The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-06
No PIITMAN COURT,MAUTIAL
vIDRII PROMISES ram IRE az.
uFNT ron AMERICAN.
t consul At WaRaEua NOIlaes state
Department NSCnR Engineer . Prts.
curr IN Gre, tow Relief for Mothers
NnNlep ATS career Of Adventure.


rner IN Grrl tSNR Relief for Mothers
Nn,iep IllS Car~sF Of AdyeRture.
WASHINGTON. Juns 5 DR. MadriE.
Frssient # Nicaragua Al Managua and
OIL. .sa Pacific coast generally. has assured
secretary II state EnoE that William ?.
P'fman n Boston who was captured by
,hs Madriz forces while engaged in oyer
s'1s mines near Blue6elds will be treated
tl-'y There is no intsntion. Madris
s,i ~ irving Pittman by court martial.
lose 10 Olvares, American Consul a,
Mhrsgua sen, this despatch To the stats
DEPARTMENT to-day
Pr Nadriz has just assured m, through
Css Toledo that a court-martial has not
tssa thought oi much lsss ordered, and
has further assured me that Pittman
wi ha treated fairly and considerably
ana 'har Geographic instructions will be-
Immediately despatched 20 Gen. Iriaa
A. Grsv'pwn Ne has also informed me
'sr' The report hitherto received from
Gen I-ss relative to William p Pitlman
u'lgIs
r D, evident from this despatch that
F"usu u IN confinement az Greytown.
vt.r7 u nos ln the hands 81 the Madriz
i7rr's under Gen Iriss II il expected
tts' further reports ~ has condition will b.
rrcagei a. The Sttt' Department within
.'ov 1avs from Thomas ? Moffa,. Ameri-
can consul at Blueh-lis. and Commander
" " Gt.mar Of tho gunboat Paducah.
Who were also instructed 10 iuvcstigai,
t.s arrest
Assst1nt secretary ~ state Wilson
Informed Edwin = Pittnan Of Cambridge.
Ns-s to-day that his brother was under
arrest az Greytown Mr. Wilson also
transmitted to him the substance II the
dssna'ch received from the Consul at
Mansgua.
tAMHRiDGF. Mass June s. In answer
70 a heartrcnding letter sent to President
Tar and kilograms 10 Senator Lodge az
Washington bv Mrs Rachel Pittman.
asking the Government 10 intsrcede for
he hie Of her son. william r. Putnam.
no American engineer who joined the
NCaragian insurgents under the Estrada
tanner. q message was received from
Huntington Wilson. Assistant Secretary
= State. thlsaftsrnoon Mr. Wilson wired /
hat the Consul At Managul had te.e-
graphed him that Or Nladriz had given !
assurances through Gen Toledo that a |
noGrt-mArtial hat not been thought o. I
mach less ordered. and Furthermore !
assured MIN that PittmRn vill be treated |
fairly ana Considsra'ely and That tele- I
graphic instructions TO that effect will be I
Immediately despatched 10 Gen lrias At 4
Grsvt1vn
THIS good meas cherTsi up the Pitt
nan hOusehOli on spring street this .
cry. Edwin Piitman. brother ~ the ,
gantured man, said this evening ;
wouldnt exactly cali my brother a .
.r'.er n fortune lie had a good trade
nat Of an engineer. which he learned .
While working his wRv up the ladder On
"a Na-d Line steamship Havana and
r.o .D The employ of the Panama Canal .
,"-- -sion tie loft homo Rs,rly eleven
ears go hen he was only ~ wears Of age 4
Ne l-irt nothing from him for FIVE o.
els ear, then We received word that he
u.s. a.ruE a. an officer IN he steamship .
r~-aut cmplov
later no was employed by the Panama
...N. .uWisslon in Panama and aftar
a-I Fpr, obtained a first class enRineor's
'r-" have no idea how William got
.''r"-trI M taa cause Of the NiCsTaguan
f-.rErrr. lis residence a. Panama
.--n ru o with many people Of many
u'ru7 and his sympathy and I'd wcr.
DO Co. ''"dy enlisted there Ile was a
l.u 'rrud understand, TO Carlos
'rsr.... -an n lien Chamorrp. header
."n i.'rsul army
D. -"r Jur" 5. Billv pitma1 a.
.. .' ,at"l .v those who knew him a
|Hn .",r. ago has had an unconquerable
..' 'Hr adventure since he vas a bov
'.". ls b" ran away from homo and for
r' 'r.n kept bis whereabouts a secret
o ''1' 20" WAS given up 10y his mother.
'F. hers and sister as deaf. IN
20. 'u~ b." hal almost completely
'''.'" tN" worli lie IL now u years
MD "a.Dnr TX fec, one inch IN his stock.
Wf'""' ana WEI chs more than 300 pounds.
'' boy ha aftsnde the Thorndike
grammar school IN Fast Cambridge and
'."f hon displayed courage and physical
rruy.-.
Putnam ran away from Cambridge
T'.." '.s mother Mrs Rachel Pittman,
49, 'nH vas on a visit 10 her old home
~ N"~'o Midland Although every effort
~" mad" 'o find him not a word was
-'aT1 from hun until IOO8. When he met
no mother m New York Even N his ,
.''tar to tii not tell the whole story ,,
30. vnTterinRs. but the following
ear 10 returned home for the first time ,
sever years and % an intimate he :
.'.l DE- experiences
Wien be- left home he tried 70 shin ,
N 'at'le steamer from Boston but
"a feiIs"t because Of his youth. He \
."-l Fa.s"i 10 the farther end Of Cape !
10. WORKING IN the cranberry boRs. h
ron a0- roi he went 70 New York
a. ..'.' shipped on a steamer bound .
.' Na.araIey a. an engineers helper. !
'l ..' Ilns about the engine room. ,
from VALPARAISO he shipped on a tramp ,
me. '.r Glasgow. being employet I
"-.'.. hand m the engine room Dur .
wage b." met several fellows
I- J"came very friendly {
aE SOME little time together
- p scotland they l-ArneI
.'"turr was 10 10 converter