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Show SON'S HBiieiES; b:j NOT E1L ANY KRTEVeS ky, and a child was killed in another part of the town. The natiyes claimed that the woman had. died of fright, and that the child was shot by my son. Doctors who examined the remains of the child, however, stated -that the wound resembled a knife. wound much tnoer than a - pistol wound, and the probabilities are that it was killed during dur-ing one of the drunken brawls that are1 common to all festive occasion of. the natives. t ' Political Capital. "After the fight mv son went over- ' A. W. McCune, who returned from Peru Saturday, talked' freely of the trouble of bis son, A. W. McCune, Jr., about which more or less sensational stories have been printed in the American Amer-ican newspapers. . " - Young McCune, it was stated in dispatches dis-patches that came from South America, Ameri-ca, had killed two natives at the San Miguel mine and the natives had threatened threat-ened his life. It was stated that he escaped to Valparaiso, where be was captured and placed in jail, but escaped from prison, during the disastrous earthquake there. -- Th nnlv reoort -Aomincr from the Mc- land to Chile. About this time a depu-tado depu-tado (who corresponds to our Congressman) Con-gressman) who was also attorney for the Indian who owned a share in, the San Miguel mine, made political capital cap-ital oat of the incident -at the mine; He was carrying on negotiations for the sale of the Indian's interest in the holdings, and in this way took advantage advan-tage of his office to aid his interests. He threatened to throw his influence to the revolutionists, who at that . time were a menace to the Government, unless un-less my son were arrested. "Finally the Government decided to order my son's arrest, and sent word to the police - department in Chile to hold him. The people of Chile are antagonistic an-tagonistic toward the Peruvians, and also toward the Americans. They decided de-cided to bold Alfred, however, ontil they heard from me, although they had no intention of turning him over to the Government of Pern, on account of the rivalry between the two nations. Detained at Valparaiso. "He was detained at police headquarters headquar-ters five days, and on the fifth day the earthquake came and the building was shaken down. The boy escaped into the street when the walla fell, but waa retaken re-taken and placed in a small prison. There he stayed in the cell, where he could ' witness the awful . devastation going on around him and expected every ev-ery moment that he would be added to the victims of the' terrible calamity. The prison was a one-story affair and withstood the shock which leveled the larger buildings aronnd it. He remained re-mained in jail a few days longer, when he was released bv order of the Government of Chile. The only reason for his detention waa because of the fact that -it was thought it might be i made worth their while to release him. Cone side heretofore was contained in a brief cablegram from the elder Me-Cune, Me-Cune, which stated that newspaper reports were exaggerated. In relating the story of his soU'a affair, af-fair, Mr. McCune said: Bent to Protect Property.- "Our company owns 60 per cent of the San Miguel mine, a very rich holding, twenty miles from the Cerro d 'Pasco mine. The remaining shares of this poperty were owned by a native Indian, who waa operating the mine and who refused to sell his interest except at an enormous figure. "On July 28, a native holiday, which thev all celebrate by getting drunk, I sent my son with four American bore from the Cerro d 'Pasco mine, to take possession of the San Miguel mine while the natives were revelling. As we had the controlling interest in the property I wished to introduce modern machinery and develop the mine. . Attacked by Natives. "My son stopped-at a'eabin a short war from the mine, and the other boys went on to the shaft. While he was in the cabin a thousand drunken, cursing, maddened natives raided the house and literally smashed it to pieces. My son seized a revolver from one of the attacking at-tacking party, his intention being to shoot in the air and frighten back the howling mob, so that he could reach the horses and the rest of his party. "He had not time to shoot, however, when a native struck him down with a large rock. He lav unconscious until he was rescnedby "his companions, who took him to the mine. . The bovs held the mob at bay for nearly a week, until un-til I sent reinforcements from Cerro d Tasco, after which the natives capitulated. capitu-lated. No Pistol Wound Found. "My son was terribly cut and bruised as the result of the fray, and some of the other Americans were injured, but no one waa killed- On the day .of the conflict' with the natives an Indian-woman Indian-woman died of overindulgence in whis- a condition of affairs which exists in all the countries of South America. On Way to Salt Lake. - "He left Chile and went to New York, and is now on his way to Salt Lake City. The incident illustrates the bitter hatred South American States bear to all Americans. They think that the Monroe doctrine establishes a sort of protectorate over their countries, and they are. fearful lest the United States may decide to annex the country, coun-try, a proceeding which is devoutly hoped for by all American colonists in those nations. " Mr. McCune rs stay in Salt Lake will be indefinite. Mrs. MeCune has been here for several weeks, occupying the McCune mansion at Main and First North street. '. Street Bail way Deal Mr. McCune would not discuss the recent re-cent sale of the Utah Light and Bail-way Bail-way company, in which ho is the largest larg-est individual stockholder. He said the matter had been arranged after his de- Earture from New York, although he ad fixed a price for his holdings. .Mr. MeCune is of the opinion that Pern will lead the world in the production produc-tion of copper. .The Cerro d Tasco mine, of which he is the "principal owner, own-er, be regards as the greatest copper -mine in the world today. |