The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-22
A DARING BOY.

How Gorilla. the Strongest FORTRESS. Of
/ south America. Was Captured.
! The recent revolution liz Nicaragua.
which has ended in the success of tho
liberal party, will be celebrated in his
| tory as the war in which the most dar-
! ing leader was Spanish boy sixteen
| years old. With thirty men he cap
| tured the fortress of Gorilla. the strong
| est military post in Central America.
| Lieut.. Garden, of the United Ststes
navy, describes the capture In Harpers
Weekly:
Leading up 20 the gates Of the fort
from the wharf was a winding road.
Up this road the young rebel and his
men marched, the boy leading of
some twenty feet in advance. and
swinging has sharp razorliko sword
much as one would walking stick.
could hardly believe my eyes. Here
was mere boy with only a handful of
men marching straight up TO the gates
OF the strongest fort ia Nicaragua. In
stinctively found myself on the dock
and following them Ny arms con-
sisted mainly of revolver and doubt
If in the excitement ! realized that I
might have occasion to use IL. To look
at that body OF men swinging along up
the roadway in splendid unison. one
would have fancied that ~ was merely
accommodating party in from tramp.
Surely, | said TO myself. their real
character will be discovered before they
reach the gates. They never possibly
can deceive the guard
AT this moment the great. ponder
Gus gates opened, and an officer. the
officer of the day, stepped out He had
evidently just sprung out Of bed. for.
there was half-yawn around his
mouth as he made his appearance. Tho
sentry had told him that reinforce
ments were coming up the road. This
was good news II would mean lighter
duty at the post. and more corr pa ion
ship. All this doubtless passed through
the mind of the officer of the dav as hs
stepped ont to greet the commander Of
the reinforcing party. As for the
thought OF caution IL had not entered
his mind. The rebels he had heard of.
but had not seen. lie doubted IL any
really existed: and II they did they
were hundreds of miles from Gorilla,
while. besides. these men coming up
the roadway were dresSed as regulars.
so with CHEEKY Glad 20 see Yoti.
Where are you from7' he advanced
some twenty feet beyond the gates
Inside the gateway the guard wsa
drawn up. prepared 10 receive the new
arrival The CHEEKY hail Of the Officer
of the fort received ar indistinct reply
from The young spsniard. In another
moment the two were but few fee.
apart recall at that instant a whi.I
OF steel in the air, a sharp agonizing
cry, aud the next instant the BODY of
the officer OF the fort lag wrlthing on
the ground. Without so much as
look at the man he had cut down IN
his track. the young spsniard. with
The bound Of panther. Eprsng
INTO the open doorway. and quicker,
than il can be told he had cut down
two soldiers. Like the sfsdden bias. of
> mighty wind every man Of the com
nand rushed forward Carried AWAY
With the excitement. followed: and as
did, ] stumbled over the bodies Of n
tozsn men of the guard Every man
sad been hsycne.ted where be st1esd-
This lad then proceeded 20 slaughter
most OF the men in the fort. and In
'thsr wars to ac: like a pirate. In
,ther words. this brave lad IA sIso the
.ort Of boy who ought % Be pa. saso
Tcfornastssry- lie has exhibited quail.
lea S.usisar 70 Sapoleons. and IN,
sorle vii get on very weil indeed
Without z1g more Bonapart~s Ike shs
.rsi and greatest