Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28
Chilians' Heartlessiless.
THE BaLTIMORE's SAILORS WERE
TREATED WORSE THAN DOGS
Positive Evidence That the Attack
Up0n Them Was premeditated.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 81
Captain Remey's report of the
Chilians' attack on the Baltimore's
sailors at Valparaiso is now before
President Harrison. Fifty of the
sailoIs attacked by the mob were ex-
amined, and IN their testimony they
agree that attacks were made in
different parts OF the town. They
were all treated with great brutality
by CHILEAN citizens, and even the
police, of whom they sought pro-
lection, in many cases assaulted
them.
Several of the sailors, Johnson.
Langen and Larsen, testified that
CHILEAN soldiers fired the shots
which killed Boatswain's Mate Rig
GIN. The testimony showed that
many Of the sailors were warned by
friendly ChiIians that an attack up
on them was meditated, and these
warnings later proved true.
DR.. T. Il. Still, Assistant Surgeon
of the United States Navy, serving
on the Baltimore, gives important
testimony. He says the morning
after the assault he went to the st.
Juan Hospital and examined the
wounded sailors and also the body
of Riggin, which was also at that
place. A ball had passed through
Higgins neck, fracturing the ceryi-
cal vertibrR and injuring his brain.
From the direction taken by the
ball and the character of the tissues
passed through, and the size and
character OF the wound. he Judged
the bullet to have been fired by q
rifle. Several bruises aud stall
wounds We're also found. The bullet
wound was necessarily Immediately
fatal.
DR.. Still also testified in regard t,
the heartiessness in the case of Sail
or TurnbuIl, who was stabbed q
times. DR.. Still examined him the
day after the stabbing and found
, that none OF the wounds were nee.
, essarilF serious it promptly attended
to. He asked two Sisters in charge
, to be allowed to dress Turnbull',
wounds. but they refused on tht
ground that thew could not touci
any wounds or allow DR.. Sill tt
[ touch any without permission o
the physician in charge.
= The next day the doctor called
again, and found Turnbull's condi
ton critical. He urged more siren.
uouslY to be permitted to attenC
the Baltimore men, but his reques.
was again refused. He says thai
? nothing has been done for them ex.
cept the putting of a little ointmen
r on their wounds. The condition O
r the men was becoming worse, ant
/; TurnbulI, especially, was failins
fast. He and DR.. White applied t.
Judge of Crimes Foster for permis
) sion to remove them to the Balti
more for treatment, but the reques
, was IlcI SIaIltu uuti4 WV AdtS tfttSl
At the end of that time all tn
!, wounde weere removed to the crui
: ser, but despite the efforts of th
: physicians Turnbull died two day
l later of blood poisoning, resultin.
from the irnperfectiOn in his treat
1 ment at the hospital. DIR. Sti|
says positively that there was n
. reason why Turnbull could not hav
: recovered.
The Chilian Minister here sal
to-day III reply to your correspond
: ent's questions as to the outrage
! Chill has only the warmest feelin
: toward the United States. Th
American people do not ~'understan
. Chill. She has done and is doin
q all she possibly can to investigat
this trouble and to obtain the fact
%whereupon to punish the guilty
4, Before she obtains these facts it j
l impossible for her to make an
+ reply to the demands of this Gov
: eminent. Chill does not desire wa
| with the United States, and be
t newspapers, unlike the American
f have no inflammatory utterances 0,
the present trouble"
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