Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-26


testimony Of Apprentice 1'aihott
hat the trouble originated In a
|l|an saIlor'e splitting in Talboit's
0e. for which Talbot knocked him
tNr Then followed the general
tack on Talbot and Riegin, with
he result already known.
There h nothing in the report
1I Tie Chilian Investigation made 10
tsthateerionsly impeaches this tt' H.
nony. II appears from the Chilian
sources that almost instantly, with
snddsnnesa that strongly implies
oscillation and preparation. mob,
laled BY the p lice authorities, at
1e time 10 be the number Of 1000
dad af another 1000, engaged In an
ssanlt on the sailors, who are repre-
enlesi as replying with stones, clubs
land sidearms The report Of the in
fendente Of October 30th states that
he fight began al p. M, In three
freets which are named; that 10.
Formation was received at the in-
leudencia at 6:l5, and that the police
arrived on the scene at $50, fully
BALI an hour after the assault began
At that time, he says, mob Of 1000
.saan had collected, and that for seye
al squares there was the appearance
bf battlefield. The scenes at this
bolnt are very graphically set before
la by the ChlIian testimony. The
american sailors, who, after 80 long
4n examination, had not been
0und guilty Of any breach Of the
aace, so far as the CbIllan authori-
les were able to discover, unarmed
Ind defenseless, are fleeing for their
Ilves, pursued by overwhelming
Numbers, and fighting only to gain
their escape from death or succoT
mate whose life was In a greater
peril. Eighteen Of them are brutally
stabbed aud beaten, while one
xghllian seems from the report to
Aave suffered some injury, but how
aerlous, or with what character OF
weapon, or whether by missile or
thrown by our men or by some OF
Ills fellow rioters, IL unascertained.
The pretense that our men were
lighting with stones. clubs or side
arms, in view Of these facts, is In
credible. IL is further refutsd by
the fact that the prisoners, when
searched, were absolutely withou
arms, ouly seven penknives being
found ia the possession Of the men
arrested, while there were received
by our men moe than thirty stab
woun Is, every one Of which was
inflicted In the back. Almost every
confused wound was on the back OF
The head. The evidence Of the ships |
ON trs Of the day Is that even the
iack-knifes Of the men were taken
from them before leaving the ship. |
As 30 the brutal nature of the treat
n1ant received by our men, thepresi-
dent quotes an extract from an ac-
count given Of the affair by La
patria, . s.s~sArapAs, r-i.i~h Gags ne |
cannot be regarded as too friendly
IL tells bow our men were pursued
with stones and missiles and beaten
down, as has already been told many
times. TIE message continues that
no amount Of evasionor subterfuge
Is abls 30 cloud or clear the vision oi
this brut Il work. II should be no
ticed Ia this connection the Ameri-
can sailors arrested, after an examin.
alton, were during four days follow
ing arrest every one discharged, no
change Of any breach or other Grim
inal conduct having been sustained
against single one of them.
Judge OF Crimes Foster in a note
TO the intendente, under date of I
October %, bffore the dispatch from
this government Of the following
day, which aroused the authorities
OF Chill to a better sense of the
gravity OF affdrs, says;
Having presided over this court
Temporarily in regard 10 the seamen
of the United States cruiser Baltl-
more, who have been tried on ac.
count OF the deplorable conduct
which took pace, etc.
The noticeable point here is that
our sailors had been tried before the
22 OF October and the trial resulted
IN their acqulttal and return TO the
vessel. II Is quite remarkable aud
quite characteristic of the manage
mont Of this affair of the trial fthe
Gillian police authorities that we
should now be advised that Seaman
Davidson, of the Baltimore, had
been included In an Indictment.
Els oiienss being, 80 far as have
been able TO ascertain, that he AT
tempted 10 defend a shipmaie against
nn aasailant who was striking him :
with a knlfe. A perfect vIndicatlon
of our men IL furnished by this re- I
port. One only IN found % have
bten guilty Of a criminal FAULT. aud /
that for an act clearly Justified. AS !
~ the part taken by the police In q
the affair the case made by Chill Is .
INls, far nom satisfactory. The point /
where Rlggln was killed Is only i
thne ninutes' walk from the police \
station aud not more than twice i
that distance from the intendencia, n
aud yet, according TO their official n
report. full half an hour passed after q
NE assault began hsfore tho police
NeTe on the gnouad. II has been
stated that all but two of our men
have said The police did their duty. =
I'he evidence taken at Mare island =