The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
RepuISing the NiCaraSuan Army
Single Handed ~
BY Captain Fritz Duquesney

r-y---1 "cahe- Conrad was killed
e. r- al Santa Clara Mountain
wss opposing the advance OF the
gayvrr@sat troops The news come
sram Nicaragua, Nicaragua. via Cal
xes.r~. Texas. and was signed by The
Nae4-agnau president, for the time,
rr Ma1riE. Ii was this dispatch that
was Sashea by wireless, from ship to
shsp across the Gulf, until one of them
could speak 10 land. The news spread
through New Orleans. and on every
. hand il was. "did you hear the latestf
Gabe's dead"
"6abe Conrad dead1 You don't
mean i'll"
Read this, it's in all the morning
papers, signed by the president OF
Nicaragua, Must be true
Poor Gabe am sorry, A prince
Of good fellows, ! was only talking
to him on this very spot couple Of
months ago and now he is dead I'm
very sorry
so am I. Nice boy, Gabe, and l
bet he gave a good account of him
self before he went down and out.
He died with his boots on, you bet"
Up and down Canal street the news
flew and Gahe Conrad, a young favor
ite of the town, the friend Of every
one, was mourned as dead. A crowd
Of adventurous spirits gathered at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel, the meeting
place Of reyoutionists and ilibuster-
ers, and drew UP a message Of con-
dolenoe which was dispatched TO
Gase's people
Unfortunately for the president Of
Nicaragua, Colonel Gabe Conrad was
not killed, Notwithstanding that he
5hould be was the dearest wish OF
that gentleman's heart. so dear to his
heart. in fact, that he killed Conrad
on paper once a month while the hos
tlities were in progress G3
The nearest the government troops
ever came TO putting Gabc Conrad on
real death list was at the battle OF
Santa Clare Mountain. where he was
shot plumb through the middle by a
bullet from a Maxim machine gun
When Madriz heard this he jumped
in the air with delight and cried,
Now we'll win That dogs example
was keeping the rebels in the field >
Perhaps he dogs example was ex.
aggerated by the eXcitabe president,
but there is no doubt about the
dogs work in helping to chase DR.
Madriz and the rest Of Zelaya's gov
ernment out Of Nicaragua and Gabe
Conrad, instead OF being buried IN a
trench at the foot OF Santa Clara
Mountain, is down in the history of
Nicaragua, as one OF the republics
saviop.s with the title OF general
No, he was not declared general
at the caprice Of a temporary presi-
dent He won his title on q blood
stained battlefield The winning Of
that rank i story Of pluck and en-
durance unequalled in the turbulent
history Of the scrapping republics Of
Central America, and unsurpassed
any where
Colonel Gabriel Conrad was in COM
mand Of General Estrada's artillery,
and being the only man able To com
maxd artillery in Nicaragua, his scrv-
ices were in demand everywhere that
the imminency of a battle was evil
dent It was Conrads artillery here,
and Conrad's artillery there Before
the guns were cool from one action
they were in another Every victory
OF the revolutiOnists was made de
cisive by the teli-tale effectiveness Of
the machine guns under the command
OF the young American In fact it
was his work that prevented the vastly
superior forces of General Zelaya
from crushing the revolution az It's IN
cepuon. When Lelaya heard ot the
splendid work Of Tic Americans d
Fstrada's army he sent out special
spies aud scouts under all sorts q
inducements to effect their assassiaa-
ton or capture.
One OF the results of this method
OF wiping out the Americans in the
revolutionary forces was the capture
Of Cannon and Grooe. who were lured
by a traitor into an ambush from
which there was no.-eScape These
b TWO 4DuH& AlNN WIZ NH't Wy tt+t
orders Of President Zelaya, whose al
nearly caused the intervention ot til,
United States, and went great way
towards keeping tie American volun
teers with the revolutionary forces, II
the field to the bitter end, ultimately
causing the complete defeat Of th'
governments army,
Fortunately for Gabc Conrad. al
though he had many narrow escapes
he always succeeded in eludlhg cap
ture in the many traps that were laie
for him.
His big deed in the war was 'ht
holding sack practically single hand
ed, all Of the forces Of Presiden
Madriz which were pressing on thi
army Of General Chamorfo. Tie gov
ernment troops were entrenched in
strong position at Garit7 or bin
miles from Santa Clara Mountain
They were six hundred strong, Will
artillery. On Tuesday afiernoo;
orders come from General Chamorri
by courier to General Luis Mena say
ling, Keep back the enenys force
till / take up position at Jnigalpa
I shall cut of the encmy from lanl