The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-12-15
ZELAYA CALLED
A MURDERER
EXECUTION OF LEROY CANNON
AND LEONARD GROSS IS
INVESTIGATED,
NO EVIDENCE OF BEING SPIES
Nation Ready to Punish Ex-President
Of Nicaragua.-Much Hated Fuqi-
tive Is Tarrying in Europe,
Marked Man.

Colon, Dec. 10.-The United State
department of state has secret repor
which places an entirely new light o.
The execution of Leroy Cannon an
Leonard Gross, who were shot upol
The orders of former President JOS
Santos Zelaya during the recent re
bellion in Nicaragua.
AS a result of this report the de
posed President Zelaya, now at larg
IN Europe, if capturned and brough
given the warning Central American
republics relative to the rights of Am
erican citizens.
back to Nicaragua, may be treated a.
q murderer, and vigorous lessor
The general impression had beef
that Gross and Cannon were caugh
within the lines of the enemy ant
| were treated as spies, in accordanc.
with the laws of war. This sentiment
was heightened by misleading news
paper reports and by the statement
of one of the victims, that ut is the
fortune of war;
On the contrary, it appears that
Gross and Cannon were captured
while asleep, and they were not spy
Ing, that they had not attempted to
blow up bridge with dynamite as
originally reported, that they were
shot upon the direct order of Zelaya
that they were given only a farcica]
trial, and that they were entitled to
the ordinary treatment of combatapts
captured in war.
zeIaya Is a Marked Man.
OF the men who constituted the
court martial, one is dead and the
other has disappeared. Zelaya, the
man responsible, whose order resulted
In the death of two adventurous Am.
orleans, is marked man and may
never return to Nicaragua, nor to any
portion of the world where the United
States has influence.
Court martial and shoot at once"
was the first order given by Zelaya.
and when the court hesitated he final
ly sent the order "shoot them imme
diately." The last telegram now is
said to be in the hands of the govern
ment Of the United States. The story
is recital Of one of the most out.
rageous exhibitions of high-handed
power ever known, even in the semi.
barbarous Central American republic
The present government of Nicar.
aqua has promised to make amends to
the relatives of Gross and Cannon in
the payment of money to their rela.
tlVes. But the American government
Will not regard the ends of justice az
having been carried out, so long as
Zelaya Is at liberty. 1t appears that
Gross and Cannon had joined the Els.
trada forces, having attached them.
selves to the command of General
Emilianno Chamorro.
Captured While Asleep In Hut.
Zelaya had started boat expedition
from Bluefields to the mouth of the
San Juan river. Chamorro started
counter expedition down the river.
Gross and Cannon were part of this
expedition. The head boats of the two
expeditions clashed and Chamorro was
defeated. Chamorro's men retreated
by land. Gross and Cannon hurryina
up to overtake Chamorro's men were
unaware of what had happened
Thinking themselves within Chamor
ro's lines, they went asleep in a de-
serted hut.
They were awakened in the night by
the entrance of soldiers. Believing
they were within Chamorro's lines
Cannon rolled over and sleepily re-.
marked, Hello, Emilianno."
No Evidence Of Dynamite.
1--WE are not with Emilianno. we are
with Zelaya,' was the reply, and the
two young Americans were placed un.
der arrest.
The arrest took place at a small
place called Castillo. When Zelaya
heard OF the arrest, he is reported to
have been greatly enraged, and It was
then that he ordered them court mar.
tailed and shot at once.
Nicaragua is still in an unsettled
state, but the administration of Els.
trado the revolutionary victor, is re.
ported to be bringing affairs out of
their former chaotic state.