Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-01-27
OUR SIDE TOLD.
A Full Report Of valparaiso's
Brutal Butchery
Has Been Placed in the Hands of Pres
ident Harrison.
The Testimony shows the Chiiisns' uostiii.
~ To Amcricans-Thcy slaughtered Our
sailors fsecnuse OF Their Hatred
Toward tho United states

WAsnrSoroN. Jan. 2a.-A complete
report of the testimony taken by Judge
Advocate Hemcy into the attack on the
Baittmorc's sailors at Valparaiso.
which was taken at Vallejo. Cal. has
been received Mt the navy department..
A copy is now i'm the hands of the pres
ident and will be transmitted To con.
grcss. together with the CHILEAN CORE.
spondence.
Some fifty of tho sailors attacked by
the mob were examined. and in their
testimony they agree that the attacks
We're made in different parts Of the
town They were all treated with
great brutality by CHILEAN citizens. and
even the police of whom they sought
protection. in many cases. assaulted
them
Several of the Sailors Johnson. Lam.
gen and Larscn-tcstitied that CHILEAN
soldiers fred the shots which killed
Boatswain's Mate Riggin The testi-
mony showed that many of the sailors
were warned by friendly Chilians that
an attack upon them was premediated,
and these warnings later proved true
DR. +. II. Still. of the United States
navy. serving on the Baltimore. gives
important testimony. He says the
morning after the assault he went IN
the ST Juan hospital and examined the
wounded sailors and also the body of
Riggin, which was also at that place.
"A ball had passed through Higgins
neck. fractnring two ccrvical vvrtibru
and injuring his brain. From the al.
rection taken by the ball and the char.
acter OF the tissues passed through and
the size and character OF the wound. he
judged the bullet TO have been fred
from rifle. Several bruises and stah
wounds were also found The bulle,
wound was necessarily immediately
fatal.
DR. Still says he made tests bv firing
rife and pistol bullet through pieces
of cloth placed against pieces of meat
The rifle bullet hole correspoudcd ex.
actly TO the hole in the shirt OF the
sailor. Johnson. through which the bul.
let that killed Riggin passed before
striking him.
The pistol bullet made a hole very
much smaller. DIR. White, of the Balti-
more, DIR. Still says. agreed with him ms
to Higgins death being caused by n
rifle ball
DIR. Still also testified in regard to n
piece of heartlcssness In the case of
Sailor Turn bull, who was stabbed TWEEN
ty-one times. Or. Still examined him
the day after the stabbing. and found
that none of the wounds were neces-
sarily serious II promptly attended to-
lie asked two sisters in charge to be
allowed to dress Turnbull's wounds.
but they refused on the ground that
they could not touch any wounds or
allow DR. Still to touch any without
orders The next day the doctor found
Turnbulrs condition serious. He urged
more strenuously to be allowed To at
tend the Baltimore men. but his request
was again refused. He says that moth
ing had been done for the men cxcept
the putting of n little ointment on their
wounds
The condition of the men was becom.
ing worse, and Turnbull. especially.
was failing fast He and DIR. White
applied to Judge of Crimes Foster for
permission to remove the men TO the
Baltimore for treatment, but their re-
quest was not granted until two days
later
AT the end of that time all the wound
cd were removed to the cruiser: but de-
spite the efforts of the physicians Turn.
bull died two days later Of blood pois-
oning, resulting from the imperfection
In his treatment at the hospital. DIR.
Still says positively that there was no
other reason why Turnbul could not
have recovered.