Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-20
The rrocurntor'- Report to tho Judge
t'ubiisiIpd.

] Att FroruFuiuf'@ ANnura ~ iuN Judge
pubiisnod.
NEW YuRs, jan. l0.-lCopyright
| 1892. uv Press Publishing COMPANY
| New York The Hof'ds Naiuurlltl'
cattle, via. Galveston rays. ltia true
that the Chilean government notified
/ Captain l.yaus u the 10Y ofkt0wnn
tnht Ii was unable 20 guarantee r1fcty
10 the refugees 90 oonni his snip u he
undertook ll tfauy.rr thui1 10 any lc.
/ parting steamer, and neither could tie
/ government prevent any steamer on
| which they took rlsace from hrinr
starrncl ~ any Chilean port 90 which
the vessel might touch while ON It's
way north, There was NO change Of
mind ON the part u the Chilean att
thoiities In regard to the refugees. Ia
/ proof OF this, II il only necessary to
l0o.. NJ the facts hy tho following state
ment from high authority. IL Ia
claimed that the government b. power
lesl Ia the PREMISE. The government
Of Chile has no right, uuuor The con.
stilutIun of tho county, 10 interfere
with the courts or public prosecutor,
AMI could not prevent the seizure n
tho refugees IN amy port Of Chile they
! touched 81, on the way IN any direction
] ~ u lifuANhl 1NNlAs ANNAF Iiihlu hlih Nl=
! rect statement Of the law aud the fact.
should put Mt feft the notion, n any
such exists that the surrender Of the
/ refugees to the a muTlcan authorities
hal a stout tight string attached to 1t.
THE REroar or TIM rRocURAroR
FISCAL
10 the Judge u crimes IN tho "Bnltl.
/ more" affair has been given g. tho
| public, and there has been time 10 ex-
anime t.. This document contains
about 5000 words. II says tbgt ctr IT'S
were directed from the fiHt 10 a-cer.
/ trin the origin Of the trouble, hut they
. we've untvaiiinG. Several an rent
accounts u the affair were received.
Z The commaudaut Of polioo s.ato- that
l the row began M some uuhuuwn tavern
iu a low part o. iho city. Another
witness says that ID began by nm
American sailor beating a Chilean
siil.F In an altogether different mart OF
town. The Chilean police say that It
/ began with fight between "a lott
handed Chilean sailor and IN Amuri.
! can, aud, last Of all, the Incident Il 70.
ported as having been rpmmenctd by
some Chlieans splitting Il the facos OF
two American sailors in the street.
The crowd near hy was waiting 10 at.
tack them should They resent tho ia.
suit. As Il was said at the time,
the "Baltimore's" mon took refuge IN
n tram. car, but the crowd stopped the
car aud hauled the men out, beating
them with 0ticks and stonesaud kniilug
them. The ProcuratOr Fiscal has
accepted the story that the trouble
began with the TgaCHtlng by the
Americans OF the Splitting IN their
faces. For all that, my Information
leads me 10 believe that the attack
broke out simultaneously In different
paris Of the city, a. charged by pfosi-
dent tinrrisOn. This Is denied by the
Chllcans, and tho procuIator closes
his Introduction 10 the report by assert.
ing that the fight owes ita origin 10 two
drunken "Baltim0rr" sailors striking
n Chilean sailor. lie then rerountg
the lit " ipluroi, and Gays that it has
only been possible 10 ebtGblish the Cul.
pability Of four men,
REJLCTED TESTIMONY.
The testimony Of james johnson
md CHARLES Igugln, two Of tho "Bnl- /
tim0rI's' crew, whose ttstlmony was
taken here, was rejected In the follow |
IL y lie
son Ceposes, they 'oft the house together |
and went together 10 tho scene OF the
occurrence, that Il results that they |
did not know each other and that they |
had not spoken 10 each other until they |
met ~ the scene Of Roatswain's Mate |
Higgins death? How II Il that, be- |
fore knowing each other, Lsugln de- |
poses that, on tho day OF thu occur. |
renee, they were dining together In n |
boarding house7 johnson also saws |
that, ON the day Of tho occurrence, he |
dined together with Langin in an eating |
house on Cochraue street. Moreover |
II II possible that the act Of raising n
wounded man and knowing II he
walks or not cOui ASS unOhscryed |
under such or any other clrcum-
s,ances? The conclusion Is drawn |
that persons who indulge IN guch In.
constituencies are not worthy OF btlloin
lie enyp iurthtr, that the testimony is
contradicted by that Of numerous wit.
nessrs, which fully proves that Il Ia
not possible 10 attribute Rigging death
to The police, hut that Il was tho WORK
OF tome unknown person, thus lar I'M
detected.
will add that thotcstlmony OF those
numerous witnesses Is NJ full OF iucon.
tlstencies M that Of johnson and Ian
gin. Further their testimony confirms
much OF Johnson'sand Lnngln's, such
Us the raising Of Riggln, the callinv
for liquor holding ligRin's head ON
Johnson's shoulder, hearing shots, etc,
but no onetestines as TO who fired the
shot.
Langln's testimony Is substantially
this, "Nhon Riggin rose the first
Time, two policemen came up. They
drew short swords and knocked him
down again. Then they stood back
md lot the crowd beat him. After.
ward II squad Of soldiers al pToaphrd
aud marched by twos under command
" n mounted officer. They marched
10 within six feet from where johnson
wa holding ilggin IN his arms. There
hey halted and the FIRST two soldiers
cyellud their rifles ana fred at the two
American sailors,
81 was about nneen feet Oh ON ono
'ide," continued Langin. "No on.
was b1tweon nae aud them, tho crowd
Doing back oil the soldiers nj thai mo-
nent No other shots were fired bv
lny0no. | distinctly SAW the soldiers
evel their rifles at the 'Hnltinioie,s,,
men ard IRE. The crowd had drawn
rack when the s1lliCru came up. leay-