The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-15
PORTO R|CyS BR|GANDS.
4 BUSINESS ABOLISHED SINCE THE
AMERICAN OCCUPATION.
meFiy Done for Hire-Of the Two
Great Leaders One Has Taken

The death knsil O: nrfgandaSe fn Porto
Rico was sounded whs4a she American
troops landed a. Csnan&ca hast summer.
{ p 10 that ts-r2e brig an3s lad been active.
New few. II Any. remain Since early last
January there has bsen no Indication
whatever o. their existence, and the bard
that made manifestation then WAS be-
Iteyed 80 - the only cne tnas had NOT yet
quit business. It's experience orl that oe-
casfon was SUCH as 10 discourage IL says
the Sew York Sur. The hFigands rad no
sssosser begun operations than woT3 was
sent to ia military post al ATecieo about
them A squad ~ sAarp<AooseTS frGG. the
Forty seventh New York volunteers was
Immediately a~tsfle! 20 lock after them.
The soldiers soon came ID WITH them ard
opened IRE. TIE brixands were far In
advance az the time and were mounted on
the swifs-foose9 h;tle mountain ponies
which Porto Rico produces. They there
fore escaped. Sat the f-ciasut c3ened ;heir
eyes 10 The saes thai American troops have
a different ard far more unpleasant Way
% DEALING with such things than the old
Spanish civil guard
p-gcr 70 tht<, from tfe beginning % fsss
American occupa Sisn. there had been few
and poorly organized raids. Indeed IL long
age became evident that he great leaders
Or captains % th@ bz ndits of Porte Rico
bad Forsake- TIRE calling TIE sverehrow
"a The island of them Al the coming 81
tn- American troops they dug ~ their
scAs ard silver ard athNr saluanses ard
r@1 from tire Es.ar9 There are holes IS
ae seer IN The ground and mounds where
Aoiss have been dag ard tssE rsflied scar
some az the caves In sse Peace district.
tire former hath%s cs pcrto Fasc&n brsgaT1a-
ag~ ard the country people say hat a.
.hese spots was siaaen tee rlun<se- -
these outlaws prsar - tse American izva-
sscn.
They were hy1gands la every sense q ne
aer5 Hot merely E%ttv rsatefActcrS bat
-,ss~s-s ktinapers> c3tthr0ats ard foot
PADS They ways&S& travellers levied
bgackrnan 81 planEe-S pgslaEe3 homes.
xsF3@. far psy ard even maze 4ssc@uts
upon villages so- b~stty- s1sn~ &c shes1
raase Z Speciality @. removing hAfei Per
sons receiving Ger t1sir services surss
ranging FROM 500 &c Ste according 20 ths
srzSrcfz5 xaklsfs ~ :7s person esr1rS them
arss ~. prominence - tae attended vtctfra
~ his ageslnw Ahslfsv. TAe rear}e ~ Ports
Rise tell Je~4sv with 8 certain prize saAt
sassA c1irtz~cz.s sever osfTzyea "a trar.
The twc mess famous leaders IN re acss-
ress I'D 10 tee ttrr. os she American cap
ss-e - ta@ isasSG ware Par 1snrO or
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waite Eagle ~sea .h~ city - Pence
seH grfo the Aa13s % tse American treoas
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