Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-10
FILIBUsTERs AFLoAT.
An Expedition to Overturn the Govern
ment of Honduras

ship San Domingo, of the Clyde Line,
sailed for the Yves. Indies, at O'Clock on
Thursday afternoon, she carried a queer
set of passengers. 1t is ayerred that
there were in the cargo arms shipped as
lard or other merchandise, so that the
company could not know what it was
carrying, and the queer passengers were
twenty-five rather tOugh-loOking citizens,
who had been engaged to do a little Till
clustering among the Central American
republics. Some OF them knew what
they were going down there for, but more
OF them did not.
Three weeks ago Stephen Brodie,
member of the Tammany Hall general
committee, was accosJed by an individual
whO gave his name as James Halliday.
With him was friend, and Mr.. BrOdie
was told by them that they had dlscov-
cred rubber field in South America,
There's millions In it," said MIR. Halli-
days friend, land we want men TO go
down there and pull therubber. You are
just the man to find the men for us, We
Will give them their board and $50 q
month. We want good men, but
tough ones who are not afraid to
fight" 1t was explained to Bro
die that the country to be visited was full
of Indians and bad men, who wanted to
keep all the rubber to themselves, and
who would fight. Brodie considered the
offer, and the next morning he met Halli-
Gay and his friend, who said his name
was Smith. With Brodie were Will
liam DOran, % years old, Of 456 Pearl
street, } ames Br0gan, Johnny Connors,
Tom BrOdie, Stephens brother; Dutehy
Gibson, and Rutian with the name of
Sandy Dick. Matters were arranged,
and on Wednesday last, the dav before
the San Domingo sailed, Brodie got
note from Smith telling him to meet him
with the men at 147 Cherry street.
smith didn't turn up, but sent note for
them all to be on hand Thursday morning
at the office Of Jones a. Williams, shipping
agents, at % Old Sip. Brode and his
gang went there and met another gang
brought together by Mr.. Halliday. All
the men were induced to sign their names
to certain papers. and were then marched
down to Mr.. Williams home, at LAT Cher
ry street. They were then ordered to Pier
3G, East river, where the san Domingo
lay. Ten of the men were booked as cabin
passengers and fifteen as steerage passen-
gers. Down in the cabin they all had
wine, and one of the gang, named LOT
tus, who seemed to be in the
confidence Of Halliday and Smith,
turned to fellOw-tough, named
Tom Broche, and gave HIM big revolver
VI luC DGAt-uOG Udbbtlt H. anu Saul hGLEs
take this. There is only one man to kill"
This aroused the suspicious OF the Brodies,
and no satisfactory explanation being
given they left the ship. At last the ship
sailed with % of the party on board, all
provided with big self-cOcking reVOlvers.
1T is said that the rendezvous of the tili-
busters is at Turks Island, in the West
Indies. 1t is said that no less than go
men have now been shipped in small de-
tachments to the rendezvous. The party
is believed to be ultimately bound to the
coast OF Central America, where they VIII
be joined by friends OF Marco Amelio Soto,
President of Honduras, the plot being
either to reinstate him or set him up in
Guatemala. The agents of the Clyde line
say they did not know of the San DOmin-
go's queer cargo and passengers.
Ex-President Marco Amelio Soto, of
Honduras, said to-day that the men on
the san Domingo were going to the aid of
Delgardo and the men whom he some
time ago took out with him on the steam
ship City OF Mexico. Since the latter
ship left PrOgres0 no one knows where
she is except those on board. Soto added
that the statement that those men were
going down there with the idea of assas-
sinating some president so as to make
room for himself was all nonsense. He
had not sent them on any such errand.
nor were they going to make any attack
on Guatemala. Honduras and BOgran
were all that they were after, and neither
Halliday nor any of the rest would do
anything illegal. They would 90 there in
a quiet way, get as many as possible OF
SotO's friends to join them and overthrow
the government if they could.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
From the NeD York Tri6Hns.
The account OF the flibustering expe-
dition which sailed on the steamship San
Domingo, which was first published
Yesterday, was at first received with i'm
credulity by persons conversant with
South American affairs. Investigation.
however, proved the truth of the report.
Yesterday morning BrOdie, the newsboy,
who was instrumental in collecting the
men, went to the house OF Jacob BaIz, the
Honduran Consul, and told story sub
stantially like the published account.
There were twenty-five men who sailed on
the San Domingo under the command of a
mysterious Mr.. Halliday and David Wal
lace, the young man whose intimacy with
Mrs. Marion Ray caused her husband TO
commit suicide after attempting to kill
her. These men, it is supposed, have
gone to reinforce Gen. Dolgado, the mill
tary chief Of the present revolutionary
movement in Honduras. DelgadO is now
said TO be at Bluehelds, a city Of Nicara-
qua. By others, be is supposed to be still
on board the steamship City of Mexico at
San Andrea. When DelgadO was in this
city he became acquainted with Wallace.
and when the General sailed on his ex-
petition IN the City Of Mexico Wallace
wanted TO 90. But the young painters
reputation was so unsavOry that Delgado
refused to take him. He told him, how
ever, if he and some OF his friends wished
to follow there was no objection.
So last Thursday Wallace sailed TO Join
DelgadO with the men he had collected.
The mysterious Halliday is supposed to
be an agent OF DelgadO, and to have fur
nished the sinews Of war for Wallace.
The arms which were recently returned
here from jamaica in the Atlas steamship
Albino are supposed TO have gone on their
way TO DelgadO in the Norwegian steamer
Fam, which sailed on Friday. 1t is
thought so, because when the Fam
cleared her manifest entered at the Gus
tom house only for ten tons of coal I'M
der the law which allows a supplement
tary manifest to be entered within four
days, however, such a document was
presented after the vessel sailed, stating
that she had on board arms and ammuni-
ton. Consul BaiZ has had a detective
watching the arms ever since the Albino
arrived here from Jamaica. Late Thurs
dav night the lighter Admiral came along
aide the AlblnO. the arms we're placed on
board and the Admiral disappeared in the
darkness,