The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1898, Page 8

THE SAN - FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1898 IS “PEELER” ONE OF THE | “@TTERSONS"? Simplicity in as Expounded by Mr. Slade. Daring of Harbor sioners. ition of effrontery and ed be- is rare- fore Justice Belcher yes 1y witnessed in a court of justice. At the conclusion of the examinatic of S. E. Sla e day, no atten t at the trial of e injunction case ¢ the Paraffine gainst the Harbor i have retired from and fraud. the board in every corruptic tion against a countenance, Mmoo AR 4HeY oMY ve Positive record proof on th point could be obtained only from what a designated pile-books, which have di: appeared. r bookkeeper of testified as to the record and to the Darby Laydon & the existence of practice of A man named Patterson, former su- perintendent of construction and re- pairs for the com to have received t h and ““Batts d “R: e erson™ and “‘Ratters The bookkeeper, who testified to }?: ing made the subs ials der instruction of Laydon, did not know the persons thus named, but he d know Superintendent Patterson, and had seen him at the office of the firm. He made other important era- sures intended to conceal any secret transactions the 1 might have had with the Harbor Commission. AS a necessary link in the chain of circumstantial ev e which was to prove the theft of piles and, the pay- | ment by the board for materials it had never received it was necessary to tle the fraudulent entries in the Darby Laydon books to some item or items in the records of the San Francisco Pre- serving Compan; ‘When their hodge. podge accounts were in tigated ves. terday against the persistent remon- | strance of Slade and his attorneys, it | was discovered that many sums of money had n pald “to cash” in checks, recorded either in the stubbs | or journal as having been drawn in | favor of “Peelers.” In every instance | save one where the record was found a word had been erased recentl so recently that the fur and fuzz stood | out plainly on the paper, and over this, in ink fresh and scarcely dry, had been written “Peeler.” In the excepted instance the hand of the slick worker had grown tired or lost its cunning, for the original “P” in partly faded ink was left, in striking contrast with the dewy black addition, “eelers” written over the erasion. In | still another place the cross of the let- | ter “t” had not been wholly erased. ~ | Slade admitted that he kept the| books himself; that he made the| erasures and substitutions, and then | had the hardihood to state to the court | { that the money drawn on checks “to cash,” which was unindorsed, had been paid to somebody, whom he did not know, to pay how many men he did | not know, for peeling logs. This was| the extent of his testimony as to mei “eeler” and “Peeler” entries. If secret service money had been| paid to any member or members of the | “Doctoring” Books to Shield the Board BookKkeeping More of Commis- amounting to thousands of dollars, represented by checks drawn to cash | or Dundon himself the eventual desti-| nation of which had been indicated originally by private marks, either in | the check stub book or the journal, | showed recent alteration, in that the marks had been erased. | Slade said the books were kept in this | faction. | through it will explain itself. Slade admitted that he made the | original entrfes and the subsequent | erasures, but denied positively that he | knew why the erasures had been made. | His only explanation was that he made other erasures, and finally the cun- | ningly devised plan of the defense was | suggested when the witness and his | tt y dwelt with particular em- phasis on the fact that in two distinet | 1ces in which the Harbor Com- ion and J. J. Keegan, their pri- were named in the | erasures of record had been One was the payment to the k for rental; the other was | the $1000 check deposited with the sec- | ary in the recent bidding contest. | fake was so transparent that everybody in the courtroom smiled. | Slade’s attitude throughout the day ne of open hostility te the inves- tion and contempt of the court in a witness. He had side to protect him, to whom in the jury box sat the ginous Dundon himself. Darby ppeared in the morning, and d until afternoon. > inst: | try, and we opened on our ledger at that ored individuals and partnerships will have a tendency to show that there has been wrong conduct on the part of the board.” “The court,” said Judge Belcher, “‘will not amplify the rulings already made touching matters of the same charac- ter or nature. It is only necessary to say that if the defendants are not con- nected in some manner with this tes- timony it will not avail.” On going into the books of the tim- ber preserving annex of the Dundon pool, that is to say, the journal and ledger, a unique, complicated and mys- terious method was slowly revealed. | manner, with only two accounts, be- | cause it made it so easy for him to explain everything to Dundon’s satis- The following extract from the testimony of the day will give a fair idea, both as to the system of book- keeping, and Slade’s comprehension of its simplicity, together with the first discovery of the “Peeler’ in the log pil Q.—On page 9 of your journal there is an entry under the date of February 20. 1= “P. F. Dundon.” Is that check 10? A_—Tenth page, page on the ledger. Q.—Referring to page 10 on the ledger A.—Yes. sir. Q.—“Cash not accounted for, $650. Dit- to, $1060. Ditto, $350. Ditto, $5. Cash P. F. Dundon as above, $2065.” The figure precedes that last entry. What is that A.—The page on the ledger. Q.—What does that entry mean_ there, “Cash not accounted for’’? A.—If you will follow the entries right down Q.—Can you explain it? A.—Mr. Dun- don, in the course of our business, made advances of money, and we credited it to his account, and to keep it in double entry form we had to make a cross en- time a cash account, and that I think is the only time that c&sh is mentioned in our bookkeeping. He afterward rendered | is an itemizéi statement and turned in his vouchers for the amount, stating for what the money had been used. We just credited him in blank with the money, $2065, and charged it to cash. Afterward we made the cross entry, itemizing the whole thing. It was for moneys advanced and he afterward accounted for {t. The court—To whom? A.—To the San Francisco Timber Preserving Company. Mr. Cope—Do you know what for? A.— sir; that is, the after entries will Q.—What after entries? A.—Following. It seems to me rather intricate, and as it happened in 188, which is nearly two s ago, I think, to refresh my mem- on that, that I had to refer to his ts _which we could produce at the request’of the attorney. I don’t real- ]y remember what that is. n of bookkeeping is not planation when it comes A.—It seems to be a very cult matter to make a proper expla- Chairman Colnon was missed all day | from his favorite post behind Attorney Stratton, who seemed to be in a state of mind Inclining him to advocate the suppression of newspapers. | Shortly after the morning session had opened, with Slade on the witness | stand, Attorney Stratton made a “special objection,” which was in the nature of a charge that counsel for the Paraffine Company were ‘working” | the newspapers. to put it vulgarly. He was sarca: lly aggrieved that the press never came to the rescue of “a downtrodden public official,” but were always rescuing the downtrodden peo- | ple. “I will reply on behalf of Mr. Sulli- van and m 1 said Judge Cope, that we have never at any stage of this case sought newspaper publicity. The case, as your Honor knows, pro- gressed here several days before the newspapers mentioned it at all. We have never sought to give information to anybody connected with the news- papers. If the newspaper reporters de- sired information from us which we thought we could conscientiously give we have given it, as we believe that the newspapers have the right to know | and be informed upon questions in- volving public interests. “If this case has attracted the atten- | tion of the newspapers it is not our | fault; it is the fault of those gentlemen whose conduct has brought this inves- tigation. We are.not responsible for it, if this has become a public ques- tion. “We have a right to come into court | to try this question or any other legal question upon which your Honor sees fit to receive evidence. If the newspa- | pers take it up, if the newspapers add to the exposures that have been made in court, the gentlemen should reflect upon their past conduct and bemoan that, and their sad fate, that has brought upon them this notoriety. ““We do not care about the notoriety, although we appreciate the fact that the service of the newspapers is val- uable for public purposes. “We expect it to have no influence upon the court or upon the trial. But we say that we have a right to produce this evidence, not because it may gel! into the newspapers or will get into | the newspapers, but because it is com- ceive. “The theory of this case is, as we | have explained several times, that the | Board of Harbor Commissioners have | unduly favored certain institutions | traveling or posing under the name of | corporations, or under names that | would indicate corporate existence, but | which turned out to be individuals and | partnerships; that they have unduly | favored them for a considerable length | of time. i ““We now say that we desire to show | from the books of these institutions | that their conduct has been open to suspicion. The entries in their books are such that they are unable satisfac- torily to explain them, and the court would have a right to infer from that fact that the conduct of those corpora- tions or those individuals and partner- ships s a matter for suspicion. “*Of course the Beard of State Harbor Commissioners, the president of the board or any member of the board, may, if they can do it to the satisfac- tion of the court, come upon the stand | and purge themselves of any connec- tion with this matter. “They may be able to convince your | word ‘“peelers” written in. petent evidence for your Honor to re-{ al! | ATTORNEYS COPE AND SULLIVAN EXAMINING SLADES SLICK WORN nation of. Q.—Is there anything in these books at all that would show the nature and char- acter of these expenditures of Mr. Dun- don; what they were spent for? A.—I think that I could find it in the books; | perhaps not itemized. I know about what that money was advanced for. I could explaln at quite a good deal of length about that, what that money was spent for, and I can bring his statement with| the vouchers for the money, showing| what he had spent it for. | Q.—We would like to have all these| vouchers; as many as you have of Mr. | Dundon’s. I wiil call your attention to| page 27 of the journal, under the head of | expense account. The date is November | 23, 1896; check No. 211, $20. Will you| produce that? A.—Here it is (producing). Q.—This is a check to cash. Have you| the stub book of that? A.—No. I had it} here, but I didn't bring anything except | what you told me to bring. Mr. Sullivan—We would like to have the | stub book. A.—I can’t get it here before the noon recess. | Mr. Cope—That item is now “peelers.” | That appears to have been erased and the Do you know | when that was done? A.—No, I do not. i Q.—Did you do it? A—I did. | Q.—Do you know when you did it? A.— I do not. Q.—What was your object in doing it?| AT don't know. It was evidently writ-| ten in wrong and corrected. I might make | an explanation to your Honor about items | charged to expense this way: There is no charge to anything except to expense, | and it amounts to a great many thousand | dollars. All the labor is charged to ex-| pense and all of the improvements tha have been made from time to time, in-| cluding the time after the fire; that is 1 ch: to expense, and we have no| other account to charge anything to ex-| cept to expense and to oil. All the creo-| sote oil that has been purchased has been charged to oil account. Everything else | has 'n charged to expense account. | There are only the two accounts. Q.—You will observe that check No. 211 is made to cash, $200? A.—Yes, sir. Q.—It bears no indorsement whatso- ever? A.—It is not necessary. i Q.—I am not aski: ou whether 1t is necessary or not. A.—I¥¥bears no indorse- ment. + Q.—You showed us a check made to cash and indorsed by Dundon. A.—It was doqne TRecemsn .—Doyouknow who handled or that check? A.—I do not. S Q.—You say you don’t know when this change was made, the erasure and the word “peelers” written in? A.—1I don't know. Q.—Do ti;on know why it was done? A.— Except_that it was entered erroneously QOe D?wm‘l! place :’.:Ifl en&recte% .—Don’t you know that chan, recent change? A.—N ity 0. Q.—You are familiar with ink? am familiar with 1t s et T van—Tsn't t fresh? ATt may be fresh. {=k 7 Q.—It was not made within a day two? A—No ey - Q—Or within the last week? A.—With- JANES J. KEEGAN WHO KNOWS ONLY THE RECORDS 2‘(_E.).V—Do you know what it was for? A.—] Q.—Produce that voucher also; I sup- pose you have a voucher for that? A.—I can say it has nothing whatever to do with any business that we have done with the Board of State Harbor Commis- sioners. Q.—The voucher would I Tresume? A.—If it has nothing to do, do need to produce the voucher? The Court—They have a right to see it. | A.—All right. Mr. Sullivan—It is check 139. Mr. Cope—Was that item of $87181 a credit to P. F. Dundon? A.—That was charged to expense. Q.—Charged to expense? A.—Yes, sir. Q.—Is it charged against L don in any of the books? A.—This item is not; the other one wa Q.—This item of $871 81— A.—Is charged to_expense. show that, xQ.—A\'m charged to Dundon? A.—No, | sir, Q.—What Is the meaning of this? Can you read these words that 1 to? A.—Do I need to give tion of anything that is to any business done Commissioners and in referen soting done for other peopl amount that we did T Harbor o creo- | stating the we received | the money? Q.—No, we are ness to state what Mr. Sullivan—It is y Mr. Cope—It is creosoting account, is it? A—Yes, sir. Q.—What is this next word? chusett. Q.—Was that some somebody else Harbor Commissione g is. the wit- | A—Wa- | one for ! creosoting d th 3 Q.—And the item amounte AYes, sir. i with the ‘ommussioners at I am aware of. to do Q ou are aware of? Harbor Commission- A.—Posi- | the Board of Sta ers Q.—You state th y_and on m Q.—Was that done by the Sa serving Compa Q.—Did it ref positively? ath. e creosoting that was “rancisco Timber Pre- | A.—Yes, sir. to any creosoting done | oARST CAYDON | accumulation, for the months between | creoscte plant account, a stock account, | | more than one | got through an article written by the | Gon't want to fight before a small audi- | | ence, you know, and judging from the re- the time Dundon received a salary, he added. Coming down to December, 1897, Slade’'s memory as to the cause of | these many unexplained expenditures | did not improve in the slightest de- gree. The court significantly asked | him at this point, “You did the writing | in the books all during this period?” | “Yes, sir,” was the emphatic reply. “And the date of that last item?" | asked the court of counsel. “December 27, 1897,” was the an- swer. The sum of these many checks was thousands of dollars. Just before adjournment Judge Cope discovered on page 76 of the ledger an entry of $§39, 64. “Mr. Stratton,” exclaimed Slade, excitedly, “‘this is a private matter.” Stratton was poised over the ledger, | but straightened up and flushed to the | roots of the hair. “You have your own counsel here to represent you in pri- vate matters,” said he, rebukingly, and | walked back to his seat at the table. | It will be remembered that Slade early in the day had testified he kept only two accounts, in his simple way. The $30,959 64 turned out to be the| March, 1897, and January, 1898, of a | an oil account, a Gus Partridge ac- count, a State Board of Harbor Com- missioners’ account, a Dundon account, an S. E. Slade account, a dividend ac- | count, a creosoting account, a Wells, Fargo account count. Further hearing of the case was post- poned by the court until Tuesday. A FIGHT DECLARED OFF. | Choynski and Ryan Will Not Meet Before the Empire Club. “ Joe Choynski is of the opinion that be is being chased by a hoodoo. “I have journeyed across the continent | " said smiling Joseph | vesterday, “only to meet with disappoint- ment in San Francisco. I don’t know how | it is, but I feel always uncertain when | I am in this city until after my engage- | ment is finished. I certainly thought that | everything was all right on this occasion | but the inevitable has turned up again | and as a consequence I am compelled to | take my departure once more without | having an_opportunity of showing the | people of San Francisco that I cax still do a little bit of fighting. “Yes, my matéh with Ryan is off for good, all because of the black eye Ryan and an expense ac- sporting editor of a morning paper. I marks of people who should know some- | thing about ‘house pulling” I have con- cluded not to fight. “Yes, 1 will leave In a few days for by the San Francisco Timber Preserving Company for the Board of State Harbor Commisioners? A.—It did not. Q.—Or for any creosoting done for piles in the neighborhood of San Francisco? A.—Nothing whatever to do with the Board of State Harbor Commissioners. When the vouchers arrived it trans- pired that the Dundon cash checks of $2065 and $57581 were for the Dundon Iron Works. After that a lengthy series of “peel- er” checks and checks to Dundon and cash, without voucher proof, in con- nection with which erasures had been made in the accounts, were put in evi- dence. Attorneys Cope and Sullivan had a magnifying glass, with the aid of which they minutely examined the peeler” substitutions and erasures. Judge Belcher availed himself of the instrument frequently. Slade declined to do so when requested to look at the fresh made fuzz on his fine work on the ground that he was not an expert. At one time Slade affirmed he could produce vouchers for every check, but when it came to the mysterious chacks for $200 and $250 to cash he discoversd gat the vouchers for them did not ex- . : Darby Laydon reappeared after re- cess and requested permission to ab- sent himself, explaining to the court that he was a bidder, with a single competitor, for a contract, and as they were “within a few hundred dollars of each other a geod deal of work had to be done.” The unconscious witticism provoked an outburst of laughter. Lay- don was allowed to stay away from court until next Wednesday. On one of the “peeler” stubs the word had been written above the era- sure. Slade did not know why the era- sure should have been made and “peeler” written above . in order to make a correction. He had a good memory, but it was not good enough to remember why he did this or for “whom or what or where.” board, or an agent, it was important to | Honor that their conduct has been per- ascertain whether that fact was in any | fectly fair and open and free from sus- manner told or implied in the Timber picion, but if they do not do it, we Preserving books. claim that this evidence of suspleious | Items of the payment of money mmnmmmamfiw—l It would be a work of tiring reitera- tion to review Slade’s testimony as to these checks and erased entries. Where Q.—There is nothing to show from the ), Dundon received checks ‘“to cash” check what that money was for? A.—No, Without vouchers Slade said they were e Lfor salary. Though & partner, part of | in the last week, no. Q.—W1ll you produce check No. 139? (Witness does so.) Chicago by the morthern route and will| give exhibitions in Portland, Montana | and other cities on the way. I may pick Up my expense money. You see, I paid my own transportation from the KEast and consequently I cannot demand any- thing from the Empire Club, but let it go at that; no use crying over spilled milk.” - Ryan may take his departure from this cfty on the steamer which will leave t day for the Australias. He is thorough- ly disgusted with his luck in America. —_— e THE SCOTT WILL CONTEST. Amanda Meily, a Niece of the Tes- tatrix, Commences Suit. One by one the heirs of Angelia R. Scott are filing contests to the applica- tion of the executors that her will be ad- mitted to probate. Yesterday a contest was filed by Aman- da Meily, a niece of the testatrix. The contest alleges that Mrs. Scott, at the time she made the will, was not of sound mind; that she was unduly influenced by Louisa Garcia, Helen Gerrish and Franl Garcia Jr., and in consequence was mot | in a condition to execute a valid will. Under the terms of a will under date of November 27, 1891, the contestant was | made a legatee to three-fiftieths of the testatrix’'s estate, but under the will of | October 22 last she is cut off with a be- | quest of 3L —_— The Female Rectifier. , Internal Revenue Coll r Lynch has completed his report in tter of the seizure of a quantity of b remises of Mrs. tghflmwfimon u::’ ivermore and has forwarded it to Wash- ' ingts promise w&x‘c:: Mrs. True has accepted—: s paymen - ner‘sp license from December, %xgtr. pitisc —_——— Divorce Suits Filed. Anna E. Hohs has filed suit agalnst :;:fl:i lx:;;@h:{;or a.v&l:oree on the ground o e, o St St victed of a felony. To Cure a Cold in One Day Bromo Quinine Tablets. Take Laxative Bro w an druggists refund the money If it falls to cure. 20" The £enuins has L B. Q. on sach tamier | lution, which no one except those that | tionary forces which consisted of a few THOUSANDS OF REBEL [N MEXICO Guatemalans Waiting - for a Good Chance at Barrios. Rffles and Cannon Suffl- cient to Equip a Strong Army. Story of an American Carpen- ter Who Recently Made | His Escape. | | SIX WEEKS IN A DUNGEON. | John F. Conway Says the Revolution | Down Thers Has Only Just | Begun. The most thrilling story of the hor- rors of a Central American revolution that has yet reached this city comes from John F. Conway, an American carpenter, who recently succeeded in escaping from Guatemala and made his way to home and friends in spite of the efforts of desperate Guatemalans to take his life before he succeeded In communicating his knowledge to the world. Conway’s life was in constant danger for months up to the time the steamer on which he sailed was in blue water and beyond reach of the Guatemalans, and though he lost his all at the hands | of the savage natives he vows never to return, but to take his chances here- after beneath the protection of the Stars and Stripes. He tells of American Consuls who admitted their inability to save those they are paid to protect from degrada- tion and death, and of American citi- zens disowning their country and claiming to be English in order to save themselves from further imprisonment or ignominious death from a rifie bul- let. The most important part of his story, however, does not relate to what has passed, but more to what may be ex- pected in the near future. According to his story the rebellion started by Gen- eral Manuel Fuentes-Barrios, brother- | in-law of the present dictator of Gua- temala, is in its incipiency and must inevitably end in the defeat of the sel constituted president. He tells of thou- sands of stands of small arms, thou- | sands of eager revolutionists, rapid- fire and Gatling guns and competent leaders collected acrcss the Mexican border and only awaiting an oppor- tunity to swoop across the boundary and drive Barrios from the soil he has usurped. “No one has any idea of the horrors | of a Central American revolution un- less they go through the actual expe- rience as I did during the last three | months,” said Conway. “I left San Francisco, which Is my home, two years ago on the promise of receiving large wages at my trade in | the cities and plantationsof Guatemala. I wound up in a Guatemalan jail as a | political suspect, and in the end be- came a revolutionist, more to get re- venge on those who had wronged me than for any other reason. Guatemala | has been and is now a hotbed of rev have been there can understand. ““The revolution which is now smoldering started in San Marcos, the home of Manuel Fuentes-Barrios, the | brother-in-law of the President, and | that accomplished scoundrel at once | assumed the leadership of the revolu- thousand assorted peons and coffee pickers, most of them well armed, but the large majority ignorant of the workings and uses of the modern rifle. “From San Marcos to Quezaltenango is only a short distance, and when his standard was raised Fuentes-Barrios at once made for that place, knowing that the cathedral there was rich and that large tribute could be levied if the place could be captured. At that time Juan Aparicio and sixteen other wealthy Spaniards, who were suspect- ed of having aided the revolution with money and men, were in jail at Que- zaltenango, and word was sent to Fuentes-Barrios that if he fired a sin- gle shot on the town there would be a bullet put through Aparicio’s heart. “He fired on the town from the sur- rounding heights, and ‘Aparicio, who was a brother of the wealthy Aparicios of New York, was taken out in front of the cathedral with his sixteen com- | panions and shot to death. “The man who slew him, an officer | of the Government troops, met with | speedy retribution, for as soon as the news of Aparicio’s death reached his vast estates his superintendent, Fer- mine Piales, armed himself, and, hunt- ing down the assassin of his employer, shot him dead after explaining ‘his reason for committing the act. Piales followed Fuentes-Barrios into Mexico with the intention of killing him also, but the wily ex-rebel had made good his escape to San Francisco before his implacable foe could reach him. “Once in possession of Quezaltenango Fuentes-Barrios began preparations for taking everything in sight. The venerable Bishop who had charge of the cathedral was told he must pro- duce $50,000 within twelve hours, and ‘when he stated that such a thing was impossible he was taken out to the place where Aparicio was executed, and a file of soldiers with loaded and cocked rifles lined up in front of him. In this position he was given the high- wayman’s old alternative, ‘money or your life.” “Forty thousand dollars was the amount he succeeded in getting and he was given an additional two hours to get the remainder. He must have suc- ceeded, for he was not shot. “There was a reign of terror in Quezaltenango while Fuentes-Barrios and his men were there. As the revo- lutionists marched into town after driving out the handful of Government troops they gaw a gang of American carpenters working on the Govern- ment hospital building. In pure want- onness the rebels began firing on them, and before they could escape Jack Aul and Patrick O’Shaughnessy, the two San Francisco carpenters, were killed. “There was nothing to stop Fuentes- Barrios had he chosen to advance, but he was not in a mood to go ahead until he had cared for his treasure. He sent 138 mules loaded with silver across the Mexican border, and when the Gov- ernment army arrived retired and left the country, looting Las Mercedes of 8500&;3 he wem.ed “When I reached Quezaltenango o }zkmtotheomumfldlmnn: | Congres | hatred against | tor will appease them. ‘William Nelson and Charles Connolly, two New York carpenters, and a couple of Germans, whose names I do not re- member, all bent on the same errand I went to Samuel Lord, the local Con- sul, and asked for a passport, but he refused to give me one, claiming that he did not know that I was an Amer- jcan citizen. The first thing we knew we were in the little stuffy jail with every prospect of remaining there for an indefinite period if we were fortu- nate enough to escape being shot. The fact that Dr. Bragg was an English- man saved us. The Guatemalans were notified by the representative of ‘the English Government that unless we were liberated within two hours he would bring English guns in plenty to bear on anything in Guatemala they could reach, and the doors of the jail speedily swung open. “So notorious has it become in Gua- temala that an American gets no pro- tection from his Government that it is almost invariably the case that Amer- icans repudiate their own country in times of trouble and clalm protection of England through her repr ta- tives. When I went to Guatemala I asked Consul-General Pringle for my papers showing that I was an Ameri- can. He wanted $5 to make them out, and I told him that he was paid by the Government to do that work and that I intended to write to a friend of mina named Maguire, who happened to be in a little body called the United States , and ask him about such 3 charge being permitted. Pringie offered to make them out for noth but I refused to take them and w to Congressman Maguire. . I don’t lieve the letter ever got out of country. “After being liberated at.Quezalte. nango we hurried to San Mar out of the o to disappol they claimed good rev ers that I had borrow were we bolted. off our celis o f - e night and I have always believed that it was the intention of the Guatemalans to shoot us as escapes if they had the oppcrtunity, but’ we chose a time when the guards were asleep or drinking in | the saloons and got safely out of town. “I made my way to Columbo, where the revolutionists were offering Ameri- cans $30%0 bounty to join them, and there joined the rebellion. I wanted a chance to get even for my sufferings and loss at San rtine and I enjoyed plugging lead o the Governme forces whenever I got the chance Knowing that to fall into the hands of the Government meant death with my face to the wall, back as a target and without the formality of a trial concluded to get out of tt and boarded a steamer at the ea: possible moment. At one point touc at on the way up the Government in control and the scidiers tried to take me off. The captain threw an Am can flag over me and claimed me as an American citizen and dared them to take me. “His action had the desired effect and T e was saved. I do not care to give the name of the ship nor her mas. ter, nor any other particulars, for that captain is running still to Guater ports and it might cause him trou In fact he asked me not to mentic The revolution in Gua i nfancy and I exp ar any day that the smoldes have troken out and that Barri been driven cut. “He it in constant fear and was pre- varing to leave when I got out. held the steamer San Juan at San Jose de Gu aala for weeks at an exps of $10,000 a day, being prevented £ going aboird her by the fact that th revolution held the country batween Guatemala C:ty and the sea port men- ticnied. ce I left another ship has taken the San Juan's places “The killing of Aparicio and other act to fires s has | wealthy Spaniards has aroused such a Barrios among their friends and followers that nothing but the death or banishment of the dicta- In Mexico, ,".i across the line, thousands of men ari drilling and waiting impatiently for the signal to pour across the border. They have 13.000 Krag-Jorgensen rifles, ten rapid fire field guns, fourteen Gat- | ling guns and immense stores of am- | munition. “There are many Americans ruined and stranded in Guatemala through the ravages of the war. Ernest Theo- dore, an Oakland boy, was a prosper- ous contractor at Quezaltenango, but when the war broke out the Govetn- ment took his entire outfit of mules and wagons worth from $50,000 to $60. 000, and left him almost pennile: Stewart & Cooney, owners of a large livery stable at Quezaltenango, wera also cleaned out of their belongin: Stewart is a relative of one of the own- ers of the New York World. “An instance of how the English Government acts when aay of its sub- jects are in trouble was shown not long ago in the case of a man named Jack McCarthy at Guatemala City. McCarthy was a plasterer, and after getting drunk cleaned eut a dozen or so of the police who tried to arrest him. He was thrown into jail and was in a fair way to be shot when the rep- resentative of the English Govern- ment heard of his plight. “He demanded McCarthy’s release as an English subject, and wh he met with a lack of compliance with his request sent a message to President Barrios that unless the man was re- leased within cne hour he would send word to San Jose de Guatemala to have a British warship then lying in the harbor fire on the town until Me- | Carthy was free. The plasterer was out in half an hour.” ADVERTISEMENTS. DON'T Let WHISKY get the BES of you. GET the BEST of WHISKY, which is the GENUINE DISTILLERY BOTTLING OF L PEPPER t] YEARS: in_guaanteed ABSOLUTELY the | PUREST and BEST ! SAMPLE CASE $15 Sent on trial, which i CARROLL & CARROLL, 306 Market Street, Sols Agents for the Pacific Coast. WILL CASH PEPPER COUPONS.