Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-26

that the assaults were made by armed
men, who his government must con-
clude were animated in their bloody
work bv hostility to those men as sail
ors OF the United States. He says that
it must be conceded from the character
of many of the wounds that the public
police, or some of them, instead of
affording protection to the men as
saulCed, took part in this oowardly at
tack and generally acted toward those
unarmed men with brutality. There
fore, in conformity with Mr.. Wharton's
note, he asks for an inquiry and the
punishment OF the guilty. parties, and
suggests reparation. Mr.. Egan transmits
the full text of Senior Matta's note in
reply. The summary of it was given in
his telegram to Mr.. Wharton. already
published.
October 30th Mr.. Egan telegraphs
that the investigation is secret. The
next day he telegrapLs that he had re-
ceived from the minister of foreign af-
fairs note from the intendente in re-
gard to the assault, and that, like the
minister's other note, this note ex-
presses no regret for the occurrence. 1t
states that the result of the investi-
CATION will be communicated to Mr..
Egan, and that if the real culprits are
discovered they will receive due punish
ment.
The report of the intendente of Val
paraiso says it is entirely impossible
that the police of that city could have
committed the cruel and brutal ex-
cesses which the United States minister
imputes to them, and that mob of
1000 collected that the fight in which
all, especially the Americans, fought
with stones, clubs and like weap-
ons, was general, and that the
only part taken in it by
the police and military guard was
their endeavor to quell the disturbance
and arrest the participants. The in
tendente processes ignorance of the
origin of the fight, but thinks it COM
menced between drunken sailors.
Neither does he know who shot Riggin.
He believes the authorities did all they
could under the circumstances.
November 1st, Mr.. Blaine, by tele-
graph, instructed Mr.. Egan to claim the
privilege of reading the paper which the
American sailors signed in language
they did not understand, and without
being accompanied by counsel. He is
also Instructed to see that no one from
the Baltimore is allowed to testify ex-
cept in the presence of friend acting
as counsel, and in his own language,
openly, not secretly.
In November Mr.. Egan telegraphed
that the same judge who would not al
low an officer Of the Baltimore to be
present at the inquiry, permitted the
secretary of the German consulate to at
tend the investigation of the killing OF a
German man-of-war's men, viii, took
place last month. On the same day he
writes that the minister of foreign rela-
tions had complained to him that the
judge of crimes is independent
of the executive under the old
Spanish laws in use in Chile,
and that he could not comply with the
request to show the document, until the
process was completed.
In note to Minister Egan, dated No
vember 1st, Captain Schey gives him
the names of number of witnesses to
the assault on the Baltimore's men, and
on the same day Captain Schley wrote
the intendente that Minister Egan could
supply the names to him upon applica-
ton.
November I'd, Minister Egan, fearful
that the intendente might take Captain
Schley's communication as declara-
tion to furnish the names, suggested
that he again communicate with him
upon the conditions laid down in Mr..
Blaine's telegram, and have him furnish
directly the names of the witnesses.
At this stage in the correspondence,
Secretary Blaine turned to the Ameri-
can consul at Valparaiso, and sent him
the following telegram, dated November
Sd: "Give me all the facts you have
and all the information relative to the
riot. Use naval cipher"
THE PATRICK SHIELDS CASE.
At this stage also the case of Patrick
Shields, the fireman of the U. S. s.
Keweenaw, and an American citizen,
was brought to the attention of the
state department upon Coneul Nc
Creery's report that he had been put in
Jail without process of law and brutally
beaten by the police. Mr.. Egan also
tells of the attacks being made on the
legation by the newspapers, of threats
of violence made without hindrance,
and of public meeting at which reso-
lutions were passed calling on the gov
ernment to request the delivery of the
refugees. He continues that the gov
ernment did not deny the story of the
attempt on Colonel Canto's life (the i'm
mediate cause of the demonstration)
prior to the meeting, and before the
legation had been permitted to be pub
licly denounced.
November 8, Consul McCreery, at
Valparaiso, telegraphed directly to Mr..
Blaine a substantial confirmation of the
story of the riot, as told by Minister
Egan and Captain Schley.
November 10th Mr. Egan reports an
official call on the president OF the pro-
visional government; says he was re-
ceived most cordially, and upon pre-
senting his congratulations was asked to
convey the presidents acknowledgment
and appreciation of the courtesy to the
government of the United States.
November 10Th Mr.. Egan writes Sec
retary Blaine that the refugees in his
legation had been treated as guests,
"and in this way have been at an ex-
pense during some months past of over
$50O0."
The next day he complained again
that the city police who had been watch
ing the legation became insulting and
boisterous under the influence OF liquor,
and from the streets used insulting Ian
guage to the refugees.
On the 10Th he writes that he has
seen number of untruthful and en-
tirely indecent attacks made upon him
through the press of the United States,
especially an article in a New York