The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-24

Bridge Behind IhcoS
the ammunlton" / caught up two belts and plunged
out among the trees with the others
Pfannebcckcr had been standing guard when sud.
denly, about fifty rods In front nf him. whistle
sounded in the bush and force of five hundred men
lenpcd out Running backward and ArinG his revolver
into them he actually held them In check long enough
to sound the alarm. The force com, oSed Of pur-
suerS FROM Aguas Prictos and remforcements from
Macumba
Then began desperate a fight any man could
wish to see. Selecting individual positions behind
trees or hummocks of earth, fern fallen logs
opened fire on them and began marksmens work, For
u while had things pretty much 7ay until
part of the force worked around behind coming In
from the other direction and then disaster overlook
a group pounced Borer and after he had shot
two OF them others got hold of his rifle and while
he scunling fifth man stabbed him In the side
aud another one struck him swinging blow with tho
butt Of gun that mashed his face out of all recognz
able shape.
Parker and the KincaIds fought like demons until
they overwhelmed one OF the KincaidS breaking
two mems arms simply with blows. l doing the
best could but began to receive one wound after
other, then full charge from slug loaded gun struck
and fell with total of forty wounds. Strange
to say, though stabbed and shot in the abdomen
shot through both thighs both were helpless
and the bones of wrist half shot away, did
lose consciousness and remember curSng Pfanne-
becker because the worst that had happened to him
large number OF bullet holes through his clothes
and sDrained wrist from knocking down Brazlle.os,
Jubilant Captors.
When all under guard and disnrmed the
Yictors began mad demonstration of Joy, Their
braggadOcio laughable see and they headed us
straight back for Aguas Prietos Not satisfied With
the way In which they had done up they tried to
make me walk, but could not, and then they forced
my comrades to carry me, but that was an awful
ordeal for them and chose to try ride horse with
out saddle.
Wounded l was 1 stuck for twenty miles over the
-ough roads and then placed in a canoe taken
down the river to heOs and eventually the hospital
OF Santa Marin at Bahia. i did not leave there till
taken IN stretcher TO beos for trial which resulted
In practical acqutta though Baron Rio Branco Bra
lillian Minister OF War, appealed behalf the gov
ernment He succeeded In getting a second trial. to
which was not taken. that | was not liberated
until the spring of the present year. reaching New
York May g
1t was sorry crowd that was dumped into the
prison In the basement of the city hall at Hbeos
Iheir different experiences would require much more
space than am allowed, Every of them had
been cruelty beaten and maltrcated by the captors,
who, once they bad them dsarmed had mobbed them
and tried to Kill them Magali was baoly wounded
In both legs and In the head Two of the soldiers
guarding the prisoners shot by bullets aimed at
the prisoners.
AT AguaS Pretos the pOpulace had received the lin
Surrectos' with open The fact was apparent
that If the revolution had been declared before we left
the story might have been n very different one The
1ght we had put up made friends on every hand
md during the two years and days that they were
N JAN they were showered with gifts and attentions
ma IN the second trial there difficulty whatso-
'Ner about their acquittal Parker became m engi-
leer on the new railroad building in the State of
Bahia Pfannebecker will to the country to as
ume an excellent position The KIncads are off ad-
'entuFing elsewhere 4Iagalll is Insane and there IS
IN end of the story
one Interesting thing is the hero that the people
made of Magai Things were named for him as
ney were named for Trilby in the -'rIlby craze in
america one of the stores that was chrlstened,
South Americans chrsten their places of business
as Repu5llca Magalli" in big letters on the wall of
He, poor fellow, is in no condition to enjoy his
''eorltF and 1t VIII bc a long time before myself
an move without wrcnchinc wounded part