Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-25
PINE bLUFFIAN CAPTURED WARSH|P Remarkable Career of D. C. GreaveG in Central Amer
 ical Republic.
GETS GROSS OF HONOR
Started IuSurrectiOn, Puts Guatenaa' ans to ROut-GOt No Promised
 Reward.

No captue of navy with cavalry for Capt. D. C. Greaves, Wlry Ill., +la Arkansan who is back in his na- tive state. d Victoria Cross, adorninS his coat front, and an oriental t"lse to his mustache, with truth stranger than fiction regarding his experiences in warfare in South Africa and the Central American Republic. capt Greaves was formerly a painter Ill the Iron Mountain shops lie IS d fesi- dent of Pine Bluff now, or at least he calls that home, but the metroPolla of Jefferson county sees it's dlstln- guished soldier of fortune but once or twice in half dozen years. Capt. Greaves is now a peaceful cltlzeh' having given up the avoeatlon ol Ire eater and nSurgent in general to the Republic of Guatemala and is travel ing for an English mahogany timber concern which has an establishment in Indianapolis. There is not Hh& ol the bra2gart about GreaVes. lie las to he led on to tell of his foreign ad- ventures. and even at that he Is re- luctant about relating his eNperi""= ceS.
 Greayes left Pine Bluff when Eng land was fighting the Roers ill South Africa, and unlike the majority ot Americans who turned soldier of for tune aud entered this War. He east his lot With the British, serving un- der Lord Roberts with such distlne- ton as to receive the honor of the Victoria Cross That was all l got out of that war, contempuously sneaks Capt. =Greavcs. in relating to tie South African war. It is a rough old game and had l thought was not going to get more l would not have been into it. Capt. Greaves said vesterday while in Little Rock, and when the Boers were whipped, came back home and married determined to settle down and do something my children could do along with me. l went to New Orleans and enterd the employ of the American Frult Company They wanted concessions in Guatemala and l was sent there to get them for the company. l had been there only a few days before native soldier tread all over my pride with an insult directed at me III his pigeon talk l foored him. My arrest followed and such a charge man never heard before. l was an insurgent of the highest rank. was spying about Puerto Barrios, and contemplated bringing arms into the country for the insurgents. If they could have thought of anything else l guess I would have been that too. . The wind up was that l was sent 70 prison l was put down in 8 hole, 30 feet under the ground, where 1t was dark all the time l succeeded in getting word to the American consul at Port Barrios, but he paid no at IeuIlOu lO Htt, dHu tiiSli ttpPSs'AN0 " the British consul, and he had me out in short time. l appealed to him as a British war veteran was turned loose after agreeing to leave the country. then went ill search of my wife and learned she had died of yellow fever. That put me against the Spanish niggers right and de- termined to get revenge. Fifteen min- utes' time is all that is required to start an insurrection in Central Am erica and when soldier of fortune who is known to have the fighting ability, wants to start one, he cai always get the backing. The Ger mans will supply funds which have been known to come direct from the German war department. The Eng fish Interests also furnish none, lavishly when it is wanted. Ther, are more German, English and Ar'e" ican secret service officers in Cen tral America than there are nativ soldiers, and all there to watoa eaa' other, Ks soon as soldier of for tune sets his foot on the soil | a
 are on his trail hot Vel. wh>,, ! = cided to get revenge vert 'n wit
 two others to overthrow tAo nr~
 dent wfo bad put me behind tn bars. We were to get s500.on0 i
 gold if we made good cn the io
 II was but a few days urtiI one
 t q 'rnen, TaclSson, an1 nrvself stqrte
 out fro,', "~~roN Kovs across the ha
 in dug-out. under the cover
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 sel of tho cuatar,n'ao uavv tt w.
 under Gern,an skipper and mann,