The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-08
AMERICAN BLOOD SPILLED,
4 New Story Of the Killing Of Flynn
at Rama.

He Pushed Native Policeman and
Negro From the Porch of a Store He
Was Employed at-A Few Minutes
Later the Nioaraguan Governor
Game Along and Shot Him - The
American Sent to Prison, Medical
Attention Refused Him and Death
Follows.
Mobile, Ala, April THE Norwegian
steamship Sunniva arrived here this
morning with a cargo of $4,000 lunches of
bananas to Orr & Laubenheimer. The
Sunniva also brought as a passenger,
Theodore Bockman, a well-to-do planter
of Rama, who was seen by the Southern
Associated Press correspondent this
morning as to the state of affairs in Mica
ragua, and from him was learned a de-
tailed account of the killing of the
American at Rama, two weeks ago to-
night. Mr. Bockman left Bluefelds on
Sunday about l 80 p. N. He gave the de-
tails of the killing substantially as fol-
lows: The American killed at Rama was
not named William Wilson, as at first
printed in the American papers. His
name was George Flynn. He was
years old. His father is foreman Of the
Anchor line docks at Brooklyn.
THE SHOOTING OF FLYNN.
Flynn was a Waterman at the store of
Brown & Harris, at Rama, and slept in
the second story of the store. He had re-
tired for the night, when about 9 80
O'Clock he heard some fighting going on in
the front porch of the store. Upon max
ing an investigation as to the nature of
the fighting, he found policeman trying
to arrest a negro. He ordered them
of the porch, and upon their
refusing to obey, he pushed
them both down About that
time the governor of Rama, Aguello, came
up and Flynn started back upstairs to his
apartments, when he was shot by the
governor without the slightest provoca-
ton. The affair created the widest eX-
element not only at Rama but also at
Bluefelds.
DENIED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
The governor, who is Nicaraguan, re-
fused to let boat leave Rama to go to
Bluehelds for physician, nor would he
allow the wounded man to be taken to his
home. Instead, Flynn was taken to the
prison, where he died the next morning
from the effect of the wound, though his
life might have been saved had he been
The next morning the tug went down to
Bluefelds, and the governor-general at
Bluefields appointed a new governor and
gave him orders to arrest the old gov
ernor, but the new governor failed to fol-
low his instructions, and let the old gov
ernor escape.
THE WAR SHIPS IN PORT.
The United States battle ship San
Francisco was expected at Bluefelds
from Rio last Wednesday.
The British man-of-war left there some
two weeks ago, and while she was there
everything was quiet. When the British
commander left he exacted a promise
from Gen. Carlos Lacaya, who is in
charge at Bluehelds, that no more soldiers
should be quartered there, but he had no
sooner gone than Lacaya broke the prom
Use.
"When left Bluefelds, things there were
in state Of anarchy and the people there
were holding meetings every day to try
and organize a government.
Secretary of State Madreiz, of Mica
ragua. is at present at Bluefelds and
Gen. Carlos Lacaya is in command there.
RUMoRs OF REVOLUTION.
"Rumors were current Just before I
left, l think there is probably some
truth in them, to the effect that new
revolution had occurred in Nicaragua,
and that President, Santos Zelaya, the
former president had beenderosed and
that the victorious commander, Gen.
Ortiz, had proclaimed himself president
of the republic 1t was also rumored
that the capital had been changed form
Managua to Leon.
1T is but proper to state that Aguello,
the governor of Rama, is no kin to Gen
Manuel .Aguello, who sometie ago visited
Mobile and New Orleans and made such
a good impression here, as hear
The Sunniva reached Bluefelds on Sun
day, March IS, and lay through Friday,
March 30, before she could get pilot TO
take her up the river to Rama, distance
OF sixty miles. The populace was greatly
wrought up over the killing of Flynn, and
the pilots feared to go to Rama.