| Show FEW FEN WIH Many Who Fought With Nicaraguan uan Insurgents Claimed Ci Citi Citizenship for Protection TOO REMOTE TO CONSIER CONSIDER SO Fur Fan iS s rc han Jimar a Jozei Went om Slates To 0 Jj Fight ht Nicaragua Dee Jec 25 5 Ia I New rICan W La Jan an real meal I merican there have havo been a handful rm n tile ranks of the so far farand aid and thele those have acquitted themselves wih vitla credit credit Many lan In the tho fight ho have claimed American for time protection It affords s but InvestIgatIon ha lass shown that this claim Is too loo Ie Fe mote to tn bo be serious seriously considered FIGHTING AMERICANS So far as at present ascertained there thero were ivere but six who came flOm the tho UnIted States to for the pur purpose purpose pose o of aiding time the revolt against Ze Zelaya laya rhese were Ralph Less of oC New Orleans Mathew Matthew Finnegan or of Denver a Philippine Veteran G H of Cud and also late Iato of oC time the PhilippInes P Pat Dolan Belan who man many years ealS from Nebraska a Phi Phil Crven Craven a shot who for tor l 15 years was a for one o of time the words best known arms and Gabriel or of New La crime ho hoha ha has a me medal al for aiding the tho EnglIsh against the tho Boers Beers and who before that chased time tho Apache Ild with ith than tho western regulars some 1 12 or 15 ago JAMES BRANSFIELD AME 10 o these may be added James Bramms field said to have havo been 1 mm member of time tho Panama constabulary and tIme the only foreigner wounded at Recreo and James Jame Edwards an American who has Imas been so long In central America that ho he pronounces time the leler letter a as though I it were short o 0 the same being ing i a distinguishing mark In tIme the various methods metho s of handling time the English lan Ian guage on this coast Bran fold Is of the opinion that hue he hewa wa was first b by exiled natives amongst his own men hut but at the hos established h by Capt Shipley where wal vas cared for It Is belIeved from the nature or of his Imis wounds that he was in the Ino line of oC oCa ofa a smal small caliber auto male Three flesh wounds in his Imis right h leg seemingly Indicate that l lie ho In time thu lle lilac or of the gunJ gumms sweep and re me received three bullets before the tho sweep of time the gun passed him His Idea 1 is however that ire he was shot accidental accidentally ly rom roni behind and that the other two wounds were received curiously In the same place from However that ma may be he now has the best cot cotIn cotIn In time the hospital and ly y lying hying 01 on his ImIs lef left side Is i able abie tr t play sl soil taire with a pack 01 of cards furnished by Finnegan While the combating of time the army to been proportionately to the men engaged one of time the most bloody In squads 01 of ene enemies enemies mies met each other othel without for tor Instance was passed b ba by bya a number of who seemed content to spare his life seeing that he was Incapacitated Da ml agua pleaded Bransfield whose wounds made luau him feverish for water t 16 one of time the or Para ono para pam ono one pose said tie time who wanted time the mone for forthe forthe the food It would buy FINNEGAN GO GOT Time The peso was not forthcoming and neither was the water as a conse consa quence but I it Is to be noted that time the did dil not rob time tho man mama I who isho was at his mercy As Asfor Asfor mercy for lie he has been In the Phi Smal Small blue lue tes eyes that show s of sight a short cropped part gray mustache ers lee bIke i ii wrestler and a mouth that Is grim except when Ime he Finnegan Ills ls stor storis story is lie He lug lugged t a rine with some W natives eight miles mUes of knee deep clay bushes busbies over ocr falen fallen trees an and 1 ca uner them and tired ant tred only to miss tIme the battle The Tho native guide ulde a creek running Into I the river fO for one running Into time Mice a very er eay easy eror error to fal fail Into I and missed time the which was along the tho Mice co coWhen When nl ht fel fell In retracing their steps Finnegan and the others b be came caIne In the jungle Time The Den DenI I adventurer however a who In his imis starving condition was 1 glad to be a prisoner anti and made a guIde or of him baek to time the bae base with Ramn Jh Is n a god good Estra Estrada nan loan now and Finnegan has Imas promised to get gel him D a job The They are time the best st of CRA CRAVEN Craven CIen Is gr gray but brat hIs C eye is al amm m I It is IN young shoots sparks As a pistol ses sales man fOI years ear It wa hi to how what could b be dono domme whim time thc short ar from sheeting of off the ashes she ot of a cigar to other trek tricks COI coma mon men to time the t tage e By preference lie uses n a shooter that was mor more a generatIon ago than now a He was given charge of oC a rapid firem but being amiable to keep eop tIme the frer bearers of oC tIme the various part parts barrel trIpod and en near c emch ch other he gave UP the Job and went to work with his pistol It is related to hIs al ai although I though ime he handled this arm wih with an expertness sel seldom om seen lie he never killed lila his man maim Most or of them he shot In trIgger hand aR a general generally that was wasal all was visible about time the cover al My IY life work lucas has been tl the handling of pistols said sard Craven before goIng to lo time tho front I 1 cnn can do al the tricks but dont domit beleve believe too much In m may seif 1 at them A amens arm aria nd eye are good a target shooting at a aman aman man who I Is gunning for tor you ou Is a a dif dlf different ferent timing thing J I dont wont want to lel kIll any anyo anybody body o but I 1 do want to lo help these I think they timey need I it U If true trio to target torm toran I wont wont hao to lel These poor that Zela a has sent seat out oni want peace the are ame forced Into the fight nail nailI r I dont want to take their lives Zelna would be a mm different matter Crayon Craven does doc not lRe imse time the trigger 01 of hll pistol hut but shoots on the drw draw front from his hip b by snapping back the hammer Ts This for tor his ue use or of the tho ld i t r style gun the big 01 of which lends to tIme the Les Lees anti and Dolan came down Lees he faw saw chance un er a anew anew new of working out 1 a rain min Ing hug claim antI Dome Delan anal x because nothing bellr bettor was engaging luau his attention at the tIme and amid Dolan became separated during time the li light ht Dolan attaching to Craven wih irith whom Il lie stayed through thick end while Lees fel fell In wih with rifle wih with an aC acCuracy urcy taught him years cage ngo at time tho University 01 01 Alabama at which school he was captain or of his his com company pan of cadets CO CONRAD PAD A AND D Conrd Conrad and Fowler nr arc two of the most soldierly figures who joined the forces Both Betim lad been lighting In the and went treat into Inlo the brush without Illusions Doth Both were vere In chargo of and according to t Gen Chamorro handled them with witha n a ki which went far mr In vie vic victor tor tory In this 1 it muy maa bo be stated that according to Dr Pugh surgeon of the United Stales steam Heam DC Des Moines every wound dressed In time the Amerian hoe hos hospital pital among the first hatch or of wounded lucre hero WS was due dime to gun gun fre lire Conrad Conrath had another dis ant and a b better te l one for It wn vas vaslie lie he who acted as Gen meS to Gen flea Mona lena who is Ig everywhere to have turned Impending defeat Into Iamb victory for the 1 I FiGHTING G GAs As has been cabled and amid as Is now conceded concealed by ES Estrada da Chamorro For Forn n and others time the fight lag Ing o of Dec 20 and 21 1 lied llad been un undo c delve The Zela had hod been driven Into their main entrenchments at Re Recreo Recreo creo on the Rio Mice lico whore where time the resistance was of a desperation scarce scarce scarcely ly Iy justified by their cause as vi viewed owed on the east const coast However the they were battling I an e which preb abl ably explains that Mona known other othel otherWise Wise as Montana Ire Mountain I Lion lh GO men had been sent ent from a point down time the Rama ller river to cut cul of off retreat to the west As planned on tIme the first day le hue cap hired Tatumbla hi and time the telegraph staton station there On the next day or of th the battle he encountered roads or the lack of them which had not been counted on His arrival In the rear leer or of Recreo therefore was delayed and the other othel generals outnumbered were merely able to hold their own and tel him we are bet beten beat beaten en unless lie he can get within two ho r He cant be Jore than a mie mieor mile or two I las the tho bush now said Gen Can to Conrad Conra In Iii some wa way Conrad Conra forced his way ay through tho jungle with Its bogs begs and tough interlaced l vines ad and tree trees threw Mona Mena and hi men Into 0 of oC energy Brush which had ben deemed necessary for fOl the tho machet macbet eros to cut was men maim sim simply ply swarmed over them Not even cen deep boss bogs tor them They were rero nearly exhausted antI and perspiring from ever plO poro when the sight 01 of Recreo lent them fresh energy The They ge gave to their Viva Estrada and swept up uia the his and from the thicket came tIme the answering er cry of the tho other companIes TimEs assaul assault quickly brou brought h the battle baWo to a close Finding themselves star sur surrounded rounded Gonzles mind and his men star sur surrendered rendered left the boat lt at today wIth his arm about Conrads shoulders and later latel told tIme the story DR PUGH D Surgeon Pugh of the time was s salso also In time the for fora short period yesterday having been challenged to toa toa a a duel b by a local Spanish ph physician The he Spaniard who had bud been celebrating the Victory victor rather freely reel passed time the gard guard on dut duty at the and 0 be began gan conversing wih with patients whom Dr Pugh desired to remain undisturbed Pugh did ld not kow knew the vis visitors l identity and requested him to keep quiet but a as neither the others lan con continued continued talking whereupon Dr Pugh I genty gently but firmly I ejected him from the i hospItal Latem Pugh was waited on omm onby by the tho Spaniards seconds who formal ormal 13 proposed a duel duel Pugh still Ignorant ant of time tho mans le do dared that he was bus operating at that time but that that when lie he had hiatt con concluded eluded he would take pleasure in the tho Spaniards head of off Today oda time the mater matter was cleared Ul up b by time the Sp Spaniards apolo apologizIng Dr Pughs conduct throughout lo Incident Is ad admitted omitted to have hao be been exemplary exempla lie ho hay hav havIng Ing shown and tho th gen with which ho ejected the In Intruder probably prevented the death ot of seera several patents which excitement would have hao brought on t exception the mentioned in this dispatch that the Nicaraguan natives have In them the making o of soldier soldIers the peer of an anThe any The They can cami lve live on almost nothing mid amid the they can carr carry time the burdens of a Chinese coole I |
