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Show LEGATION HIS REFUGE 1 I Son of American Minister 'im M a Fugitive. )1pI H S5g M HE KILLED A COUNTRYMAN UI H -M M ritzcoinld, tho Victim, Was Private 'V H Secretaiy to the President ot lj H Guatemala and Had Severely Crltl- ., jlj H clsetl Minister Hunter Latter May ' phwt IH Bo Relieved on Account of the III iffU sisB rccllnf; His Actions Have Engcn- ?sft tiered Question of Yoitntr Hunter'a ifm ifl Surrender Will Now Come Up. ill H HI I Washington Nov 31 Iho fllnlo do- 8 M pnrtm.ut Ins bti?ii infortiicel thit find- J U tnv Iluuler Jr. son of iho I tilled I lp .H States Minister at lluiteuniln I'll) to- , jjj M ih) shot u ml killed William ritigerol 1 1 jjli H of (li.ind llniilds Mich Hunter hai ! 313 H taken tcfiigo In the legHlloii, und an in- $JJ9 M foresting tueslloii has arisen as In lilf fijj H i xcmptlon from arrest. fjb! H nr,rii,n Am; i.vckino ,1? H ImiHiilniit details are lacking In tho jtic M lepoii ot the uffuli wlili h has tome tn ul M the Slalr ilepartinenl, und the olllclaH if C M are in elnuht us to what shnuld be clon.'. tlf H Thev have no notion of eurrciidcrlntr f.j? M without protest nn American i lllzen to tig H Iho loo il eourlH of (luatcniula unlesH jl jH satisfied that the man Is n pioper rub ; (IB fl Jecl for piinlshuieiil liven then It In 1 pi S H not at nil iirtiiln that the tlepartmriit jlU H Itself has the right to waive any legal (rW H i xempllnn Unit the mail might have. l jiflj Imciiiutloii il law lns down the pre jt ifl eepl that un l.mbassidor nr Minister St VnS H in i) lint nf his own accord surrender $ jliij ati such exemption hi Ids own cns.c. w lUrl 1 clos. i Inspection of the original nd rs-IM vice reveals Ihe fact thai tho only iWM n nun bv which tho man was known Ihrfl sH was rilzgrial.l lie had not the Chris- I) H llau namo William as wus supposed tj$r al llrst He vvns shot four times El il KII.1.I.NI1 WAS l'HONOKI.f). -i H Another Important fait dcvclopcl iWa was that voting iluuler was aicnui- l piiilnl at Ihe time or the sbmitlng by 'El H the secietnr) of legillon Ihls ofliclnl ,Jk H Is set dnwn In the register ns being xim sH James 11 llnllev nf Kentuiky who went liUVl to his post in June 1901 'ihu cubic- (Kit H kram also, rnlher by suggestion than 5JX bv dliect statement gave gioiind for "vf. bH nu Inference that tho killing. was pio- (jfll voked -LllM sH claims to i:xi:mi'tion. iIJI UM Not much Is known hero nf tho per- 'AVB H snnullty of (loirrey Hunter Jr., and It IVtVm IsH Is Iminisslblo to learn dctlnltelv whether Jf H or not he ttus actually connected nftl- tin 1 i hilly with Iho Hulled Stales legation I f IB H at tluateinuli City nt the time nt thn kj;B lB killing That he had been a clerk or ;C H tpowilter In tho legation is established liHw but In somo iiuarters It Is suld that this ll fl aH connection bail been ti rnilnaled for fkll 1 sometime This may be n vert Impor- I !! H taut point In settling the iiuestlon nf li'lijl sH exemption of young Hunter rmmnrrest, YVX H for n legation uttncho nr emplayeo en- tM'H H Jojs lu n large part tho exemption con- J I II H ferre.l by Inlcinatloiul law on an Km- i ,J H bassndor ur Minister H Another point that may operate In ,! H Hunters fuvor Is his kinship to tho ti H Minister He vvns lertalnly a meinhcr n M H ,of the Ministers family, and that fact M H might he regiiitled ns sufllclent to base ;Y II IIJ ii claim of exemption. a l M i:.citi:.mi:nt in (Iuatcmai.a. r? H M The exeltemrnt in thn pelghlsirhooil ITvl H of the legation In (luntcmalii City has ! I H made it dlfllciilt for the Blulo depart- . t H menl In ohlnin nuy Information from ' , H any unbiased person lonnvcted with l HH the lignllon and lint Involved In the af- ,'. , YM frut Therefore It Is probubln thut It , , fM will vvult soma uppllcatloii from tho .J ; H lluatcmalan authorities for surrender v!t '! of JoniiK Hunter nud decide Hunter's c H claim to extmptlon from arrest on the l(i 1 H basis of all tho points presented If IB MIMS-lllIl MAV Ull HIILIEVHI) I H It Is expected here that tho shooting1 ,t m H uffru) nml im an the relief ot Dr Hun- i'f I H ter fl mil his post us Minister, Tim I! I H doctor has siiadlly cmhiolled with ,i H members nf the American colony til- . ft most slnco he assumed olllcc In 181)7, tB IIJ and latil owing lo his connection with ( H u (lovcrnnunt i.illloinl nnd other mat- li ; H ters not supposed In ho proper for a 1 LI 1 Minister tn meddle with the pressure ! A H b. came so aiuto that tho deparlment ii r was obllred to rillevn him from olllee'. m L H It mat be lhat I'itzgerald was ton- m J IH nectetl In pome way vvllh tho charges m ,( H against the .Mlulstei fl H |