| Show SAYS LEFT 1 V H Halbert lbert Kerr Throws Light on V Down Downin Alleged Tragedy in Peru 1 J V rt Kerr general superintendent superintend superintend- 1 cut ent of ot the Cerro de do Pasco lasco railroad in ina t V V a letter to his brother Kenneth C. C S V Kerr Korr of this city throws some ome light r S V upon the encounter between A. A V W. S McCune Jr and some of the native V j laborers At tho the time of the trouble 1 the press dispatches gave but meager kJ V accounts of th the affair and the letter ietter V from Mr Kerr Is dated after the re reS reported re- re S j I ported arrest of or Mr In Chile fo I 1 This Is Mr Kerrs Kerr's version of the af affair at- at 11 fair 0 Morococha u is the name o of a vcr very Important mining camp near the theL L' L summit this side Ilde of Oroya quite a aV V distance from Crom Cerro Ceno AI Alt Alf McCune has 5 been superintendent of those mines V V and has handled the Iho work vork very well 1 indeed Some Somo former owners of the property natives have been continually V ally In dispute over the property and andS S Z have caused causel no end of trouble In fact V there there- has been trouble there for tor some sometime S. S I time and it culminated on July 8 J V Which Is the Peruvian Fourth in a aS i S regular riot V Was DS ii In Self c. V V Alt Alf and anti four of or his men t tr r all aU white while men were l badly adly beaten by bythe V the mob of o natives and It has since 5 V been charged that he killed a couple V V V of or tho the natives Even if fr he did S which l I is a matter of or grave laVe V do doubt bl it was purely for the purpose purposeS e eo S o of oU defending himself but hut here heie the theS I V S la laws are from rom at home homo there being no such thing as elf t I I The he natives have hae made a tremendous lot of trouble over the affair and details de- de tans tails have been exaggerated the fact j that the natives started the riot and heat hal four tour white while men having ha been sup sup- pressed However Alf AIr Al has left tho the country now and probably the papers w will lI soon drop the affair |
