Show HE FLED FROM I 1 a beju AF TEnSUF OUT RAGES 9 from NATIVE edwrd gottfried ahll hilo il abo tb lolled 1 seagoe I sirlear 1 1 lp b thumbs by P liand or of I 1 j claims ln lnora lra Wilkes bArre PA letter lotter A tal tale of torture and amazing out rages la in peru of at which mr bir edward 1 gottfried Gottfr leil of this city recently 0 consular agent at trujillo was wa the h us willing hero comes to light with III return to his hi home of the victim a 0 the atrocities and the lodging of at claim for indemnity which it state tat department will press for cacille tion the tory story related by mr gottfried almost passes belief but it I 1 IS attested by many prominent peruvian among amon them some member members of tho govern ment ho were eye espes of o 0 the outrage which left mr air gottfried Gottfr led a net rou rous anil and physical wreck mr gottfried Gottfr led in 1818 lived at a heel ada enda near about IN miles from the coa coat coal L ilia family con cot bitted slated of himself hie hi wife six Child nia a and ud miss bill a german dovernell o 0 vernell ahe lle sIdes the servants on the morning of august 23 28 k 4 band of abels under colonel lu lir rounded the house and looted the real dence and outbuildings they the demanded 2 in money and twenty five ariae sir mr gottfried Gottfr ted wae wait dragged before the rebel colonel and protested that he wan was an american citizen ui and a it consular con aular agent of the government govern mert the colonel smiled sardonically lad ordered mr to be strung 1 alp ilp by the thuat t and he wae was drawn t n until his fet barely touched the ground then rifles were hunt hung upon hie his shoulders until the weight stretch cd ed i 4 it his 2 and bs bl act cit f vi in 11 ulon the tle the thumbs were broken and the corde cords of the th wrists were drawn out and the victim of this devilish torture 1 fainted from agony lie ile wae was let down and revived several gever times and again objected to tor ture not only was wa be he suspended by the thumbs but hie his fingers o 0 we wrapped with cords cards so 10 tightly that th the blood buret burst from their ends ills fin J 1 4 3 I 1 0 4 41 it I 1 it I 1 i I 1 I 1 6 I 1 X T t A A 1 i I 1 X 1 I 1 R r I 1 F UP BY THE gers were disjointed and he vaas cat cut and bruised in many a parts of his hi bodt finally sir mir gottfried Gottfr led almost dead from buffering suffering agreed to pay over ai 1 th money he li hid id and eighteen riles promising to make up the deficit later lt on one of hig his se sen rants ants attempted to aid I 1 d him and aj as beaten until life was w almost extinct meanwhile the premises were bells looted and the women terrorized again mr gottfried Gottfr led protested pro tete against the robbery reminding tbt ali colonel that he was not only an am citizen but a representative of 0 the republic all right tell your government to send ships up into our mountains jeered the insurgent leader the rebel colonel then told mr gottfried that it if he would renounce reno unc in writing all intention to lodge A claim against the government of pere peru the rifle rifles would be returned but mr ur gottfried declined an ali armed rebel guard wae vas kep around the house for a long time at last one night when when hen mr 3 ir gott fried tried a bad had partly healed a sympathizer crept to hia his aide and wha wh be warned senor the colonel means to have your life dead int da tell no tales I 1 am to be your exec lioner unless fhe rhe hint waa was enough the gottfried family found means of and fled led to the snow clad clid mountains of lillas there they met some of w it gottfried Gottfr led s overseers overee ers who ho were ere 2110 fleeing for safety and all took refuge in an old mill amid pile plies of tt at tta a where they remained for over a month at length friends aided thear to reach the boist |