Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1900 — The Rogues' Refuge. [ARTICLE]

The Rogues' Refuge.

There Is one corner of Central America that Is at present a perfect paradise for men who have committed any crime. It is a place where the outcasts of the world’s society rule the land of their adoption and where the officials of the government protect all thieves that come to them and make it dangerous for any detective to molest them. This Is the republic of Honduras, one of the least advanced of the states of South or Central America. Honduras Indeed is a curious mixture of jungle and gigantic forest, of cocoa and of rubber trees, of bugs, vampires, snakes and crocodiles—of all manner of things that creep and crawl and sting and bite; a region where life In the daytime is a mockery and at night one feels as though sleeping in red pepper. Here, in every hamlet and city, are to-be found men from different lands, mostly outlaws from their own country. Chicago, Boston, New York and Philadelphia all furnish their quota. England. France, Italy and even far away Russia have their share. They make no attempt at concealment, bear the names they were born to bear and go along about their business as if the laws of their own country had not declared them outcasts.—London Express.