Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-05
Americans Fighting in Sanfo Domingo

ing in the junge, and the guard post
Is situated near the edge OF the clear
ing-badly situated from a strategic
standpoint
Famed Flame of Revolution.
For several weeks there had been
murmurS of discomfort against the
central government and little Dahd
of chronic trouble makers and Niai-
contents under The leadership of Gen.
Jose Gonzales. had been tanning the
fame Of revolution by circulating the
story that the "AmcricanOS" would
end by taking the country for them
selves. and that no time should BE-
lest in driving the guard from the
frCnti r. To the wild mountainecr or
the Dominican and Haitian frontier
the word liberty is miSconSirucd Tor
license. and although he actually has
no yoicn in the government of IN"
country. he is tenacious of his mag
in,d rights. and the thought of an
nrxaiirn by Il foreign power is like the
proven ial res! rag To Il bull SO "bown
with the AmeriCanOS. became tn"
Matchword of the incipi"nt revolution
and soon the handful Of men under
the leadership Of Gonzales were ripe
for any trouble.
To open the iall in proper Domini-
can style. Gonzales fen on natiV"
trooper doing patrol duty between Ei
Fondo and .Iimini. and as the man was
known to be faithful to the guard II
WAS determined to carry him to Jimini
and there torture him as warming
TO the others. Gonzales and few
men. with their prisoner. swooprd
down on tn" custom house at Jiminl.
and took the place without firing or
Il shot, the guards on duty taking to
tn" trails through the cactus. only
too glad to get away from such an I'M
pleasant nCiChborhood.
Went to the Rescue.
Inspector McMannus. with Ser
gcant and three men, WAS riding from
Abrnyu Rlancu. on the shores o; Lake
E.nriquillo. TO FL Fondo, and. hearing
from one of the fuSitives what was
happcning ut iimiEi he at once cnan%
ed his course TO go TO the rescue Vi
his unfortunate trooper. lie sent Il
messenger to lnsp liollcsen ask
ing for rC-rnfOrCcm, nts.
When McMannuS aud his foriorh
h.pr reached Jimini, about fifty rev
olutionists had taken up position IN
the custom house. But here Is whrr"
Gonzales and his men mad" tata'
mistake. fer the custom house Is
Iimsy affair of palms. and when NC
MannuS. quick to see his opportunity.
approached through the jungle in inc
r2ar OF the. building ami opened hre'
the revolu,ionists were caught 1k"
rats in a trap. and. raked by hot hre
from Wholesalers and BclGianS. they
were forced to take to the open. Here
they made a stand. and when McMan-
nus and his men made a dash across
the omen 10 the hut where the cap
turId trooper was being held Con
zales and his men let go a regular
hail Of bullets
But while the rcvOlutionists were
shooting in the air or wherever their
they RULED the trigger (Which Is
guns happen d TO be pointing when
trick common to moi DOminicanS).
the troopers were shooting TO kill. and
after one exchange of volleys the rev
olutinniSts broke ranks and took TO
the bush.
The End Of Gonzales.
Gonzales. bravrr or more fooiharuS
than the rest. and Inundated by d'-
feat a; the hands of such small dc
tachment # the hated frontier guard.
stopped long enough for deliberate
shot at McMannus. across the l!ttl'
square. The bullet found its mark
and McMannus pitched over on his
face. stunned by a ball through the
left shoulder.
BIT McMannus is of the breed that
gets his man." no matter what hap
pens. and irforc Gonzales could gain
the shelter of a house tbn wounded
officer was On his knees and his WIN
chester cracked twice in such quick
Succession that the shots sounded Ike
one report. Both balls went home
and Gonzales was dead before ne
knew what had struck him. AS ne
fell. the captured trooper. whom Nc
Nannus had himself liberated. ran
across the square and emptir'i his TO-
voIvcr in the dead mans face, just To
make Surc of him,