| Show SlMPIl SMILED The Shot Was Aot Fired at United States Consul NEW YORK March 20 Felix Taussig one of the passengers on the steamer Cambria which arrived yesterday from St John Porto Rico and who told of the firing on United States Consul Hall by a Spanish soldier in speaking further about the affair today said When Consul Hall asked Governor General Marin for an explanation of the occurrence the governor told him with a smile on his face that the shot was tired at a woman who was looking over the wall at the side of the public highway high-way Into the prison Marin asserted that it was tho rule of the prison for the guards to fire upon any person looking over the wall Tile wall is but four feet high and a person passing along the street could not well help seeing the prison yard so that wel explanation vouchsafed by General Marin did not satisfy Consul Hall who thinks I thlnl5 the shot was fred at him intentionally I Mr Hall says that only a few moments mo-ments before the shot was fred he saw mo I an officer of the prison walk out to the I guard and apparently give him some instructions in-structions He says that since he has been at St John there has not shot been fired from the prison although numerous persons have stood in the street and ooke over the wall Into the prison o DONT LIKE US Mr Taussig said that the feeling against Americans was very strong in St John because there were many Spaniards Span-iards at the capital city The feeling in other parts of the island is In sympathy with the Americans and against the rule of the Spanish On the morning after af-ter the news reached Porto Rico that congress was about to recognize the Cubans Cu-bans hand bills in Spanish were distributed distrib-uted broadcast in Ponce and St John calling upon the people to hold demonstrations demon-strations against the American consuls in those cities Consul Hal protested to Governor Mar and this prevented the demonstrations WASHINGTON March 20The Wwt i L 7 j < Indian mail arriving here brought an account from United States Consul Hall at San Juan Porto Rico of the reported atempt this life 4fle shows i was purely accidental |
