The sun., 1885-06-28
GEN. CACEREs OF PERU.
The Novel Plan By which Three Miners
Hoped to Open u Very Rich Lead.

hOpeo TO Ouen - very Alch Lead.
CITY OF MEXICO. June 12.-I was out In
Colorado. In the Gunnison country. hard up.
luck dead against me. Tho camp. little north
OF Gothic. was n tough one. About the only
men In 1t who made any pretensions to respec-
liability were nice young fellow from Ithaca.
N. Y. who had been bookkeeper; a Spanish
American named Caceres. and myself As we
were not In the habit OF getting drunk and
shooting at each other. We naturally drew to-
gether. Caceres who was OF Portuguese stock.
hailed from somewhere down In tho Brazls.
He was a thoroughly accomplished mining
engineer. very quick and capable In his work.
very pleasant in his manners. and as COM
plete little rascal as l ever came across.
But did not know that he was rascal then.
We all were hard UP. and suggested piracy.
was not deeply in earnest. but as We had
nothing much to do we talked the matter over
until we got 1t into practicable working shape.
During ten years OF newspaper work In Phila.
delphis l had got the bearings OF good many
shs nS a. IN th ,y sna
man estimated the amount Of capital that We
90 to Scotland and buy a small. fast. Clyde
built boat OF two or three hundred tons. Then
to Of o .s or for TS:os and
operations. We calculated that II the work
hold up Mt least five steamers before the first
one got to port and gave information: and us
we were disposed to be sangune In our ex.
pectations we counted upon gross return OF
not less than $5. 100000.
But our business man pointed out that we
to market our gold. .Tne mint marks. he said.
would discover US. for after M such = robbery
ana any one OUTSIDE Of business 81 lines selling Pu
go!d In large quantities would be regarded
leading hand in the game. He said that tho
only safe way to market our gold would be not
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acquainted with some abandoned mines some-
where up the Parnaiba RIVER. about midway on
St. Rogue and the mouths OF the Amazon. that
had yieided good deal OF gold in their day.
bout SSfh had ses wHfa nShs Gn m ssy share seua Id the s
these mines and begin working them. He was
good deal OF ore on the dumps above the river.
The company working the mines was to be an
ncunced as q q Eng!isn origin and Ia part Of its
cal function Of which would be TO bring down
supplies from Para. Our business man was to
command the supply steamer.
With these arrangements made. our plan Of
operations, was safe and simple. | was to
ins reSuary ai Tor Rio de- Jansro @ on and
wise trade. Once at sea / was to hold up and
luck would permit and safety allow: Some
small attem ptR at Disgusting our vessel were to
Wosd BE- The ODDS would be-
gold on board as we could safely take. we were
were to make some effort to speak few north.
bound vessels In the latitude OF the West
pairing damages to machinery" as on our true
had been committed. on the mouth OF the
Pnrnaiba the supply steamer from tho mines
WAS to meet us. and our treasure and crow
were to be- transferred to her and our vessel
for service in, foreign waters. and her papers
made out to fictitious names; we did not be-
lisve that there ever would be inquiry made
''i When the , gold arrived at the mines. caceres
was to reduce It and run It with powdered
pHss ppoees. Was sec compsssi we SAFELY could ship Il
for. sale in either London or New York.
Moreover. as Cacerss very sensibly suggest.
world; wide. reputation, and would enable US
bya little jHdicious saltng to sell the aSles
come for i've or ton millions more. Then we
were to divide. We might declare a dividend
In favor Of the PMRiIadeIphia M s.oekhoiders. or or
we did no, put S. SI. scheme Int prse
tlce. Caceres went INTO BUSINESS Ilttle late5
on his own account. and when the railroad
the country In hurry Before he left be wont
through the young fellow from Ithaca for all he
had Tor grub stake. Then he came down
here and made a striking record even for Mex:
leo, and then headed for the South. We heard
OF him once In Tehuantepec, and year or 20
later again Ia Guatemala. He was at his old
games In both places.
Even Il we had wanted to 90 ahead with our
piracy the Ithaca man and could not have
done 1t. We could have found a cunning ex-
pert for our work easily enough. but not one
speaking spanish and IN = position to buy the
did not want to go ahead, for In q little while
we ssveraly struck small lends OF luck that
made piracy Unnecessary. We have besn OK
psctfng, though. any time these five years
past to hear that tho robbsry that we planned
now. was In dead earnest. He may do 1t yot.