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Show Adventurer's Pistol Found in Hond uras New Orleans, La. A pistol believed to have been the property prop-erty of William Walker, American Ameri-can soldier of fortune who made himself president of Nicaragua In 1S50, was found by Gregory Mason, archeologlst of the Unl versity of Pennsylvania, while aiming old Maya scenes in Spanish Span-ish Honduras. Mason, who passeo through New Orleans en route to his home, stated the pistol will be given to the Metropolitan Museum Mu-seum of Art, In New York, where a world famous collection of arms and armor Is housed. Walker was executed In Tru-Jlllo, Tru-Jlllo, Spanish Honduras. ' |