New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-03

him Wits . knife. The perfect .viDdieation o.
found to ba hsen a.tW en "a s,t one Hniy p
! that for an act clearly justified.
AZ to the part taken by the police in the at
lsfactory. The point where Riggin was killed il
only three minutes walk from the police station
and not more than twice that distance from the
lntendencla, and yet, according to their official
report q full half hour passed AFTER the assault
began before the police were upon The grOaild.
men have said that the police did their duty
The evidence taken at Mare island shows that
II such statement was procured from our men
1t was accomplished by requiring them to. sign
a writing in q language they did not understand,
and by their representation that it was a nserer
declaration that they had taken no part in tho
terpreter, says i'll his evidence that when our
saiiors.were examined before the court the sub
lect OF the conduct of the polics was SO care
fully avoided that he reported the fact to Capt.
Schley on his return to the vessel.
HATRED FOR THE YANKEES
The evidences in existence of animosity to-
wards our sailors il the minds of the sailors of
the Chilean navy and OF the populace Of Val
paraiso are so abundant and various as to
leave no doubt i'll the minds OF any one who
will examine the papers submitted. 1t mani
tested itself in threatening and insulting gestures
towards our men as they passed the Chilean
mall of-war in their boats and i'll the derisive
and abusive epithets with which they greeted
every appearance OF an American sailor on the
evening OF the riot. Capt. Schley reports that
boats from the Chilean war ships several times
Went out OF their course to cross the bows
OF his boats compelling them to back water.
He complained OF the discourtesy and it was
corrected.
That this feeling was shared by men OF higher
rank is shown by the incident related by Sur.
geon Stitt, OF the Baltimore. After the battle
OF Pacllla, be with other medical officers of the
var vessels in the neghborhood gave assistance
to the wounded in the hospitals. The.son of q
Chilean army officer OF high rank was under his
care and when his father discovered it he flew
into u passion, and said he would rather have
his son die than have Americans touch him and
at once had him removed from the ward. This
feeling is well concealed in the dispatches of the
foreign office. The Chilean boatmen in. the bay
refused even for large offers OF money to return
our sailors who crowded the mole to their ship
the city on the night OF the assault. The mar
het boats of the Baltimore were threatened and,
even quite recently the gig of Commander Evans,
OF the YORKTOWN, was stoned while waiting for
him at the mole
A PRE- MEDITATED ATTACK.
rs The evidence of sailors clearly shows that
the attack was expected by the Chilean people.
and that in one case somewhat early in the,
afternoon, the keeper OF one house into which
some of our men had gone closed his establish
ment in anticipation OF all attack which he adj
vised them would be made upon them as dark
ness came on
In a report OF Capt. schley to the navy de.
partment he says: I'm. the only interview that
l had with Judge Foster, who is investigating
the case, relative to the disturbance before he
was aware OF the entire gravity OF the matter,
he informed me that the assault on my men
was the outcome Of hatred for our people