Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-02

at about quarter pas. six. Orders were at
once given by telephone 10 police headquarters
and to Santo Domingo station and verbally to
the guard OF the iatendeDcia that without
moments loss OF tiE,e they should proceed with
the largest force possible to put down tho tn
multi. This was done. but when the force ar
rived. especially the police. about hal.-past 6
o clock. the crowd already consisted of bout one
thousand men. which. from the Plaza Francesca
EchaurreI to the passenger MOLE comprising
the streets Cocnrane and Bianco and EcrazuriZ
avenue. formed Neritabie fold OF battle in
which ALL and especially the Americans, fought
with stones, sticks and knives.
The force OF police and the army which went
to the place did nothing else than TO pacify,
arrest those VINO were most determined either
on account OF their excitement or because of
their drunkenness and dispersc the mob. An
hour later (balf-past seven p. NJ everything
was tranquil, and those who bad been arres ted
were placed at the disposition Of the Judge OF
crime. who had also gone to tie scene of the
disturbance.
When the police arrived shot was heard be-
hind the officer VITO commanded them fie turned
Immediately and saw sailor of the Baltimore
fail. wounded in the neck Tho shot had evil
IDENTITY come from considerable group of peo-
pie there present. 1t was impossible to dis
cover who fired the shot or who the armed per-
sen might be- fact which is easily explained
when we take into account thdt this occurred
in the moment when the police reached the
PLAN Echaurren. The officer dismountcd ut
tended the wounded man, had him conducted
to Guzman's drug store, where his wound was
dressed, and then had him sent to the hospital.
Unfortunately he died On the way.
COULD NOT DO MORE THAN THEY DID.
l do not believe, sir, that the local authorities
could have done more than they did in refor-
erce to this disagreeable occurrence, when We
consider the place where it began, the de-
ficiency OF the police force for this extensive
and irregular city and the imprudeGce OF send
ing ashore at one time 100 men las am in
formed by the police) Of the Baltimore. The
precise cause of the disorder it hns been i'm
possible to determine. do not know il il ap-
pears in the examination now being held, but
everything leads us to suppose that it COM
menced in fight between drunken sailors
just as happcEed . few days ago between Ger
man and Chilean sailors ~ -
On account Of the procedure established In
criminal affairs, during the preliminary process
the proceedings are maintained secret, and for
this reason the undersigned can know nothing
else than what 10 contained in the reports OF
certain persons, and therefore they can neither
affirm nor deny in reference to the result which
investigation, which hsts and complicates itself
all the more the greater the number OF those
chargcdwith the responsibility of the crime.
/ These rcports and accompanying documents
we're inciossa by Minister Malta to Minister
Egan.
JUDGE FOSTER ExPRHssIs SURPRISE.
A letter dated November 8, 1891, from Judge
Of Crimes Foster to Minister Malta, asking tLe
minister 10 solicit from Minister Egan data in
| the latter's possession relative to the trouble
| says: And inasmuch, a. this has furnished the
occaaion Of addressing You do not wish to Il.
low II TO pass without manifesting tho surprise