Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-30
UNCLE SAM IN THE CARIBBEAN--XIV.
BY FREDERIC }. IiASkIN.

native leaders was disarmed without
the firing Of a shot. and by single
man Olirario is tho name Of this
chicftain. but hc is always called the
"HomDrc dc Dios" oman OF COD. He
lived In the san Juan Valley and dom
mated the people OF that section abb
s"iutcly In part by n genuine gift for
leadership. and i'll part by making them
believe that he was dirincly gifted with
supernatural powers He claimed to
control the weather and the sea and to
De able to cure sickness by magic. Ie
iS OF Indian blood, over seventy years
old. and man Of great physical
strength. lie was "a genuine indcpcnd-
cnt sovereign in his own little way.
Tor he never joined any of the poiiti-
Cal factions Of the republic, and de-
tcated all OF the forces sent agains,
him by its various governments.
Met His Match Finally.
This remarkable man met his match
In Lieutenant I'Cericin. "A Swiss SOL
der of fortune. who had been an Of
'icer OF the old Guardia civil OF the
Republic and WAS retained by the
Amer leans because Of his knowledge Of
III" country and the people. 70 Fuer-
lcin was assigned tn. job OF taking
away from the nombre dc dos the
500 rifles. with which III. native baron
had equipped his followers Fucrle.n
went alone. equipped with two rcyol-
"crs. one Of which VA" concealed. and a
compass.
II viii he remembered that the Aic:-
lean punl oat Memphis was washed
ashore at Santo Domingo by a tidal
wave not long ago. and still lies upon
the beach there. Now the Ilombrc do
dos. in accordance with hi. prctcn-
sion. had Informed nj. followers that
lie had caused the occai, TO rice 10
and smitc the battleship OF the Amer
!,.tros
Fuericin sent messenger, and asked
olivario TO meet him in open field
f"i friendly rarlcy. Olivaiio camc
with all his followers drawn up be-
hind him. He threw down his rcvolvc-
and came forward. a. lid Fucri.in
each having other arms concealed
about him
Fuc~lcin had secretly located tn. old
chief with tho help of several scouts.
but he now produced his compass and
eNpla incd that II wac n magical in
stIunicnt which hal pointed out the
stronghold az the Iiombrc de D;os with
iis it'll. IRON hand. He then told the
old man that lie was agent OF tho
United States Army. which had 80
many soldiers that II brought 10 tn.
island they would M II standing
shoulder 10 shoulder. He had come, he
said. because h" had heard that the
Hombre de Dios had 10y his ,.ouc-
caused the Sen to cast up the Eunhoat
Memphis. He requested the Hcmhre
power 10 hlv" the Memphis set anoat
AGAIN: otherwise h" said i, might b.
necessary to bring the United stat.a
Amy against him.
Bcnt-n nj ~. own Game.
Old olivario Was beaten at his own
gam" OF bluff He Was complctely
twcl by the magic OF Fucrlein'S com
pass. and also by tn" tremendous power
which stood behind IN. little Swiss.
He admitted that he could no, take
tn" Memphis on the beach. AMI also
the Corollary fact that he had NOT pu;
her there. Fu"rlcin congratulated him
on this fortunate. stat. OF affairs He
then explained that the United States
requested the operation OF the great
ifonbrc d. bios IN IisarminE the poo
pl" OF Santo Domingo 80 that order
might be restored there, and tn. coun-
Try r"aliz" It's great and brilliant fu-
iGr". Tn" United States government,
knew that there were some 500 rifles
"mcns the people OF San Juan Valley.
The liombre dc Dios requested
- use his great power tn place these
arms In the hands OF the government
which The iiombr" de Dos did. Fucr-
lein brought back the rifles in wagon.
Very different was the taking OF the
bandit Batista. who from a stronghold
right across the river from Santa DO
mineo city. levied tribut. upon planters
and merchants. \ detachment Was
sent after him. and captured him with
surprising ease, which was presently
explained. Tn" returning party WAS
fred upon from ambush. Batista ran
away and several Of tn. Americans fell
mortaliy wounded. One OF these was
Sergeant Atwood, who was an eApcr;
r.feman. Turning on his side, lie shot
and killed the fleeing Batistn and one
Of his followers, then fell back and
died.
ON. Of tho most Formidable and pie
tnr"sGu. OF thcs" barons remaining To
b. dealt with is I-Spario Bcncosinc, OF
Mocha. who owns extensive lands and
has built up larg following lay en-
pIoying all the criminals who flee 10
him for protection. The fac: that
every one Of these men is an outlaw
II axes them both loyal and desperate
They are Well organized and armed
u IL said that whenever strange
appears upon the Bencosmc estate
three shots are fired and a force Of
several hundred men mobilized imme-
diately. There is little chance tina,
this band viii he disarmcd without
fighting.
The annals OF the horse marines
are nlled with such incidents as these
and their task il not nearly done.