Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-26

fleeing Tor their lives, pur,uud by over
whelmlug numbers aud Fighting uniy
to escape death ur succ0r spmc mate
whose iiiH was Ia great peril Eighteen
OF thum are brutaily stabbed aud beaten,
while one chilean seems from tho re-
port 10 have suffered sOmc injury, tut
TOW guf.Dus, or with whnt character u
weapons, or whether by n mifthe
thrown by his own men, or 10y some uI
his fellow rIllcu, 81 uuatccrigineI
Tiir AMERICANS UNAWiED.
Tho pre,ense that our men were
fighting With stones, clubs and light
nrms, in viuv N thUsc fauta IL incrtd.
illr. IL u iutther tc.u.cd by the fact
that our prisoner, when eoafcucdi
wurn absolutely without arma, only
seven peukniv,s being found IN pus-
session Ufthp men arrested, whilu troro
were received by uuf men more thsu
thirty stab wDuudn, every pnc OF which
was Inflicted IN tho back and almost
every couiusli wound ON the back OF
the head. The evidence o. the ahip's
officer Of tho day Il thnt even the jack
knives Of the men were taken FROM
them before leaving thp ship.
AS to the brutal nature OF the treat
muuf received by uug mon, the prcsi-
dent quotes an cxtfactlrom henrr1uut
given VI the affair By Id fd'ri1, u
newspaper, which, no says, cannot be
regarded 90 too friendly. 10 tells how
our men were pugaued by slOnea and
missiles ana beaten down, 90 has al.
ready been told many iimes.
Tho message c0ntinuos: No amount
o. evasion or guhieriugo 10 able 10 cloud
our clear vision ot this brutal work. II
should be- noticed In this connection
that the Amtfloan tailors arrested,
after the examination worr, during thu
four lgyH following the arrest, overy
ono discharged, no charge vi any
breach 1i tao plngr or other criminal
conduct having ho1n sustained agniu8t
a single one OF them.
FosrERs LANGUAGE.
Judge Of Cflmcs Foster, IN q note 70
the intondunte, under date OF October
28rd, before the dispatch nom this
government Of the following dny,
which aroused Tie author lies Of Chile
90 better sauso of the gravity o. the
Affair." says:
"llaviGs PIE licd temporarily over
this court No regard to the scamcn OF
the United Siatea cruiser 'Bhllimore,'
who have boon tried On account " the
duplorablo conduct which tpJk place"
The noticeable point here Is thai our
sailors had been irled before the 22uI
o Ortlhvr, AMI the tidal resulted In
their "a qu,ilgl and return u thoir
vessel. IL II quite remarkable and
quite characteristics OF the manage.
mtnt Of this affair by the Chilean
police authorities, that seaman David
son II tue Baltimore" hag been iu-
cluduJ In the indictment, his oiIensa
being, No far ~ hIye been hbls To
asceF,ain, that ho attempted 10 defend
"a shipmhic against an assailaut who
was striking him with n knife. a
perfect viudicatiOn or our men H. fur
nisncd by this report. Ono only l.
found 10 have been guilty of criminal
hult, and that for an net clearly Jusii-
lel.
THE PART TAKEN ny THE roLicE.
AZ TO tho part taken by the police In
the affair, the case made by Ohio Il
also tar from satisfactory. The pUiut
where Riggiu was killed Is only three
minutes walk ifom the police station
and no, more than twice that distsucs
from the intcndencia. aud yet, accnrd-
Ing TO their official report, full half an
hour passed attor tle assault began be-.
fore the police were on the ground. Ii
hHa hecn stated that all hut two Of our
men have slid that the police Old their
duty. The evidence taken Nc Mare L.
land shows that n tho statement wns
procured from our men, II was accom-.
pllshud by requiring thom to sign a
writing In q language they aid not
understand, Nud by their rOprcssntg-
ton that Il was q mere declaration that
they had taken no part In the disturb.
nucc. Lieutenant McCrea, who acted
as interpreter, says IN hisovldpnco that
when our sailor, were examined before
the court, the subject Of the conduct
OF the police was 30 carefully avoided
that he reported the fact 10 Captain
Schley, on his return to the vessel.
THE EVIDENCE on ANmosIrY
in tho minds Of the sailors OF the Chill
can navy and tho populace OF Valpar-
also 10 10 abundant and various as to
leave no doubt Ia the mind OF any one
who VIII examine the papers submit
ted. IL manifested itself In threaten
lug and Insulting gestures towards our
men M they passed the Chilean man
Ol.war In their boats, and In the de.
risive and abusive eplthets with which
they greeted every appearance Of the
American sailors. On the evening OF
the riot, CAPTAIN Schley reports, the
boats from the Chilean war shlps sey.
eral tunes went out OF their course to
cross the bows OF his boats, compellinr
them 10 back water. He complained
OF the discourtoay, aud II was correct.
ell. That this feeling Ia shared by men
Of higher rank II shown by an Incident
related 10y Surgeon Slltt OF the "Balti.
more" After tho battle Of placilla
he, with other medical officers of tho
war vessels in the harbor were giving
voluntary assistance TO the wounded
In the hospitals. The son OF y Chilean
army officer OF high rank was under
his care, and, when his father disoov-
cred II, he ilew into passion and said
he would rather have his son die than
have the Americans touch MIN, and nj
once had him removed from the ward,
This feeling Is not we'll concealed In
the dispatches OF the foreign Office,
aud had quite an open expires.
sion In tho disrespectful treatment
Of the American legation. Gail.
can boatmen In the bay refused,
even for large oders OF money,
to return our sailors, who were crowd.
ed 10 the mole, To their ships when
they we're endeavorlng to escape from
the city on the night Of tho assault.
The market boat Of the "BaltimoroD
was threatened, and even quite recent
ly the gig OF Commander Evans Of
tho "HHktOwnn was stoned willis
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