The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-24
SEIZED BY MINISTER MADRIZ.
Some Daring Outrages Com
mitted at BIuefields.
WARsHiPs TO 90 TO THE RESCUE
The Officious Nicaraguan May Get
Himself Into Exceedingly
Serious Trouble.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. pa Bluefields
Nicaragua letter to the Associated Press,
via New Orleans. which arrived tonight,
says: Shortly before noon on the 10Th
inst most outrageous movement on the
part of the Nicaraguans was made public.
The greater part of the troops were to sail
at o'clock 10 the evening on the Yula,
coasting steamer, and Minister Madriz de-
cided to send with them those persons
who he thought we're guilty Of firing on
the Nicaraguan flag.
Early in the morning Consul Hatch, the
British representative. was sent for, and
when he answered to the call he was
locked in 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 ii o'clock when a Mr.. hampton
called at the building to secure permits
sion to have certain freights released
from the custom house no was also put
under arrest. Then Henry Brown, an
Englishman, called to assist Mr.. Hampton
in getting the freight, VIXEN he, too, was
arrested. Their next move was against
Captain G. T.. WiltbauKs, the American
who accepted the position as Judge under
the Mosquito rule. II. e. Ingram, John
Thomas. 81. A. Hodgson, John Kyler and
George Hodgson, all Mosquito Creoles,
were arrested.
After these men were detained an hour
or more The Americans in the neigh Dor
hood were attracted by the signs they
made from the windows. The English
officers stationed on shore as usual
went to the building to learn the cause
of Hatch's absence and were told they
were under arrest. Mr.. Hatch dropped
paper from the side window tell
ing of his arrest and the desire of the
Spaniards to take him and his companions
TO Nicaragua.
A boat was Immediately sent to the
English cruiser and the news distributed
along the foreign quarter. Consul Zealot
of the United States was notified and
called on Madriz. The latter said these
persons were to go to the interior 10 stand
trial. He could not get English evidence
to convict them now, but he was sure they
were implicated.
Consul Zealot then dispatched to the Co
lumbia, and by 2:3O o'clock the tug was
steaming toward the bluff. What the
charges are Madriz 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 trans
port which can stand the sea is
taken away from them. 1t is, of course.
useless for these Nicaraguans to cause the
arrest. for even should Captain Sumner
submit to the actions of MadriZ the Ameri-
can population would demand and release
the innocent men by force of arms if
necessary. However, The commander of
the Columb a is expected before night and
the English commander also.
While speaking to General Lacayo. lust
after the news made public, it was learned
that Madrlz had taken these steps upon
his own advice. 1t was not legal 10 take
these men to Managua, said Lacayo, and
he could show 1t in the laws of Nicaragua.
Such move on the part of the Mica
raguans, coming as it does after the in
suits TO the American flag, deserves the
most severe action. and if ever naval
officers were called upon to exert their
authority their time has arrived to do so
The American population is greatly ex-
cited. and were X not that they have con-
fidence in their c1untrv's agents the bullet
riddled buildings would suffer another at
tack. but this time some one would be Sc
verely hurt. The situation is serious. 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 Mo-
hawk and Columbia.