The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

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Gillian Investigation made to Us that seriously
3rpeaches this testimony. II appears from
Gillian sources that almost instantly. with n
suddenness that strongly implies meditation
and preparation. a mob. stated by the police
authorities at one time to number 2,00 and at
another Lou. was engaged in the assault upon
our sailors, who are represented as resisting
with stones; clubs and bright arms The
report of the intendente of October %
states that the fight began at o ,. m. IN three
streets which are nam ID: that information was
received at the intendencia at b:l5. and that the
police arrived on the scene at $50. a full half
hour after the assault began. At that time he
says that a mob IF geo men had csllected. and
that far several squares there was the appear
ance of d zeal blttle field .
The scene at TINS point is vcrr graphically set
before rs b5 the ChIlian te stimony. This Amer
Jean sdiiors, who. after 50 long an examination.
have not been found guilty Of breach Of the
peace, as far as the CHILEAN authorities are able
10 discover. unarmed and defen seless, are fee
ing for their lives. pursued by overwhelming
numbers, and fighting only to aid their own es-
cape from death. or to 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 or with what character
OF weapon. or whether by a missile thrown by
our men or by some Of his fellow rioters. Is un-
asceIta med.
The pref .nse that our men were fighting with
Stones, clubs. and bright ar1-. Is. in view Of
these facts. incredible. II is further r-futsd by
the fact that our prisoners, when searched. were
absolutely without arms. only seven penknIvsS
being found in the possession of the men ar
rested. while thars 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 hack
OF tine b sad. The eviienc of the ship 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 thu treatment re-
ceiyed by our men. the following extract from
tho zTrsntrut pivaD pf t1a affair ly The la p3rrlA
newspaper. of Valparaiso. If October IL. can
not h. regarded Is too friendly: "rhs Yankees.
As soon as their ptrSuerS gave chas.. went by
way of the Gale Del Arsenal toward the city
car station. In the presanre of an ordinary
numb r of citiz ms, among whom were som :
sailors. the North Americans took seats in the
street car to escape from the stones which
the Chiliar,s threw at them. II was
believed for an instant that tn" North
Americans had saved themselves from popular
fury. hut such was not the case. Scarcely had
the car begun 10 moye when a crowd gathered
around and stopped it, progress. Cndcr these
circumstances. and without a1v cessation OF the
bowling and throwing of stones At tlc North
Americans. the conductor entered tn. car. ami.
seeing the risk of thu situation to tn vehicle,
ordered them To get out. Al the instant the
sailors left the car. in the midst of a hail Of
stones. the said conductor received a stone blow
on the lead. One of the Yankee sailors
managed to escape in the dIrec-
ton of the Plaza whcelright. but thu
other was fcllei 10 the grouni 10y a ston'.
tlsalAaAN AAS W al" Ath"tA ga ~ =
where ne lay, he stag red In an opposite dire
ton from tia station. In front of tn" hnuS' Of
Senior Mazzini n was again wounded. falling
then senseles> and breathlrSs.
No amount of evasion or suht"rfuge l. able
to cloud OF clear vision Of this brutal work. 1t
should be nutic.l. IN this connection. that the
animation. were. during tho four day
following the arrest. every one
discharged. Ito charge Of anv brrarh of I'll =
pcare or other criminal conduct having been
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judge of crimes. Foster, in a not, to the in
tandente, under dat. of October 2-btfnr2 the
dispatch from this government OF thu following
day. which aroused the authorities OF chill 10 a
better sense of tn gravity Of tn affair-Says:
Having presided temporarily orer TINS cnIrt
in regard Ia the sel!ncn Of the United State
cruiser Baltimore. who have b'c1 tried
ON aCcolat Of the drTlOrahir conduct
whirh took place" rte Tn noticeable pni:t
her. l. tina, our sailor had been tri Il be-
fore the .2i of October. and that tn" trial r.
suited in their acquittai and r'turn to their YES
sci. 1t Is quite remarkable and quite character
Istic of tn" maIag mant of TINS affair hy the
CHILEAN pnllc. aItnpritlas.th1t we should nov Il.
advised that Sraman Davidson. Of tho BIlti-
more. has been included in the indictment. hi'
oifensa being. so far as | have been ABLE To As
certain. that he attempted to d. f"nd Il shi;'matr
az inst an aSSailJnt vino was striking AT him
with a knife. The perfect yIniICItIun Of our
found 10 have hac:I guilty of criminal fault.
and that for an act ".elrly Jn1tiii able.
As To thr part taken hy the r,Onrs IN the aiilir.
the ease MAZE lE { .ll l. also Tar from >;tt.>fdr-
tory. Tn point VIII NJ Rigginw WIS Kill d h Onlv
thre. minut.s walk from tn puiicr S:It!on AM
not more than twice that distance from tn in
tendeHcia, an yet. according TO their official Ta-
port. a full half hoIr elapsed after thu a~-aul;
began before tn police wer. uppa thu grOunl
1t has been stated that all hu. two OF
our mon hlv. sail that the police di /
their duty. The evidence IIksn at Mlrr lSlani
shows til II if ~Irh = stat IN mt WIS prpcur.i
from our mch II was accomplished hy requiring
them to sign a writing i'll Il language tn y dLi
not understand aal by the rrircS ,ntltion that
It was a mere declaration that they had taken
no part in the disturbance Lieut. Nrtrri.
who acted a Interpreter. SAYS in his evI-
denCe that when our sailors w,Tr rN
ahmed before th1 court the sunJe"t of the
conduct of IN, police was 80 carefully avOll"i
that he reported the fact to Capt. Schley on his
return to the vessel. The evidence Of the exist
enca of amino Sity towards our sailors in the
minds of sailors of the Chilian navy AMI of the
populace of Valparaiso are 50 abundant AM
various a. to leave no doubt in the mind of any
one vino will examine the paper submitted. IL
il manifested In threatening and insulting grS-
lures toward our IN N As they pl>seithe tnlisan
man OF war in tn 'ir boats and N tn dnri-
Sive anil abusive epitllrts with which they greet
ell cv,ry appc1rlIr. "f an Am rirIn s1Iinr ga
the evening OF the riot. Capt. Schiev reports
that boats from tn tnIllIn war -h.p~ several
times went out Of their course to eros tn. bows
Of his boats, compelling tnem 10 back water. II"
complained of the discount 'Sy. AMI it was cor.
rrctcd. That this feeling was shared 10y IN N Of
higher rank Is shown by az mcllrnt related tv
Surgeon Stitt Of the Baltimore. After III
battle Of Piacilla be. with other r1"dirl'
officers OF the wal vessels in til" hdr-
bar. was giving voluntary Assistance to
TIL wounded in the hospitals. Tn sou Of Il
Chllian army officer of high rank wa under ms
care. and when the father discovered it. he flow
into 4 passion and said he would rather hive his
sol die than have Am .ricanS touch HIM. and Il;
once had him removed from thr ward. Th.-
feeling is not well concealed in the dispatch"s
Of the foreign Office. AMI had quit. n!en *
-ar..ai.,, -, TIA dr. -aa..sF t1 fraafpA M II tina
American legation. The Cliilan boat
men in the bay refused. even for larS,
offers of money. t. return our sailors,
VINO crowded the mole. to their ship, wnrn they
were erdeavoring to eScap. from the city Oh IN.
night OF the assault. Tn boat of tn Bait
more Were threatened. AMI even gut . r gently
the gig of COnm1nier Evans of tn Yorktown
was stoned while waiting for him ut thu mole.
The evidence Of our sailors clearly Shows that
tn" attack was expected ny tn. tnlllln psOpl'.
that threats had been made against our men and
in one case. somewhat early IN til att 'rIonn.
the keeper of one house, into which some q!
our men hal gone closed his eStabi htnant in
anticipation of tine attack which h. advised
them would be made upon them when darkness
came on. In a report of Capt Schiey Ia tine
navy department h says: In the ONLY inter
view that | had with judge Foster. WAC l. in
the c1se relative to thr disturb
ances, before he was aware of the entire gravity
Of III. matter. h informed M that til assault
upon my mnn was tn outcpm, ut hatTel for
our people among the lower classes. hcc1us'
tney I0DuHnt We sln - ilIhisnlEfl WIKI III
Chi.ian government on account u! TIL ltatl
Several of our men sought Sc
curity from thc mob by such complete or Partial
changes in their dress a would conceal thu
fact of their being saaInen Of the Baltimore.
and found it til III possible to walk the streets
without mOlc>taticn. These incidents CON
clusively establish that tn attack was upon the
uniform-the nationality-3nd NJ: upon the
men. The origin of this feeling is p~ruhlbly
found in the reluSal of this government to givs
to the congressional party before it
had established itself: in the seizure of thc ltata
for an alleged violation of the neutrality law: in
the cable incident. and in the charge that Ad-
miral Brown conveyed Information t. Nalpa-
paradise OF the landing at Quinteru.
Ii is not my purpose 10 enter here any defense
of the action of this government in TINS matter.
II is enough for the present purpose to say that
if there was any breach of int ernational comfy
or duty On our part it should have been riahe
the subject of official complaint through diplo.
channels or of reprIsals for VIII. n a full
responsibility vas assumed We can
not consent that these incidents AMI
these perversiors Of truth shall he
used to excite a murierous attack upon
our unoffending sailors. and the government Of
Chill 50 acquitted of responsibility. In fact, thu
of this government during the war
in Chill pursued those lines OF international
duty which We had 50 strongly in sisted upon on
the part Of other nations when this country was
in the thru.s of active conflict. We continued
~, a-tabE,-bad ,finlpu,afir rpiatiOns with ths