St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-15
FRANK GRYGLA RETURNS.
ne IS THE MkN WHO WENT AFTER
LOUIS MENACE.
HE NOW COMES HOME ALONE.


the West Indies-Mrs. MenaGe'
and Daughter in Great Dis
tress-ln Guatemala Penniless.
Frank Grygla has returned from Cen.
tral America, and thereby hangs tale
OF considerable interest to MinneapoiE
itaDs. He arrived in the city yester-
he will hold an interview with Sherlf
James Ege, whose agent he was i'll the
tropics. On Dec. q OF last year Mr.:
Grygla left this country for Central
America. He jumped right out OF
winter city and landed in country
where the birds sing all tha year
around and where bananas and boa,
constructors abide. His mission was TO:
find Louis F. Menage; poor Louis,
whose hair has grown gray and whose
frame has been reduced to that OF
walking skeleton by the worry aud the
hustling he has undergone because OF,
his Northwestern peccadiloes. During
all the time intervening Mr.. Grygla has
been on the track OF the fugitive
(inancler. He has been the little
black. whiskered fellows Nemesis;
his nightmare by night, his
terror by day. In fact. Mr.. Grygla has
kept Louis in constant state of terror.
but at the last moment he arrlvesi
home. and-Louls is not with him. he
came alone. did Mr.. Grygla. He was
tired last evening when a reporter for
the GLOBE found him ut his residence
at 2701 Dupont avenue south. He had
been travelling for nearly week. and
felt more inclined to sleep than talk.
He told the story to the reporter, how
ever. and to say that it was divertlng
would he drawing it mild.
MIR. Grygla went to Central America
at the instance 0f Sheriff Eye, who was
especially anxious to get Menage within
the four walls of his county Jail. The
utmost secrecy was observed. and 1t
was not until months later that it was
known that Grygla had gone at all.
Then the Minneapolis prints We'd with
each other in printing stories Of the
capture of Menage. There were "Blot-
ting Pad Ike" stories, and stories of
bloated and Over-fed Central American
Indians. but none of them we're true.
All the time Meuage was hidden away
and Grygla was hunting for him.
6"I am glad to get back to civiliza.
tion," said Mr.. Grygla last, putting away
the while on a spanish cigarette and
blowing the smoke in great rings above
his head. 1.-The trip have just had
was tiresome one. to say the least. /
came alone-oh, yes! Menage? Well,
Menage is somewhere - but where?
Well, that is the question. The last
news | had from him was that he had
sailed from Belize for the West IndfesS
There is no telling where he is noW.frI
cannot look for him OF the sea. I.s
Il left this country on Dec. o." coll
tinued Mr.. Grygla. II went to Belize,
British Honduras, where | inquired a
little for Menage. l succeeded in get-
ting little Information, enough at any
rate to warrant me to continue OH to-
Puerta de Cortes, Spanish Honduras,
and from there to Livingstone. Guatez:
mala. The weather was dreadfulIy hot
and you can imagine that l, who had
just come from winter country. did
not feel any too comfortable After
leaving Livingstone - where. by = the:
way, heard that Menage had passed on.
his way 10 Guatemala CIty-l went by,
river to Isabel, and from there to Guate-
mala City came very tedious ride. The
only way could get to that place was
to travel over mountains and through
forests GU the backs of mules. isr
''lt was just the time of the war be-
tween Guatemala and Hunduras, and it
was hard matter to getsa mule, can
tell you. managed to secure several,
however. and, after equipping myself
with guides and food, made the trip.
The distance was over 1So miles. and it
was the hardest travel that | had under
gone for many day. When / arrived at
Guatemala l learned that Menage had
been there, and that Mrs. Menage and her
daughter were living there at that time.
Menage had taken fright aud made his
escape. | had the greatest difficulty
to secure favors from the Amer
lean Representatives. When l arrived
there the American consul, Mr.. Young,
was away. and the consul general,
Lynch Pringel, had charge of his af-
have done. might have teen more sue
cessful, but he did everything in his
power apparently TO prevent me from
accomplishing my mission. He said
that it would cost money to do this and
that. and of course l was handicapped
greatly because l did not have much, or
enough with me. The Guatemala au-
thorities themselves were kind enough,
but, as l said before, the Americans
were the ones who did not do the square
thing.
You see," said Mr.. Grygla, "the only
papers l had with me were papers of
Identification given me by Sheriff Ege,
our idea being to have the American
representatives to help me whom the
time came. Well, to make long story
short, Meuage got away, and l
traced him away up into the
widest country imaginable. lie was
hidden awayfin Mexico. that is, in the
extreme corner of the country,at point
where Guatemala and British Honduras
join with Mexico. The country was alb
solutely without law; the inhabitants
were Mexican and Central American
Indians Of the most lawless kind, who
refused absolutely to obey any one.
The only way to get there is to travel
overland through the toughest, yet
most picturesque country, ever saw in
my life.
when | got there l found that Men
age was living right with the Indians,
apparently III the greatest of terror.
He had bought them body and soul. and
no matter what / did could not get
him away without an armed force. He
was not living-in luxury by any means.
l understand that he was obliged to live
Oil the same as did the Indians. -
Il did not see Menage." said Mr..
Grygla in reply to question. 'but ],
was near enough for all purposes. u,
cabled to this country that the only
way Menage could be taken away from
where he was would be to go after him
with torce of eighteen or twenty sturdy
men and also to have lot of money. We'll
land Grygla sighed as he said i'll
they misunderstood the cabiegram,
ana - l did not have the
money, so when heard from
America Manage had taken flight again.
l could not follow him; he went by way
of the sea. He shipped from Belize
and went to the West Indies. That,
was OH April or 4. am not positive
which. The man | left at Belize to
watch that point notified me Of thar