New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-26

CIilan C;overnment and its solcitude in inVes,i-
eating such grave occurrences anyt S'. man
fuI,lmcnt of the duty winch ID lncumDeht "Po'
them 10 administer enlightened ana upriBht ,J"II
ce lie that events like those OF ine e. iT,
OF October are not rare in ports visieu ps M
of different natiOnalites and that tneIc al. ra;r
orounds whatever for attrbutlng to that ana IT,
anv motive offensive 10 the United STATES ~ i,o
s,ys II the result of the Judicial lnvestisa',IIn
shall show the culpability OF Chillah c.iIcli'' ra
Government of the ln'ed States may rest ASSN
that they will he punished c0ntofmapN 10 rc
laws. And if the investigation shouia She ,%c HaI
snnns bity on the part OF the sailors OIL tpc pa.
ttmore nv Government entcrtans me coh'lc'iyPdd
that the Government of The Cnltea N'aes
not wish them to go uhpunishea ~; lne imnpprtancc
of crimes il social interest OF hlgn iinpo.!!ah..
whatever the nationality OF the guilty parties VI
of the victims. Tiff. =. c.oratarv
blaine copies of correspondence between nInsciI
and Minister Malta Senior Montt, in summing up
senior Matta's reply to Mr.. Egans liIst Proocs'
made at the direction Of MI "hai' o. S"SII
" lie promises 10 inform Mr.. Egan oil Thc result
os the investigation when 1t snail nave Derh rol
cuded and states that, ont OF regard Ior llt naI
nony which it is his duty and MS deSe 70 aeseS IN
between the United States and Gill; he passes IN
silence over the improper expressions lird Dy MI
Egan in certain portions OF his note
PACKING Up THE GILLIAN AUTHORITIES
Frrtbcr ON in his note Mr. Montt, reviewing the
testimony as to the assault, insists .a't the poice
did nothing more than quiet the tnmeH' arie''
those who were most drunken and most rotous
and disper>c the crowd. The local authorizes
II, .av, could not have done more than they diu
lie dwels at length upon the pecullari'l's VI
Gillian law in explanation OF the secrecy "ton"
it, the Investigation, and says that the cohha'"'i
1T ,h, baltimore had informed the lntendente that
Mr. Exam could furnish list of names OF WITNESSES
of the assault He SAYS the Criminal Judge STATES
that neither the American consul nor Iht oon
mandcr Of the Baltimore nor any perooh "ip'o
ever has imputed before his court TO the authoIi
1 I.n lIHi M
bility for the occurrences OF me loth Oh oc,'.a'
neither has any specific or general chdrge "eei P; ,
icrred against them because oI lnclr io' 10 ,ha;r
endeavOred to prevent those occurrences y, " re
deplorablc and ultimate consequences oh w.
contrary the greater part OF the sailors ts'iS .a
the police rendered them timely ana ana franz rmn The
Uied to protect them by removing tDen Iron ,' i
action OF the pOpulacc and conveying 'Hcni " '"'i
own barracks. c ,t,,o
He rritrratcs the statement that senior MattI
had yainlv bcsougEt Mr.. Egan Ia furnish hll tile
names of the witnesses In concluding bis note
the Minister says:
From the documents which have me hO l,,o 20
transmit 10 YOU 1t clearly appears, WIFE ul p'VJuui,
to the result Of the criminal proceeding, when hope
VIII be speedily terminated, that the pOhce OF 'ai'
rurrouce, Of tie 1Gth Of october without LAYING
wounded matrcated any one ana tat ,ie' LIN, so
assistance TO the unfortunate sailor VINO wa te rns
oi = bullet tired from The midst Of one oi Tue sr'up'
OF men There assembled. =, ,,,.,, ou,bod,v
ha, been active and Jealous in the d2eIarse vi .te
functions in order to proceed agmst ' h sH been
i. o. .cd uy Ot the considerable nu"pcI "a
persons whose testimony must necessarily DC n h1
and for causes which IT did not re WIN 'no ''
From the accompanying documents there appear
moreover no grounds whatever 10 warrant the ASH
lion hat the snlors o Baltimore We're attacked
iu various places IN the clty AT ue SAINT "a ona
bart Of the clty only: In that part which IS well
known by reason OF frequent di'turban''.1 oi on7
character and that within an hour from the ocs."
Ming " the tumu and within half an hour hleL
the arrival Of the police and Of the other force, wcn
were sent 10 qucll IT, tranquility was restored hoSe
Who appc,red most compromised in the disturbance
having been taken before the Judge. ,,...,
without DELAY viii throw full light upon the affair."
and the undersigned doubts not thar the SPIRIT o.
state, and that II Chiu will be duly satisfied by the
Judgment which the investigation Is TO terminate
RESULT OF THE GILLIAN TRIALS.
December - Senior Montt lays before Mr..
Blaine the telegram heretofore made public, sum
mari1ing the results on the preliminary trial be-
fore the .Judg, Of Crimes and asserting that all
the Americans with the exception of two declare
that the police did their duty and make no charge
against them whatever.
January he transmitted TO Secretary Blame the
following telegram he had received from Minister
Pcrreira the new Minister of Foreign Relations
Inform the United States Government that 4 sum
mary Of the acknowledgements report rc I W
thr occurrence of October Is. which Chlli mas
lamcnted and DOES 80 sincerely lament, VIII be
sent on Monday. the 4th inst -, n,;
January :, Mr.. MOntt. IN note 10 NJ I'aine'
transmits 10 him the result OF the preliminary III
ycttigatlOn al Valparaiso, and informs nun tuat
the next step 10 the framing oi an lhdlclmeIl
based upon II agaisSt the resp0nsiDic persons lie
nays: The prosecuting attorney has brought ac-
cusaiion against those who. from the Suilario'
appear 10 he guilty, and they are Carioe "o"e1i
Fedrico Rodriguez and Ahumada, Chlllans, ana
Davidson. an American and has asKe'i that upon
them be- imposed the penalties assigned by the
law. namely. upon Gomez OF three 10 I'VE years
penal imprisonment; RODRIGUEZ, from two to
eighteen months and Ahumada ana DaVldsoh
twenty TO forty days imprisonment
Upon the conclusion OF the sumaro the procedure
prescribed by the laws II 10 communicates to the GRIM
nal, the Indictment, framed By the prosecuting at
torney and t. set down The Tor trial within brief
period Thcreupon the sentence is pronounced which
must be- reviewed by the superior court:
considering the bulk of the recori OF proceedings,
vac exceeds 800 foos. the necessary investigation
H. Of cover the culprits the numerous witnesses whose
deppsons have been taken. aud the delay In the np
pc,rance OF several of them 0I when you nave hhoWI
edge. the activity Shown by The criminal Judge OF
Nulp,l.o i'm this matter 10 the end that public justice
should -pcedlly be done, has been satisfactory 10 nv
have also received special instructions TO state to
IN. Government Of the United states that the Govern
mcnt of ChIi has felt sincere regret for the I'M
fortunate events which occurred III VALPARAISO ON the
18TH Of october. Although incidents OF I'M, nature
ma NOT rar, I'm po- fequentcd by sailors Of various
uatonnlitir> the fact that deaths and wounds
caused in the disturbance on the 10Th Of October
the zeal with which the Gillian authorities are ac,
c,tomed - watch over the personal security of all
who tread territory the fact Tat persons employed
in the service III froidk nation were concerned ana
The frank desire for American cordialify which nv
,nv,rtput rutnrtan~ have led II O cordially dep0re
thc aforesaid disturbance and 10 do everything IN It's
power townr,l the thai and punishment Of the guilty
parties
Two brief trlc4 rams received by Minister Mont
and transmitted to Secretary Blaine state that
| English fireman Shields Of American merchant
vessel Kewccnaw declared dcscrter by captain
Of vessel - October last Same day police took
, him up drunk i'll street
January II. Davidson accused of stonins
Shields
THE lat note in the correspondence delivered to
SECRETARY Blaine 10y Mr. EQan' simple en-
closure of telegram in the following language
commando of Yorktown notified Naval COmman
daut that going 10 send by mail steamer the
refugee, he board. Having asked instructions,
thc Naval Commands replied Ia him hat the GOV
crum,l,t did not give safe conduct to the refugees.
They will understand the contingencies to which they
orr exposed by cmbarhing IN merchant vessels or In
mail steamer, (>iguedl PERRElRA."