The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-22

intended departure for Paris on
Tuesday, but said that as soon as
he could arrange it, he would in.
form me when, where and how the
demonstration was to be conducted,
which is equivalent to saying, as
soon as Castro leaves the country.
Now that it is sure thing that
Castro is going away, excitement
is commencing TO bubble and there
are dark mutterings in every little
group gathered in corners of shops
and booze joints even in the
clubs. Everybody predicts a bloody
Caracas for the next few weeks. Me
for stick. / am looking for the
biggest cudgel that ! can find. To-
morrow is Sunday, only two days
more and-there'll be excitement
Don't you wish you Were here.
We are going to get two maFs on
Monday as the freight steamer left
New York SO late.
Yesterday Mann and went up In
to the mountains to test the gun
for my own satisfaction, and went
Up about two thousand feet above
Caracas, or a mile above sea level.
Mann stood on a peak about three
hundred yards away and the air Is
so still and rarified up there that
we talked TO one another without
any great effort, and when ! shot
he heard me every time, although
Il sounded like a whistle to him;
then I fooled him. tod him to
get down the hillside a ways and
/ would shoot when j got there
and while he was leisurely going
down the trail | shot, and he didn't
believe me until / showed him tn,
empty shells, you see he didn':
expect and so didn't hear It. Wer
here goes until Tuesday when cas-
tro goes. I'll get two, mails Moh-
I day night / suppose. ryu .r
! Tuesday--WelI Castro Hhas actually
left for Europe, IL seems too good
to be true. we wnra oil at the
station and Post got some good
pictures. Well now that he has
| gone | believe that there will be
no further delay, and hope for quick
action on the gun. for now the
situation is this: Gomez is president
and has full authority of course,
and no one expects to see Castro
again in Venezuela, for I'm the
first place they won't let him re-
turn and in the second place. the
chances are against his recovering
from the operation. Now then
don't know whether the Minister
of War Is for or against Gomez,
that hope to find cut very soon,
but 1t makes no difference to us
which way It Is, for II he is against
Gomez, there is no doubt but what
we will do business, and If he is
for him our chances are as good.
for they know as vel as the rest
going to be no one known. ami
realizing the advantage that our
gun would give them, and to keep
us from doing business with the
other side, I feel pretty confident
that I can pull through some kind
of a deal for | have purposely done
several things that gave them the
opportunity to throw down the
proposition, and | can demonstrate
that the gun can do more than
I have claimed for it, so II every
thing goes well will be back on
the Maracaibo couple OF days
before Xmas with the dough and
arrange to bring back Shelby Steel
Tubing, etc, leaving New York
about January 5th.
1t has been proven to me tina:
Ferrar (Minister of War has ac-
cepted graft money on certain sup
plies and repairs, so you may be
sure that / shall not overlook that
most important point, am not
taking any chances whatever of
Iletting this most important dear
fall through, assure you and If /
find any more along the line that
need graft they will Nave no trou-
BILE getting 1t. believe that it
will be some time before anything
serious happens, ror no one was
actually sure that Castro would
leave until they saw him get on
the train this morning, therefore
lit will take some time before they
get in action.