The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-09
SEzE|'D. ......
BY Our Blsle Jackets
And Put in elrosss arc Hon.
duran O ffieeFs gvho Brutal
ly Assaulted American
Negro Fs,,i nspecsas1ot,1r a1t,1 Il /.

Puerto Cortez, Hdp9uras, May, 3.-r-A
Negro, formerlyFff from Boyee station
La, named General Ayis, ae4frtf lid.
spector for the sFIaaSker Bros. ;staaim-.
ship line. was stand flag last Saturday
quietly near the srSGktroad station at
La Laguna, talk Nth three or foe1r
Negro compantonss eEo AmeficansASY
A drunken Nte Stan sold Her 2sap-
preached the paE &nd >: grd6iY de-
manded to knoWsM they were talk
ing about. DaXt Aswered that It,
was none of his aaess whsraa6on
the soldier. dreW%lat sanRchete and ,Tafs-
ed 1t over Dayisa aasped his #fms
around the man nfanH3kA kAally took hWay
the weapon, tn hreW the, ground
and went to a heas nsar by. zf
A friend Of the aier informed the
police station ARRAY and q
squad of police lea raguanS sold.
iers immedi atelys ssInded the house
and arrested hen; the latter
asked the squad mot ar
rest the soldiefa az ,ct8Esad and
beat him brutal ad and
body to the5po1ies stationSA Finding the
and ears and believing tEak, Davis was
dying, they carried him back to the
spot where they had Knocked him
down and threw him upon the ground.
E.. LaRguished i'm the Sum. w..
The Negro companions OF Davis ask
ed the soldiers to permit them to car
fy him out of the sun until medical
assistance arrived, but they,iwere
cursed and told to let nims lie there.
Physicians were called afldkfound him
badly bruised on the head and body
and still unconscious |#&: I#a&: -.
. Within 10minutes the blue Jackets
Of the. Marietta, under Ensign Ror-
sach, were On the spot. ~ /
Captain Fullam's ordersfwere sharp
and decisive: "a.
ARREST the Chief of Police and the
policemen engaged in the assault, put
them In irons and send them aboard
ship-arrest the Nicaraguan officers
and men engaged in the assault and
hold them for orders" So
1t was thought possible that an at
tempt would be made to. release the
soldiers and police captured by the
blue Jackets, so men were landed from
the Paducah to occupy the Laguna and
additional men were landed from the
Marietta. H
The Paducah moved to- position
fronting the Nicaraguan cuartels
while the Marietta covered the Guar.
tells in the port. ~
Ignored the Authorities.
Captain Pullman, finding that the
civil authorities were incapable Of
maintaining order; that the govern
ment Of Tegucigalpa was mere pro-
visional agreement Of certain leaders
that so far gave no evidence Of stabil-
ity, decided to, ignore the authorities
here and recognize the only organized
and discipline form under General
Estrada, commanding the &Nicaraguan
forces. who had in the meantime re-
turned from an outing
- The Nicaraguan officers and men ar
rested we're delivered by Captain Full
lam's order to General Estrada who
was advised that they would be held
RESPONSIBLE. -"I..
Notice was also served on the Hon
duran and Nicaraguan authorities that
reparatiOn would be deHfanded and
punishment. should be iufiicted upon
all Of the perpetrators Of the outrage.
Commander Fullam. Of the Mariet-
ia, says II Davis dies the perpetrators
will be tried for murder, presumably
by court-martial, and the guilty ones
hanged at the yardarm in front Of the
port. Y
The Paducab was ready to sail for
Ceiba and Truxillo, but 1WilI now re-
main here for the present.
Captain Fullatn has placed Captain
Winterhalter In command of the land
forces, and he is conducting q vigor-
Gus investigation Of all the details of
the Davis affair.