Show VICTIM OF revolution american thrown into jail and kept there for fourteen years word has just been received by relatives in port jervis N from F 0 holly a blacksmith whom they had mourned as dead tor nearly tour teen years holly went to colombia n 1890 in the employ of an american drill manufacturing company he be came an agent for the concern and wrote that having just completed a contract he would soon start tor borne since then he has never been heard from until recently when he went to south american holly bad wife and two sons in a cosy home in ulster county the wife detill mourning him died several years ago and both sons were hilled in accidents his father a mexican war veteran also passed away in his letter holly says that when he arrived in colombia one of the then frequent revolutions was in progress but he took no particular interest in it and proceeded to transact his busl ness he had done so and was on the eve of leaving the town of bucala bucara macgaw when without a word ot warning he was arrested as a political prisoner and without explanation of the nature of his offense thrown into a dungeon because of the many changes in government that came to pass he was evidently forgotten and as all corn with the outside world wae denied him he could not even learn which of the contending parties had caused his arrest and long captivity when finally released he was in abject poverty and broken down in health |