The morning call., 1892-01-09

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was g disturbance between the Chilean mob
and the sailors Of the Baltimore. 1 was in
the international Hotel and saw Seaman
johnson Of the Baltimore there. He was
standing there talking to the boss few
minutes, and said there was a row outside.
I went out and saw street-car stopped on
the corner with two American sailors, Rig
gin and Talbot. coming out They ran
into a cross street with a lot Of men in the
uniform Of the Chilean navy following
them with stones and sticks. followed uD.
The mob tackled Riggin and Talbot. Tai
bott ran one way ard Riggin another. l
followed Riggiu. The crowd was following
and chasing us. They had knives and
sticks The knives were drawn. They got
hold of Rjggiu and knocked him down. l
took hold Of one and threw him on one side
to let RIggIn up. He ran for few yards
and was "dOwned" twice more. On the
third occasion 1 saw man stab Riggin
twice ia the back with a knife. 1t
was a Chilean man-of-war's man who
stabbed RiGgin. There we're thirty or
forty men. Chilean sailors and citizens, in
the crowd. I Judge there were fifteen
Chilean sailors there. saw DO police pres
ent al first Some policemen came UP from
the corner Of the street, drew their swords,
and knocked Riggin down. Then the rest
Of the crowd got on top OF him, and kept on
stabbing him. When Riggin was down the
policemen stood back and let the crowd do
what they wanted. think the police we're
afraid Of the crowd. The police knocked
Riggin down with their drawn swords. Rig
gin tried to defend himself against the mob,
and ran for protection to the police at the
time be was knocked down. The police
were dressed In blue, and armed with short
swords.
FIRED on BY SOLDIERS.
They are such swords as the police Of Val
paraisO usually carry. While IN Valparaiso,
was stopping al Peter Nelson's. l. IS
board ng-hOuse The witness indicated the
position of the house on the blackboard
plan reproduced IN yesterdays CALL. The
house covers the block on Gale de Arsenal,
between Gale MaIQu-z and Gale Naldiyia.
left Rggin on the ground, and ran up to
the other corner, where l saw Hamilton and
other sailors. l told them 10 get in some
where. The mob surrounded them and
fred stones al them. Chilean sailors were
among the assailants. One stone struck
Hamilton in the back Of the neck and he
fell in the gutter face down. lie was I'M
conscious, and blood was flowing over his
neck. ! went back to where RigKln was. l
went 70 meet Il ChU NUuilIk ~ CUGuldue
street aud told some Baltimore sailors VINO
we're inside not to get out but drive some
other way. l did this for fear they would
be killed. l went back and saw some sol
dieTs coming up Faldiva street toward the
Gale de Arsenal. l followed the soldiers
70 the corner. The soldiers we're marching
by twOs, with one mounted officer. They
were armed with rifles. They were uni
formed 10 red pants, blue coat and red cap.
They were in the uniform generally worn by
Chilean soldiers. When l got to the south
east corner OF Gale de Arsenal and Gale
Vsldivia on the east side Of Gale de Ar
senal, / saw johnson standing with Rig
gin IN bis arms. The soldiers marched
right uD and stopped about two yards off.
The two first ones then directly fired at both
Johnson and Rggin. Two shots were fired.
/ was about fifteen yards Rwsy-just across
the street. / had a clear view Of the two
soldiers who were firing. IL there were any
other shots / would have heard them. There
were only two. The soldiers walked up to
the sidewalk and eYeled their rifles, aiming
them at johnson and Riggin. / saw it dis
tinctly. I have no doubt about it al all.
The rest Of the people drew back.
when the soldiers came up. The mob
"ceaved the road" for the soldiers. l saw
the soldier on the Tight-hand side level his
rife, and the FIRE came out OF Il. l saw only
the first shot fired. ! heard the second shot,
and am pretty sure it was fired by the other
leading soldier, because there was no one
else there. After the shots the soldiers
gathered around Riggin. There might have
been two seconds interval between the first
and second shots. johnson dropped Rggin
ana slipped away through the crowd l
saw Riggin in drugstore fifteen minutes
HfteTWaId. ! did not see him close, because
there was a crowd around. l cannot state
the exact interval between the shots and the
moment when Kjggin dropped. 1t was all
done so quick. l followed johnson after
the shooting The mob was after him. l
saw Johnson In Peter Nelson's house later
on. lie was provided with q suit Of citi-
zen's clothes, 80 as TO disguise him. and
When he went out some hours later the
crowd, which WAS still there, failed to rec
OgnIZe him. The mounted man, who COM
handed the squad of soldiers, was dressed
IN blue not like the soldiers-and l under
stood he was d police officer in charge Of the
soldiers
The court then took an hours recess.
CHILEANs LOOKING FOR FIGHT.
John b. Larsen, seaman, said | went
ashore on liberty with the other members
of the crew Of the Baltimore at Valparaiso
on October 16'h. l enlisted on May 3. 1891
I had been twelve months in Valparaiso be-
fore. A friend of mine named Smith advised
me TO be in the house before dark as mob
was Laying for u.s." There were three
others present at this time, members of the
crew Of the Baltimore. This was between
and 2 o'clock Subsequently l met p
,Iohnson and another man, who said there
was a fghtdOwn on the square and ad vised
me not to 90 down there. Johnson IS gum
ner's mate. Hei not the aTmOrer who
has been previously mentioned. About
o'clock went down to the Plaza La de Echaur-
ran I saw q crowd with Chilean sailors
IN the uliform Of the Chilean navy. Going
m Coeh rane street. near the plaza, squad
Of soldiers passed me. The soldiers we're
" INTO the crowd. Judge this must
have been 20 minutes before Riggin was shot.
| saw the body Of Rigs u with the lace COW
ersd over in charge OF two policemen, lying
g. ,ho dri,g-store. | saw an officer with the
s 20 iie The latter had rifles. The police,
Sosn had blue uniforms and were armed