The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-11

ut Versailles only three days before. There
was no longer any use for his guns and the
charterinG Of the vessel and tho expedition
10 Trieste had cost him quite q little.
He had the rifles, however. and rather
than take a chance Of crossing the Atlantic
10 Cuba with them no determined to see
whSther Don Carlos might not care 10 pur-
chase them. That gentleman, taking advan-
tage OF SPANS difficulties with her most
important colony outside OF the Philippines,
was Just then getting busy for a dash for
the spanish THRONE. Before he entered
Spain himself in April, ls72 the Pretender
round sum for the Austrian riHee. Not
only did he get the rifles and use them
but Capt. Boynton supplied him with several
more cargoes OF arms, ammunition q
general supplies for his followers for the
three years Of the Carlist uprising.
attempt at the throne Capt. Boynton went
to England and there bought some vessels
and chartered others to be used In blockade
running In the Mayiower Capt. Boynton
by Spanish men-of-war On several coca.
sions also, he came near being detected
and imprisoned in England when the pur-
poses OF his hurried trips aroused suspicion
among the authorities.
In spite Of all this he never got a cent
from Don Carlos for all bis trouble In help
ing to make the latter King Of Spain. The
Pretender not only refused to pay Boynton
but when he saw that things were going
against him tried to strike OF ONE OF his
debts by getting the Captain a~ssassinated.
The attempt failed and the Captsin was
Wondering how he could get back at the
Pretender when important events began to
take shape In the Balkans. He took part
IN III side Of the Servians and Montsne-
grams IN several sharp encounters With the
Turks, but when Russia mixed In and he
saw that the war would be n Of some
magnitude be entered into negotiations
with both sides IN the subject OF war sup
plies. He had quite a store with him on
the vessel which he had chartered TO carry
him to the scene Of hostilities. Most Of the
cargo was sold TO the Russians, as whose
guest he was a spectator at the Battle OF
Plevna.
After that affair was finished the Captain
returned to his native New York., waiting
for something to turn up 1he South Amer
lean revolutionlsts weren't very active
just then, as Spain had at Last succeeded,
in 1878, In quelltng the revolution started
by Cespedes ten years before. Capt. Boyn-
ton had almost decided to say farewell to
his chosen profession and was prepar-
ing TO 20 into another bus hess when Chile
began to get miffed over the claims Peru
and Bolivia were making to the guano and
nitrate beds near the border OF the three
countries,
With war in the air Capt. Boynton couldn't
content himself to settle down TO the dull
routine of business in New York. So on
he went to Valparaiso by the first boat
leaving New York, n practically all his
time since has been spent in South America,
with the exception OF a little expedition to
Ceylon in the early sos which had for its
object the deliverance OF one Arab Pasha
from permanent exile from Egypt. Eng
land didn't care to have Arab present in
Egypt after the uprising which he had
led against foreign domination In Egyptian
politics and sent him to Ceylon. Capt.
Boynton. II i is said, undertook to bring him
back TO Alexandria for a consideration OF
$4,000 but here again he had his proverbial
bad luck when it came TO collecting his
pay. He arrived in Colombo just In time
to learn that the English had released Arab
Pasha. The Captain had his trouble for his
pains and never got a cent OF the ESQ 900.
For the last quarter Of a century there
has been scarcely a revolution OF any mo-
ment in South America in which Capt.
Boynton has not played a prominent part.
He figured In the uprising against the
dictator Balmaoeda In Chile In 1891 and
has had narrow escapes from the clutches
of President Baez in Santo Domingo and
President Hippolyte In Haytt.. On one oc-
casion in Santo Domingo had IL not been
that he was a Mason and that he had a
faithful negro servant he would have paid
the penalty Of his activity with his life.
He was caught late n afternoon with
the goods on him, that Is, trying to carry
munitions Of war to the camp Of the revo-
lutionists, and before shutdown was tried
by drumhead court-martial and sentenced
to be shot the next morning at sunrise.
Through the accidental lack OF vigilance OF
y Of the Governments officials, to whom
the negro had communicated the fact that
the condemned man was a brother Mason,
the Captain was able to get back to his ship
In the harbor and was far away or the
Spanish Main when the sun rose again.
Though there are no limits to his love
Of adventure-he once went out to China
in the sos and got into a mixup whichthe
Chinese were then having among them
aelves-the Captain is singularly ~retioent
on the subject of his experiences. There is
C no doubling t% ,s his inhPst, node "Gr o when It
ments in wars and revolutions and he was
not at all pleased when Richard Harding
Davis showed him a copy Of Soldiers OF
Fortune" one day In Caracas,
When Mr.. Davis asked the Captain what
he thought OF putting himself and the
Aquidaban affair into a book his reply was
curt and characteristic, also expressive
but it is not repeatable. II there's anything
he hates it's publicity, whatever the spirit
OF the age, and he told Mr.. Davis so very
plainly. There may be some people in
this game that like to be talked about. but
] don't he said the day Of his arrest. and
1t is exceptionally unfortunate that his
matter should come out now.
About twelve years age, the Captain got
tired OF the revolutionary game and decided
to settle down and make some money. His
attorneys, Marx 4 Miller, are authority
for the statement that when be took the
place OF resident manager and director
OF the Orinooo Corporation, Limited, there
wasn't a government in South America
that didn't owe the Captain a large sum
OF money for his services in one revolution
or another. He himself says that republics
are ungrateful-at least those in South and
Central America-and that he has good
cause to know il. His attorneys say he
would be 5000 richer il these same
republics would only pay their just debts.
II would be unjust to Capt. Boynton to
say that he has been a professional revolu-
ZIONIST. Soldier OF fortune he certainly
is, and 90 Glasses himself, but he has in
many instances aided a government
in suppreesinR q revolution. He himself
says Il Is q paltry business, but be can't
help getting mixed up in a good scrap,
although he has always tried to get on the
side whose SUCCESS meant most for the
country affected.
Beyond the scar on the right cheek there
Is nothing In appearance or manner to point
him out as q worBhipper Of Mars. Despite
his IS years, he looks much younger. He
o sooner be taken for a we'll to do New
York merchant than a daring leader and adj
wiser In q score or more OF revolutions. He
speaks Spanish and French with the 1uency
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