The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21

and Bean threw FIVE. Poor House was sur
tion. A few. hours later three OF tho party who
had secured. some influence In, their behalf
were liberated, while, Bean and four Others
were started under a strong guard for the City
OF Mexico, 300 miles away.
As they were the first Americans ever seen so
far in the interior OF Mexico they were re-
gaIded with great curiosity by the natives.
and at n small town called Salamanca. about
dressed and beautiful woman was one of a
crowd that Hooked TO look at them; She seems
to. have become infatuated with Bean and
asked him slyly II he would like to make his es-
cape. and upon his saying that II was impossi-
BE assured him that she would free him from
prison with a man. with files to, cut of his
chains, but he declined TO leave his compan-
freed at Mexico. but she replied that he might
think 80 but not find IL 80.
v%itation, and having given the guard who ac-
companicd him n dollar to, go and buy some
s sisttS a4s S%ff RlS e and e. li sSlGs$ S sS her her a DaisfiSIP nSd
make his escape., Her servant would take his
horse to the end OF the, town. and when the
lis prisoner woSnid desert. She had q Place to
e esee him into ana tSe 9 HfnI Sss g BtTStPsr an niTf be- tRR sgS SSq eol
gether. She told him that her name was Maria
ried to an old man. whom she hated, She con
fessed with many bushes that she had fallen
n IN lSye " With sam him n1,y at mIhas t HSF h. husband S,s ao was
ing. and they could easily make their escape
before his return.
offer with sincere regret, and, the guard having
returned tI.4 went back f. the prison. CARRYING
hands, with the request that he should. not
open 1t until night. On opening it at the end
Of tRe days " tourney @sa g n he found ~ sm il to con- e%oIHt& niaci in
and a ring from her finger, a most touching
avowal of her passion, which she assured him
Quent hour did Bean regret that he had allowed
this opportunity to pass.
the SI city s " MeH}eo I Beam %ee Wa is foe RrrsdSad y 70 Hea az
pulco. an important seaport town upon the Pa
Siff S eGHst s ;Mher Ienh he w, was Sc co ondnME, IL a eel 3
Of his former attempts to escape, intercourse
with his, fellow prisoners was denied him. See
brought him his food, he cultivated the, friend
ship OF q large white lizard, which sought with
the rays OF the tropic sun. The poor saurian
soon learned to know him and to eat flies from,
i hs t hane' & Shf i 6im ne nesyl fm9 y sm6ss sp tbe all raS 81
that formed his bed whenever another human
After. q. few months of confinement Bean
feigned illness and was sent to the hospital for
a change. But, having struck n priest who
and kept. there held by the neck for fifteen
from which he suffered 0 So m much nth that u he ,e Was
his cell; On the way he DECIDED to make a
mountains. Filing Off his irons with an old
was taken on board a chip about to sail by, two
Irish sailors: The ship was searched by a
RRfimrt.y f &, soi dere le eTti Rot Rhen S a PGrt sasn o5
cool, betrayed his hiding PLACE in q water cask;
and he was dragged back to his cell and his old
days in making friends again.
Possessed OF an old palmetto hat he unrav-
to the ground at the back OF his cell. and. hav-
ing some money, induced a woman, to tie q
f PrSw y Disf tRis 141' e ca s + he se was Vns S Sbie for ePG a
time to drown his troubles, which, he says.
were at times too much to bear.
Shortly after this. hearing an officer say that
quarry, Bean declared himselfa an expert blaster
and obtained through a Sergeant a detail to do
a an escape. the siitGe idea q which itf'f he had hrSii Never eG
abandoned. Lying with the other conyicts at
tanned some arms which were concealed at the
house Of a woman near the quarry. they fell
anDf s"t two euI put the ne" others hers i to- fie dHa' The fiSe
fBS san xos sca msEfap II tSe al bes dire es n, 1 Snd
Spaniard. who had accompanied the expedition
I from N9tehez .ii running Idn1i very slowly, Stopping
liant old fellow returned to help, him fight, and
was forced to leave him. Escaping to the noun
tains. the young American was Joined by a SOL
f H5se GeP f tRey pf set esa o oS q foot for %i' the s'W Tni tea
States, nearly 1000 miles away. Five, days
later. after having twice broken through the
they we're retaEen and brought back
to Acapulco. where the commandant promised
In reply to this Bean defed him and |
was chained TO n huge mulatto convict, who had
2F6srs to T Ras te elm IL be RRisRssai BY Th beans aFs
the mulatto almost to death the first
time the man ATTEMPTED to carry out %instTuc-
the earth for several hours with a wheel so
large that he could not reach the, rim: He was
rival Of a ship to carry him to the Philippine
Islands, whittier the commandment determined
Meanwhile great events marked the current
years outside the Acapulco, fortress, An in
Ish crown int the lap Of Bonagartte, then mas:
81 Pihlf Bour bPSs at It" Mssd dif+F0H TR Re' spirit It Of dne re sPaia.
onies in America rose and, threw Off their
bondage; Mexic1 was not long in following
volt in Guanajuato. and. after overthrow
,gsie eyer }ba t9 gifS sent os Ma against Thin HIN m q nnfd
saved by an appeal to superstition-the solemn
,GXcommpnication Of the General and his army.
90, betrayed by a friend. was executed at Chi
But with him the revolution did not termi-
OF revolt in the southern provinces,
md. after a bloody victory at Thixtla, marched
oward Acapulco. striking terror to the hearts
the Spaniards. Every one who would enter
he ARM, was armed: and Bean. as well as his
elbow prisoners, was asked to serve under the
King. He gladly accepted. babe his lizard
Two weeks, later he deserted to the
patriots. but. on finding that they were sadly In
reed OF arms. returned to the Spaniards with
he promise to bring over seventy deserters.
lad been a prisoner and had escaped, and in
order TO gain time represented that the rebel
which deferred the Spaniards from advance
ng. Ten days later he deserted with his
Ter cover Of darkness, attacked the Spanish
near Acapulco and captured 526 prisoners
md all their arms and Ammunition. killing only
hree., Next day 400 Of the prisoners lall Of
finding himself at the head OF Il re-
%pectable army. with an army chest sufficient
Q attack and. plumber, the, city Of Acapulco.
lean himself was placed in command of
ng about $4,000 in goods and pro-