St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-26
SELF-CONDEMNED.
Gillian Sources Furnish banning
Testimony.

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Testimony.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-After review
ing the murder of Riggin, Apprentice
Talbot's testimony and the statement Of
the Sisters Of Charity that none of the
wounded men were drunk. Mr.. Harrison
says: -
1t appears from Gillian sources that almost
instantly. with a suddenness that strongly
implies meditation and preparation, mob
stated by the police authorities at one time to.
number 1000 and at another 1.C0), were en-
gagged in the assault upon our sailors, who.
are represented as resisting with stones,
clubs ana bright arms. The report of the in-l
tendente of Oct 30 states that the fight began
at p. IN. in three streets, which are named
that information was received at the intend
encla at 6:l5 and that the police arrived on
the scene at $3.50, a fuff half hour after the as
sault began. At that time he says that a mob
of 1000 men had collected, and that for sew
eral squares there was the appearance of a.
real battlefield. t-s a. =,
The scene at this point is very graphically
set before us by the Chiiian testimony. The
American sailors who, after so long an ex.
animation, have not been found guilty of,
any breach Of the peace, so far as the Gillian.
authorities are able to discover, unaImed and
defenseless, are fleeing for their lives, pIir-
sued by overwhelming numbers and fight
ing only to aid their own escape from death
or succOr some mate whose life is in greater
peril. Eighteen of them are brutally stabbed
and beaten, while. one Chilian seems from
the report to have suffered some injury, but
how serious or with what character of,
weapon, or whether byJa missile thrown by
our men or by some of his fellow rioters, is
unascertained.- - !
The pretense that our men were fighting
with stones clubs and bright arms in view
of these facts, is incredible. 1t is further re-
futed by the fact that our prisoners when
searched, were absolutely without arms,
only seven penknives being found in the
possession of the men arrested, while there
were received by our men more than thirty
stab wounds, every one of which was infict-
ed in the back, and almost every confused
wound was on the back or back of the head.
The evidence OF the ships officer of the day
is that even the jackknives of the men were
taken from them before leaving the ship.
AS to the brutal nature of the treatmentre-
ce1ved by our men, the following extract
from the account given of the affair by the
La Patria newspaper of Valparaiso, of Oct.s
IL. cannot be regarded as too friendly: 1.-THE
Yankees. as soon as their pursCers gave
chase. went by way of the Gale del Arsenal
towards the city car station. In the presence
OF an ordinary number of citizens among
whom were some sailors, the North Amer
leans took seats in the street cars to escape
from the stones which the Chilians threw at
them. 1t was believed for an instant that.
the North Americans had saved themselves
from popular fury. but such was not the casea
Scarcelyhad the car begun to move when a
crowd gathered around and stopped Its
progress 80 :
Under these circumstances and without;
any cessation of the bowling and throwing
of stones at the North Americans the con-
dnctor entered the car and, ,saeing the risS
of the situation to the vehicle, ordered them
to get out. AT the instant the sailors left the,
car, in the midst of hail of stones the con-
ductor receiving stone blow on the head
One of the Yankee sailors managed to es-
cape in the direction of-the Plaza Heelrght,i
the other was fe!led to the ground by stone.
Managing to raise himself from the ground
where he lay he staggered in an opposite
direction from the station. In front of the
house of Senior MaZZini he was again
wounded falling senseless and breathless.''
No amount of evasion or subterfuge is aple
to cloud our clear vision of this brutal work
1t should be noticed in this connection that
the Americans arrested, after an examinal
ton, were during the four days following the
arrest every one discharged. no charge of any
breach OF the peace or other criminal con-
duct having been sustained against asinglel
one of them.