Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 9, 1891

Mr. Egan to Mr. Blaine.

[Telegram.]

Legation of the United States,
Santiago, January 15, 1892.

Mr. Egan replies to the telegram of the 13th, and says that the fiscal analyzes at great length Johnson’s and Langan’s sworn testimony, which shows that a policeman fired at close range the rifle which killed Riggin, and throws it out, in its entirety, as conflicting; that the same officer ignores the evidence of the officers and surgeon of the Baltimore and the circumstance of Johnson’s tie and shirt being pierced by a bullet, and arrives at the conclusion that Riggin’s death was caused by a revolver shot.