The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-21

him to go over and capture the re-
mainder of Salvador. Johnny was
willing. He started forthwith on a
gunboat from Acajutla with his forbid
ding command of jailbirds and made
his way into the interior as far as
Sonsonate. There he broke into
bank. carried off all the money and
made his way back to Nicaragua
again, his recruits dwindling away as
they neared Managua and the site of
their former habitat.
Although the expedition was only
partly success the idea pleased Ze-
llaya and he sent several similar ones
afterward. 1t was a good way to get
rid Of prisoners who were trouble
some, The later expeditions vanished
before they ever reached Salvador.
the so-called soldiers taking to the
woods as soon as they were out OF
sight of Managua Johnny forsook
sthis plan of campaign and devoted
himself to a new idea.
! Then Estrada, the present leader of
one of the Nicaraguan factions, re-
VOTED against zelaya, Moissant con-
ceived the scheme of going to Swift
zerland and negotiating for an airship
| by which the zelayan army could
cross mountain and marsh without
difficulty and put down the uprising.
/ Johnny's expense account was high
and his mission was lengthy one.
So far it is not known that he ever
returned to make a report.
Leroy Cannon, who was shot with
Groce by Zelaya, was the best known
of all the later soldiers of fortune.
He went down to Nicaragua as sur
iveyor on the canal and started a cot
fee finca. Later when revolution
broke out he joined the cause.-The
nearest geographically and the one
easiest to reach.
I He was more or less successful, but
gained such a reputation for fighting
that the mention of his name struck
terror into the hearts of the soldiers
of whatever faction he opposed.
Later he drifted into Salvador and
s became chief of police. In that capac-
ity he ran the country pretty much
as he pleased. He joined the revo-
luton against Davila in 1908 and Sc
cured control of big piece of the
country, over which his word was alb
solute. But as the revolution was dis
sipated Cannon's men dwindled away
until he was left with only three or
! -four companies. He probably would
| Inc +bn nfr,, h Qd
! not been for treachery, as no one
could be discovered brave enough to
: invade lis dominion. One night while
! he was asleep he was pounced upon
made prisoner and thrown into the
jail at Choloteca.
l. He was placed in barred CELL he
S was nuanacled with chains attached to
r ball weighing at least 100 pounds
S and four men were constantly or
!, guard at his door. If he moved these
n men followed him with cooked rifles
> In time the manacles cut his ankles
!, which festered and his condition be
icame such that the legation at Teguci
i galpa interviewed and had him brought
S up to that city, where he could be
$ nearer the protection of the American
t officials.
e His transfer and entry into the city
/ were not unlike comic opera. AS il
s is told by one who saw it, a large
0 cloud of dust arose on the highwa.
u leading to Tegucigalpa one morning
d In the heart of it was Cannon, e. di
e ablo Americana, sitting astride mule
y with his feet tied under the mules
i belly and his hands tied behind his
r back Around him were at least 15(
men, who acted as guard in trans
e ferring him to his new quarters.
|, He was manacled again, but more
,, comfortably, and remained in the pris
II on for several months longer. AS b,
$ vas probas!v the most interesting O
d the few Americans in the city at tina
d tire, 1t was n.t lr,lsual for the colo,.
S t. repair TO tie prison on a natio !,
r follday and celebrate the occas4 ).
e with a little b@nauet in Cannon's cs,.
u w e the '.a-6s kept their eagle ey !.
t. III him. Lair he was released n
(, placed aboaC a ship bound for Oh,
~ lIlllSu -OldlCsl. III 'uS shipped ASH } y
o a, Belize and ~, de his way to Nicara
Y, a, where h, was executed durla;
IS INK present ie o.ution.
The caree G. Johnny Foe, of i,
n fam Gus Poe brothers, who aohi eve
y fame on Princeton's football team
e vas shorter hui no less interesting
t - started itT Goldfield in search I,
d adventure, but finding little of it thee
d to his liking slipped for Central Amer
f. lea on the Pacific side. He lande
n at Amalpalpa, asked where the men,
IS est revolution was, and was directe
t to Manuel Bonilla who was in ID
midst of one of his little uprisings a
t the time.
.e Poe, in the course of week or two
e became general, but the revolution
IF went to pieces His last duty was tn
1t defense of Amalpalpa, which is on a
IS island just off the mainland A Krup
If gun and three hundred rounds of an
lie ammunition weregiven him with dire,