The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-15

took them to the island OF San Domingo
This explanation OF his name was given
by resident:
The good gentleman lived an apparent
iy open life in Fonce-ths city. not the dis
trscs-which he protested was decent. re-
spectacle and sirtuous. Moreover. the
authorities never ,noieseed him. yet no.
body in Punce with eyes TO see and ears
TO hear eaala help but know thas a more
dangerous character did no; exist Bur as
nothing Is mere harmless than white bread,
Pan Blanco became his name BY sarcasm
and common consent
They say that ne took a large sum with
hin. 10 san Domingo. He il 4 SpansaTd
who went 80 Porte Rico In his teens As a
clerk He took 20 gambling. and presently
opened a hotel which deve,ope. into a
resort fer the worst criminals He knew
them better than they knew themselves.
and could Pick out the best man In Ponce
for any given work better than anybody
e,sa A. first he made his recaTnsStiia-
tons witho4, thought 90 recunisry seisefas
tn himself. The. he contracted 10 have
sobs done. He collected the siao or $40 sad
sart Panche or PePs or Jsanito or ans ~
the ether hangsrs-oG about his place out
TO a0iuct the child. ere the house. kill the
man or do whatever else the commission
called for Often these fellows had 10 do
tGa work for nothing. and when Pan
Bianco paid them * was rarely more than
$50 Being SpaniArd, Par BIsnco rad
an advantage over the native bandits
The authorities w{nkei at hss business.
They merely required him 10 Offend puddle
s,asercses as little as possible In otaar
words 4, conduct hss agency far aS$aSSt
natioa. murder kiinagtng. arson and the
like quietly. Many AT official. rH0Teo**Fs
was wont % cau on Pan B1Anca Ia mo-
,leuts 90 financial stress and effect loans
which ae VAS very careless about repay
;-g and which Par Eianco never bothered
himself ssassut collecting Thus Pan Rianco
conducted ais profitable business for three
decades without official annoyance. He
aise RAD highly profitable connections with
the outlaws % the mountains He was
fence <or them. and 70 thesr retreats 70
often found Il necessary. r. order - asEAy
ps5egi. indignation. - send sora@ 81 ats
more nstorsous ssencnuen- He mast -
about ss now wnea the Americans land
90 80 went from Ponce 70 San Domingo.
s,,st r. te believed that from there he made
hfx ~aw back 20 hss native Spain. there 10
lead 3 life - leisure In his Old sge.
sxs4gla Blanca 81 a FAR more picturesque
ana romantic sse11~e among tie bandits -
Porto Rfro tAan pan PlssSo He received
his name because be was hard n catch-
MANY a tluae we have approached 20
xffAtn a ssezen yards " him " said form
e~ civil guard and yet throughout his
tss,-r ca re4~ as a. h~4gar& he has F@Te~ esee
s-n.--, arrested ssut have every reason -
ss~ss~-se .sAt 10 has b1eu wounded many
times Orca se surprised asrH on TIE rDai
leading 70 frAaa DsAr VS. we're sax
sfrssrsr and Immediately We orssless fire on
AEys have wS~er tn ET We missed =
,sxassys AZ shat distance ] -TuSs esrtatrsiy
save n. hin TAsr~ we're otnAr -ae1 IN
80 -s-ev who sn0-~ they could Let have
y-zss@e<s hf~T. However. ag7S2Ia E3anca did
-sr far srte cur han4s- He sasa~S away
wf.N tNe wings - ar eagle sn3 Few ws
.~evs~ ksssw "A hsth<g We locked Fer hseSs..
srss saw ~sr-a@ 6A-ap syNo9s or s.s grussgss
xEer@ Aexssz gta3cA ssa stood x1sa we
1exslse our xsz~s a, hsnn an2 a~.d- We
ave % tze rc-c3axsew tsss + va not
-ue~sgA1. q capture hsrn either alive nr
dead "
AxufFs n1anea's fs*s - exemplary tos.&y.
fs.gsx sssssEfytrsg NJ sas~ -0sg9aet wffgsea
sss~ Henry gave nE--s wen Axz:&ls Hkarex
axxess for st a@ srrsz thai - As1 bees
-~mn ae re WOODS os-s - urGvfsr fwz~
,saars,4e hatr~s fer Sra1s&rss. Eat aaw
"a. they asaz beer driven from ts~ Island
- azs - further Incentive 20 ws- against
ssssse5srstv arss therefore as desired SO r&-
sss~n n ssssIseeE safe a13 &c 3 iaw sssSsrg
s-sssxsx q hls Ae5eseS n&tsvs .siaad- There
was sesrre es--e~y-sfsssssce and fsss4 Henry
~ ss1gf5 grants4 It's passport ca eoEazsi-