The evening world., 1911-05-31
a eazine. Wednesday May ST. 1ell!N

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QBY ALBERT RANS0N TERHUNE%.
Copyright 1911. by III. Prev PuhAhns Co. III. New Yoi World.
No. TIL "Gray-Eyed Man of Destiny's 81 Plots.
TyI IS admirers called him The GrayEyed Man Of Destiny His
enemies referred to him in more wildly fancitul terms which
need not be st down here His rather unromantic name ws
OS William Walker. He a a chronic conspirator.
He was other things in his tme-iawyer. doctor and editor. for h
stance But as o o Is he had once formed his taste for plotting ne save
himself up. heart and soul, to his odd new career. and kept at 1t Until 1t
practising law In California when the idea came to him. Raising . band
Of ITO a-med men. Walker declared his aim Of establishing q military col
eminent watchers at San Francisco and sailed with his little army snd
three cannon to La Pz. in Lower California There he formed . Pscsnn
republic. with himself as President
Then the next January he started for Sonora. The Mexicans swoopsd
dow, on him like sS " , .ws,% 1 s snT 7. 4 9sSSss s, MsA sa na or 'h !. r%a =. ' ss
uai. for violating hi neutrality law eu. m.nss.d . sst himself .Oan.t.a He
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tn, M me ss prso of Nj Nicaragua RI G WA Walker rs Joined him in forming n. colony thor. n.
Sso srssssas oye nj SM% guessed what "a. Up n protested 70 !. unsa e.
or ,. S1s' wais.r, % n"s's 800 mn. marched as.in... u. city Of Rr.. nossas -
q nS SS un. 1n 10 lot, s who s failed + for tn. mos part to s.s any ..a .ns.sss
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~ Blu: . few month" .a ~ ,':'. sS :: ss.s tho. S cs,.. :. s nss,: $1,000 1919 "a - ::
appointed command'.an,eA chic, Of al S.arasu.. .rov: within . few No.
feel sure II himself s h had his rival. Corral put to death. Then he chNAsd
a Costa Roa army sent against him. and made hmsefP President a NncaruUOA
This vas to be but the nt step let n q fortified his position in . ~ ~
wa worthy Of IN man. II Q connscated American property M suterpeAs h
Nicaragua to fill his treasury, flooded the place with worthless paper cuTV0W.
and revoked the law which forbade slavery.
These actions angered American capitalists Ind reused American shA-
ttonsts to q q Agents of no American money interests stirred u . . rsosdon
againstw Walker and induced tho surrounding States to combine against him He
sourht desperatey. ut mere bravery was nc match for unlimited money ed
fr greater numbers Walker "a beaten I'M wal forced to ny for his III He
escaped by surenderng oncen more &c ne United States Government Scarcely
hd h landed In his native country when n 10 went 10 New Orleans N there
started q 70 expedition against Nicaragua He va aushta - h mouth q
the Mississippi and was turned bach.
In 1860 n e embarked in another maN expedition q New
$Oreans; this m az part Of . plot o conquer Hondura
I !" o o"""y' $He ws nsuccessf in persuadng N Honduras auvss
to Use agaht their Government British ofuGNs In
terfsred n Walker vas captured. Tho Honduras authorities took him 60
Truxino and tried hin here by court-marua. >,
BY this m all Central America had learned to regard William walker Q Q
human nrebrand. Though ne was but thtrty-nve years old, mis- name ~ .
terror throughout he nue states The local governments feared an hated him
Now ta N wal It last In theg grip Of N Of these governments Us ate ~
foreordatned.
10 ws found guilty. and N Sept L.. VI. RAJ shot.
Perhaps the kindest ARREST sptaph for Walker was this sentence written
BY Q iasr hstWtan:
"Hs VA a. brave . mar - ever lived. and wasted his ne in tyinU -
achieve n wa impossible"