The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-02-02

I SArIAiS w. - sCHLEN.
denness that strongly implies medita-
ton and preparation, mob, stated
oy the police authorities ai
one time to number 1000 and
at another 1000 was engaged in the as
sault upon our sailors, who are represented
as resisting with stones, clubs and bright
arms" The report CT the intendente
OF October states that the fight
began at 8 p. m. in three streets
which are named; that information
was received at the intendoncia at 6:l5
and that the police arrived on the scene ut
$50, full half hour after the assault be-
gan. At that time, he says, mob Of LOCO
men had collected and that for several
squares there was the appearance Of Q
'.real battle field"
The scene at this point is very graphic
ally set before US by the Gillian testi-
mony. The American sailors, who, after
so long an examination, have not beea
found guilty of any breach Of the
peace, so far as the Gillian authorities
are able TO discover, unarmed and
defenseless, are fleeing for their lives.
pursued by overwhelming numbers and
fighting only to aid their own escape from
death or to succor some man whose life Ia
in greater peril.
Eighteen Of them are brutally stabbed
and beaten, while one Gillian seems from
the report to have suffered some injury
but how serious or with what character
OF weapon, or whether by missile
thrown by our men or by some of his
fellow rioters is unascertained.
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 fact that our pris-
ouers when searched were absolutely
without arms, only seven pen-knives
being found in the possession of the men
arrested, while there were received
by our men more than thirty stab
wounds, every one OF which was inflicted
In the back and almost every confused
wound was in the back or back of the
head. The evidence of the ships officer
OF the day is that even the jack knives Of
the men were taken before leaving tho
ship
As to the brutal nature of the treat
ment received by our men the following
extract from the account given OF the af.
fair by the La Patria newspaper of Val. !
paraiso OF October IL can not be regarded
rs too gaudy: 1.-The Yankees, as soon as !
their pursucrs gave chase, went by way
Of the Gale del Arsenal toward the city |
car station. In the presence Of an ordi. |
nary number Of citizens, among whom !
were some sailors, the North !
Americans took seats in the street ear to |
escape from the stones which the Chilians |
threw at them. 1t was believed for an in. ,
slant that the North Americans had saved !
them from popular fury, but such was
not the case. Scarcely had the car be-
gun to move when a crowd gathered
around to stop its progress. Under these
and without any cessation Of
the bowling and throwing Of stones
At the North Americans, the conductor
entered the car and, seeing the risk Of the
to the vehicle, told them to get
but. At the instant the sailors left the
car in midst Of hailstones, the conductor
stone blow on the head. One
Of the Yankee sailors managed to escape
In the direction Of the Plaza Heirigh., but
the other was felled to the ground by q
stone. Managing to raise himself from
the ground where ne lay, ne staggered IN
an opposite direction from the station. In
trent Of the house Of Senior Mazzini he
was again wounded"
No amount Of evasion or subterfuge 4