Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-08
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE BALTIMORE AT HOME.
Capt. Sehley Confirms tie stories OF the
NOb's Attack.

SAN FRAxclsco, Jan. The United
S SITES e,u ser Bal imore is NJ Mare lslsnc,
where Judge AavocSte General Remy will
at once commerce. his Investigation. Can't.
Rsney has arrived from Wsshiogsc The
itvesrisstion .itl be secret, ard newspaper
n4n -iii n { be sllcwe! 10 ee present
Toe B.i'ipore hiss been ia service over q
year. and 'hs appearance Of the ship showed
zee pscsssity OF overbaunrs g. for FER sides
and bottom are covered siih weeds, and
her lilies sre badly in need Of psi1s.
Cap: Schl-y Is IS retl ,ent as an evster.
ard osfne cJmIes into the hsroor had
given sue. crdsIs TO ais crew TO have
nothing % soy Soou. the trouble. Fur her
precautions were $40 taken in not allowing
any Of the thirty " uen who had been
ia The skirmlsh ia VslpArsiso TO form the
boats crews when came ashore wi en- the
vessel anchored.
My posiIon can EASILY be apr acis.ed. :"
said Capt. Schley. sit will not for me
10 discuss the matter While neg citations
toward d setils meat ara going on between
the two countries. Ag.in. have b zen or
der, i to keep silent, and my med ~srr
pie dsei to secrecy before we left Val
psraiso, SO that We Cannot very well disc
oty orders. The kilograms from Chi f,
have al .dy tod you how our men were
a.ssulted and the trouble We had s.tsr-
yard As to the slleg.ucn that the police
did rot assault he B.ltimore's men. there
is only one answer. and that IS that the
police did do The ssssul,iog
"lhere has been considerable dispute be-
tween the au h rites Of both countries as
10 the attack ssid the reporter 9Th.
Americans charge that the attack was pre-
arranged, and that the B.limore's men
were assaulted on all s,des and IN several
ciffsreut places al once
There reed be no dispute upon thai
poi t" said Cap. Schey. They were
stack ed Oh all ride, ard ny over 5000
men. There were only thirty four of ny
men sgsirst his mob, and uDarmei st that
do really believe that If my men bad
been AIMED with even knives, thy would
EASILY have IL uted the entire mob There
10 also one very significant fac! uldispuad
Every one of Il y men who were ssssu 1t d
were stat bed In the back. The attack,
| were made in several difrreit quarters
within dis,ric! of mile snd hslf.
Il knew nothing Of the assault ut
after i, had been stopped. As soon as j
was reported WehI ashore 10 IoOk MI
| my men, and found Minister Egsn looking
sf,er Them All the men who were wound
ed, Icept t-o who died, have quite re-
| covered. but cannot let you tax TO them
| would like TO say more about the matter
but cannot do so "
OGe of the crew in an interview said:
"a d zau men would jump onto one
man wi h tier knives. Why, The FIST mar
| carried TO the ship hal FIVE sab. in hl'
bacx Tbs. wss Jerr. Anderson, TIL
coior,d coal beaver. Poor R1ag1n VS..
| first assaulted BY one armed CDillsn, VIII
used both knife and pistol, First be sh 4
and then be pulled hi. knife. Reagan dHd
| in JohnsoLs arms, aud esen after he Wa
dead the Chlisns persisted ia attacking hi,
| body. The Cnllisps easily idenufsd US by
cur uniforms, sn j: was almost useless to
cry to escape. If you ran the whole street
would lin in the chase, and btfJre thu
man had gone very far come one wou'i
head hun of At no time did the poice
chow US any mercy. They best our mer
.hlle il j,iI and robbed them of ever!
| thing they had"