The sun., 1878-08-18
MURDERING 4 SEA CiPriIX
A Costa Ricnn Kills and Robs tho Master of
an American schooner.

The Pacific Mail steamer Colon from Com
tral America. brings from Costa Rica an ac-
count Of terrible tragedy occurring there last
month.
Tho American schooner Lightning. J. Coyle.
master arrived on the Mosquito coast in tho
middle Of July last with cargo from New
Orleans. the object being 10 trade for the
products 81 the country. In due time tho YES
sci reached Tortugara. a small trading village
on the coast. principally inhabited by rubber cut
ters and sarsaparilla gathcrcrs. Before Capt.
Coylc's arrival large quantities II these products
wcro brought down tho river. and he found no
diinculty in exchanging his American wares for
those Of the natives When the exchang,. had
been Effected tho Captain and crow went ashore.
Tho town was fun Of a riotpus crowd bcnt upon
spending their earnings On board tho Light
ming We're a number of American silver dollars
81 the now coinage ana the first ever seen on
Tho first might attcr tho arrival ~ the schoon.
rr' tApi C1yIe was present ai fnlaugo given
most part was attended 10y many of tho worst
characters of TortuEara. Tho American can.
ttin mad" "A very favorable impression. Among
the women pres nj Was S'nora Nlatadcs an cN-
ce"diugly handsome woman with whom Can't.
T2yle carried on an animated conversation.
THIS SO Hngrrcd Francisco Come tho raputod
lover Of the woman. TINT watching his oppor-
iunity he sprang at Capt Coyc with drawn
khiir. and only Tor the speedy Intervention OF
Of the American. Oflccrs quellel the disturb.
ance for tho time hcng. Later tho two met ht
the monte table. the quarrel was renewed and
Come mai" threats ID a despcrat" character.
Y twp ruoher cutters were walking along tho
brach the n"Nt morning near where tho Light
ning was anchored. they discovered the dead
body OF Capt. Cuylc lying IN the sand. with scV-
eral knife thrusts in his breast. Further in
veStigation also disclosed the fact that his vcs-
Sci had been robbed, the crew being all ashore
more than 81 400 having been taken from
the locker Il the Captains cabin. II
was conlccturcd that mora than one person
must have been implicated in the murder Sus-
III ION polntel directly to Gomez and his CONF
Lnnion, negro snake charmcr named Bur2O
That section Of the country whore rubber and
sarsaparilla tre' ; grow is infested with num-
bcrs oi the most ycnOmOus rcptllos, and tho
gangs Of cutters. when making an expedition
was rcputed the most expert In the country.
Nu' SrpuentY lie and Come were nrrc-ted
ana, their house being Srarch"N, rolls 81 Amnri-
ran silver dollars were found sccreted boncath
the ilrr brick; Tho mate ot the Lightning de-
elared that the money belonged 10 his vessel
The Govrrnor ordered the prisoners to br taken
tQ the lail al Parasamna To reach this ulnce
th'y wcr" y 80 10y water large portion Of the
way. A. "" guards Were rowing to their ,lr--
tlnaton. BurZp took from his bosom n small
entity two tomagons. the most vrnomous and
dreaded species ot reptiles known. wcro seen To
emerge from tho bag. The guards. knowing
that tho bite OF the snakes was instant death
sprang from their boat into the water The
mnrtcrcrs Immediately pulled away.
klng Bumpo II the BancO Indians was noti-
He'd 10 hn on the lookout for the criminals Some
OF his scouts discovered them n few days later
IN thr woods. and upon their refusal To- ,urron-
dor they were shot Tho bodies werr taken 10
Parasamina and found 10 bc literally riddied
with arrows stecped in poison.
Capt. COylc was well known in this city