The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-22

who fell tropically in love with pretty
young brunette on Suffer street and began
sending her choice and expensive flowers by
the wagon load until he discovered that his
amanGensis who was writing his English
love letters was having side Irritation with
the girl. and then he vented his wrath by
taking his keen-edged sword and defty de-
capitatins the photographed image Of his
secretary.
He then proceeded to decapita.e several
dozen pictures of his beautiful inamorata.
rms was the same trusty jeweled sword
with which he said he had fought and won
two bloody duels in Salvador with men that
had offered an affront to his honor. He had
also put bullet through an adversary in
duel with pistols.
TIGER OF THE BORDER"
Down in Salvador. when h he ~ was at the
head Of the army of some 1900 men. this
General An.onio Ezeta called himself Lion
of the Frontier and Tiger of the Border"
and he was Just fierce in his war talk up
here. He was periodically about to start
back for the country he had left, because
the people down there were claEloring for
him as their liberator. There were three
other Generals and a Lieutenant Colonel
here with him as fellow-exies, who came in
the Bennington to avoid execution in their
own country. With others he formed what
was called the Central American Explora-
tion Company which was a scheme to Sc
cure sufficient capital stock to outfit a fill
clustering expedition for the recapture of the
presidency of Salvador for himself. Finally
the tug Barclay Golden left San Francisco
with arms and ammunition and fifty men
TO effect landing with General Antonio
Ezeta. who had previously gone by steamer
to Acapulco to await the arrival of his man.
of-war. But at the very first attempt to
land dozen soldiers scared Ezeta so badly
that he rushed back breathless. fioundered
through the surf and threw himsef fiat in
the bottom of the rowboat. He had expect
ed to assemble some eighteen exiled Gener-
ais hiding In Mexico. and with them march
uiumphant1y inland, receiving at every turn
the joyous thousands of patriots eager to
fight under his standard and close to his
It'll. ~
He went down to Panama and there re-
peated his revolutionary plans but died be-
fore they We're accomplished.
General Antonio EZeta was the bitter enc
my OF his brother. General Carlos Ezeta,
ever after the revolution that eliminated
In their overthrow. Carlos fled first. taking
aroused the enmity of Antonio. So all An
tonic later plans were directed toward the
recapture of Salvador, that he might recoup
his his o fortunes and get for a certainty the
$4,000 he knew to be in the treasury.
General Carlos EZeta was much more
interesting personality than his brother An
and agreeable man. while Antonio had the
fierce lock of the perpetrator of such crimes
as he had been ABUSED of committing
CAREER OF CARLOS EZETA
In 1871. when Carlos Ezeta was 49, he and
his fellow students saved the life of Presi-
dent Duenas, who had just been overthrown
they also saved the United States Legation
from being wrecked by an angry Salvadoran
mon. But only hve years later Carlos had
to nee to New Orleans for the part he had
taken In the unsuccessful revolution for the
overthrow of President Zardivar
Carlos Ezeta rose to be chief General of
the army and was great favorite with the
people. because he had succeeded In putting
down revolution against President Mem
endeZ that three other Generals had not
been able to sui due. and because he had also
vanqu1shed the Guatemalans I'm several de-
cisive engagements But that same Presi-
dent Menendez that General Carlos Ezeta
defended on the battlefield suddenly fell
over dead at banquet after drinking some
supposedly isoned wine. and Carlos Ezeta
promptly arose at the table and declared
himself President. 1t was his hope to unite
all five OF the Central American Republics
into COME deration of States. The Presi-
dent OF Guatemala was bitterly opposed to
EZeta taking the lead in this and Guate-
mala ana Honduras became powerful secret
allies In the revolution that ended in the
overthrow of both the Ezetas
Shortly after Carlos Ezeta arrived in San
FRANCISCO in 1886 n Salvadoran tried to shoot
him in a hotel dinng-room and then spat
in his face in revenge for fancied political
wrongs. In 1901 Doctor CaIderon, Consul
for Salvador here. slapped General Carlos
Ezeta's face BECAUSE EZeta tried TO make
peace with him, and. failing to be recog-
nized as friend hissed 'Hypocriter' in
Doctor Calderon's face. Like his brother.
Antonio. the milder Carlos was repeatedly
watched by spies from his country and
life.