, fireman,
testified that when his boat was on its way to
shore they passed near the Chilean war ship
Esmerelda. The men OF this ship were run
ming along the sides shaking their fists and
knives at the Americans. who then feared there
would be trouble. Stewart then told the same
story as Gillen.
John Carson testified that he went into
Whites saloon. where the barkeeper warned
him not to remain out after dark, as a mob
meant to attack them. Later he and others
were warned that they would be attacked as
soon as il was dark He then Thought there
was trouble and started for the mole with
seven others Of the Baltimore men, to return
to the cruiser. They found a mob at the mole
assaultlng others of the Baltimores sailors
The sailors acquitted themselves well until
the mob began to stone Them then the sailors
separated and fed. Carson soon found him
self alone in the best part OF town with a mob
still at his heels. He said: Il entered the Hotel
Collonna. one of the best hotels in the city for
refuge. The crowd STONED at the doors howl
ing. l asked for a room but was refused. |
then asked for a meal, but was again refused
and was ordered out. | ran toward the crowd
at the door and they yielded. then ran across
the street into u cigar store with the mob follow
ing me. but the door was shut against them
young gentleman came in and said: Get that
uniform off l am an American, too; but they
will murder you if you wear those clothes
He gave me citizens clothes and took me
out. The crowd saw me. but did not recog-
nizc me, and made no demonstration. Inever
expressed approval Of the action of tho po-
lice
Nweh Iannine, c0ai neaver, tesnned that
Shot and Ment 70 ~ men aiau 9e zen
attact an Day;dson onJ n.ns hi,uaais "It VIC
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10 a drno store and fonnd Tnrnhnu 81 ~ th.
cr.w l,iro bl.adn, cd lie ,.Iol -
toor His hacL Ne c,. LII AGu on tne
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do;ng anvtbina for b;n' Us D .u NJ T une Mds
about an bonr before and he nos ,,ertao,i1
sober p'
John NcRr;de nv o;lo- .os.;soa M ,o,,o..
..On coino asbors wsnt a.. w .Lo 40 roioHs:
Office IN Get Chilean ,nonap Tha LIZ .hass
warno6 no tho a ~ ,.,oa -. nv .ueie
ms after dark went nm to The Victnrsa Paza 20
attend the onera there The NAV vas nosr1
noned and Started 10 re,urn 70 ,hs WI ~,
H. wsv and ahont q o,cioct T 49, 49, p.It,
more sailors who warned me n row Was GOING
ON NV thu mole We tnrned a. 81; IL s eus
and a block off was snddenIv sa;zad b, 800
Chilean nolicemen who without a word ~
warning began TO heat mo with their sworJ
bavone3s made mo resistanca. oitbnnah
severely beaten. Other nolice were then con-
ing nm and they heat me again Recomjpo
friobtdned. I broke away and Fan monnta5
noI,ce followed and overtonI mo ohnrt a LinoL
away. He strnck me over the bsod ini;ct;na
a severe cut and knocking me down He then
began heating me Nv whole side was hIacL
and hIne froIo the bIows Tho, ,har 80 va.
70 ioiI and lent me tbere iii nart avsniOo 'o
w '"'' N' Wv ..e ~. VIZ AeA ''o "'"s
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r. II. Smith, an apprentice, testified as fol-
lows: After leaving the ship several of us
hired horses and rode out to the eastern
part of the CITY, About 6 o'clock we re-
turned toward the mole Near there we
wont into an oyster stall While there we