Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-14
Inycsilsalion Concluded; captain Sctley
Gives Resume Of The whole
History.
rHE GRAVITY or THC slrUhTioN
REALIZED.
InVes,igation Campieisd.-fhc STA"
zion paid 60 Ee Grave.

AlHlat ahf ANlsf ahIs 80 Nv
.imOft" inquiry concluded TINS AIl'f- |
noon hu- lasted six uayr. Every ne I
IeCt OF tho affair Ens been iully INV. su- ]
gates. Ihe testimony NJ tue men I
" no related their Individual experience /
during the riot, clearly brought Guy /
that the attack was premcditnteli anu .
that the police and soldiery aided HE /
mob In ,heir deadly work. The lesli- .
mony Of the shi's medical officers
showed that the Valparaiso authqfitirs
refused 10 treat tie sailors N the
hospital, or allow the ships surgeons
~ DO 30.
To-Day several senior officers testified
a. 10 the legal proceedings In Na.pa'
raiso, bringing out clearly the utter
iailu 10 Of the Valparaiso court 10 ,stab.
lish anything h the dctflment of the
sailors, the caro- which the judge Of
cflnes exercised Ia avoiding any qucs-
tons that might bring forth TtiluctiOn
on the Valparaiso police.
Then Captain 5chiey took the stand
and gave
a RESUME OF THE WHOLE IItsronH
OF the ship since first reaching VAL
paralsO. He spoke over an hour. lie
showed plainly lhe inception aud
growth Of The Rnti-Amf riCHn feeling
among the ChileHnH. aud the many
ditc0urtesics hr was subjected 10. He
saw over seventy Of his men On shore
snuftly before thr riots begun and they
acre al sulrr. bat even " they hnd
not been, he declared thnt lee saw no
reason why they should be- invested
with capital punishment fos being
drunk.
Li,utennnt urlesebTauuor, who tcs,i.
ilcJ today, ate. .cnu'ug tho giving o.
shore leave to the men, stated that ne
spoke g. Captain Schlry, who was on
tuufr, that he "Wrn vrro behaving
WrlIy" thgt be- noticed among the mon,
" hO seemed TO be perfectly sober, sew.
ofni who were must seriously injured
iu The riots.
DR.. slit testified that sister Of
charity ,u charge u the rpum Mt the
hUsIitnliu which several we're placed
tnid that the mon were sober when
brought 10 the hospital.
: LIEUTENANT M'oWuA
testified TO his presence vt the oxaml
nation NJ the "Bsltimnrcn sailor by
Judge Foster, stating that the "Baiti.
muren sailors were unable 20 positveiy
identity my NJ the Chilean sailors
present ~ among thrir ssnll1uts. lie
testified % the ~ feeling The Chilosn-
seemed TO have towards the Amtri.
cans.
Captain schiey detailed the arrival
~ the baltimore" at NalpuHisD,
April I, 1891. In about a month She
went 20 lquique Ia connection with
the "ttats" matter, During her ulay
a. valparaiso the mcu were given
their liberty on shore repeatedly, aud
bud no trouble At any time. Aurr the
urvud,r of the "itata," the C0nggca.
slonulisg became cool. The panrrs
stated that the United States wa
guilty Oi an injustice which could
never hu forgotten or forgiven. lie
then detailed hia action ~ assisting IN
asaisting the american Cable company
10 cut the cable and put loop inside
Chilean Jurisdiction. He detailed the
movements N the hRitlcr which lpsul,-
ed IN the supremacy of the Junta.
81 pent mariuts 10 the shotc to pro.
| lpct the American cousulato the day
after tho Junia took possession u tho
city. Aiier affairs hRd quilted down a
little | gave the men shore leave.
put the men ashore Ia tho day, and
watched them carefully. AZ $3.50
hnd seen seventy men, and they werB
all sober. At $50, having returned
| to the ship, heard ~ the attack. The
| Information was brought TO me 10y nm
/ American sea-captuiu, who came e
the chip with a Chilean gentleman
/ He fnid the attack was daslartly
/ assault on quiet, sober men, and the
! Chilean currOb0rated the statement
called on the Inteuduute, dtmsnd'
ing instant trial, and he stated that hl
had nothing TO do with the affair; II
had been turned over 10 the judges
He referred ne 10 tho Judge. | re-
fused to deal with nm uuderling. Thai
afternoon | wrote him n letter stating
that II the men wero shown 10 be {,
blame, they would be punished
and hoped that the Chllcans would
take action, II they were 10 blame
Lieutenant Sears was semitic esaibt til,
men before the court, but they re-
fused TO admit him. Next day !
called on the Judge, who told me
'rhls annlr II direct insult OF ha,rel
felt by the lower classes against you
men, because you sided with the die
tator,, afterwards qualifying the state
mpnt by the statement that Vt Nigh
DO with reason or without, csnnol
say, / afterwards convened boar,
to Investigate the troubles. The rupor
OF this board surprised me. The state
ment that the great majority OF tn,
men were sober was corrobOrgted by
number Of prominent men who say
them. Tho fact that the rigid exam
nation by the Judges Of crimes discoy
cred only seven small knives show
that the men were unarmed."
Schley then detailed various acts q
GOODNESS shown the Americans afte
the riot. For instance. a banquet give
Ia Santiago, 10 which all foreign utlI
Gers were invited save the A rneTIcsn,
The Chilean vessels showed maTke
hiscouttesies To our vessels. The Chi
can warships ran out " their courr
repeatedly 10 cross the bows NJ a mor
can boats, forcing the latter % hac
water 10 avoid collision. Althoug
the American sailors were dlscharpo
by the Chilean court, no one ever eN
pressed regret for the treatment %
ooried them. The newspapers trie
~ make II out "A mere drunken qua
rel.
Captain Schley's testimony conclu,
ed the investigation. Much OF IN