The Republican journal., 1910-06-23
:, Waldo County Man
,ht With Filibuster Walker in
NJ Nicaragua.

,,uobt WIN riiio
Nicaragua.
49, FnIroR OF THE JOURNAL: I'm,
- .a+;on of THE Spirit of Walker
r,sdence," the Boston journal
1T. date had the following:
~ ',rt,res of William Pittman OF
idN 5riGqe. soldier Of fortune and
q y ot.l9rge, whom Secretary of
i.-%' IS endeavoring to extract
\ ri shtches of President Madriz
IONA show how history keeps
y +sslf and in the case of Mica
u "a Esep on doing so, in all prob
i'3' he United States, by means
'.'. 1.srvention, adds a new vol
\irarsguan history.
= more than fifty years ago an
has presiding over the desti-
!. ,one6-troubled Central Ameri-
' II. The incident is wildly,
i T t4srribed in James Jeffrey
Story of the Filibusters. :"
mas HE prince of filibusters.
.sis one Of the most adventur-
fs,,r3 in the whole encyclopedia
.scsn enterprise. Born in Ten
The DAYS when faces were turn
1.-The West, the son of a Dundee
,-Fo had crossed the sea to find a
.aoa for action, a student of law
I'm and q dabbler in newspaper
'.or Walker ventured forth into
invest at about his thirtieth
Unclaimed himself president of
.preciative MeXicans, who
.e. sort of liberation, drove
ross the border, where he
M to American authorities.
.r. later. IN 1856, the same au-
.naa It eXpedient to recognize
ss president of Nicaragua. An
rest S.. fearless mana born
# there ever was one-he
before him in Nicaragua in
IN 1851, when the allies had
enr off his high and shaky
- American man-of-war carried
< York prisoner for the
a few years later the fiji
Pot the best of him again,
..... with the usual handful of
himself, he captured
Honduras; and perhaps he
r 7ea president for the third
n iarervention of the Brit
9s Mm and turned him over
. -a- officials; and on Sept.
personally pure, temper,
fearlessly brave" rebel
.a Trujillo ramparts.
.-. 2jttman proves that the
N IS still in evidence.
.t.r-a3 me, as for the past two
r .a.n trying to get hold of
rv Walker, the filibuster, for
-aat It carries with it the his
H i5 ounty boy, who was, if
rrectly informed, with
a..u .e was captured and who
ua. with him. | refer to one
uu-., a native of Montville,
o.ra ear what is now known
..-a,r4l grounds and also near
S Formerly known as Slab City.
er Samuel Campbell, owned the
" Aoed by a man named Oxton.
81 ae} eral efforts to learn more
I4r bu- without avail. Indeed, l
#-f the same position that |
eoklng up Bill Conway of
f saw this man but once, and
aer Jdge Campbell of Califor-
la. lust returned from the Pa
s TO visit his parents at his old
MoarvilIe. My acquaintance
p sas very brief-less than one
.urstion, We We're fellow pas
o- board the Belfast and Au-
a-- rom my old home in West
-.a- the Belmont line, into the
-- saw enough then of Judge
F.. come to the conclusion that
u4 far above the average.
@.-.Yr exception the finest built
.r saw, and | have seen many
IL as~ q feet , inches or more in
81. vel. proportioned in every
ra a tall white beaver hat,
-0e time when gentlemen
~ gray shawls in winter
eoats. You may be as
rnearance was most com
= striking. Add to this
lille conversationalist and
-r- very agreeable. Such
ane impression he made
aa was instantly photo
brain, where it has re-
than half a century.
the mans history up to
aJned from The Republi-
..a 1t was a sketch of him by
u @mpson, then the editor,
think, had worked with
q pH-nting office. If you will
.a- les Of The Journal for the
a- l-4ruary or March of 1859 or
u .e"tt You will find the article.
:. rom ii that he entered a print
-e III augusta when quite young,
Went TO oalifornia in 1S49 or the
NJ tna- he was judge of munich
/. 4 trat State and that on his
.tornia he joined Walker,
'ls.e- as his second in command.
HOW 0. the remainder of his life is
' here is no doubt but that
sap.lred with Walker and that
" Nicaragua, but whether he
''S-ase or was executed is not
Il Niece, now living in Freedom,
A the opinion that he died OF
."r lae reason that his brother,
Ill, Donald Campbell, went to Mic,
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