Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-01-17
dcs-a Bogg- of New York ships Men and
Ammunition TO Cordoya.
BOSENKO Is IN JAIL.
The New York Conspirator to b. Arrested By
the United States Officers.

BoSENKo Is IN JAIL
The New York Conspirator To b. Arrested By
the United states Officers.
Especial Cable 10 the New York Globe. Copy
right. isl-.l
Cordova, July "a sensation WIS caused
here today by the nrr,s; u G-Oral fernando
Bo-cnko. charged by President Cukco with at
tempting a revolution The city is Wild with
excitement. The revolution will not succeed.
II seems that Saturday night General BOs.n'
D. received "A cnbcgram from his New York
agent, Hosea Boggs, as follows:
Shipped by steamer Barcelona
s0 rifles.
100 reyolycrs.
l0O cannon lrifledb.
Is good soldiers.
lUDUuO cartridges.
Government will recognize revolu,ioni-fs.
Monroe doctrine goes.
This rahlc-ram was lying on General Bo-
s.nko : desk when your correspondent caIl"d
Sunday morning The general was cut. Your
correspondent saw II was important, n 10 was
IN cipher. Fortunately the key was IN one of
the generals pigennhol.s tthcy arr very care
less down h.r-l, and your correspondent soon
dsciphcrud the m"ssagp though there were
With Til. Globo's usual enterprise. President
Culco was informed, aud last nigh, Bo-.nko
was lodged In jail The United States WIS
wirod through tn. san Castaraguan minister
nj Washington 20 arrest Hosea Boggs who, II
will b. remembered. was u partner In the
d.viltry that old Flamingo wa- concerned In.
which came ont at his death. Reports from
New York show TINT Boggs has been spending
large amounts ~ money and talking myst"ri'
0usly when In his cups. II Is known that BO-
-.nko was IN New York In May.
Tn. government has made every preparation
to s.i1o the Barcelona when 10 arrives, and the
revolution viii - put down without trouble.
II IL irard that many prominent men are In
volve,i Bnsenko -ays IL - all n mistake, and
he can prove his innocence.
Thomas wALLIsG.
Then followed this local item:
Ho-ca Roggs = we'll known In tins city. He
wa- formerly newspaper man, bat lot: that
business Tor trade. Sine. Flnmingo'- death
h. hn. b.rn doing little apparently. though
recently, a. the above dispatch relates, be- hA.
b.on spending money freely. Yesterday bis
Office was clo.,d. not even an Office boy l'iHg
there II l. believed ho got tip from Eo ISo
and has left the country.
Inearly tainted. 1t couldn't be true.
read it again and again, but all /
could make Of il was that Tommy Wal
ling was trying To throw me down
again. resolved to go straight to my
office and write letter In The Globe
demanding retraction. My message
was not In cipher, aud | could prove
that i, wasn't, SO felt sure Of making
q good case II il. but resolved TO drop
Bosenko forever.
On arriving at my Office found lot
Of newspaper men and two dignIiied
strangers who demanded to see me pri
yately at once. told the boys that
would see them later, that IL was all
right, and asked the strangers In. One
was the san Castaraguan consul al New
York and the other was United States
deputy marshal. In few words ex-
planned that the dispatch was lie, but
they did not seem convinced. whereupon
/ handed them the original cablegram
which | had written, and fortunately
preserved They studied II for come
time, and finally the marshal said
"It would be much more satisfactory,
Mr.. Boggs. TO see the one you sent
away. Can you send for it to the tele-
graph office:"
Certainly, said I, ringing a mes.
senger call, and writing 4 note to the
superintendent, asking for the message
OH file.
This seemed to satisfy the two men,
and told them that III the meantime
would write out statement for the
newspaper men who were waiting.
They agreed, and / went to the type
writer and began. am a good operator
and seldom look ut my copy while writ
ing, but l was very nervous. started
out to explain the situation. Having
written three lines turned up the cyl
inder to look at il, and my hair stood
OH end. Here is what it read:
Ny gaf idutax kz Brxbyiko mabpleas.
ahid ip nowe bxt yhan tarw said meahy
inayt ziosxy tatr ian. Tzraim XII. IN b tastiwq
Uzxup aqr fait gaanvoos nittizamy.
rubbed my hand across my brow,
pulled out the sheet, tore it up and put
in another. This time ] went more
slowly. | could not see how had been
SO nervous as to make 10 many mistakes.
After three lines looked again and
great heavens, there it was again:
Ny gaf kz Brxbyjko mabpioas:
ahid ip move bxt yhan tarm said meahy
Ii 4 80
tiwq. Uzxup aqr fait gaanvoos nittizamy.
began to think had gone insane,
and the consul and marshal looked a,
me suspiciously. made third at
tempt, with the same result, and wa,
about 10 say was Iii wnen an Official
from the telegraph Office entered with
my cablegram, saying We could look al
it in his presence, but the company
must keep possession OF it.
"There il is, shouted. THAT will
show my innocence. I only shipped
some provisions TO Bosenko, who is a
merchant"
The consul took il. read it. frowned
and handed it TO the marshal, who did
the same and looked at me, saying:
81 am sorry, Mr.. Boggs, but this il
bad business. / grabbed the message
and read to my horror:
Bosenko. Cordova:
Doaarf nu drs'rt Estvr; pms
6,0Og; pit
Lou virrdrd
Loo, rdd aptl
IS vsfird nodvioy
100000 jstf ysvl
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