The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-05

of having Nourse take my place
What do you say, Nourse, to changing
places with me and letting yourself be arrest
ed. IL it comes to that?"
Il had been thinking of that very thing"
he replied. Il don't care much what hap
pens to me. but am not exactly hungry for
long term in Pentridge. II fhs thing is
no worse than you say 1t is, though I'll swap
places with you and 1t through for two
hundred pounds"
l accepted his terms without argument
AS soon as we reached Longwood
changed clothing. even down to our under.
wear. socks and shoes.
We had just finished dinner and were sitting
alone in the hotel office. rehearsing the part
Nourse was to play. when sergeant and two
officers. who had got track of us at Seymour,
rode up on horseback
The orders of the officers called for the ar
rest OF only one man, l was not interfered
with did not return to Melbourne on the
same train with them the next morning, but
went down by the that followed it. The
first thing heard was that Joe, who had taken
the train ahead of me, had been captured at
Albury, and was his way back. in charge
of an officer. to join Leigh and my counterfeit
presentment behind the bars
at once engaged Purvis the best barrister
in Australia. to defend them, and later en-
ployed Gilot & Snowden. another high-class
firm, to assist him
Nourse was game hornet and played
his part we'll.
The trial held before Judge Williams
and resulted in conviction l had expected
no other verdict. for. with the option-of-pur-
chase clause missing from the charter, 1t was
clear case.
Nourse and Wilson sentenced to seven
years and Leigh to three and one-half years
In Pentridge Prison With the time deducted
for good behavior this meant five years and
three months for Nourse and Joe and less than
three years for Leigh. When the
sumed a more serious aspect than I had be-
ieved it would when bargained with Nourse
to take my place l sent word to him that
would pay him well If he would play the
string out" and soon l left the town I
deposited $4,000 which to be paid to him
when he was released. l spent some time and
considerable money in effort to a
pardon for my companions, but when found
that impossible l returned to England
with promise to be back in Australia by the
time their terms expired.
With my return to London in the early eigh.
ties the old lure of the West Indies with their
continuous riot of revolutions. came me
so strongly that could not hold out against
1t, nor did try.
/ much interested in reports which
reached me. through contraband channels that
a new revolution was shaping up in Costa Rca
and that there prospect of trouble in
Hayti and even In Venezuela.
I took the first ship for Halifax and went
from there to ST. John New Brunswick, where
bought the fore-and-aft schooner George v.
Richards. l took her to Bridgeport Connecti-
cut, where loaded up with old Sharp's and
Remington rifles and lot of ammunition and.
after burying them under sixty tons Of coal.
sailed for Venezuela to see what was going
in Guzman's absence.
l found that General Alcantara acting
as dummy President. while Guzman en-
joying himself in Europe. and l satisfied
myself. from remarks dropped by his friends
In tn guarded fnUuirieS that "a
was ambitious to become the ruler of Vene-
zuela in fact as well as in name.
The movement to overthrow Guzman was.
in fact. taking definite form, and sold part
Of my arms to Alcantara's friends.
Guzman had heard Of what was going
and. l subsequently learned. he returned
to Venezuela few months later. before the