Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-06-17
REGARDED AS A HERO
THE NICARA0uANS ALL TALKING OF
YOUNG cASIMIR GONZALES.

Orgnnize0 fresh PROVISION EoycOtt
Against tho British During the Occu-
patton Of Corinto-Sentenced to Death,
but Wiser Counsel Gained His Release.
The achievements Of young Casimir
Gonzales during the recent British occu-
patton Of Corinto are now In the mouths
OF everybody In Nicaragua, and some in
teresting reports regarding him have
reached the state department.
He is young fellow of obscure parent
age and of little education, ard his circle
Of acquaintances up to the time of the
British invasion was limited to the poorer
GLASSES of the town. He possessed the in
flammablc nature Of the Central Ameri-
can, and the presence Of a hostile fleet rid
ing at anchor in the harbor Of his native
town filed him with Indignation.
The British sailors had been at sea for
some weeks, and upon their arrival at
Corinto they desired to purchase fresh
fruit, vegetables, bread, meat and other
provisions.
Gonzales visited In turn the different
places where these articles were sold and
begged the .proprietors not to sell to the
English, but by their refusal to emphasize
their objection to the presence of their enc
mics.
So powerfully did Gonzales appeal to
their patriotism and SO eloquently did he
portray the injustice Of England's course
toward his country that his efforts were
successful, and the Englishmen found
themselves confronted by u most success
ful "boycott."
Admiral Stephenson was not long In
discovering Gonzales connection with the
affair, and ho ordered his arrest, the port
being at that time unGof the authority Of
the British.
A court martial was convened, and Con-
zales was sentenccd TO death on the charge
of conspiring against the peace and well
fare of her majesty's subjects.
Admiral Stephenson justified his harsh
sentence on tho theory that he was within
an cncmy's country, and that his own
protection and that of his men demanded
that, in overt acts like that in question,
he should not temporize with his foes.
The finding Of the court martial created
the widest excitement, not only at Corin-
TO- but at Managua the capital Of the re-
public, s5 miles distant. The people were
greatly enraged, and but for the dread of
the British guns an attempt would have
been made to rccapture Corinto.
At this juncture two Nicaraguans of
prominence, Messrs. Gameze and Madriz,
both ex-cabinet ministers, went down to
Corinto and had an audience with Admi-
raj Stephenson. They assured him, qui-
city and firmly, that II the sentence Of the
court martial was carried out the Nicara-
guam authorities would not be responsible
for the lives Of the British subjects living
in the interior, of whom there are several
thousand, engaged In coffee and sugar
planting and In trade.
Admiral Stephenson clustered bit, but
In the end satisfied himself that the lives
OF his fellow Englishmen would be serious
ly threatened II Gonzales was shot After
considering the matter for few hours he
reluctantly ordered the latter's discharge.
Young Gonzales Is now the most popu-
made to provide for his education, and the
people will in other ways testify their ap-
probation of the course pursued by him in
antagonizing the "hated British" as her
majesty's subjects are now characterized
in Nicaragua.
What further endears Gonzales to the
Nicaraguans was the manly course pursued
by him during his appearance before the
court martial.
He was asked II he was acting upon the
suggestion Of some of the officials of the
government, and it was intimated that II
he would answer in the affirmative his life
would be spared.
He Indignantly refused to shift the re-
sponsibility to other shoulders. He cared
not, he said, what the consequences might
be. He hated the British, and IL he could
embarrass them during their stay at Co
rinto he was willing to sacrifice himself If
such course were necessary.-Boston
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