Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-09

Quick AZ a NASH + selzeG one arm:
Tom, following my cue. seized the
other, and we set of as rapidly as we
could get Jack on for the place where
we knew the boats to be. 4
After turning corner released
Jacks arm and shouted. Run. Jack
run for your life!' Ii he hadn't been
drinking he might have got away. As
it was the policeman signaled for as
sistance. and very soon several Of the
force were on our track. They reached
us just before we could get into !
boat.
Jack was arrested and marched back
to the town. Tom and l followed him.
a policeman on either side Of him
and several in the rear. and saw him
taken into the police office. We We're
not allowed to 80 IN ourselves. but
loitered outside till we were thunder
struck at being informed by man
who came out Of the building that Jack
Hoskins had been summarily tried TO,
attacking policeman and had been
condemned to be shot the next morn.
ing. At first we thought the man was
hoaxing us: but. getting the same in.
formation from others. we made uE
our minds that it must be true.
After a hurried consultation we de-
termined first to 60 and inform the
American consul Of the circumstance,
then 90 to the ship and tell the cap
tain. The consul. however. was the
proper person to act in the matter.
and we went with him as he hurried
away to do what he could in the name
Of the United States government to
save Jacks life. He at first eXpostu
lated against the barbarity Of execut-
ing man for resisting a Wanton at
tack Of a policeman. but us the au-
thorities turned deaf ear to his ex-
postulation h. made u formal protest.
No more attention was paid to the pro-
test than to the expostulation.
That night was IA distressing one fur
all our crew. and. as for Jack. it only
remained for him to prepare for death.
Our captain could do nothing. If the
Chilean authorities would not respect
a representative Of the United States
they would not pay any attention to
the captain of the crew to which the
offender belonged. The harbor was
not only bare Of a United States fight
ing ship. but did not contain one OF
any other nation.
Not wink did l sleep that night
| and when it was light enough for the
to see was securing the harbor in the
hope that some sort Of fighting ma
chine had come in during the night
But was disappointed. The waters
were entirely bare Of guns.
The condition Of our crew was har
! rowing. We wanted to fight and had
nothing to fight with. To permit one
of our number to be shot to death by
a lot Of Spanish American understood
bloodthirsty rascals we'll nigh threw
every man Of us into spasms. We got
together in knots. and many were the
foolhardy plans that were proposed to
save our comrades life. But as time
wore on and the hour appointed fol
the execution approached an awful
sense of our powerless position settled
down upon us and stunned us.
Early in the morning l was made
| the bearer of a note from our captain
to the consul. The captain dared not
leave the ship for fear Of some move
on the part Of the men which would
not only be hopeless. but get us into
more trouble. was the only man OF
! the crew to 60 ashore. While was
| at the consulate a crowd was gather:
Ing In a field in rear Of the house to
witness the execution. What the note
contained | don't know, but on reading
| it the consul shook his head.
At that moment l saw the British
| consul. whose house was opposite
come out to raise the British flag. He
stood looking at the crowd In the field
| and I saw the British bulldog indig
nation rising in him at the murder
about to be committed. With the flag
| still in his hand he came across the
street and. approaching the American
consul, said to him:
you're not going to let them shoot
that man, are you?"
"What can l do2" replied the consu
despairingly. Il have protested agains
the act. am powerless to do MORE"
! Meanwhile Jack had been marched
out. and firing squad was taking posi-
| ton before him.
"Give me your hagv' shouted the
| 1T, Il to-
ment the stars and stripes were clutch
ed in his hand with the union jack
Then hurrying across the field, ! an6
our own consul following him. we saw
him elbow his way through the Grove
and run up to the prisoner. The mex
instant the United States flag was
folded around Jacks broad shoulders