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GUN-RUNNING FROM UNITED STATES TO NICARAGUA REVEALED■rm-iryIforich0diy!•»!-rico, rat bytt[norJo ;hatthe atJCftOtheANl-Ex-ated ting were fun-TOEOTfU gfltlll re of df.)(By AswlltN fm»)NEW YOIiK, Jan. 1 4.—The New York World Friday told of a Nicaraguan goa-running expedition which it mljh apparently vu conceived and executed In the United SUtfc* and made poeiible with American money.Two bond red thousand dollar* worth of nrms and munitions and the steam trawler Foam” were purchased in New York and Philadelphia last summer, rnijn the World, by Dr, T. 8. Waea, representative in the United Stales of Dr. Juan B. Sacasa, opponent of Adolfo Dlai, recognlieil by the United State* as president of Nicaragua^The munitions, according to the newspaper, were divided into two shipments, and disguised in piano baies and in crates that bore the marks of agricultural machinery, were •cat to EJ Paso and San Diego. The Ban Diego shipment is report til to have been captared In Lower California by forces under General Estrada, but the El Paso shipment reached Puerto Mexico by rail and there was taken on boar! the Foam and eventually reached the Liberal forces In Nicaragua. . ^Dr. Waea in PhilaSh'hia admitted haring purchased the Foam, but denied all knowledge of any shipment* of rifle* on her, or with having taken part Id any transaction involving the purchase of arms or ammunition for use In Nicaragua,He said be bad purchased the Foam In New York as an agent for several Nicaraguans living in Guatemala. “Presumably,” be said, “they were supporter* of Dr. Saeo3a.n He said he had reported tbo purchase of the vessel to the Department of Justice.On Aug. 12, sayg the World, munitions that had arrived overland at Puerto Mexico, were transferred to the Foam by 25 soldiers. One of 'be officers, saya the World, wta understood by the sailors to be a Mexican. The ship than hauled down the Amerl-can flag and raised the Nicaraguan colors while the soldiers swore allegiance to the Nicaraguan flag. The American sailors were prevented from leaving the vesseLThe exploits of the Foam to capturing several towns were related by members of the American crew when they succeeded in returning to this country after having been abandoned when the ship went aground.SENATE ON TRAIL _
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San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sat, Jan 15, 1927
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