Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-02
A REAL GHOST.
ms orTrN srRUoK TERROR TO THE
SPANISH HEART.
Now Hes In New YORK on Ills Wedding
1our-To Him the Cuban Insurgents
owe Much OF Their
success.


| he was the agent 81 the reyolutIoui-ts
/ Iu this city. and his manner ut trans
hitting intelligence and munitions "
war from ID" southern sea port of the
/ rebel army gave him his name II made
/ u tlnareIga that thu hartHr was crowd
,d with warshiIs and the hotel register
lu tiruiu"E's read like the army list for
generals ami CUlUuels tE. ghost Nittcd
from town to camp iust the same. ~"
bought rifles ana cartridges right under
tEe noses " the authorities and civil
guards. Secret police and regular
Iitsrs could not prevent their reach
ing the rebel outpos;s in the Siguaue7.
that blue range ef hills that rise above
the haze over y@nder 90 the east.
WHAT line ~ underground railway car
riHd the Cunfrahaai express. and what
grapevine telegraph flashed his iuteNl-
E.n.a for him, do NOT know. but ! dM
know that hundreds ~ volunteers found
their way 90 NaNimD Com rs sf8Uil~.
through him. and that u.s. his agency %
. large number pf the guns that arm this
command reached the Siruauea from
Cl-ufutEns
brought letter Of Introduction 90 the
Efost when / came 10 Ci,nfu,cas IL was
n9t addressed tu tlo ghost. az course but
10 Mt. Ventura Carlo. and ] darysay
the man who gave m. the letter was as
ignorant oi the part his friend was play
ing iu this war as ] was Ventura car
D." proved % bc smiling brawn-mus-
| ia1htd young cuban uf q daudGeI sort.
as mild hammered % man as ever looked
out ~ soft black eyes Hn dined with
me al the hotel that night. and at the
next table sat Captain General Martinez
Camros dictator ~ cuba in the queens
name. and rare galaxy of nuIionyJ
generals and admrals Just outside O.
cavalry guard waited for the head Of
the army, hut Ventura Carho did not eat
less heartily for that
Eariy next morning met him just
outsii" of the city riding in You are
out early" I said.
"Oh yes thought a ride before
breakfast would do me good" he said
The little gray he rode was covered
with dust, and there was the look in his
eyes NJ the man who had been abroad
an night Just before We came To the
ll,tla fort on the edge of the town his
horse suddenly bounded forward lcaV-
ing me behind. y packet flew from Mr.
Carho's pocket aul I picked it up and
returned Il % him after | overlook him.
which was after We had passed tho fort.
Sometimes they search people entering
the town. he said with "a grin. II
knew thcy would not molcst foreign
THAT packet contained all the mail
from the rebel chiefs '1 the New York
headquarters OF the revolution and the
man caught carry iu- 10 would have
learned how 90 feels tp stand between 70
whifcwIshcd wall ana row OF Mlusur
rifles did not ride again with Mr. Nou-
turH Carhn past the little fort just out-.
side az tleufupEus.
II cannot Doe said that the ghost was
never suspected Night after he has
slept somewhere else while the secret
police kept "a guard around his house,
prepared tp grab him The moment they
had evidence enough against him 90 gain
% conviction. even before military. court,
but Ventura Carho kept straight on
the surface and though fo- ten months
he has been uu go his neck Ind the royo-
lGttnn. they never had enough evidence
against him even 90 justify his lmmure-
meut as suspect. They may not even
now have anything tangible. hut the
ghost thinks they have. and that is why
be viii arrive at New York sl soon,
Tho maueuyers 81 Ventura have re-
suited in strange happenings o. people
connected with him JUsl I'll" other Day
his elder brother q staId, responsible
man 80 property ana business who
would 40 moro mix uT with a revolution
than lIr E3gklurst would practice the
Turkish muscle dance between sermons
aud glg-ales, was aStoulshed e. have a
real estate transaction broken !u upon
UE fEH civil guard, which promptly
marched him tm u ilil They released
Don Nicolas With apologies after tWrn-
ty-faur hours. ANA Dr. has been bursting
with lnl.sHat.Hu ever since II was =
mistake. rha authorities explained. and
most people think the mistake was that
theE rut the wrong brother.
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