New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15
OVERLOOKED ONE SMALL DETAIL.
Revolutionary Generals Plan Was Dramatic
but he Carelessly Forgot to Use Blank
Cartridges
Frorn The New-orisans Times-pemocrst

From The New Orleans Times-Democrac
There's no use talking. blank cartridges often
Americas" said man who was for many years
fns the ONE JsI ahoI,t those sr5jars -5C 49,
KILLED Inadvertently" by bullets during a sham
take chance with hOnsst-iniun BULLETS up this
known and have heard tell about down in the low
ATTITUDES OF this hemisphere.
kind came of. for instance while Antonio Ezeta
was Was liking up and pItting over one revolution
quarters in La Libertad Antonio was the most
saying lot for the bunch of Ezetas made IL a
business and pastine for years to cook up revo-
buttons all the way from Panama TO Patagonia.
1T was simply plain business proposition. revo-
Informing with those lively Ezeta boys As soon
as an kzeta would succeed in bundling UP a pack
age OF loot amounting to five millions or ten mill
absinthe and things inside Of a couple of years
eoc Who Uf n TnS So Of tb se f SSy s
ments. something always happened to shut him
out OF the dough at the critical juncturs
Wei anyway. while Antonio was the boss OF Ia
9ner one day. The prisoner was the Secretary OF
ma , or seere[ary or state or some little thing
regular government OF the Republic OF Salvador.
with Antonio Ezeta. and had permitted himself to
5e fSaPtbH ,t He had sWped some S9OO In gold
win out he had made up his mind to attach him
the Doodle with Tony rather than remain with the
a a1n defunct government and have the whole
elements OF the losing side
50 Uney Drought him In. with his leather trunk
stuned with gold disks. Antonio pretended to re-
celve him with gloomy brow and In a loud tone
'aTony winked the other eve, however. and tho
ex-of1cial OF the defunct Cabinet felt pretty good
the two got together in Tonys Office and
+F You understand s Of couEss my cherished
troops hate you I must stand you up be shot at
But shall see that nothing but blank cartridges
are used. Wien the officer offers to blindfold yOu
wave him aside and proclaim your desire die
with your eyes upon your assassins. This will
you see? They will probably. in their enthusiasm.
beg me 70 spare your life. If well and good
You are 70 De spared IN any event But If they do
not beg for your life IN their enthusiasm, they
shah fire at YOU only with blank cartridges you
understand You are 20 fall as II dead when they
will be marched away and I shall that YOU
put board the Panama steamer going IN
to-night Is It not Well my brother? wound up
''Tony's idea looked pretty neat TO the captured
ex-ofictal. especially as Antonio told him that
his trunkfuI Of nnoney-wfth a little subtraction 10
be contributed 70 the Ezeta cause-would be placed
on board the steamer with him.
'"The trunk was placed in AntOnio's keeping and
a short time later the captured man was led out
to-as he thought-his phony shooting partv TVhs
poor devil was exceedingly effective in his drsra+i-
cally announced determination TO die with his eyes
comprising the firing SQUAD got their guns in rasi
ness TO fire. he threw his shoulders hack mag
They hadn't begged for his Hfe-but were not
their guns loaded only with blanks? He made a
fine picture, In consequence with that condolences
Of the squad uttered the command to fire he gave
very realistic jump into the air and fell forward
There wasn't any reason why IT shouldn't have
been a realistic jump either. considering that he
Antonio had forgotten TO give that order about
the blanks, you knOw-amaZingly abseutminded
and iudomitabs revolUtonist He looked sad
and all cut up about it. Tony did when he found
and the only thing for Tony to do was 70 prEs
his dead friends trunk as something sacred