Show CAREER OF MOISSANT I IN CENTRAL AMERICA NEW YORK Au Aug 18 In IB-In In Nicaragua and nd the various republics of Central America where many Americans of adventurous ad ad- venturous spirit have havo staked their lives and reputation on their quickness with witha vitha a gun ruu John Moissant bears a reputation tion that savors of romance Stories of Mo Moissant were told hc hero here re today by former residents of Central Amer America At tho the timo time Moissant was sojourning in in Honduras it t was told tod today b by a Nicaraguan nn a n tramp loaded with a n car cargo o valued at something like was wall cast ashore during a storm and abandoned That ni night bt in m the teeth of tho the gale alc Moissant made mado his way alone none to the steamer in in a small du dugout out an ant and t took ok possession possession of the vessel In the tho morning tho the storm stern abated and the ships ship's captain accompanied b by members mem mcm bers hers of the crew and an nn n agent c. c of theline the tho tholine line rowed out to the thc ship which had withstood the pounding of sc sea and wind but which was reM reid fast on a sunken reef in the tho outer harbor They were stopped by a shot from s revolver There was some same in and the skipper rowed back to shore to inform the American consul and anel the I authorities that Moi Moissant ant claimed the he ship and her lice cargo o as salvage e and bad had threatened to blow tho the head off the first man who tries to como come aboard i There was wall a second expedition to the tho ship this thiB time with the American consul consul con con- sul suI and some home native soldiers hut but Moissant Mois Mois- sant refused to be bo impressed and to show hi his hig sincerity of purpose shot a ahole ahole ahole hole through h the sombrero of the native commandant Second Storm Settled Trouble The expedition to recapture the stranded steamer returned to shore for reinforcements of artillery but durin during dur dur- in jag ing tho rho ni night ht another storm more seere severe se se- se- se ere vere cr than the tho first swept the tho harbor and completed tho the wreck of the tho tramp When daylight broke the vessel was seen Been to have havo foundered Moissant was taken o off later b by the American an con bul sul who found him lashed to the tho topmost topmost top tOT most of at the tho steamer which stood only a few feet above the water Previous to this thi exploit Moissant was as reported as 19 handling a rapid fire gun for the Nicaraguans in in an attack on Salvador during ono one of ot tho the recent outbreaks there The Moissant brothers George e Alfred Alfred Al Al- fred and aud John and two sisters sister for many years bad had interests valued value at several hundred dollars donars in Salvador In 1907 1901 George Georgo and Alfred Moissant wore were arrested and imprisoned on oa charges of o 0 aiding and abetting the revolutionists re of Salvador and with ha having han n secreted tho the revolutionary general Jeneral The third brother John Jolin was as actively active active- ly Iv implicated in the tho movement against president when the re revolutionists revolution revolution- i ts is-ts s were repulsed by government troops at Acajutla John fled to Nicaragua His Etta br brothers later wera vero rel released ased but their property was attached by the government as a a. bond to prevent their escape from the tho country Two years later John Moissant headed loaded a lar large e expedition a against Salvador from but was checked by the tho action of at Commander Command Command- er Cr William S. S Benson U U. S. S N N. com corn manning the cruiser Albany who had bad threatened threaten d to sink the tho vessel from front which tho filibusterers filibustered proposed to land landou on ou Sal territory f |