Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-05
UNCLE SAM MVOL WE'D AT S4NTO DOMINGO

village of Jimini, four hours ride &c
the southwark Jimini is on the 18th
mus that separates Lake Sumatre
from that mysterious inland sea OF
Santo Domingo. Lake Enriquillo. The
village consists OF half dozen palm
huts, built in a little clearing in the
jungle, and the guard post is situated
near the edge of the clearing-badly
situated. from a stragetic standpoint.
For several weeks there had been
murmurs Of discomfort against the
central government. and little band
of chronic trouble makers and malcOn-
tents, under the leadership of General
Jose Gonzales. had been tanning the
flame of revolution by circulating the
story that the "Americanos' would
end by taking the country for them
selves, and that no time should be lost
n driving the guard from the frontier.
To the wild mountaineer of the Do
rIinican and Haytian frontier the word
liberty is misconstrued for license. and
although he actually has no voice in
the government of the country. Ire is
tenacious Of his imagined rights, and
the thought of annexation by a for
eign Power is like the proverbial red
ras to a bull So Down with the
Americanos!" became the catchword
OF the incipient revolution, and soon
the handful of men under the leader
ship of Gonzales were ripe for any
trouble.
no hn in I'M
can style Gonzales fell on a native
trooper doing patrol duty between Ell
Fondo and Jimini, and as the man was
known to he faithful to the guard it
was determined to carry him to Jimi-
nj and there torture him as a warning
to the others. Gonzales and a few
men, with their prisoner, swooped
down on the Custom House at Jimini
and took the place without the firing
OF shot, the guards on duty taking
to the trails through the cactus, only
too glad to get away from such an I'M
pleasant neighborhood.
Inspector McMannus, with a ser
Geant and three men, was riding from
Arroyo Blanco, on the shores Of Lake
to- Ell Fondo, and hearing
from one of the fugitives what was
at Jimini he at once chang
ed his course to go to the rescue of
his unfortunate trooper. He sent
to Inspector Hollesen ask
ing for reinforeements.
When McMannus and his forlorn
hope reached Jimini about fifty rev.
had taken up a position in
the Custom House. But here is where
Gonzales and his men had made a
fatal mistake, for the Custom House
is flimsy affair of palms, and when
quick to see his opportun-
ity, approached through the jungle in
the rear of the building and opened
fire the revolutionists were caught like
rats in a trap, and, raked by hot fire
from Winchesters and Belgians, they
were forced to take to the open. Here
they made a stand, and when Mem n
nus and his men made a dash across
the open to the hut where the captur-
ed trooper was being held Gonzales
and his men let go regular hail Of
bullets. = .-
But while the recolutioniStS were
shooting in the air or wherever their
guns happened to be pointing when
they pulled the trigger (Which is a
trick common to most Dominicans)
the troopers were shooting to kill, and
after one exchange of volleys the rev.
broke ranks and took to
the bush.
Gonzales, drawer or more foolhardy
than the rest, and Inundated by de-
feat at the hands of such a small de-
tachment Of the hated frontier guard.
stopped long enough for a deliberate
shot at McMannus, across the little
square. The bullet found it's mark,
and McMannus pitched over on his
face stunned by ball through the left
shoulder.
But McMannus is of the breed that
gets his man" no matter what hap
pens, and before Gonzales could gain
the shelter of a house the wounded
officer was on his knees, and his Win
chester cracked twice in such quick
succession that the shots sounded like
one report. Both balls went home, and
TOuIdlSS was U6du D6lOT0 he knew
what had struck him. AS he fell the
captured trooper, whom McMannus
had himself liberated, ran across the
square and emptied his revolver in the
dead mans face, just to make sure of
him.
When HOlleSen arrived with the few
men that he could take from FL Fondo
McMannus lay unconscious and his
sergeant was also wounded. But Cen
eral Gonzales and four of his followers
were stretched out on the grass, Whine
several wounded men had been taken
into the jungle by their companions
That was the end of the revolution
for the time being.
In addition to the Dominican and
Haytian smugglers and the Dominican
rev Olutionists the frontier guard has
also to deal at times with the Haytian
troops.
There is long standing dispute be
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