The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-23

gos should be extradited, inasmuch as the
crime of which he is accused was commit
ted several months before the revolution
commenced, and is entirely devoid Of any
political aspect. But Ezeta and his CON-
panions. Leon Bolanos and the valiant
FloreDcio Bustamente. are now at liberty
10 follow Jacinto Colocho, who was re-
leased during the progress of the examina-
tion in the Federal court and is said to be
in Mexico at the present time.
Crowds thronged the courtroom yester-
day morning TO witness this the last act of
the Savadoran drama before the Ameri-
can public and at its conclusion it was
impossible to subdue the on burst of ap-
plause which greeted Judge Morrow's
final sentence. During the decision, which
covered sixty pages of typewriter copy
and consumed one hour and a half in its
reading, the detained refugees, seated d.
rectly behind their attorneys, listened as
attentively to every word as if they really
omprehended Its meaning. One by one
the various charges were taken up and re-
viewed and poor Cienfuegos in the end
was the only one Of the party who could
not be congratulated. The wing of the
eagle failed to cover him sufficiently, aud
wise be will be obliged to be the sole oc-
cupant of the little red cage on the wharf
at La Libertad.
Ezeta was overjoyed at being given his
liberty. and saluted the entire courtroom
before undergoing the Misunderstanding or
deal which followed the decision. b.
lanos simply smiled and said nothing,
while Bustamenie exhibited his feelings
by putting enormous clouds of blue smoke
from a remarkably dimiDutive brown CT
garette. They fingered about the court
room but a few moments after adjourn
ment, and started briskly for the Califor-
MIA Hotel. in which they will in future be
guests instead of prisoners.
Judge Morrow. it was evident, had de-
voted great deal of time to the task of
preparing decision in this important mat
ter. and be explained at the opening that
he was sitting as a committing magistrate
to determine upon the application of San
Salvador for the extraditi0n, under its
treaty with the United States, of the refu-
gees already named on five charges, three
being for murder, one for attempt to MUIR
der and another for robbery. Upon the
hearing it was claimed by the refugees:
First, that there was not sufficient evil
dence amounting to probable cause to
justify the holding of the accused, and sec
0nd that ali the offenses charged, with the
exception of the charge of attempt to muir
der made against Juan Cienfuegos, as
Stunning that probable cause existed, were
political acts, and for that reason not ex-
traditable by the terms of the treaty.
The court then reviewed the history of
the revolution and the causes leading up to
it and the subsequent flight Of Ezsta and
his companions. After citing authorities
bearing on the question of Jurisdiction the
first charge In point OF time was taken up
and disposed of.
Juan Cienfuegos, alias la Chucha,'
said the court, sis accused of attempting
to murder one Andres Amaya on the Sd of
January, 1894, at the city OF San Salvador
in front of the house used by the said
Amaya as his residence. The statement
of Amaya is, briefly, that at 1910 o'clock
on The evening of the Sd of January one
Manuel Casin offended him at his own
house; that Casin was accompanied by
four or five other persons; among these
was Juan Cienfueg0s, whom be recognized
perfectly well; that this group was dis
guised; that they discharged their revolv
ers at hiel just at the moment he happened
to be on the porch of his house coDversiug
with one Don Mariana Moran; that CieD-
fuegos was the one who fired the first shot.
'The accused, IN his testimony before me,
tes tilted to subtantially the same facts as
are contained in the statement made by
him upon his arrest. He admits that ne