The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-14
WARSHIP IS
 TO BE SENT Uncle Sam VIII Look Into AlbcTs Case. NO BLUFFING ALLOWED
 ---e---- Nicaragua Must Prove. a Bona Eide Case.
 .--e--- I've Americaa Citasens Cenaned rsad- f.s Trial sa Charges whieh Are Believed te Have Besa
 Trsmred Up.

I Washington. Sept. fa.--After consul tation between the State and Navy De- I partments 1t has been decided that 8 warship shall be sent to one of the l Minister Merry, at last accounts in San
 Jose, northward to the nearest point
 on the coast of Nicaragua or Honduras I to the place where William & AIhera. an American citizen, and his brather are confined pending a trial on the charge of resisting legal process and
 of insulting the President Of Nicaragua The officiais of the State and Navy Departments decline to mako any state ment whatever on this subject just now, but 1t is known that it has re- ceived serious attention and that the 1 lack of information as to the exact nature of the offense charged against Albers and the possibility of his not receiving fair trial have caused an
 effort to be made to get in closer touch with the prisoner. The gunbnat I Princeton. now at Panama. is the near | est waEship to Oeotol, in the province
 of Segovia. where Albers is imprisoned. but the last named town is ssventy
 miles inland over a rough mountain range from the coast and the trial is not passabie by any vehicle. Amapais. on the Gulf of Fonseca, on the south ern boundary of Honduras. appears to
 be the nearest port to ocotols The I Port Lfnfon Company. whose agent Brukaber from Philadelphia to Oeoto1
 to assist in his defense.
 An American gentleman of much in~ l telligeuce and high character who has been travelling in Central America Cor I the past few months engaged in seian- tific work has written a detailed ace
 count of the Albers' case to friends In i uo rNth haW TA states that he is sntiraly familiar with l the case and reports aa follows:
 The Linon Company. of which Wfl~ 1 Ham s. AEpers Is the manager, Is located I at JaIapa. Segovia, near the border nf
 Honduras. This corporation is snGams cd in gold and silver mining and in I raising wheat and tobacco and has l faith.
 Tt appears that in March 1905 . company of armed men led by one I claiming Go be lieutenant In the Nica- raguan army. and alleging that they were sent by the government tobacco syndicate. demanded of A1beKs that he l permit them to enter and carry away l his stock Of tobacco under seizure Reply of AlbeFa.
 "Albsrs replied that he had no com traband tobacco; that he obeyed tha law and that he paid the government
 in full: that he held regular offieial re~ ceipts for all tobacco in his stores
 He furthermore said that the 1rss
 man who tried to enter his door would | be shot. but that he would permit the lieutenant to go through with one man
 and inspect the tobacco In order that hls assertions might be proved. This | was done and no contraband tobacco was found.
 "FoiIowinR the search of the Linaon I hA AT f
 Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. is-
 sued a decree ordering that any ono | holding tobacco in stock should obtain
 a permit; and that should he fail to do | this his tobacco would be confiscateds whereupon several Americans holding
 tobacco applied for the permits and
 were refused them.
 '"These American holders thereupcn
 arranged to sell their tobacco Co the. syndicate, with the exception of At-i bers. but the treatment received from
 AIbers, who had in his place American
 employees who could have enforced his threats if necessary, caused the syndf- cate managers to misrepresent and ex- aggerate the actions of Albers when they reported it to the President.
 "As a result charges of resistance to | authority and violent abuse Of the ex- ecutive (which is serious offence fn many Latin American countriesl were
 made at the court of the district sis- | uated at Ocotol.
 dIudictal warrants were issued ana both the Albers were taken into ctis- | tody at Jalapa while peaceably wa1kz ing the street near their place of bust- ness.
 far as is now known. they are nsid in custody pending the verdict Of the court which 1t may safely be assumed ,uxifI con vict them"