St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-26
SELF-CONDENINED.
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 1900 and at another LOO, were Ell
gagged in the assault upon our sailors, who
are represented as resisting with stones,
clubs ana bright arms. The report of the in
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
encia at 6:l5 and that the police arrived on
the scene at $780, a full half hour after the as
sault began. At that time he says that mob
of 1000 men had collected, and that for sew
eral squares there was the appearance of a.
real battlefield.
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 ChiliaR
authorities are able TO discover unaTmed and
defenseless, are fleeing for their lives, pur-
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 CHILEAN seems from
the report to have suffered some injury, but
how serious with what character of
weapon, or whether by q missile thrown by
our men or by some of his fellow rioters is
unGScertained. -
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,
possession of the men arrested, while there
were received by our men more than thirty
stab wounds every one of which was inflict-
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 treatment re-
ceived by our men. the following extract
from the account given of the affair by the
La Patria newspaper of Valparaiso, of Oct,
II. cannot be regarded as too friendly: THE
Yankees. as soon as theR pursCerS gave
chase. went by way of the Gale del Arsenel
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 ChlianS threw at
them 1t was believed for an instant that
the North Americans had saved themselves
from popular fury. but such was not the case.
Scarcely had the car begun to move when a
CIOWu BulueIeu dIOuuu anu SlOppeQ It's
progress. !
Under these circumstances and without
any cessation of the bowling and throwing
of stones at the North Americans the con-
ductor entered the car, and, seeing 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 a 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 Heelright,
the other was fe.led to the ground bv 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 Mazzni he was again
wounded, falling senseless and breathless.''
No amount of evasion or subterfuge is able
to cloud our clear vision of this brutal work.
1t should be noticed in this connection that
the Americans arrested, after an examina-
ton, were during the four days following the
arrest every one discharged no charge of any
breach OF the peace or other criminal con
duet having been sustained against single
one of them.