United labor bulletin., 1910-07-07
THE sAMAR TWINS.
Chief Steals Twins and Hides In the
Mountains.


The desire to possess abnormal crea-
tions is very strongly implanted in the
breasts of savages, and in fact often in
the CIVILIZED minds This is well known
to such managers of expositicns and
shows as Mr.. L. w. Buckley, who was
the third highest officer at the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific Exposition and at the Pan
American Exposition in Buffalo. His po-
sition of director OF ceremonies, events,
amusements, etc., has thrown him in con-
tact with many people of all nations.
He has been Identified in business
way with Mr.. R. Louis of Manila, who
! brought here the Samar Twins, Joined as
were the Siamese Twins, only with one
vital organ in common.
| The East Indians tried to steal these
babies when they we're shown at Saltair
Beach, Salt Lake City, last month. The
management of that resort had booked
rs Indians from northern Utah and Idaho
to give an Indian Village in the audito-
| rum opening week. The noble redmen
were not of the usual semi-civilied wild
west professional Indians, but right off
| the reservation aud spoke little of the
English language They visited the
Samar Twins a dozen times a day and
insisted that the little fellows were
same Indian" The babies were terrified
at the Indian headdresses and feathers
but they were assured the Indians were
harmless. The fact that they were
"Siamese" in character and joined to-
gether made hit with the chief.
Josefa and Leon the parents of the
twins, slept in the big pavilion at the
hona
watchman went over to the baths early
one Sunday morning and the Indians
slipped in and grabbed the Samar twins
and the chief ran with them over the
trestle to the mainland and hid in the
hills for over half day. OF course the
parents made an outcry and brought to
the pavilion some men who worked in
the resort. They tracked and followed
sometimes in fun view, the abductors,
and all were brought back with little
publicity. The chief declared he wanted
only to play with the babies so the mat
ter was very soon dropped.
In Singapore an attempt to abduct the
Samar twins was frustrated through the
wisdom of the mother who carried the
babies from the lodging place into the
streets and appealed to a native shop
keeper.
The gypsies all are anxious to get pos
session of the babies and in Los Angeles
a Snowman who had big python snake
and snake eater in a carnival pit show
thought he could persuade the parents
to leave the men from Manila who have
them under management here. He went
up to the hotel on South Main street,
where they were rooming, and brought
the F,ilipinos in coffee and rolls of a
morning and as he had faint smatter-
ing of Spanish he managed to convey to
the parents the idea that he could make
for them many more pesos, or dollars
than they received under present ar
rangements. One morning the plan was
to skip by early dawn. but the mother
happened to mention the idea to one of
the attendants who accompany the party
on their journeys and the latter informed
Mr. Louis.
Steps were taken to Illustrate the
plans of the Snowman and the mother
was given to understand that if she left
with the babies she would not get back
to Manila. She has another boy there in
boarding school and a brother who has
little cigar store on the Luneta. So
she decided not to go with the stranger.
So it goes. Everyone wants the babies
and from varying motives and desires,
but they will be carefully guarded by the