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by using bulls with known
records.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
Ordered Them Out of Town
To Settle Their Quarrel

To dispose OF the revolution in hand,
permit me to tell you that Senior Nopistoles
failed to induce the two warriors to call
off hostilities
Very WE'LL" was his ultimatum, "go
ahead and fight, but you'll have to do your
fighting outside of town. I'm not going
to have all these folks disturbed by this
brawl of yours. I understand that the
ladies are getting al! fed up with these
impromptu affairs.
There's nice big lot across the noun
tain there, big enough to hold the both Of
you and your armies. Get over there and
go to it IL you must fight. 1t Is now Q
o'clock. You can all be over on that lot
by g. so get going Nobody's going to say
a word against your revolution so long as
yor stay on that lot, but understand this
thoroughly. the first one of you patriots
shooting toward the town or leaving that
lot before this revolutions finished goes to
Jail for year.
II don't want to be hard on you nor seem
unreasonable, but the Governments of the
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

the largest torpedo he had every attempted
He procured tug q crew and 1000 feet
of hawser. He was 80 intent upon prepar.
ing to blow Mello out of the water that he
did not observe a launch from the British
cruiser Sirius approaching.
They took the Captain to Capt. Lang,
commanding the Sirius, who decided to
send his prisoner to Mello for proper pun
ishment The United States ship Charles
ton was lying in the bay Dramatically
Boynton pointed to the Stars and Stripes.
you have the effrontery, SIR" he roared
at the British captain, ito send an Ameri-
can citizen to be treated with by that pirate
Mello while that flag flies above the waters
of this bay?"
II shall turn you over to Capt. Pickering of
the Charleston, despite the fact that he's
friend of mine. Jolly good friend he'll
be, too, when do it. I'm sure he'd rather
that Mello would deal with you."
"You wrong, me, sir" was Boyntons de-
Tense before Capt. Pickering, II did not
contemplate injuring this bloody pirate
Mello The torpedo was for sale, sir, and
1 was of mind to offer it to this obnox-
ious Mello for price. dislike the man,
but murder is not part of me-"
Capt. Pickering fetched the old chap to
New York and locked him up in the Brook.
lyn Navy Yard. The State Department
had devil of time deciding what to do
with him. Finally after four days it re-
leased him upon his promise that he would
avoid Brazil in the future
Il give my word gladly" he replied "I
have an intense dislike for the place."
The Captain died in bed at 1856 West
Seventy-fourth street, January 10, 1911
He was magnificent old chap and it must
have irked him to die between sheets. He
was about 20 years old at the time of his
death. He always claimed that he was
born in Fifth avenue near Fourteenth
street, and that his father had been q
distinguished physician.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
Boynton Boasts Fidelity
And Makes Good His Boasi

And the Captain did return by next boat.
Take me to court beside my friend"
he cried as he reached the pier. He was
grandiose codger fond of the dramatic
Take me to court, where l may plead
guilty and share his CELL"
He occupied the cell all alone. Monson
was let off with fine The Captain got
six months on Blackwells Island. 1t hurt
his feelings being sent to the island.
ITO the common penitentiary," he
moaned, along with the pussyfoot riff
raft. BAH And have occupied the stink
INCEST dungeons in some of the worlds
most horrible prisons / am insulted, not
punished"
In 1874, to go back trine of years, the
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

Come up and argue little with these
two Napoleons," cried the Americans and
Europeans. "See if you can't do something
to make these fellows keep the peace.
There's not whole pane of glass in town
since the latest revolution. You'd better
come up and give us hand"
BY the time the American naval officer
reached the public square in front of the
palace the battle was about to begin. The
revolutionists had taken their proper
places, had loaded their cannon and double
shotted their muskets. The Government
troops clad in their dress uniforms, were
parked in menacing attitude on the palace
steps.
Between the two defiant lines strobe the
American naval officer. He blew his nose
harshly and called upon the two generals
to come forth and talk. The civilian popu-
lation, having taken to the roofs and we'll
sheltered windows, where one might behold
the battle in reasonable security, emitted
a mighty cheer as the American called the
two principal warriors into the centre of
the ring for instructions.
"See, see," they shouted and the oppos-
ing armies saw and joined the applause
THE brave American officer comes un-
armed He carries no weapons. He comes
alone. He is magnificent. No pistols at
his side. No sword In his hand
Before the shouting and the tumult had
died away the American officer had won
his name.
mo pistoles. No pistoles," cried the adj
miring populace. "He has no pistoles.
Senior Nopistoles, Senior Nopistoles!"
The cheering was so tremendous and the
enthusiasm so infectious that the two
armies became somewhat disorganized.
They got together and cheered in mighty
unison for Sefior Nopistoles because he was
a brave man. There is no question in my
mind that our old friend Capt. Boyn-
ton was among the enthusiastic spectators.
You see, it didn't matter to the Captain
whether there was fight or not He
knew that there would be more revolutions
and that one can't stage an effective revolu-
ton without firearms. And Captain George
was one of the best of all the purveyors of
firearms
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
Odd Tally Ways
20 keep score and to keep tally are
common enough phrases; but few Of
the ardent boys and girls who keep

common enough phrases; but few of
= the ardent boys and girls who keep
the score of an exciting game of baseball,
and afterward compare score cards to see If
their records tally, have any idea whence
these two words are derived
Originally they were exact synonyms: a
score being scar or notch upon tally
stick, while tally comes directly from the
French taller. to cut whittle or notch. The
use of tally-sticks, one would think, must be-
long either to remote antiquity or to regions
beyond civilization and its accompanying
school arithmetic; yet such is by no means
the case. That it still survives in rural
France Is attested by an American educator
who has Travelled much in that country.
Sitting among group of blue-bloused
peasants before the fireplace of country
inn, the landlady Of which also conducted the
village bakery he noticed hanging from the
mantel two great bundles of sticks Eyam-
ming them, he found that each rod was
about eighteen inches long and was split up
more than three-quarters of its length, the
split portion being covered with notches
while upon the handle was inscribed name
The mistress of the inn observed him
puzzling over these mysterious objects and
good naturedly explained that they were
tallies and that all the bakery accounts
were kept i'm that manner.
Every customer was provided with hazel
stick split through the greater part of its
length and with his name the handle.
The split off piece of wood was retained by
the customer; the principal stick by the
baker When the customer desired loaf or
two he came to the shop with his stick. =
was placed in connection with the piece
from which 1t had been originally taken and
then with knife a notch was cut at the
point OF contact at one side, so as to mark
both pieces OF wood When one side was
thus scored full the score was carried down
the other junction
As soon as the account was paid the tally
stick was thrust into the fire.
The visitor carried away tally as
curiosity but on showing 1t in England he
was surprised to learn that farmers wife
in that part of the country in which he was
staying kept her account for butter and
milk on a notched stcks
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
Towing His Live Torpedo,
Blew Up Pirate Junk

1t worked beautifully. The Captain
reached the China Sea with his torpedo in
tow. He obtained in his own mysterious
way sloop called the Leckwith. With the
torpedo well astern he sailed forth to in
tercept a Chinese junk, on which it's pirate
crew had loaded the cargo of British mer-
chant vessel
The junk caught the hawser and the tor
pedo caught the junk. Neither junk, crew
nor cargo was ever located subsequently.
The marine hedgehog blew the pirates,
their boat and their booty into thin air.
Sometimes the Captain was bit too Wig
orous.
In September 1898, the Captain became
violently interested in the affairs of
Brazilian politicians who desired the over.
throw of Deodora da Fonseca, then Presi.
dent of that country Floriano Peixotto,
the vice-President was the leader of the
revolutionists Peixotto had the army with
him and thought the navy powers-Ad-
mirals Mello and Da Gama-were friendly.
Peixotto, thus assured called upon Da
Fonseca to abdicate. The President va
Gated and promptly dropped dead. We
have it on the word of official dispatches
that it was heart disease. Peixotto was
declared President. That was easy enough.
But Mello decided that he was not get
ting the proper recognition. 1t was his
idea that he should be the power behind
the Presidential chair, whereas Peixotto
was of the opinion that his was a sufficient
power. Mello began to grow mean and
Peixotto sent out a hurry call for our
friend the Captain.
Oddly enough, the Captain happened to
be in Brazil at that very moment. News
of the unrest in that country had reached
chirped but the Captain heard, and hearing
he rushed to- her. What would a revou.
tion be without the Captain? They've Ian
guished since he died. | wonder what he
would have done with Russia?
"In the harbor," explained the fright
ened Peixotto, 'is that pirate Mello with
his flagship, the Aquidaban."
II see," replied the Captain.
"He Is a scoundrel and a traitor" con-
tinued the President Likewise he annoys
me. Do you think you could do anything
about IT."
"A simple natter scoffed the Captain,
and he explained his wire haired torpedo.
An hour later Mello began bombarding
Rio de Janiero, and warships from Amer
lea, Great Britain, Italy Germany, Aus
tria and Portugal steamed into the harbor
to see that every one had fair play. They
sienced Mello and Boynton retired to
Government machine shop, where he made
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

and with that $4,000 he would evolve $780,
600. In remarkably short space of time,
you understand, he would have minted suf-
ficient cash to finance the revolution that
would place an anti-Castro man in the pal
ace and invaluable concessions in the hands
of the Captain.
Incidentally with his percentage Of the
output of his coin mill he would buy in
the stock of the Orinoco Company. The
plan was comprehensive and magnificent
The one great trouble with it was that the
enemies Of Castro visualized themselves
victorious but empty handed. In other
words they beheld themselves holding the
entirely empty bag while the genius, the
Captain, would possess everything worth
having
The Captain prevailed upon a Broadway
bookseller, B. N. Monson, to seek the nec-
essary capitalist. Boynton consumed his
time seeking die makers. He went to the
Klemm Brothers, firm Of excellent repute,
which had made mint supplies for foreign
Governments. He told them he wanted
eight sets of dies, and gave them Vene-
zuelan coins as models. He agreed to pay
$4,000 for the work. Monson was less sue
cessful, He visited capitalist after capi-
talist They were not enthusiastic. Pres
emily one of them telephoned the United
States Secret Service, and l was detailed
to give the matter my attention.
1t is, of course, a violation of United
States laws to counterfeit the currency of
another Government. All that 1 needed
was to learn that the Captain had actually
made the stuff. One Of my associates, pos
ing as wealthy ranchman from Montana
or some such place, managed to attract the
attention of the Captain, and the Captain
was warm in his praises of his schemes.
He held back nothing. He told us all he
had in his mind. There was no trouble
about II. Candor was one of the Captains
many charms.
We arrested Monson, the Captain and
the Klemms The latter gentlemen proved
that they were entirely guiltless. They
had been deceived by the Captains forged
papers. The United States Commissioner
declared that he had no jurisdiction in the
cases of Monson and the Captain, and we
took the matter to the Federal Grand Jury
and l rearrested Monson. The Captain
was not available. He was in Trinidad.
Monson's attorney cabled the old chap,
saying that II would go hard with his
client unless the Captain was present.
Am coming back at once" was the Cap
tain's reply by cable. Never deserted
friend in my life.'
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
turous Career of Captain George B. Boynton
As Impartial FIlibuSter in Many
Lands and Seas Offers Thrilling
Chapter of International COn1plicati0nS--
~ His Toned Torpedo Success in
China Sea but a Failure at Rio

MONG modern detectives the
n been William Flynn Few the world had
to do with and criminals plot
big silent mysterious figure who the chief the United
States Secret Service His field that of a
the whole world Cities
elusive fugitive seemingly hopeless ploddng along the trail
crime mystery But there widely quoted sayngUncle
t gives offend him he will get
tme somewhere For this he" that stands
Sans secret police William j. Flynn their chief
Now Chief Flynn retired fight criminals
of his he will tell The Herald
Magazine week. interesting exciting
experiences intrigue
in high places
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

Captain set forth for the China Sea. They
had told him that piracy was chief of the
aquatic sports in those parts and one might
as well try to induce cat to ignore cream
as to expect the Captain to fail to be inter
ested in bit of Far Eastern piracy. I'm
happy the pirate who fell in with the Cap
tain.
1t took some time to get across the
Pacific in those days, and the Captain,
simply to while away the days, invented
torpedo. l shall not attempt to describe
this fearsome thing except to say that it
was about six feet long and resembled
huge porcupine, in that it had steel spines
bristling from its body. Let a ship so
much as touch one of those spines and the
marine insurance folk would be making
payments within few weeks.
And simple Of operation? There was
nothing to 1t except to ease 1t into the
water and attach hawser to the ring in
its nose. 1t was provided with air cham
bers that foated it just below the surface.
The hawser would have to be long, of
course. The vessel towing the torpedo
would cut across the bows of the intended
victim at a time nicely calculated The
victim boat would plow into the hawser
and, naturally, pull the torpedo in toward
her. Eventually the torpedo would be
fetched against the side of the unhappy
merchantmen. And that was all.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
Staging Revolution
By Aid of Referee

This particular revolution, which, unless
my memory fails me, took place between
o'clock one balmy afternoon and dinner
time, differed from the rest only in that
1t had the distinction of having referee.
Therefore inasmuch as this tale has to do
with Capt George Boynton we shall review
that particular revolution by way of estab-
fishing the proper background for the Cap
tain.
The fighting took place near Monte
Christi on the north coast of Santo Do.
mingo. The administration had drawn up
its army in the public square and the in
surrectos were girding themselves to do
battle with the loyalists right there in
front of the palace.
There we're numbers of Europeans and
Americans in Monte Christi at the time
and>>they looked upon the coming conflict
without enthusiasm. The darned things
interfered with business. Concessions
meant nothing whatever except trouble
Somebody ought to take over the Govern
ment and administer it on a permanent
basis. Committees from the foreign colony
waited upon the President and upon the
chief of the rebels, beseeching them to
listen to reason and go on home.
had a revolution and business is poor
Can't you chaps get together like good
fellows and arrange some sort of a COM
promise? At least can't we have these
scenes on certain stated days-say every
Thursday afternoon-so that we can have
at least five days a week to attend to our
business affairs?
Moreover" the business men continued
sooner or later you will injure some one
of us and no matter who wins you'll have
America or Great Britain or Germany
down here raising the devil about It,"
But the two patriots we're adamant
They felt like a revolution and there was
going to be a fight right there A fight
was something like children, the warriors
contended, liable to happen anywhere
There was an American cruiser in the
harbor and to the commander OF this ves-
sci the business men appealed.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
By WILLIAM J. FLYNN,
CASE w
Former Chief of the Secret Service.

CASE Nv.
~ HERE can be little doubt that old
Capt Boynton-George B. Boynton
staged the dramatic production
that made Senior Nopistoles a national fig.
ure in Santo Domingo. 1t was the Captain
who furnished the arms and ammunition
used in that private battle refereed by the
Sehor. AS battles go it fell short of word
Importance but it had it's distinctive
points.
We know to begin with that Capt Boyn-
ton was smuggling arms to both sides Of
the political quarrel that was wrenching
Santo Domingo at that time I am unable
to recall the names of the leaders of the two
factions engaging in the revolution. 1t really
doesn't matter. There was another revolu-
tion next day and there had been revolu-
tions during the whole week preceding the
one over which Senior Nopistoles MAIN
tanned supervision.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

United States, Great Britain and Germany
are getting tired of all these family quar-
rels, and 1 don't know but what. it will be
good thing to take over the island any
way. Now off with you, and don't let me
hear of any of you breaking the rules"
So the two armies went over the noun
tain and arrayed themselves on the plateau.
The cheering populace scrambled for good
seats on the mountainside and, led no doubt
by such adventurers as Capt. Boynton,
howled themselves hoarse until it got too
dark to fight any longer. l don't remem-
ber who won that war.
The point is that such affairs were to
the Captain as vegetables are to the green
goods grocer. Trouble was the Captains
bedfellow and waking companion Either
he was in trouble with the United States
Government or he was stirring up trouble
for some other Government. He had
scouts and read every word of the Central
American and South American news dis
patches. THE New York HERALD was his
favorite newspaper because it had more
complete intelligence from Central and
South America and the West Indies
The exploit that won for the Captain his
greatest amount of newspaper notoriety
was his financing of the enemies of Cipri-
ano Castyo, then President of Venezuela.
The captain began fomenting revolution
against Castro and even went to the ex.
tent of preparing to coin money for the in
surgents. Sefior Don Pulido, Charge DAT
faires for the Venezuelan Legation in
Washington, raised such row about it
that the Captain was indicted by the Fed
eral Grand Jury here in New York and
later convicted. He spent six months on
Blackwell's Island for that.
Who Was This Wild Captain
With Several Aliases?
At least one book has been written about
the Captain and there is room for several
more. When l first met him he was about
so years old. He participated in the civil
war on the side of the North, and it is my
honest opinion that his commanding Of
icer was as much worried about the Cap
tain as he was about the enemy. The Cap
tain was like that I do not think his
name was Boynton; I'm not sure that it
was. He was known variously-James
Stuart Henderson. Capt John Kinnear and
George Mcfarland.
In May, 1906, the Captain appeared in
New York as the local agent for the Ori-
noco Company in Venezuela. To boot he
was the headquarters for anti-Castro prop
aganda. It was quite apparent that the
Captain and Cipriano were on the outs 1t
was hard to believe that the Dictator of
Venezuela was as bad as the Captain would
have us believe.
The Captain had allied himself with two
of Castro's predecessors-Crespo and An
drada He possessed and exhibited rather
fearlessly warrant engraved in Spanish
which he declared to be the permission Of
the anti-Castro outfit TO him to coin their
revolutionary money. He desired $4,000,
which sum, he explained to those who
would listen. would purchase the dies and
the necessary machinery to turn out boli-
vars of the same weight and value as the
Castro money. Then he was to procure
$4,000 in silver bullion, with which he
could turn out $4,000 in Venezuelan coin.
The rest would be simple. With the 500.
900 thus obtained he would make $4,000
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-09-28
F. H. BARK RETURNS HOME

Mr.. Fred H. Bark has returned
home after spending the summer in
Europe. He left Wauwatosa on the
18th of June, stopping at Niagara
Falls, Roche11ter and Albany, from
whence he took the daylight trip down
the Hudson to New York. He sailed
for Europe on June 21st, and after a
brief stay in the .Land of the Mid
Night Sum-" reached Warnemunde,
Germany on the Second day of July.
Mr.. Bark also attended the Passion
Play while in Germany. Some concep-
ton as to the manner in which German
money has deprecated in value can be
gained from his statement that his
hotel expense for two days in Oberam-
mergau, including his admission to the
Passion Play, amounted to 200 marks
or about 20 cents in American Money.
He also travelled through Belgium,
France, Switzerland, Austria and Eng
land, returning to this country from
Southampton, England. On his way
home, Mr.. Bark visited various points
Of interest in Washington, D. G. and
Virginia.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-09-28
ENoRMous FlRE VAST.

Fire losses In the United States for
the FIVE years from 1916 to 1920, In
elusive. reached total Of $1,672. 722,-
677, according to a report made by
the National BOARD Of Fire Under
writer's. tbs report is based upon a
study of more than 100000 fires
which occurred during the FIVE years.
The average loss was $334. 544,5 35.
The underwriters point out that the
total loss during these years would
have been sufficient to build $4,000
dwellings costing $1,000, or enough to
house 100000 persons. or the entire
population of the states of Connecticut,
Nevada and Wyoming. These astound-
ing figures give some idea of the ire
mendous waste that is caused each
year by 9res in the United States.
Most of these fires are preyentable.
In Europe, at least in tie older eoun-
tries, fires are practically unknown,
yet in the United States year after
year goes by without any abatement
Of the loss from confiagration. This
loss constitutes a burden upon the
entire community and it should be re-
sented as such.