The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-08-26
SAVED BY n BELT OF GOLD.
The Lack OF an Engiishman when Attacked
by Robbers In Toh uantepec

The Lsek or an Engiishmnn when Attacked
by Robbers In Tehuantepec.
Gold has . variety OF uses" said Mr.. Thorn
ton Decker, an English engineer, 10 an American
who met him IN Tlacalula, but l fancy my ex-
perience when I first went over this route be-
tween oaxaca and T~ehuantepeo was rather
novel. A lot Of SEQ pieces served very well as
. coat Of mail-so well that they saved my life.
AS l said, I WAS bound down TO Tehuantepeo
for a look at the railroad across the isthmus. I
had heard that the women there use your Anne
rican double eagles for jewelry and paid a very
high premium for them. so / got forty or nifty
and sewed them into the form Of what you might
call a porous plaster. When ! had them stitched
into place on a bit of cotton. there were two rows
across my back and a third row overlapping tho
other two. By puttingstraps over my shoulders
they carried very comfortably.
~ got the gold up at FL Paso, Tex but in
some way one Of the beggarly crew at the hotel
in Oaxacs saw that l was carrying something In
the small OF my back, and the result of that was
j was followed when / set out for TehuAntepec
They allowed me tn go on unmOlested until |
was within a day OF San Carlos. and then one OF
them seems 10 have taken a short cut through
the mountains and concealed himself IA the
the brush until l passed. Then he gave it TO me
with 4 shotgun loaded with slugs OF lead. and 1
caught II in the small OF the back.
the force or the blow knocked mo down
over the pommel of the saddle. When there I
had presence Of mind enough 70 keep on falling
slowly, as II entirely done for. Meantime / goa
one o fyouI American navy reyolyers In my hand
and cooked II.
The beggar that had shot me, seeing me fall,
came running from the bTush, mAchete in one
hand and gun In the other, while his partner
appeared around the mountain. with his horse on
the RallOp. They yelled At my horse 10 stop and
and my guide 10 60 ION, and both obeyed promptly.
l was stil elinRing 20 my horses neck and could
see them through its name very well | let them
get within ten feet of me and then dropped 20
my feet on the ground and took my turn at
shooting. They were go close couldn't miss,
but luckily. as l think. one caught his bullet in
the knee and the other In the heshy part of the
arm, while their horse was killed outright by a
Seeing them both down and begging for their
Lives l had 9 mind N kill them for their cow
apiece, and then called hack the guide and had
him carry water and wash ana dress the wounds
as well as possible. Then gave the man with
the hurt arm a stln horn Of brandy. and sent
him back for help, while l continued my
journey, The slugs had hit the gold
Plsces-three OF them. | had q lame back
Tor a week OF 90. but ! was otherwise
unhuFG What became Of themI l Afterwand
met the one THAI caught 1t IN the knes. He was
going about The market IN OALAOA on . peg leg
psddlinS rOboseS, and telling people he had losl
hts lA{ In 4 psrcs encounter With highway
pPn- H9 sid hs pAEensT waS on = Journey, bat
] fancy thAt he had been detected In some
rAsoAlity and eAnt 70 prison"