New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-03
THE HEMISPHERE INVOLVED.

lean sailors, who after so long an examinatio
have not been found guilty OF any breach OF the
peace. SO far as the Chilean authorities are able
TO discover, unarmed and deFenseless. fleeing
ior their lives pursued by overwhelming num-
Ders and fighting only to aid their own escape
from death or SuccOr some mate whose lite is in
greater peril: Eighteen of them are brutality
sta Died and beaten. while one Chilean seems
from the report to have suffered some injury
but how serious with what character OF
weapon, or whether by a missile thrown by our
meu Or by some OF his fellow rioters is unaScer-
tanned
The pretense that our men were fighting with
stones clubs and bright arms in view OF these
facts is incredible. 1t is further refuted by the
TACT that our prisoners when searched were alb
solutely without arms. only seven pen knives
being found i'll the possession OF the men arrest
ed. while there were received by our men more
than thirty stab wounds, every Of which
was inflicted i'll the back and almost every con-
FUSED wound Ml was on the back or back OF the
head. The evidence of the ships officer Of the
day IS that even the jack knives or the men were
taken from them before leaving the ship.
CONVINCING PROOF.
AS to the brutal nature OF the treatment re-
ceived by our men, the following extract from
the account given of the affair by the La Patri;e
newspaper OF Valparaiso OF Oct. IT cannot be
regarded too friendly:
The Yankees. as soon as their pursuers gave
chase. went by way OF the Gale del Arsenal
toward the city car station. In the presence OF
an ordinary number OF citizens, among whom
seats in the street car to escape from the stones
which the Chieans threw at them. 1t was be-
lieved for all instant that the North Americans
had saved themselves from popular fury, but
such was not the case. Scarcely had the car be-
gun to move when crowd gathered around and
stopped its progress. Under these circumstances
throwing OF stones at the North Americans, the
conduct or entered the and seeing the risk Of
IN the situation a1 to the vehicle ordered them
sailors left the car in the midst
OF II hail of stones. the conductor received a
stone blow on the head One OF the YANKEES
sailors managed to escape i'll the direction Of
the Plaza Heelrght. the other was felled to
ground by a stone. Managing to raise himssl6s
from the ground where he lay. be staegeredM
an opposite direction from the station In
front of theE house OF Senior rMaZZlni he was
agai.; wounded falling senseless and breath
cloud our clear vision OF this brutal work. It
should be noticed in this connection that the
Americans arrested after all examination were
during the four days following the arrest every
one discharged, no charge OF any breach Of the
peace or other criminal conduct having been
ustained against /, single one OF them. The
Judge OF crimes, Foster, i'll note to the intell-
dente, under date OF Oct 90, before the dispatch
from this government of the following day,
which aroused the authorities of Chile to u
better sense OF the gravity OF the affair." says:
Having presided temporarily over this court
in regard to the seamen OF the United States
cruiser Baltimore who have been tried on ac
count OF the deplorable conduct which took
place, etc
AMERICAN SAILORS INDICATED.
The noticeable point here is that our sailors
had been tried before Oct. %, and tnat the trial
resulted in their acquittal and return to their
vessel IL il quite remarkable and quite char
acterstic Of the MANAGEMENT, Of this affair by
the Chilean police authorities that We should
now be- advised that Seaman Davidson, of the
Baltimore. had been included in the Indictment
his offense being. so FAR as have been able to
ascertain, that he attempted to defend ship