The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-06-16
ADVENTURE IN PORTO RICO.
How War Department Attache
Got Information and
Escaped.

Insurgents.

otEo1, Jr, ~ at.ache Of tie war de-
partmcat, bureau OF information, ar
rived ho:e to-day on beard the
steamer Iadi2oa, irom St. Thomas
after having performed some hez
Grdous service and undergoing thrll-
ing experiences il Porto Rico.
Transforming his name = Emme:s
sohn, lie procured C. bos1s German
passport and went to San Juan, os
teuaibIy as a spondent cf the
Berlin DeutcLer Zeitung.
at San Juan" said Nr. En- erson
to day, they would not permit me
to GO through the fortifcations, nor
would they alloa rae to MAKE visit
to the newspaper correspondent,
Halstead, who is held in prison as a
spy. l was permitted 10 walk
through the streets, however. The
War Department need have no fears
OF difficulty in taking San Juan.
While could not soe that any great
damage was done by the lombard
Dent Of the city, the folts are in
such shape that they offer almost no
resistance.
1 succeeded in penetrating TO the
exact center OF the island, TO u place
called Caguas, when my papers were
examined and the Alcaide was not
altogether satisfied with their regu-
lQrity. / said that l had been EN-
ployed to oversee u sugar plantation
belonging TO German, beyond that
place, bat l WAS promptly thrown
into jail, The Aicalde said he would
have to communicate with San Juan
to find out whether Or not ] was all
right.
This was not a cheerful prospect.
especially US l feared that my ident-
ity had been discovered at San Juan.
/ wrote tele8rars to The German
consul and offered to pay for tele-
gram to the governor Of San Juan.
This gave me little better stand
ing with the Alcalde and ! was
allowed a measure of liberty
On May % l walked some dis
lance from the prison at noon and
found a Dumber of horses standing
outside of blacksmith shop. The
hostle,s were taking their MONDAY
meal, and appropriated the best
horse l could fnd aud decsmped.
To get to Ponce l must go to the
west, but as that seemed dangerous
| went in an opposite direction,
riding bareback fer two days and
two nights.
It was then that met a shepherd
boy and offered him q jack knife if
he would draw me a map of the sur
rounding country. From that grew
the published statement that q for
eigner had compelled a boy to draw |
g map under the threat of Sitting
his throat. That map I have now
IN my possession for tbs war depa It.
ment, and found it correct in every |
detail.
When I rode again to the east |
crossed range Of hills to find the
entire eastern end Of the island in |
possession Of the insurgents They |
welcomed ne and gave me 81 escort |
to the coast where 1 found a small |
schooner ct a1chor. Though this |
schooner belonged to a Spaniard the |
captain was prevailed upon to take
me away. We bad just lost sight of
land, on May IS, when a warship |
hove in sight that We took for an
Our captain was greatly |
excited and began TO pray until 1 |
discovered the stranger flew the
Spanish flag. Il proved to bs the |
torpedo boat destroyer Terror.
She steamed up alongside aud an
officer was sent aboard. was dress
ed as sailor and had taken a pos;.
ton at the masthead. After an
examination OF the boat the Span /
iards left her and we headed fer
Santa Cruz Th=re l boarded the
Madiara and found a number Of
newspaper correspondents and srt- /
lists aboard.
TIE Spanish AIcaI1a haI sa-,l a /