Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-08
PERFORMS HAZARDOUS SERVICE
Penetrated 10 the Center If The lslind and Sc
cured Much Information.
MANY NARROW ESCAPES FROM DETECTION
We ir Guise Of herman corrcspnn .
ari 0uid Have HAD Little Chance "
- Identity Had n.cn Discovered


Now York. June s-Edwuri Emerson
Jr.. an nttachc of the wrr department
bureau Of information, arrived horo to-
day un board the steamer Mariana from
a. Thomas. after having performed
some hazardous service and undergo
Ink some thrilling experience iu Porto
Rico.
Transforming his name into Emcr-
sohn h. secured bogus passport ai,
went 20 san Juan. ostonslhly lH 70 cor
respondent Of the Berlin psuicher
zoitung.
AT San Juan" said Ait Emerson
today. "thcy would not permit me 90
go through the fortincauous, nor
would they allow me 90 make visit
90 the newspaper correspondent Hal
stead. who To- held In prison no. apy
! was permitted to walk through the
streets. however.
The war department. ] may say,
need have no fears ~ difficulty iu TAX
ms san Juan whenever the attempt 30
made. while ! could not see that any
great damage was done By the bom-
bardmcnt Of the city. the f0rtlncationa
are In such shape that they Offer al
most no resistance.
u succeeded IN penetrating 60 the
exact ccntcr of the island TO "a place
called Caguaa when my papers were
examined and the alcaldc was not alto
Ecthor satisfied with their regularity.
I said that had been employed af the
oycrccr Of sugar plantation belong
Ing TO a German. situated beyond that
place. but 1 was promptly i.rowu INTO
JAN. The alcnldc said he Would have
TO communicate with san Juan 10 Ind
out whether OF not l was all right
How long will that takeT I In
qulrcd ~ may take two or three
weeks he replied. We will have an
answer by the middle Of the summer,
anyhow
This was not cheerful prospect.
especially as feared that my Identity
had been discovered at San Juan /
wrote telegram 20 the German con-
sul and also offered 10 pay Tor "A telc-
gram 20 the governor OF san Juan.
This gave me little better standing
with the alrnldc and / was allowed "a
measure OF liberty,
MAY % / walked some distance from
the prison 40 noon and found a number
uf horses standing outside black
HmithHhup. The huatlgrH were tallluH
their MONDAY meal and I appropriated
the best horse ! could nnd aud de-
campcd. 10 get 90 Ponce l must 40 Ca
the west but as that seemed dangerous
4 went In an opposite direction, Hdlng
bareback Tor two days and two nights.
Il met a shepherd boy and offered
him q jncknife OF h. would draw me a
map OF the surrounding country, Froti
that grew the published statement that
"a foreigner had compelled a boy tu
draw map under threat Of Sitting
his throat. The map l have now In my
/ possession for the war department and
found II correct In every detail.
when / rode again 10 the east !
I crossed n range ~ hills 10 ma the en-
| tire east of the island In the possession
I OF the insurgents. The insurgents wei.
/ coined me and gave me an escort On
/ the coast. where found n small
schooner at anchor Though this
I schooner belonged Co a spanlhrd tho
captain WIS prevailed upon 60 take me
away. We had Just lost sight OF land
on May - when q wnrshlp hove In sight
that We took Tor an American. our
captain was greatly excited and began
20 pray until discovered tina,
the stranger fcw the Spanish
] ilaE. II proved 20 be- the torpedo boat
| destroyer Terror.
"shc steamed up alongside and an
/ dressed 40 % sailor ana had taken a
position al the masthead. After an
examination of the books the Spaninrd.
lcft her ana we headed FOR Santa
cruz
''rhcre boarded the Maiiana and
/ found "a number NJ newspaper CORES,
pondpnts and artists aboard.
"Thr spanish olcnlde had sent tclc.
l gram 10 the Danish authorities TO hold
mo upon arrival nH hurHethief. Major
| Moore. the United states consul at 81
Thomas positively refused 10 surren.
| der me, and oven took me In "a boat
himself out 90 tho Mndlann."
when Emerson lett San Juan he saw
Z four Spanish wnrahlpH In the harbor-
/ the Isabel H. Alicante, Concho and
| Terror.
! INHABITANTS WILL SOON RISE.
New York June S-Licut Henr,
| whitney fourth u, s. artillery. who has
| twice penetrated In the very heart ol
| Spanish territory once In Cuba ant
l lastly In Porto Rico, arrived here today
on the British steamer Ardenroae from
| Porto Rico, Through Nun the war de,
/ partment Will soon be In possesaion OF
/ important ana accurate Information
| concerning tho military strength and
/ defenHcs OF the ISLAND. The Port,
| Rlcan mission was undertaken under
/ orders from the department TO trave
! through the most strongly fortified
/ places and the headquarters OF IN.
/ military bodies and observe thel
! strength and preparations the com
D uhnuNfrH had muUu Ia rnalat o,
| cupatlon by the American troops
| Lieut. whitney made the lourne,
| with great expedition. lie found q O0
! volunteer troops and 1000 rsfulars IL
and about Ponce. The soldiers wer,
sickly, however, and Discontinued f0l
lack of pay Food he found to be- scare,
and that fact combined with tn,
American sentiment prevailing In IN,
| towns inclined him TO the belief thu
| n tho Inlind aiAiea Iroopa dII moi IN.