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nection that the American sailors arrested
AFTER an examination, were during tn
-FOUR days following the arrest everyou
discharged, no charge or any breach O
the peace or other criminal conduct hayin
been sustained against . single one O
them.
Sailors Clearly Not Guilty.
! The judge Of crimes, Foster, in a note e
tntendente, under date Of October ID he
fore the dispatch from this government o
the following day aroused the authoritie,
OF Chill to better sense OF the gravity o.
the affair, says: Having presided tenn
porarily over this court in regard to thu
seamen of the United States cruise,
Baltimore, who have been tried on
account Of deplorable conduct which
/ took place, etc" The noticeable point
here is that every sailor had been tried be.
fore October % and that the trial resulted
in the acquital and return to their vessel.
1t Is quite remarkable and quite character.
istic OF the management Of this affair BY
the Chillian police authorities that we
should now be advised that Sea
man Davidson Of the Baltimore
had been included in the iudict-
ment, his oflense being, so far as have
been able to ascertain. that he attem pied
TO defend shipmate against an assailans
who was striking him with . knife. The
perfect vindication Of our men is furnished
By this report. Ono only is found to have
been guilty Of criminal fault and that for
IN act clearly justifisble.
As to the part taken BY tho police in the
affair the case made by Chill is also far
from satisfactory. Where Riggin was
killed was only . three minutes walk
from the police station, and, according to
the ofdcial report, . half hour elapsed after
the assault began before the police were
upon the ground. 1t has been stated that
all but two Of our men said that the police
did their duty. The evidence taken
at Mare Island shows that il
such statement was procured from our
men It was accomplished by requiring
them to sign . writing in q language they
did not understand and by the representa-
lion that IL was mere declaration that
they had taken no part in the disturbance.
Lieutenant McCrea, who acted as inter.
prefer, says in his evidence that when
'ur sailors were examined before the
court the subject Of the conduct Of the
police was SO carefully avoided that he re-
ported the fact to Captain Schley on his
return to the vessel
Deep AnimosIty OF ChIIiana
The evidence Of the existence of an |
toward our sailors in the minds /,
Il the sailors Of the Gillian navy and Of |
he populace Of Valparaiso were so abuu-
liant and various as to leave no doubt in |
he mind Of anyone who will examine tho !
'apers submitted. 1t manifested itself
q insulting slurs toward our men
var in the boats and in the derisive and |
busive epithets with which they greeted
very appearance Of an American sailor
n the evening Of the riot. Captain Sch
ey reports that boats from the Gillian
several times went out Of their
curse to cross the bows Of his boats, COM
elling them to backwatcr. He complained
the discourtesy and it was corrected.
That this feeling was shared by men Of
igher rank is shown by an incident re-
tied BY Surgeon Stitt Of the Baltimore
Ifter the battle Of PlacilIa he, with ether
ledical officers Of the war vessels in tho
arbor was giving voluntary assistance to
he wounded in the hospitals. The SON Of
Gillian army ofiicer Of high rank was
nder his care and when the father dis
overed 1t he flew into passion and said
would rather have his son die than
ave Americans touch him and at once
ad him removed from the ward.
This feeling is not well concealed in the
ispatches Of the foreign Office and had 4
ute open expression in the disrespectful {
eatment Of the Am erican legation. The :
lillian boatsmen in the bay refused, even f,
II large offers Of money, to return our
'ilors who crowded the mole to their ship
hen they were endeavoring to escape from
le city on the night Of the assault. The
arket boats Of the Baltimore were
and even quite recently the
g OF Commander Evans Of the York
wn was stoned while waiting for him at
% mole. The evidence Of our
ilors clearly shows that the attack
IS expected by the Gillian people,
ut threats had been made against
II men, and that in ono case somewhat (
rly in the afternoon the keeper Of one :
'use into which some Of our sailors had
me closed his establishment in anticipa-
IN Of attack which he had advised them
ould DO made upon them as darkness a
me on. ;:
Judge Fosters Frank Remark.
In . report Of Captain Schley to the q
Wy department he says: I'm the only
terview which had with Judge Foster
no Is Investigating the case relative to
Q disturbance before he WAS aware Of
entire gravity Of the matter,
Informed me that tho as.
ult upon my men was tho
tcome Of hatred for our people amousl
Q lower classes because they thought
had sympathized with the Balmaceda
vernment and on account Of the Itats
alter whether with reason or with.
{ he could Of course not admits;
t such he thought WAS the ex.
anation OF the assault at that time
veral OF our men sought security from
mop oy such complete or partial
anges in their dress as would conceal n
fact OF their beng seamen Of the Bal =,
more and found it then possible to walk !.
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