Evening star., 1909-02-14
Twelve Would Overturn Brazil

II T. KE, Tor instance, Is an tiEtl llotllitHl III
IL serted last year in New York and Brooklyn
newspapers, one that followed the usual form
An association of land owners, planters,
etc, banded together for political objects,
citizens of Republic which for the purposes
of this advertisement will be designated as south
America. has commissioned the undersigned
member of said association to organize, equip,
mount transport, and lead to final destination
a regiment of colonists liable to active military
service Each individual cOlonist Is to be
granted free of any cost one thousand acres OF
land said concession to be issued as soon as
possible after arrival at destination
This announcement bore the signature OF
Sebastian MaglIli and a New York address
Maguli youth. bred IN New York, son OF
a Brazilian father who had suffered wrongs
or fanciful wrongs, at the hands of his native
Government. He had instilled his hatred OF
the existing Government into the lad. lhls
advertisement inserted by the youth secured
him dozen men who paid for their own equip
ment of saddles. rifles. and revolverS and uni
forms Two boviSh Jersey City clerks, former
member of the Canadian Mounted Police. a
former British naval officer, drummer. New
England engineer, and the remainder Jacks OF
all trades. made up this band.
1t was probably the Craziest expedition that
ever set out The movement intended to wreSt
the State of Minas Geraes from the Brazilian
Republic The Anticipated young Magull set
forth to the adventurously inclined who an
swered his advertisements that IN the port OF
Bahia were stationed sixty-flve policemen, who
were negroes and poor spirited creatures, and
that this company constituted the whole de-
fense of the State. They had only to thresh
the negro policemen, and the population. he
averred, would receive them with open arms,
flock to their standard, and the war would be
Won, and then the population would undoubt-
edly permit the hberators to reapportlon the
valuable agricultural and cattle raising tracts
of the State of Minas Geraes And dozen
other Anticipated ones cheered for the scheme.
They arrived in Bahia: they staggered
through its streets. They bought horses-on
credit They bought from loyalist. When
he insisted on being paid. they beat him, and
guards opened fire. A negro policeman was
killed Maguli and three Others of his band
were severely wounded. That portion of the
population supposed to he Historically eager
for chance to revolt did not materiallze. OFF
went Maguli and his crew to jail They were
sentenced to be shot, all of them. But the
United States department and the British con-
suls interviewed, and, besides. the Brazilian
Government was not without sense OF humor.
and when it realized the puny size of the in
vasion, was willing to grin and show mercy
Magu is serving four-year sentence. The
Others are in iail for terms ranging from three
years to one.
Jose Giordiani's Exploits
RUT no such harebrained. irresponsible sol
~ dier of fortune was Senor Jose GIordani,
who is now staying in one of Uncle Sans
prisons and will stay for several years. tIlor-
dian had his finger in every revolutionary pie
of any consequence baked in New York in the
last ten years. He had permanent organlza-
ton of buyers, storehouses and shippers. He
did business under the name of I. Merriam &
Co Though Venezuelan. he had at different
times acted as agent for Cuban revolutions
and for other conspirators in half a score of
South American Republics.