Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-06 | Page 14 | Strange as it Seems

STRANGE AS IT S SEEMS EMS By John Sohn Hi His Hix ANN Not A CAPE I II I MROE ONE E ERT RT I ANG w. w I of h E aN Rc 1 a Amery i loo T Ou Ouo o 4 o A MOg j FOREIGN iv Fi RAJA f wF ZEO US v f w bo l t HEADGEAR OF e l mss L 0 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE A political headache to the to-the the American government during the pre pre- Civil war decade was William Walker a filibuster from the mountains of Tennessee with a lust for power Walker had an Insatiable desire to set himself up at the head of some Latin-American Latin country and encourage slavery therein to build for himself a world power Walkers Walker's first move in 1853 was to organize an expedition to lower California ostensibly to establish a military fort for the protection of Sonora against Apache Indian raids He was successful in setting himself up as governor of lower California but soon for lack of provisions and reinforcements was obliged to retreat He was tried In San Francisco in 1854 for violation of neutrality laws but was acquitted Walker made a last attempt in 1860 to overthrow the Honduras government gov gov- He captured and held Trujillo but a British warship i intervened and Walker Valker was forced to leave He was taken and returned to Trujillo where on September 12 1860 he was and shot Copyright 1938 for The Telegram