Graham guardian., 1901-06-28
A TRAITORS DEATH.
The Information Comes From German
rlewspaper-A story of Revenge. Love
and Fatal Jealousy-He became
Captain OF the Insurgents.

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and Fatal Jealousy-He became
Captain OF the Insurgents.
A German newspaper Received in
Phoenix last week, contained a
story which has never been print
ed in English, but which is of more
than ordinary interest to the peo-
pie of Phoenix, the dying of a
traitors death in the Philippines,
of a man believed to be Otto Eber-
hardt, the leader of the Pioneer
band three years ago,
Eberhardt left here as musi-
clan with Colonel McCord's regi-
ment. After the regiment, which
lay some months at Lexington,
Ky, was disbanded, Eberhardt
went to Washington and became a
cornet soloist in the famous Ma
rine band. He has been heard of
from time to time by his friends
here, but not within the last eigh-
teen months.
The German paper describes his
career in this country with great
accuracy and picks him up as a
Washington musician, who enlisted
with the Twenty-seventh regular
infantry, commanded by Col. Bell,
destined for service in the Philip.
pines. AT Honolulu Eberhardt
committed an offense for which
Colonel Bell reduced him to the
position of a private soldier. Eb'
erhardt threatened vengeance in
the most Incorporate language,
but no more attention was paid to
him than if he were part of ma
chine. The regiment landed in the
Philippines at San Mateo. A few
days latter Eberhardt deserted
TO the camp of General Geronimo,
not far away, and joined the insur'
gents. Eberhardt had had the
usual military training forced up
on the German youth and it stood
him in good stead. He was soon
made captain and led several
forays against the Americans who
had been his comrades. He fell in
love with a Filipino woman, Sen
orita Isabella Cimarron, who fire..
quently passed between the insur'
gent camp and San Mateo. Another
Senorita appears in the story and
prompted by jealousy informed the
American authorities of Eber-
hardts presence in Gen. Geroni-
mos camp. He was there known
as James or Jacobus Benjamin. In
the meantime one night Eberhardt
did as he had often done before in
disguise paid a visit to Isabella
Cimarron, who was then staying
in San Mateo, He was encounter
ed by party Of comrades, who
recognized HIM and called on him
to halt. He ran and was shot and
killed. No date of the occurrence
is fixed and the name of Eberhardt
throughout the story is given as
Jacobus or James. The fact, that
he was musician and joined the
regiment at Washington, together
with the further statements which
Eberhardt had told to friends in
Phoenix, leaves, little doubt that
James Eberhardt was Otto Eber-
hardt.
The further fact is this: Eber-
hardts father was a greater or less
famous musician in Berlin. His
mother was of an aristocratie fam.
lily. The son was educated to be
a musician and became very
skillful one, but his manner of liv-
ing, the German paper said, was
such as compelled him to leave
the country. From what is known
of Eberhardt in Phoenix, he came
to the United States with Ger
man band at the time of Worlds
Fair. After the close of the fair
he went to the Pacific coast and
was soon after married at San
Diego. He was separated from
his wife and came to Phoenix about
four years ago. He first found am.
ployment as bartender With Otto
Waldeck, who ran a saloon here
and later became for short time
the proprietor of the saloon. In
the meantime he joined the Pioneer
band and succeeded Professor o.
Malley as its leader a position he
held until he joined the First Ter
rltorial Volunteer Infantry, COM
nanded by Col. McCord.