The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-28
HE SCORNS EZETA.
SaIvador's Ex=President
ReYiled.
ACCUSED OF MANY CRIMES.
The Ex-Vice-President Pictured
in Scathing Terms.
HIS MAD FLIGHT IN A NIGHTsHlRT
The Only other Article of Apparel
He Wore Was Pair OF His
Mistress Hosiery.

mans right ear always burns when an
other person is saying harsh things ABOUT
him. the fair winds which may have sped
the good ship Bennington on its way
hither yesterday must lave failed to cool
the fever in the right aurlculars OF TWO
distinguish he'd fugitives who are on board.
The persons referred to are eX-Presldent
Ezeta of San Salvador and his brother
Antonio, and the gentleman who scorn-
fully repndiates them as his fellow-country-
men and pillorieS them as enemies OF man
kind is NJ r. Trigueros, banker OF San
Salvador, who is at present in this city.
Mr.. Trigueros is a fide-lookng lntelll-
gent gentleman of Spanish descent. who
speaks English with comparative readiness
and VINO, with his father and brother. con-
Quoted the banking business mentioned
He was student at the same military
school with the present President oil San
Salvador and speaks in glowing terms Oh
that officials worth as man.
There have been rumor5 current In the
city To the effect that Mr.. Trigueros IS an
exile from his native land. but this the
gentleman Vehsmently denies. He says
that he is here on account OF Ill health IN
his family and that he will return home
in about two months. His mother, vile
and three sisters are with him.
OF Antonio EZeta. the fugitive Vice.
President of San Salvador, who is at
nresent sheltered from his enemies by the
stars and stripes. Mr.. Trigueros is so
moved by the wrath within him when he
speaks that he unconsciously drops into
Spanish and uses words that might be
deemed libelous in his native country.
He SAYS that Antonio was guilty Of acts
of the most atrocious cruelty during the
ol,t nd oil aa q INSTANCES
IN support of that statement.
.sAt one time" said he, Antonio
burned 600 houses belonging to the To-
dams and among the victims was an old
blind man, 72 years of age, who was Gre
mated in his home.
~ don't expect anything else but what
he will pick row with me when he ar
riyes." said the banker, "but | am ready
for him." he added in "a tone which BODIED
i'll for the ex-President
"The truth is Antonio is a coward, and
he received credit for certain deeds In the
last campaign to which he was not In the
least entitled. General Trungary did the
only fighting worth mentioning by the
Government forces.
.W the Quartet de Artilera in Santa
Ana was attacked by forty-three revolu-
tjopists under command OF President Gu
fierres. Antonio had 400 troops at his back.
besides 200 policemen in an adjoining
Quartet. In fact, he had sufficient iorce
to have overwhelmed the brave little baEd
which besieged him had he been possessed
of that courage which has Deen ATTRIBUTED
! to him by some people
"When the attack came Antonio made
no opposition. The testimony of those
who were present shows that the Vice.
Presidents courage f0rsook him COM
pIeteIy when an opportunity presented
| itself for exercising ii, and he preclpi-
| a roll I RI
properly clothe himself, but escaping on
horseback with only the light folds of a
nightshIrl to protect him, his only other
article of apparel being pair OF his mis-
tress' stockings"
Mr. TrgueroS contends that the relative
forces oil the Government and of the revo-
lutonists have been .misreDreseHted, to
| the discredit OF the latter. ''The largest
force the reV0lutionlsts ever had at one
time" said lie, was $500 men, and that
was in Santa Ana about the 10Th of May.
"When the revolution first broke out the
opponents of the Government had but
about 800 troops, and among these were a
dozen or more women. The latter fought
with WinchesterS and several OF them
were killed. They would rush into the
thickest of the fight with their dresses
looped up and filled with cartridges with
which they supplied the men. These
women were of the lower class. but the
men were nearly all representatives of the
first families in Santa Ana.
"When the revolution started Generals
Gutierres and Regalado-the latter one of
the bravest and beSt--arrived in Santa
Ana from Guatemala at midnight. At 2
o'clock the attack or the fortress was
made. A sergeant in the Government
forces opened the door and the fOrty-three
men comprising the assailing force en-
tered and took possession with but little
opposition. This General Regalado. of
whom l speak, had been exiled by EZeta
because of the part he took in the previous
war under Ribas. Ezeta would have shot
him. and he was forced to flee TO save his
life.
''Ezeta had on his side about 10000 men.
among them 1000 trained and we'll
equipped soldiers. but there was such an
intense and bitter feeling against the man
that he did not know in reality who were
bis friends. The truth OF the matter is
that Ezsta seized everything he could get
his hands upon. He bought palace in
Spain for which be paid large sum, had
92OO.O00 on deposit in the Bank of
England the last of Decem Der, and is sup
posed to have acquired about "a, 0OO. COO In
gold during his term of Office and to have
every dollar of it where he can lay mis-
hands upon it when he chooses.
He was not foolish enough to keep his
money where the uncertainties of war
might deprive him of it, but when he
secured large sum he would either buy
drafts or caTgOes of coffee and indigo,
which he would send abroad aad have the
amounts obtained thereon credited to his
account.
Ills method Of securing his ill-go item
wealth was not exactly on the stand-and-
deliver order, but was equally as effective.
A case in point will illustrate. Three or
four months before the revolution occurred
Ezeta imprisoned wealthy farmer. named
Ruano, and released him only on the pay
ment of $780, EZeta took The entire
amount, mad it credited TO his account. and,
with $4,000 Of it, subsequently purchased
two shares of stock in the Banc0 lnterna-
tionale of Guatemala.
president Gutierres has jumped into
popular favor at once by a single act, and
that is his promise to cause the Government
duty on coffee to be taken off. This in
reality was one Of the immediate causes
of the revolution. This duty was estab-
ished by EZeta aud was first placed at ST
in silver on each hundred weight. 1t was
| then increased to 81 % in gold and then to
50 %. EZeta appropriated good part OF
the governmental revenues to his own use,
! as is evident from the fact that when he
went into office he was poor maD, unable
! TO pay his debts, and that Notwithstanding
| his salary was but $1,000 month he is now
| rated as millionaire.
| "Ezeta is stupid man, and his brother,
| while he makes pretensions to ability, is
Il ~.