Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-25

States consul a, Valparaiso roports that ths
| same judge who would not allow an osAcer 0,
tne hAiumore To be prcsont permitted the sec.
| rotary OF the German couxulAte 90 attend the
/ investigation Of the killing OF a German man.
| ot-wSr man which took place lGst month
| In the detailed letter. written on he sAm<
day. covering the same points. a note from
Malta under Gate OF October 30 L. inclosod in
| which the Chilean minister quoted az .ollovs
! from a report he had received from the in
| tendoate OF Valparaiso:
by these facts yonr eNcellency vii be no.
| quaiuted with the extremes 81 iuac-uracy Of
the charges formulated by the honorable Mn
lster OF the United States against the police OF
| TINS port Thence u isentirely impossible that
the police could have committed the number u
| puted to them"
In the same note the intendcnte said;
| When the police force arrived there was
heard behind the back oi the captain command
ing shot from some froarm. The captain
| turned around Immediately aud saw sailor
OF the baltimore fall wounded in the neck Tie
snot had no doubt been fired from q considcsa-
Bile group OF people which was there. Ii was
inpossiole TO discover who had dred or Who
was with Firearms, thing which can be easily
understood ~ there DO taken into account The
fact that the occurrence TOOK place In the
moment IN which the police force arrived az
the Plaza Eohsurren. The officer dismounted.
attended 10 the wounded man. ana conducted
him 20 the drug store If senior Gugman in
order 20 procure him medical attendance. and
nfterward sent him to the hospital; unforts-
nately, however, lie died on the way"
A BRUTAL ArrAcE
A second Enclosure IN the same letter was
copy OF a note from Capt schley to Mr. Egsn.
which concluded as follows:
The attack OF 1900 people upon few un-
armsSi and defenceiess men and ray defence
less because, when searched by the police only
six or seven pocket knives were found and re-
turned to me BY the lntendente after the mems
examination, with the death Of one on tho spot
ana one subsequently, aud the mutilation by
| STAB wounds ~ their backs, Of many othersl
surely merits TO be called a brutal attack"
Capt Schlcys note inclosed one that he had
received from the lntendente. asking him for
the names OF witnesses. and his reply IN which
he said that he had forwarded the list TO the
| minister, who would furnish il upon applics-
hon. Capt Schley afferward furnished the
ihtenaente With full list ON the 81 OF Novem-
Der.
The final Enclosure in this important packet
~as a note rom Consul McCroery TO Mr.. Egan,
giving the fact that though the officials Of Nal-
raraiso hacsfoiuned 10 allow him OF any other
American ofhcer TO DC present during the ex-
atAinaooh there was an undisputed precedent
OF very recent date. september Is. when .
herman sailor Was seriously stabbed while on
shore on liberty anu hitersard the German
consul wac allowed TO be present At the hearing
OF ali the Witnesses
On the Sd OF November Mr. Blaine wired for
~. Io 4AAoi ihAuoh IN inc Possession OF the
minister, and added these significant words:
:. ~ naval cipher" Ii seems that the state
department then had reason TO doubt the iL-
tegrliy OF ats own cipher, Tor there were evi-
dence that IT had been tampered with. and that
the Information IN Its dispatches was avail
able to the Chilean authorities.
On the 18th hrst Reference is made 20 the
cast Oh tstfick Shields. the sailor OF the steamer
he"eena", The particulars OF which have
already been given at length IN THK STAR
In "a ma n.n hriaf oa
gram OF tie 9TH, IN which ne reports the III
treatment OF fatTiek Shields, fireman OF the
y; .. .. h.Weenaw, aud an American citizen,
Whe' accoruing 10 report nom the United
states consul at valparaiso. was arrested for
VI 1AAe .ihess' charge denied by him, Kept for
several days IA jail without process OF Law,
forced TO sweep the streets and erutaliy beaten
by police officers. The consul Says that he has
peen medically examined aud found TO he in .
serious condition. and that the local authorities
have been demonstrated against"
fomenting Feeling Against the Legation.
A second dispatca Was sent over tn. xir..
IN. s.,,~ a.,, ,ro,, NJ. r.. a. -. 49,.
-, 80. .1
."' "NNN oei Wan part vi tne press mas peen
directing against the legation for some DAYS
and alleging a conspiracy. i'm which the
refugees in the logo,io, a.. r,or.so,,na
-; g. -, -,
~ rs inAt1io"seu, ioi VIC pufPose oi murdefing
.ne eonhiahaef Oh 'he army, aud mentions one
no"sP"Po, tepvft accofuiAs 70 winch Tie plot
. 's su "a vac 'essu"a' Sha announcing tee
ares. .i. VI e.eh.y persons An consequence OF
'nis ts.DlIe nIee'A'ie Was cAAiea hst evening.
S "tieu rpeeeues were m-ue against The al
ON the Gaysrn,nant 10 re,,.ast - '.ss,S,, eas
the refugees. Threats of violence against the
legation had been previously circulated with
o o NM anee' nc says tnat no hostile
aemohstra.oa was attempted, the Governments
na'iHs sen' iorce OF cavalry near tle legation
aitet we receipt OF LIS note calling attention 20
inc hituauoh' aeh!lns IN TOTO The charges OF
conspiracy haaae AGAINST the United States
legation ana noidihg the uoNernment RESPONSE
pie Tor any disrerpect shown to the legation.
he says that q Proclamation was issued by the
governor o. the province, after the meeting had
been held. denying that any designs had been
entertaiaed against the life Of Col. Canto. or
any arrest made. or any necessity existed for
Judicial investigation, but adds that some denial
should have been made public PRIOR 10 the
meeting aud before the legation had been per
United 10 be publicly denounced.
In letter written the same day Mr.. Eean
corrects has former information about the pre-
cedent OF the Investigation into the OF the
German sailor by saying that he had aiterward
learned that the secretsry--not the consul--of
the German legation had been allowed to he
present only while the companions of the
wounded man we're giving their testimony, and
not during the entire investigation.
| Considerable space is consumed by n narra-