The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-28
FIFTY SECOND CONGRESS.
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honor to transmit to you, it clearly
appears without prejudice to the re-
suit Of the criminal proceeding which
| hope will be speedily terminated
that the police of Valparaiso dis
charged their duty ia the lamentable
occurrences of the 10th Of October,
without having wounded or maltreat-
ed anyone, and they gave assistance
to the unfortunate sailor who was the
victim of the bullet fired from the
midst of one of the groups OF
men there assembled. 1t appears
moreover, that judicial authority has
been active and Jealous in the dis
charge Of its functions in order to pro-
coed against the guilty parties, and
tina. the judicial proceedings have
been prolonged by reason Of the con
siderable number of persons whose
testimony must necessarily be heard,
and for causes which it did not lie
with the Chilean authorities TO avoid.
From accompanying documents there
appears, moreover, no grounds what
ever 10 warrant the assertion that the
sailors Of the Baltimore were attacked
in various places in the city ut the
sam"dtime. On the contrary, it IS seen
that II took place in one part OF the
city only, and that Il part which Is
well known by reason Of frequent dis
turbances Of this character, and that
within an hour from the begin
ming of the tumult and within
half hour Of the arrival of
the police and of the other forces
which were sent to queIl it, tranquil
ity WAS restored and those who APP
peared most compromised in the dis
turbance taken before the Judge. The
judicial proceedings which were then
Instituted without delay will throw
ligh. upon the whole affair and the
undersigned doubts not that the
spirit of justice which animates the
government of the United States and
that Of Chile will be duly satisfied by
the Judgment with which the investi-
CATION is to terminate"
Dec. 81, Mont lays before Blaine q
telegram, not before made public,
summarizing the results of the pre-
limiHary trial before the judge of
crimes and asserting that all the
Americans with the exception If TWO
declare the police did their duty and
make no charge against them what
ever.
January ! he transmitted to Blaine
the following telegram, received from
Periera, the new minister of foreign
relations: "lnform the United states
government that the summary of the
attorney generals report relative to
the occurrence of October l6, which
Chile has lamented and does sincerely
lament, Will be sent Monday, the 4th
inst
January S Montt in II note to Blaine
transmits TO him the result of the pre-
urinary investigation at Valparaiso,
and Informs him that the next step is
the framing of an Indictment based on
it against the responsible persons.
He says: The prosecuting attorney
has brought an accusation against
those, who, from the summary, APP
pear to be guilty, and they are Carlos
Gomez, Frederick Rodriguez and
Apumida, Chileans, and David |
son, an American, and asked |
that upon them be imposed the
penalties assigned by law, namely,
upon Gomez, three to five years penal
Imprisonment; Rodriguez two to eigh
teen months and A bumida and Da
wilson twenty to forty days impris-
onment. Upon the conclusion of the
sumario procedure prescribed by the
laws to communicate to the criminals
the indictments framed by the prose-
cutting attorney and set down the case
for trial within brief period. There
upon sentence pronounced, which
must Le reviewed by the superior
COURT. -. sidering the bulk of the
record of the Proceedings, which eX-
ceeds 800 fOlios, of necessary investi-
cations to discover the culprits,
numerous witnesses whose deposit
tions have been taken and the delay in
the appearance of several Of them, of
which you have knowledge, the ac-
tivity shown by the criminal judge
of Valparaiso in this matter TO the
end that public justice be speedily
done, has been satisfactory to my gov
eminent. ! have also received special
instructions to state to the government
of the United States that the govern
ment of Chile has felt very many re-
grets for the unfOrtunateeve which
occurred at Valparaiso on Oct. lG.
Although incidents of this nature are
not rare in ports (rcquented by sailors
of various nationalities, the fact of the
death announced in this disturbance,
the zeal with which the Chilean au
thorities are accustomed to watch over
the personal security of all who tread
its territory, the fact that persons en-
ployed in the service of friendly ma
ton were concerned, and the frank de-
sire for American cordiality which my
government entertains, led it to cor
daily deplore the aforesaid disturb
ance and do everything in its power
toward Il trial and punishment of the
guilty parties"
The last note in the correspondence
delivered to Blaine 10y Egan was
simply the enclosure of the following
telegram
"The commander of the Yorktown
has notified the naval commandment
that he is going to send by n mail
steamer the refugees he had on hand.
Having asked instructions, the naval
commandaut replied to him that the
government did not give safe conduct
to refugees. They will understand
the contingencies to which they will
be exposed by embarking in merchant
vessels or in mail steamers.
"[Signedl PERREvIA."
January 20 Egan reports by tele
graph that the minister of foreign at
10 &c hoJ nOt vet ratTrnpd an answer