The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-01
MISUNDERSTANDING
Charles c. Narren's Strange Ad-
ventures in Central America.
HIS REMARKABLE ESCAPES.
The Curse OF Gold the secret of All His
His Wife on tho DuwaInish-

The strange story az adventure and cap
fisffy in a foreign hand and bnas escape
from the same came 20 light 10 ts3ls clsy
yestersay through the o.s@gverY OF cnsrssS
G. Warren. staying a. the 81 Charles
hofei formerly "a safcSlman on Tire Cana
dian Pacific railroad. who went 30 AeEaeo
eleven years ago 20 make his fortune and
VINO was never heard Of again - his wife
until a short time ago. when hs found ner
at her home on the DgsS arnisa river. near
this city.
AR. Warren II a native % Virginia. his
birth place being near F1cnmond- tie IN
about s. years Old. but he's been through
enough adventures 80 bring gray MARS Z"
fslS head "A thousand times II taking
with q Post nteIIigeHcer reporter last
nlent he said:
.saouae may Doubt my story because u -
~ strange and full Of exciting adventures.
/ viii say. however. that while ] vas IN
captivity on the San Juan Island. OF the
coast OF Tucatan. for nine AMI n max
year, I was treated better than the ma
lives themselves. The secret Of my cap
fivIty was that / had gold mines which
the government wished to possess. As
she matter nov stands. I have 10 actual
proof of my claims to fhsae mines. SO it
IL impossible for me To apply 10 the
United States for aid.
sIn 1874 Edward Jones. OF PiaceFville.
savanaugi's Ferry. =. G. IA answer to a
circular from some company In Mexico.
We found this business all a fraud, 20 ~e
went into the mines Of YucataFi. where
We opened up placer gold mine IL was
very rich and we were making money
hand over fist one day We were attacked
tv bandifs who killed Jones. not, BOW
ever. before he had shot one Of them
dead After this they took all the gold
s,,lt Of the sfigce boxes and went away.
leaving me la possession Wen, started
fn 10 work the mine again. when one o.
those revolutions current IN that country
broke out and lasted for some time The
government finally won. In the mean
time they discovered rny mine, fsnd redl~
fziuy ltz wealth arrested me az one OF me
Insurgents in order 10 get possession OF my
,,ropartv I vas taken 10 San Juan ISL
and or. as II Is called. Treasue. ana held
there until last July. when ! manager 10
make my escape. Owing to my kho~f-
edge OF machinery they made me sort
OF an engineer and had me taken over 20
the mainland 10 fix some machinery l
go, me guards drunk took their rides and
stilattos and plunged into the wilderness.
For four months travelled between leo
anA I 90 miles through an almost unln-
hahited country covered with jungle L
eaw ruins that showed OF previous hlgh-
~ advanced civilization l s3ot seNefsti
lions four pumas. and killsd one boa con-
s,rfrtor that measured nine and hair
stems. Before arriving az Puenta. In Cnie-
mas state. | vas taken captive once ny
bandits. but released without undergoing
.ny hardships. There caught the freisht
toat sachern, and eventually landed IN
San Francisco last November Since thsi,
have been hunting on the racine coas-
Tor my vsife. who finally located on the
Iuwafaish river In a day or two We VIII
ak 4
yueatan Is peninsular region OF 'eh-
trail America. forming southeastern eA-
.reruify to Mckee. which since 1901 con
stftutes the two confederate states OF
Campeaehe IN the west ana 1es' an ~, -.
.en aast n has a mean breadth ~ about
az, ,,gies a coast tire Of go miles. total
area az Z. 80 square miles and a poPala-
ton IN fss2 OF 80. GO,