St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-17
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER

10 the lett breast. lou can see tue scar
here. don't suppose the Americans knew
what the trouble was, for was In Peruvian
uniform.
Twas flung into the boat and taken TO the
gunboat Pilcomayo, which transferred me to
Callao. There was put into the prisoners
ward Of the hospital San Guadalupe. re-
NAMED there eleven weeks, and was treated
very well By the Sisters Of Mercy. 1 wrote
out protest and gave IL 10 an Irish nun.
who promised 10 send II TO Minister Hurlbut
/ never heard from II afterward- In January,
1879, returned 10 The Casas Matas, and was
az once drafted into the mounted police Of
Lima Il was my ddty TO guard the trains
of mules bearing silver from the mines Of
Cerro de Paste 10 Arroyo, where the silver
was transferred To Henry Meig's Arroyo rail-
road. The distance we had 10 travel was
only forty-eight miles, but IL was over q very
difficult track, part Of It in the mountains,
where IL was intensely cold, and part Of il
on the hot plains. The police we're mounted
on mules, and were armed with sabres and
old-fashioned sixteen-shoOter cavalry car
bines. Our route was through the second
range Of the Andes, auA we had many saw
age fights with the bandineros, or mountain
robbers. Eleven Of our men were killed
in the different fights, and
was slightly wounded In the right
side by bullet The life was a very hard
one. We got two reals, or twenty cents, q
day to buy food We were considered pris-
oners, aud the officers were very abusive.
They hated me especially for being an Amer
lean, and treated me with unusual severity.
son July Z, 1879, an officer named Gomez
struck me with his sword, and wrenehed IL
from his hand and broke IL over my knee. I
was arraigned before the commandant and
20. forfr- iuhf 4
wGs taken to the calaboose and fastened TO =
triangle, with nv legs aud arms IN sockets so
that / could not move. was whipped with
4 large leather strap having three thongs.
Ny back was terribly cut up, aud / tainted
before IL was over. / bear the scars now.
Then they sent me back 10 the Casas
Matas, and remained there until the reyo-
luton broke out in December, 1881. Life
was about the same as before, although there
were not quite so many hard characters. /
lived entirely on the charity of such Peru
vians as visited the prison. Then /
made many friends with q prisoner
named Gonzales, who was a priest, and he
did much 70 improve my condition in the
last seven months OF nv stay. He received
money from outside, aud besides he had
silver crucihx which the prisoners kissed at
i've cents a kiss. He divided whatever be
made with me.
s'We first learned OF the revolution by
hearing the rebels assaulting the outer gates.
The prisoners tried TO aid them by battering
down the doors, and the guards turned and
fred on US. -Four were killed aud many
wounded. The rebels were repulsed, but
came again in few days, and during the
attack few Of the prisoners escaped. did
not escape, nor did any other OF the Amer
leans, or the officers OF the Talismsn, all Of
whom were still in the prison. Clark had
been returned there, and he had become
quite crazy. The engineer OF the Talisman,
Wto belonged to GreenOck, Scotland, read
pathetic letters from his wife, telling OF their
poverty and the death Of his children. Then
letter came saying that the wife also had
died. The second mates name was Cochran,
and he belonged 10 Glasgow. We all prom
Used each other that IL any one
escaped he should do his best
10 help the others. That is why / have
told my Story"
ION the morning after the second attack
of the revolutionists 1 was taken from the
prison and sent to the penitentlary at Lima,
aud there l was imprisoned until last July.
The food Wss the same, but / was better
clothed and treated more kindly, worked
with the chain gang making roads, and had
a ball and chain tied TO my ankle. We we're
taken out az 10 o'clock and returned at 4
o'clock, when we were locked up in solitary
confinement until the next day. In July
Col. Henrique, q revolutisnist, occupied the
cell next to mine. He said he would be re
leased shortly, and he promised TO state my
case TO the American or British consul. He
was released In five days, and he went to
English Vice Consul Wilson, who sent his
son TO me and took down my statement in
] l. -
nothing, but that the American consul was
agitatiug the matter. A Mr.. Bryce and Mr..
Grace, two American brokers, visited me,
and through their exertions / was released
and allowed to go to Callao on condition OF
leaving the country at once. Mr.. Grace be-
came security for my doing this. He kept
me one night at his house in CAL
lao, and the next night got me
berth on the English bark Oscar, bound
for Rio Janeiro. was too weak 10 go aloft,
but did what work could. / arrived AT Rio
Janeiro on Sept. 2S, and remained there
some time. The American consul and some
/ merchants interested themselves in me- and
paid my passage to this city by the steamer
Humboldt, which arrived yesterday. The
sailors gave what clothes / have. / have APP
/ piled TO the commissioners Of charities and
correction and 10 the American Seameu's
Friend society, but thay say they can do
nothing for me. do not know whether my
family is alive or dead, as / have heard moth
ing Of them in seven years. / want 10 get
/ back 10 Charleston 10 rest, and am too
much broken down TO work for some time"
Stoddard is undersized and Of slender
build, with brown hair, brown eyes, a small,
light-colored mOustache, aud a somewhat
sunburned face His manner was truthful, and
he answered every question In good English
with readiness, giving many names and
dates without referring TO notes, aud admit
ting that he had forgotten others. He said
that Capt Eddes had sent him to
the Sun Office to tell his story
| Capt. Eddes said he had never heard Of the
man or his story, and that he must be an i'm
poster. He said that he had taken on no pas
senger aud no seaman at Rio. There could
not have been such a man on board Of his
vessel without his knowing of 1t.
Stoddard said his father, who was shipping
commissioner at Charleston in 1876, was
Henry L. Stoddard, and that his own
brother, then pilot, was name d George, A
correspondent of the Sun, at Savannah, tele-
graphed last night:
''The present shipping commissioner Is
George B. StOddard. Can't ind him to-
night He has no son named George"
The ship Cultivator Is found in Lloyds'
RegisterfOr 1873. She was there reported as
having been last seen at San Francisco in
May, 1877, and her captains name was
Huestis. Her owner was Paul Upton, and she
belonged in Salem, Mass. In Lloyds' Reg
lister for 1879 she was reported as having
been at Liverpool in July, 1878, and her
captains name was then Fl. Russell. She
has disappeared from the register
The ship Irwell is reported as having been
at st. John, y. B.. in August 1877. and at