Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07

The capitalists became angry. Ihey
stopped all ships touching at Mica
raEua, thus cutting Walker and his
army off from the United States. their
source not only of ammunition but of
, medicinal supplies and other essen
tails. They organized a tilibustering
force in Costa RIGA, sent soldiers of
fortune into the countries Walker had
been fighting and lavishly supplied
them with money.
Walkers once splendid army was
helpless. At last he was cornered
with a few hundred men in one of the
| coast towns, which he was desper
ately striving to hold. An American
warship, under command Of Capt.
Davis, dropped anchor in the harhor.
| Walkers friends always charge that
| American capital. through political
! influence. brought that battleship
| against him. In any event. Capt.
| Davis. seeing that Walkers men We're
suffering all sorts of disease and diff
! Guilty. demanded that he surrender lin
/ the name OF humanity" Walker laid
down his arms and was brought to
! this country as a prisoner.
! No more remarkable incident ever
= occurred in America than the recep-
| ton which New. York City accorded
the famous soldiers of fortune. Broad
way was decked with flags. crowds
| SWirled about William Walker as if
he had been a returning American
| general. Walker went to Washing
ton. demanded that he be returned to
his presidency. and that his adopted
| country be given reparatiOn because
Of unWarranted interference by Capt.
Davis. But Washington simply ig-
nored the fiibusterer. They did not
even attempt to keep him under ar
! rest.
THERE followed the strangest chap
ter in all this strange and remark
able story. The presidency of Mica
ragua became an ObSeSSiOn with
| Walker. That country while he was
in the United States chose another
executive, but Walker refused to ac-
knowledge this as valid. Within six
weeks he had raised money and re.
cruited a force Of $50 Americans.
Sailing from New Orleans. Walker
and this company dropped into
the harbor Of San Juan del Norte
| one night, captured the important
route town of Costello Viejo and four
ships of the company. His old SOL
diers began to rally about him. he
began to plan another capture of the
capital, when suddenly. as If by acct
| dent. another american Warship APP
peared off the coast. 1t was the U. S.
S. Wabash. under COmdr. Hiram
Pawlding. The ship trained her guns
on Walkers camp. and Pawlding
again demanded that he surrender
on the ground that he had violated
American neutrality.
| For the third time Walker sur
rendered to his own countrymen. He
was brought to New York. and again
the Government refused to accept him
as a prisoner. President Buchanan
even rebuked Pawlding, but he for
babe Walker in a public proclamation
from interfering in Central American
affairs again. But the next week or
SO Walker and a new force of ad-
venturers again slipped out of Mo-
bile. Ala. bound for Nicaragua.
None the less. when Walker reached
Central America this time British and
American warships were patrolling
the coast of Nicaragua. Walker
changed his plans. and with his $50
veterans who had gathered about him
for this last foray landed suddenly on
an island off the coast of Honduras.
Next night he led his men in an at
tack on the port Of Truxillo and cap
tured 1t. With all his old energy. he