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Show TIIEIlAIiTllIORB"(JASE t Icitluinn; Slions That Ilia Allsck wa K l'rrarranged bj Hie Chilean Mob. THE POIICC AND SOLOICHS AIDED THCRIOTCRS, I lie Alllliilo or Clilln tut soMlhfaa- tor; as Mlglit llsro been I ipeclcd. if THensen la lee Kaws I tiiuitv viArrrttt The T.alliiivnr In Hie lUlllniere" Airaler-lillla'a lllll.nl.. Vai i.i Jo, Cal , Jau. tt.-To.la) waa the third of the luveallgatlon lulu the By attack on the sailors ot the "Haiti-more." "Haiti-more." Nearly all the crew have now testified, and Monday the ifllcera will robably tako thu stand, Tho case of tbo United Stales, as staled by l'resl-dent l'resl-dent Harrison In hla message, hat been fully made out. There tan no longer Lu n doubt that Ihe mob had organized before baud. Neatly every aillor waa warned by at least one person per-son that the "Ualtlmore" men woulJ bo attacked at dark. The clerk of the bank where theychanged Ihtlr money warned some of them. An lluglltU sea captain ttopred others on the street and warned them, and niluy others In all claa-et of society gave warning to many of the sailors who kcrl away from the low parts of ton n and went to Itiofashlonabio rialdeuceand hualuess part, only to be followed and atlackod there by the mob. There were at least four different localities, aome of them over hslf audio apart, where attacks ou the tailors were made alirul-taneoutly. alirul-taneoutly. Theshameful port played by Valpa-ralto Valpa-ralto police and aoldlera becomes mors and more evident dally. Near!) every witness wat abuted aad Intuited by them, while the evldeuce that It war they whoihotanJ killed Iligglti Is conclusive. Captain Schley said today to an Associated As-sociated Press reporter! " lieu I went toChllol waa prejudiced agalntt Minister Min-ister Ugan; lut I found hi in a quiet, Intelligent, estimable gentleman, firm yet hot boisterous, and in ivcry way determined todo his duly totheUnlled . States, Hla letters to the Chilean gov eminent were diplomatic masterpieces, unanswerable In lojcnnnacd decided, decid-ed, and yet thoroughly wllte and re-sreclful. re-sreclful. I soon concluded that he waa the right man In thu right la-t. The llrltl.li minister, Kendedy, declared lu mytresence that he had written to Lord Salisbury that Kgan's conduct throughout had been dlgnllled and remiruendal le, and that In him the1 Unlled States had a mlulster In whom any country might well t preud." CHILE'S ATTITUDl, , WAsitiicmj.'i, Jau. 0 There Is no doubt that the administration received with disappointment the dispatch yes. lerday from Senor Serlera, Chilean minister of foreign alUIra, through Minister Montt. It wsa a recapitulation recapitu-lation of the tlndlns of the Chilean Judicial officer, Inaten j of a statement til that 1111111 be regarded aa an apology ! for the attack on the crew of the "Hal ( tlmore." The length to which the H proceedings have draggej, aud the HI statement to Illalne by Montt that sH' other links are to Le added to the long !' chain of legal formalities, naturally Ii has had au Imitating ell Vet iin the Hk administration, which postponed a fut- HE ther communication with Congresa HI ui-oii the eubect, In the bojo that HI a satisfactory understanding would be Hi reached In a short time. U4U further Hal consideration, however, It appears that Ir the dispatch marks a tangible udvancs- His, nient toward the desired ol Ject. H The tone of the dlsr-tUri la much HtV more friendly and conciliatory than Has that which characterized some of the HfC preceding communications. Hi Aa the proceedings so far hat re- HI suited lu Indlctmeuta against the Hit oflenders, It la hardly presumed that H'l the Chilean government, alter the Ha? stand It has taken, will be expected to (., make an aiiology and promise reiuera. H'al Hon until the trial has taken plsee anj H al the prisoners convicted of the murder- Hal ous assault. Minister Monti's slate- aefffl mem warrants tits assumption that the B trial will begin Immediately, aud If It Is a parent that the regular processes of H Chilean law are Ulngcanled forwaid with proper eiwdlllon, and there ls a fairground to expect an apology, the Unlto.1 Stetes government will doubt flR lets continue to await the result for a Mil 4 reasonable time. Minister Montt MR characterizes aaalsurd the ttatemant H coming from Vallejo, Cal , that David- H son, the "llsltlmore" sailor, was trlod I aud convicted in Chile without hla I knowledge or that or the offlrera of the I vessel. Minister l'erelras'ellspatih of I yesterday auppoita Monti's tftatement fi on this lnt, forltehowa that David- I ton waa Indicted, but not tried. It Is 1 entirely Improbable that he will ever I bo tried In Chile for rlotlug, st ll Is not f. supiosel that he wnul lbeturrendered If to the legal aulhoiltles of thst country, I even should Ibey UemauJ his sue- t render. IT A grave disparity Is noted between M the fludlngef the Chilean dltirlot at- fl. toroey and the testimony collected I from tbo "Ualtlmore" people concern- 1 Ing the attack on them, the report of I the medical olllcers of thu settelkava H leachixl the navy department, Med- Hi leal lut) ector Cook, repotting ou ltlr. II gins' death, aays, "After receiving B several wounds, not nuessarlly fatal, H ho waa wounded by a rifle lull. Some M wounds wero Inflicted post mortem. HI I There Is good evldeuce Hist tbepirty Hit from the ship, consisting of 117 meu, HI were aitaulled lu at lea.t six dlBerent HsV localities nearly simultaneously. The Hm atlsck waa apparent!) premedltsted." Inthecateof Coalheaver Tiirnbiill Hil the inspector t)t: "He die I froai HiV pyromln from an incised wound ieno anll tratlug the left lung. Ho was first InXl knocked down by a blow oo the heal Hiul with a stone, and out while 1) lug un- UBhI conscious, he wat arretted and taken, ffslltll unconscious, to Ihe prison ward The 19 "ll wound leuitratedtbeplsuraaud lung, Htaa He received eighteen or tweut) other ! ttuts and wounds In thu posterior. It Hifl was Initwsalbluforlhe medical olllcers HH otlheshlp tn senile proper attention HI IK for him and attention wat entirely lack- ingnt ulght. HtV The police wero appealed to, hut' HW would not permit him to be removed HW I Hf mi |
