The record-union., 1894-08-23
SALVADORAN REFUGEES.
NEW TANGLE OF CONFLICTING
AUTHORITY DEVELOPED.
Captain Howison Refuses to Place
Marshal Baldwin Aboard the
Bennington.
special to the REcoRn-uNrox.


SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22.-The singu-
lar international complication involving
the liberation of General Antonio Ezeta
and his fellow refugees, which has been
SO prolific of opera bouffe sensations, de-
veloped a new tangle of conflicting au-
thority to-day. Warrants were finally
issued for the arrest of the refugees, but
the local Federal authorities got tangled
up in Government red tape, and the war;
rants could not be served. United States
Marshal Baldwin, armed with the au-
thority of the Federal Courts, set out to
have the refugees brought within the
jurisdiction of the law, but he ran up
against Captain Howison, the naval Off
Ger who commands at the Mare Island
Navy-yard. Captain Howison declared
that he had no authority to furnish trans
portation to the United States Marshal,
and he refused TO place that official on
board the bennington.
Without the assistance of the Navy
Department, the Marshal could not reach
the gunboat. In the first place, the law
allows the Marshal but 81 for serving
each warrant, and under this comDensa-
ton he could not hire a tugboat.
Furthermore, Captain Thomas of the
Bennington has strict orders to receive
no one on board his ship but accredited
naval officers from Mare Island. Under
these conditions the United States
Marshal must have the assistance OF the
naval authorities If he shall ever arrest
the culprits of whom he is in pursuit.
All this afternoon the Marshal and
Captain Howison have been in tele-
graphic communication with their SUI
perlors at Washington, and ii they sue
o-fo t.li S,ifire ir.yru 10
tions between the departments of the
Government, which at present is not
probable, the Navy Department will
bring the refugees in to the United States
Marshal, or will permit him to go to sea
and board the bennington before she ar
rives within the three mile limit
Judge Morrow, OF the United States
District Court, issued the warrants this
morning. The written authorization from
Secretary Gresham, which bears date OF
August llth, and was mailed from Wash
ington, was placed in the hands of Judge
Morrow by Eustorjio Calderon, who now
represents the Government of San Saliva
dor at this point as Consul. The COM
plants call for the extradition OF Antonio
EZeta, Leon Bolanos, Jaclnto Colocho,
Juan Cienfuegos and Elorencio Busta-
mente. The accused are charged with
being criminals and fugitives from JUS
tice. 1t is charged that on June b, 1894,
on the public road leading from the town
OF New San Salvador to La Libertad, one
Thomas Canas, teanster, who was driv-
ing along the road, was shot aud muir
dered by Antonio Ezeta and Juan Cien-
fueros (alias La church,. Ezeta and his
companion were then fleeing from their
pursuers. 1t is also charged that on June
/, 1894, Antonio Ezeta entered the Inter-
national Bank of FL Salvador and Mica
ragua and assaulted Jose Ruiz and Eve
resto Ambrosy, and robbed the bank OF
s., 1854. Cienfuegos Is also charged with
an attempt to murder Andres Anaya.
Leon Boanos and Florencio Bustamente
are charged with the crime of murder for
the killing of four persons on May 9Th ia
the Gulch of Las Pulgas, Primavera.
Another complaint charges the five
refugees with strangling Casimiro Hem
riques to death in the village of Coatepe-
que Oh June 3D..