The times., 1898-11-13

qured at all the American consulates and
hotels and places where an American
would be apt to frequent. The next stop
was at the Barbados, another of the
West India Islands. After thorough
search there I crossed the equator and
went into Para, Brazil
II then went up the Amazon River to
place called Maranham, quite large
city After a fruitless search there /
went to Pernambuco, Brazil. I did not
find my man there and / went to Bahia,
Brazil l searched several Summer re-
sorts there, and finally landed in Rio ia
metro, where made my headquarters.
Il arrived there on May 25, making me
thirty-two days on the water. My stop
ping place there was the Hotel Frietas.
The American minister, Conger of Iowa,
with his stan, was also stopping there.
l at once placed myself in communication
with the authorities, and was introduced
to William H. Lawrence, secretary of the
American legation. Through him / made
negotiations for the return of Marsh
should l succeed in catching him.
About this time Lawrence was placed
in charge of the legation because Minister
Conger had left for his home in Iowa. I
then secured the services of a man who
claimed that he could speak good English
to accompany me on my trip through
Brazil. ] found that he knew no English.
but could speak good German As
could also speak good German l con-
cluded to take him. Rio Janeiro was
city of 10000 population, and l made a
most careful search among all the hotels
and other places in the CITY,
Il also made careful search of the
suburban towns. l spent some time at
the great Summer resort called Corco-
vava, situated on top of the mountain. /
made a census of all the American people
in Rio Janeiro. 1 found just sixty-one
Americans, some employed there and
some travelling for their health The only
person / met who claimed TO have seen
Marsh was the man Langford, who asked
Mr.. Wanamaker to send him the sl,ooo.
He claimed that Marsh went there under
the name of George Wood.
THAT was several months prior to the
time / arrived in Rio Janeiro. l did not
place any faith in I.angford's statement,
for / found that he was brilliant
schemer and lived principally on the
earnings of his wife, who was school
teacher.
after was satisfied that Marsh was
not there I went into the interior and
landed in n place called Parade Pirhe. No
trace of him was found there, and / visit
ed in turn Suez de Fora and Aura Pratto.
which is located in the State of Minas
Giras. a great mining district. l did not
find a single American there. / then re-
turned to Parade Pirhe. and from there
I went to Saopaulo. which is located down
the Andes in the interior.
81 could find no trace of Marsh there,
and / went to Santos, which is consider
ed the pest hole of the earth. Every
morning yellow fever victims, to the
number of twenty-five or thirty, are pick
ed up in the street / returned to Rio
Janeiro and crossed the bay to Petroplis,
which was the Summer home of Dom
Pedro. journeyed then to San Domingo.
to Nichtheroy and back to Rio Janeiro.
determined then to go farther south.
After securing passage on the steamship
Maskalyne / searched Montevideo, in
Uruguay.
.'In Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic,
1 searched the suburban towns for thir-
teen days. BY that time it was the Fourth
of July. On that date I met John G. r.
Pitkin. / could not do much there for
awhile as they were just then having
that awful time on board the man-of-war
lying in the harbor; I don't remember
her name. There 1 met man named
Jack Shertyer. He was a civil engineer
from Ohio, and seemed to be making all
kinds of money.