The herald., 1894-08-24
DOINGS AT BLUEFIELDS.
THE NICARAGUANS PERPETRATE
AN OUTRAGE.
British Consul Hatch and American
Citizons Thrown into Prison..
Time for Severe
Action.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2S.-A Bluefelds
letter to the Associated Press. via New
Orleans, Gays:
Shortly befo.e noon on the 10th O most
outrageous movement on the part of the
Nicaraguans was made public. The
greater part Of the troops were to sail at
7 O'Clock in the evening on the Yula, a
coasting steamer, and Minister Madris
decided to send with them those per-
sons whom he thought were guilty OF
firing on the NssEasfuAas uAasdtf tfs tpsE sEbSEiy bEyysn u
representative, was sent for, and when
he answered the call he was locked in a
room as prisoner. The move was kept
very quiet, and as he was not allowed to
communicate with the outside, no one
knew OF his arrest for hours.
About IL o'clock, when q Mr.. Lamp.
ton called at the building to have GER
tain freights released from the custom
house, he was also placed under arrest.
Then Mr.. Henry Brown. an Englishman,
called to assist Mr.. hampton in getting
the freight, when he, too, was arrested.
Their next move was against Captain
Wiltbanks, the American who accepted
the position of judge under the Mosquito
rule. II. @. Ingram, John Thomas. H.
A. Hodgson, John Taylor and George
Johnson, all Mosquito creoles, we're ar
rested.
After these men wero detained an
hour or more, the Americans in the
neighborhood were attracted by the
signs they made from the windows.
The English officers stationed on shore
went to the building to learn the cause
OF Hatchs absence and were told he
was under arrest. Hatch dropped a
paper from a side window telling OF his
arrest and the desire OF the Spaniards to
take him and his companions to NicarA-
qua.
A boat was at once sent to the Eng
lish cruiser, and the news distributed
along the foreign quarter. Consul
Iealoka of the United States was noti-
fed and called on Madris. The latter
said these persons were to 60 to the
interior to stand trial. He could not
get enough evidence to convict them
now, but he was sure they were impli-
Gated. Consul Zsaloka then dispatched
to the Columbia, and by 2:30 p. m. q
tug was ateaming toward the bluff.
What the charges are Madris does not
say. He has not even informed the
American or the English consul. The
English consul it is believed. is charged
with having melted the Jamaicans to
riot and bloodshed. The owners of
the Yula, when told of the arrest,
positively stated that their boat should
not leave, and thus the only transport
which can stand the sea is taken away
from them. 1t is, of course, useless for
the Nicaraguans to cause the arrest, for
even should Captain Sumner submit to
the actions of Madris, the American
population would release the innocent
men by force OF arms, ii necessary.
However the commanders OF thee Columbia
is expected here before night and the
English commander also.
While speaking to General Lacsyo
Just after the news was made public, it
was learned that Madris had taken these
steps upon his own advice. it WAS not
legal to take these men TO Managua,
said Lacayo, and he could show it in
the laws of the country.
Such move on the part OF the Mica
raguans, coming, as it does. after the
insult to the American flag, deserves the
most severe action, and ii ever naval
officers were called upon to exert their
authority, their time has arrived to do
so. The situation is sorious. for no one
feels safe, but it is hoped that Nicaragua
will be taught lesson that will not be
forgotten, by the men on the Mohawk
and Columbia.