Jeyms Kempbell Besli - James Campbell Besley

Jeyms Kempbell Besli
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Tug'ilgan
Jeyms Kempbell Besli

(1879-11-12)1879 yil 12-noyabr
Mt. Gambier, Janubiy Avstraliya, Avstraliya
O'ldi1954 yil 6-fevral(1954-02-06) (74 yosh)
Sent-Kilda, Melburn, Viktoriya, Avstraliya
KasbExplorer, havaskor antropolog, film prodyuseri, shaxta egasi, polo o'yinchi, chorvador, tadbirkor, Charlatan

Jeyms Kempbell Besli (1879 yil 12-noyabr - 1954 yil 6-fevral) ham ma'lum "Chiroyli Jim" Besley, "Kapitan Jeyms Kempbell Besli", "Kapitan Jim", "Kapitan Beshli", "Polkovnik Beshli" edi Avstraliyalik kashfiyotchi, havaskor antropolog, film prodyuseri, shaxta egasi, polo o'yinchisi, chorvador va dunyoga sayohat qilgan tadbirkor.

Beshli ham ajoyib edi sharlatan, uning tug'ilishi, tarbiyasi va mansabiga oid hayoliy hikoyalarni aylantirmoqda. Beshli o'nlab yillar davomida ommaviy axborot vositalarini boshqarib, uning jasoratlari to'g'risida xabar berish uchun ularga yolg'on gapirdi.

Biografiya

Jeyms Kempbell Beslining portreti, taxminan 1905 yil

Jeyms Kempbell Besli tog'da tug'ilgan. Gambier, Janubiy Avstraliya, Avstraliya, Meri Annning to'rtinchisi (Harvi ismli ayol) va Brayan Charlz Beslining sakkiz farzandi.

1913 yilda Amazon daryosi manbasini topish bo'yicha ekspeditsiya paytida Beslining sarguzashtini rejissyor Franklin B. Kouts suratga oldi. Filmga nom berildi Kapitan Besli ekspeditsiyasi. Ekspeditsiya Nyu-Yorkka qaytib kelgandan so'ng, ekspeditsiya filmlarining katta qismi o'g'irlanganligi aniqlandi. Bir yildan keyin qaytib, yana bir film, Kapitan Besli ekspeditsiyasi bilan Amazon o'rmonlarida ishlab chiqarilgan.

Alyaskada va Meksikada kumush konlari vositachisi, chempion poloser sifatida muvaffaqiyatli ish olib borganidan so'ng, u Arizona shtati Feniksdagi chavandozlik akademiyasiga ega bo'ldi. Beshli Avstraliyaning Viktoriya shtatidagi Melburn shahridagi Sent-Kilda vafot etdi.

Taniqli charlatan

Ko'pchilik Beslining ko'p (va ko'pincha qarama-qarshi) "tarixi" ga ishonadi. Faktlar uning doimiy ravishda ko'pchilikni, shu jumladan, uning tug'ilishi, tarbiyasi, o'qishi, ishi va tashvishlanishining asosiy jihatlari to'g'risida matbuotni chalg'itayotganini isbotlaydi. U o'zining hayot tarixi, qobiliyatlari, ekspluatatsiyalari va mukofotlari to'g'risida dunyoni adashtirish uchun o'nlab yillar davomida ommaviy axborot vositalarini manipulyatsiya qildi.

Xayoliy biografik da'volar

Beslining o'zini ta'riflagan, g'alati qarama-qarshi bo'lgan "shaxsiy tarixlari" g'ayratli matbuot tomonidan ehtiyotkorlik bilan takrorlandi. Uning hayoti davomida ular uzoqroq va murakkablashdilar. O'tgan yillar davomida ko'pchilik aldanib qolishdi, Besli hayotining puxta, yolg'on "tarjimai holi" tufayli Press-ma'lumotnoma kutubxonasining 1913 yilda nashr etilgan "Western Edition Notables of the West, I tom" nashrida.[1]

Xayoliy shaxsiy tarixlar

Beshli Angliyaning London shahrida tug'ilgan, etti yoshidan boshlab otasi bilan dunyo bo'ylab sayohat qilgan va Britaniya armiyasida xizmat qilgan deb da'vo qildi. Uning otasi "Avstraliyadagi va Buyuk Britaniyaning boshqa provinsiyalaridagi kuchlarning bosh inspektori" va keng er egasi bo'lgan.

Jeyms Kempbell Beshlining AQSh Ikkinchi Jahon Urushi chaqiruv kartasi

Jeyms Kempbell Besli aslida Avstraliyada tug'ilgan, hech qachon Britaniya armiyasida xizmat qilmagan va hech qachon harbiy unvonga ega bo'lmagan (kapitan, podpolkovnik va polkovnik unvonlarini ham o'z ichiga olgan).

Besslining otasi Brayan Charlz Besli 1836 yilda Angliyaning Oksfordshir shahrida tug'ilgan va 1851 yilda onasi va aka-ukalari bilan Avstraliyaga ko'chib o'tgan. Katta Beshli politsiya tarkibiga qo'shilib, oxir-oqibat Avstraliyaning eng katta okrugining mas'ul xodimi bo'lib ishlagan. Aborigenlarning pastki himoyachisi lavozimini egallagan.[2]

Beshli Angliyaga kollejga qaytib kelganini va 1889 yilda Otonga tayyorgarlik ko'rish uchun Etonga kirganini da'vo qildi. U 1893 yilda Etondan diplom olganini va darhol Oksfordga kirganini da'vo qildi, ammo tugamadi, ikki yil oxirida kon va metallurgiyani o'rganishga kirishdi.[3] "Jeyms Kempbell Besli" ning Eton yoki Oksfordga tashrifi haqida hech qanday ma'lumot yo'q.

1890 yilda Besley aslida Port Augusta va Adelaida shahridagi Port Augusta shahridagi Flinders Jokey klubida faxriy kotib bo'lib ishlagan.[4] Besli 1891 yilda Jokey klubini tark etib, akasi Brayan Charlz Beslining biznesiga qo'shildi, Broken Hilldagi B.C.Besley va Co aktsiyalar va stantsiya agenti sifatida.[5]

Beshli 1903 yilda Yukon o'lkasida ikki marta o'zlashtirish, firibgarlik va moliyaviy ziyon uchun hibsga olingan. 1908 yilda, keyinchalik Besli intervyu berib, "Nyu-Yorkka o'tgan sakkiz yilni Meksikada o'tkazganidan keyin kelgan" va shu vaqt ichida u "sobiq bosh vazir, marhum Sesil Rodsning kon muhandislaridan biri" bo'lganini da'vo qildi. Keyp koloniyasi ".[6] Beslining Bosh vazir Rodosda ishlaganligi haqidagi zamonaviy yozuvlar mavjud emas. Beshli 1899 yildan 1903 yilgacha da'vo qilingan vaqt oralig'ida Yukon o'lkalarida tasdiqlangan rezidenti bo'lgan.

1909 yilda Beshli "u Avstraliyada Kentukki ota-onasida tug'ilgan va o'zini kelib chiqishi amerikalik deb hisoblaydi" deb da'vo qilmoqda. Gazetadagi maqolada Besli sobiq prezident Teddi Ruzveltning Sharqiy Afrikaning Buyuk Britaniyaning Nayrobiga safari haqida fikr bildirdi. Beslining aytishicha, jamoat "yovvoyi hayvonlar haqida gap ketganda uning (Ruzveltning) xavfsizligi uchun qo'rqmaslik yoki titrashga hojat yo'q". Beshlining aytishicha, u "hamma sherlarni va boshqa hayvonlarni" o'ldirgan ".[7]

1912 yil fevral oyida bir gazeta Beslini "ularning ichida eng olijanob rim" deb ta'riflagan.[8]

1912 yil iyun oyida Beshli San-Frantsisko ekspertiga bergan intervyusida Meksikaning "general" Xose Gilni Navoxoa, Sonora, Meksikada bo'lib o'tgan duelda jarohatlaganini va Besi Gilning tanasiga o'q uzgani sababli tez orada qo'rg'oshin zaharlanishidan o'lishini aytdi. .[9] Olti oy o'tgach, San-Frantsisko ekspertlari duel paytida "general Beshli tomonidan o'ldirildi" deb xabar berdi.[10] Beslining da'vogarlik qilgan duellari haqida zamondosh yozuvlar yo'q. Buning o'rniga Xose Goykolea Gil 1925 yilda Meksikaning Navoxoa shahrida yashagan va prezident bo'lib ishlagan.[11]

1948 yilda Beshli "Avstraliyaning janubiy qismidagi Adelaida yaqinidagi Buyuk Britaniya hukumatining ulkan yer grantida tug'ilganman" deb aytdi. U "AQShga 1900 yilda kelganini, Arizona orqali o'tganini va Old Meksikaga borganini, u erda bir nechta fermer xo'jaliklarini, shu jumladan San-Karlosning kiyim-kechaklarini sotib olganini" da'vo qildi.[12][13]

Xayoliy Avstraliyaning oltin shoshilinch tarixi

Beshli G'arbiy Avstraliyadagi Kalgoorlie va Coolgardie oltin maydonlariga shoshilinch ravishda qo'shilganini va oltin topishda muvaffaqiyat qozonganini da'vo qildi. 1894 yilda Besli buning o'rniga 4154 gektar potentsial qazib olinadigan er maydonlarida Avstraliyaning konchilik uylarini ijaraga olishga ariza bergan va rad etilgan. U konni ijaraga berish bo'yicha keyingi ikkita murojaatni yo'qotdi.[14] Uning ukasi B. S Besli Avstraliyaning Yangi Janubiy Uels, Borax Krik shahrida joylashgan Conrad Stannite Mines, Ltd kompaniyasini boshqargan.[15] va Avstraliyaning Yangi Janubiy Uelsdagi Broken Xill shahrida Broken Hill Polo Club-ga asos solgan. B. C. Beslining oti "Fly" klubning Kubokdagi birinchi o'yinida g'alaba qozondi.[16]

Uydirma harbiy xizmat tarixlari

Besli ko'pincha o'zini "kapitan" Besley va "polkovnik" Besley deb atashgan. U na haqiqiy harbiy unvonga sazovor bo'ldi, na unvonga ega edi va na biron bir harbiy xizmatni o'tamagan.

Besli o'zining Bur urushida qatnashganini da'vo qilgan, Lord Lorder tomonidan "Boer skautlari" ni tashkil etish uchun shaxsan o'zi bosh vazir Sesil Rodsning "shaxsiy kotibi" bo'lib xizmat qilgan paytida Janubiy Afrikada tekshiruv o'tkazgan.[17] Beshli, shuningdek, o'sha urush paytida unga mayor tayinlanganini va Carbineers boshiga joylashtirilganini da'vo qildi. Uning so'zlariga ko'ra, 1902 yilda Bur urushi tugagach, u o'z xohishi bilan "mayor" unvonidan voz kechgan.[3] "Jeyms Kempbell Besli" ning Bur urushida qatnashganligi to'g'risida yozuvlar yo'q.[18]

1913 yil fevral oyidagi yangiliklar maqolasida Beslining rafiqasi uning kapitanlik va Boer urushida xizmat qilish haqidagi da'volari yolg'on ekanligini xabar qildi. Uning so'zlariga ko'ra, "ular 1898 yilda uchrashganlaridan to nikohlariga qadar u yoki Alyaskada yoki Kaliforniyada bo'lgan, chunki u doimo u bilan yozishib turgan".[19]Ushbu faktlar matbuot va tadqiqotchilar tomonidan o'nlab yillar davomida e'tiborsiz qoldirilgan, chunki ular Beslining gumon qilingan jasoratlari to'g'risida xabar berishni davom ettirmoqdalar.

1913 yil sentyabr oyidagi gazetadagi maqolada Besli "Mafeking qamal qilinishidan oldin ... tartibsiz otlardan biri (Janubiy Afrikada o'rnatilgan tartibsiz kuchlar militsiyasi)" bo'lganligi va bundan tashqari Besley Kitchener skautlari, Imperial yengil ot (polk) va Borneo va Avstraliyada "xizmatni ko'rgan".[20]

1914 yilda Besley intervyusida "garchi u britaniyalik bo'lsa-da va inglizlar fikri ostida xizmatni ko'rgan bo'lsa-da, u oddiy armiyada ofitser emas" dedi. Uning so'zlariga ko'ra, u "Rodeziya yengil otida kapitan komissiyasini o'tkazgan, u bur korpusida Boer urushi paytida jang qilgan". "Jeyms Kempbell Besli" ning Rodeziya armiyasida xizmat qilgani to'g'risida yozuvlar yo'q.[21]

1919 yilda Besli o'zini "Londondan, Angliyadan" podpolkovnik deb da'vo qildi. "Angliya Buyuk urushga kirganida, o'sha paytda kapitan bo'lgan polkovnik Besli ingliz ranglariga qo'shildi. Tez orada u ishlarning o'rtasida bo'lib, yarador bo'ldi, lavozimidan ko'tarildi va sharafli ravishda ozod qilindi".[22]

1924 yilda "kapitan" Besli Kanada armiyasining Britaniya Kolumbiya polkining 7-piyoda batalyonining faxriysi kapitan deb da'vo qilib, Avstraliyaning Brisbane gazetasiga tashrif buyurdi. Uning so'zlariga ko'ra, u va sayohatchisi sherigi butun dunyo bo'ylab velosiped safari o'tkazishga harakat qilmoqdalar, ikkalasi ham 1000 funt mukofotni qo'lga kiritish umidida. Kanada armiyasida xizmat qilgan "Jeyms Kempbell Besli" haqida hech qanday ma'lumot yo'q. Suhbat davomida Besli o'zini Janubiy Afrikaning Zimbabvedagi Bulavayo shahrida tug'ilganligini da'vo qildi.[23]

1930-yillarga kelib, Besli o'zini ko'pincha "polkovnik" J. Kempbell Besli deb atagan.[24]

1938 yilda "Polkovnik" Besli "iste'fodagi Britaniya armiyasi zobiti va" u erda Buyuk Britaniya armiyasi bilan xizmat qilayotganda Hindistonda ko'p yillar polo o'ynagan "faxriy polochi" bo'lganligi haqida xabar berilgan edi.[25]

Amerikaga kelish

AQSh matbuotida Besli birinchi bo'lib qolish haqida tilga olinadi Palace Hotel 1898 yil 9-aprelda Kaliforniyaning San-Frantsisko shahrida. Besley o'z manzilini "Siti" deb sanab o'tdi.[26]

Alyaskaning o'g'irlanishi, soxtalashtirish, hibsga olish va sud jarayoni

O'zlashtirish va hibsga olish

1898 yil Shimoliy Britaniyada joylashgan Amerikadagi reklama, J C Besley kompaniyaning transport harakati menejeri sifatida

Beshlining akasi Brayan Charlz Besli Montana shtatidagi politsiya boshlig'i va Klondayk oltin ishlarida birinchi millionerlardan biri bo'lgan Pat Galvin tomonidan tashkil etilgan Shimoliy Britaniya Amerika savdo va transport kompaniyasiga sarmoya kiritdi. 3500000 AQSh dollaridan kapitallashtirilgan (2019 yildagi 107.562.000 AQSh dollariga teng),[27] kompaniya Alyaskada oltin qazib olish uchun transport va savdo-sotiqni ta'minlash uchun tashkil etilgan va Angliya banki deyarli cheksiz kreditidan foydalangan.[28][29] Besley kompaniyaga buxgalter va transport menejeri sifatida yollangan. Mahalliy gazeta Beslini Galvinni "katta yo'qotishlarga" olib kelgan "yolg'onchi do'stlaridan" biri deb atadi.[30]

1899 yilda Besli "Lucille" ismli ayolni oziq-ovqat bilan ta'minlash uchun Dukson Siti (Alyaska shtati) da, Dovson Siti shahrida Galvinning $ 40,000 (2019 yilda $ 1,229,280 ga teng) pulini sarf qilgani haqida xabar berilgan edi. Keyinchalik Galvin Douson tomonidan qilingan da'voni qondirishi kerak edi Royal kafesi restoran egasi Besli uchun "ayol do'stlar" uchun 1435,00 dollar (2019 yilda 44 100 AQSh dollar miqdorida) buyurtma berganligi uchun.[30]

Trading & Exploring Co. ning shtab-kvartirasi, Dyusson Siti, Yukon, Alyaska hududi, 1899 yil

Galvinning Shimoliy Britaniyadagi Amerika savdo va transport kompaniyasi bankrot bo'lib, uning o'rnini 1899 yilda Angliyaning London shahrida joylashgan "Trading & Exploration Co." egalladi.

Trading & Exploration Co. Uilyam Uaytga ishonchnomani kiritdi va uni Dovson Siti shahridagi kompaniyaning moliyaviy holatini tekshirish uchun Londondan jo'natdi. Uayt "Men bosh menejer Jyeyms Beslini chaqirdim va u bilan ertasi kuni ishbilarmonlik masalalarini muhokama qilishni kelishib oldim. Men uni omborga joylashtirganini, u erda yashash joylari, xitoylik oshpaz va juda qulay kvartirasi bilan topdim ... O'sha kuni kechqurun Men Besli bilan ovqatlandim va biz kompaniyaning konlari va tijorat biznesini yoritadigan ishlari haqida suhbatlashdik, ularning hammasi uning nazorati ostida edi, ertasi kuni biz jiddiy ishga kirishdik va men ko'p o'tmay Kitoblar, vaucherlar va hokazolarning hammasi "tasodifiy xarakterga ega" deb aytilganligi sababli olov bilan vayron qilinganligi sababli, juda ko'p harakatlarni amalga oshirish mumkin emasligini aniqladilar. Yong'in sanasi: Men idorada yong'in belgisi yo'qligini ta'kidladim va qanday qilib kitoblarni yoqib yuborish mumkin edi, lekin u bunga hech qanday yorug'lik tashlay olmasligini bildim, qo'shimcha tekshiruvlardan so'ng men Beslining o'zi qilgan degan xulosaga keldim. kitoblarda va hokazolarda, o kompaniyaning mol-mulkini vayron qilgan va uning mol-mulkini talon-taroj qilgan shaxs sifatida o'z aybiga oid dalillarni yashirishni rder ... Men ertasi kuni uni o'g'irlash ayblovi bilan hibsga olish to'g'risida order berishim kerak edi. "[31]

Uayt Besley haqida "(u) avstraliyalik edi; baland bo'yli, kelishgan va har tomonlama" do'l do'sti, yaxshi tanishgan ". Raqs zallarida uni qizlarga bo'lgan saxiyligi uchun" Shahzoda "deb atashgan. Kechqurun ular shaxsiy qutida, ularning atrofida shampan ichgan holda topilgan. Uning didi shu va boshqa yo'llar bilan eng qimmat turga ega edi, kambag'al eski kompaniya har doim pulni yig'ib turardi. "[31]

Nihoyat, Besleyga Trading & Exploration Co menejeri J. B. Vud tomonidan qo'yilgan ikkita ayblov bo'yicha ayblov e'lon qilindi.[32] va Galvinning go'sht sindikatining menejeri Charlz V.Tebo. Beshli hibsga olingan, 10 ming dollar garov puli tashlab, San-Frantsiskoga jo'nab ketgan. O'sha paytda u qaytarib olinmaydi va sud oldida turadi deb taxmin qilingan edi.[30]

Federal qalbakilashtirish

1901 yilda Besley Keyp Nom va Sent-Maykl, Alyaskada joylashgan "Burns & Besley" firmasining a'zosi edi.[33] "Dovsondan Yukon daryosi bo'ylab telegraf liniyasini o'tkazish uchun Hukumat bilan shartnoma tuzgan".[34] AQSh Moliya vazirligining Alyaskaning Sent-Maykl shahridagi AQSh armiyasi signallari korpusining ofis hisobvarag'iga umumiy qiymati 7600 AQSh dollarini (2019 yilda 233.563 AQSh dollariga teng) ikkita chek qo'yilgan va aftidan kapitan Frank Grin imzolagan. Cheklar "Burns & Besley per J. C. Besley, Firma a'zosi" deb tasdiqlangan va cheklar Bank Nom (Alyaska) tomonidan 1901 yil 31 avgust ish kunining oxirida, Beslining turmushga chiqqan kunida to'langan. Uch kundan so'ng, bankdagi kassir Sietlning Birinchi Milliy Bankiga sim qoqdi va birinchi 3800 dollarlik chekda to'lovni to'xtatdi. Xuddi shu kuni, "Burns & Besley per J. C. Besley, Firma a'zosi" deb nomlangan ikkinchi chek yana 3 800 AQSh dollar i miqdorida Sietlning birinchi milliy bankiga taqdim etildi, u ikkinchi chekni sharaflashdan bosh tortdi. Keyinchalik kapitan Grin bankka Signal Corps ofisidan ikkita chek o'g'irlanganligini maslahat berdi. O'g'irlangan cheklarning raqamlari Bank Nom tomonidan taqdim etilgan va to'langan ikkita chekka to'g'ri keldi.[35][36][37]

Xalqaro qidiruv va hibsga olish

1903 yilda Besli AQSh okrug sudida, Nomdagi ikkinchi bo'limda oltita alohida jinoiy ish bo'yicha ayblanmoqda.[38] Besley topildi Sietl, Vashington Maxfiy xizmat agenti Charlz E. Herron va AQSh Marshal o'rinbosari Daniel R. Dvayer. Ularning Beslini qidirishlari maxsus agentlar birinchi bo'lib Uilyam A. Uilsonni Filippinning Manila shahriga etkazib berishganidan keyin boshlandi. Ular Uilsonni Alyaskada federal mulkni o'g'irlashda ayblab, hibsga olishgan.[39]

Keyin Xerron va Dvayer Beslini izlash uchun 17000 mildan ko'proq yo'l bosib o'tishdi. Ularni qidirish natijasida Alaskan o'lkasidan AQSh, Manila, Yaponiya, Xitoy, Melburn (Avstraliya), Tasmaniya (Yangi Zelandiya) va undan keyin Janubiy Afrika Beslini qaerdan topdilar.[34] Izlash qariyb ikki yil davom etdi.[40] Ular Beslini bir guruh amerikalik sarmoyadorlarga Janubiy Afrikaning Pretoriya shahridan 300 mil shimolda kon qazib olish xususiyatlarini rivojlantirishga yordam berishini aniqladilar.[35]

Besli Janubiy Afrikaning Yoxannesburg shahrida, Herron va Dvayer tomonidan "Qo'shma Shtatlar armiyasining to'lov maoshining cheklarini qalbakilashtirishda" ayblanib, Alyaskada hibsga olingan.[40] "Chiroyli qiyofa va muloyimlik bilan" deb ta'riflangan Besli "o'z biznesini tark etib, Qo'shma Shtatlarga qaytish kerakligi to'g'risida hech qanday norozilik bildirmadi, ammo hamma narsa xato bo'lgani uchun uni boshqalar singari xavotirda ekanligini ta'kidladi. masala aniqlansin. "[34] Ma'lum qilinishicha, hibsga olingan zobitlar Besleyga Janubiy Afrikadagi "moliyaviy manfaatlarini yopib qo'yishga" ruxsat berishgan va "bitta oltin koni uchun u 75000 dollar (2019 yilda 2 134 167 AQSh dollariga teng) naqd olgan".[41]

Sud uchun Alyaskaga qaytish

Besli Angliyaning Sautgempton shahriga ko'chirildi. 11 iyul kuni ular kemada Nyu-York shahriga suzib ketishdi Amerika chizig'i Avliyo Pol paroxodi.[42][43] Safarda hibsga olingan zobitlar "hamrohi" sifatida qarashgan, yo'lovchilar bu uch kishini "chet eldan qaytib kelayotgan amerikalik ishbilarmon erkaklar" deb o'ylashgan.[41] "Butunlay bezovtalanmasdan" sayohat qilgan va "Sem tog'asi tomonidan to'langan" Angliyadan Amerikaga sayohatdan zavqlanib, "o'z uslubida sayohat qilib, yosh xonimlar, boy tullar bilan xobnobbillashgan" Beshli o'z yo'lovchilarini maftun etdi. Bishop, aktrisa Julia Marlowe va Senator Frederik Xeyl Meyn shtati.[44] Xeyl, Besley va boshqalarga yaratgan deb da'vo qiladigan kokteylni aralashtirib, xizmat ko'rsatib, shov-shuvga sabab bo'ldi, "zanjabil ale june".[45] O'sha paytda Meyn taqiqdan voz kechmagan edi.

Nyu-Yorkka etib kelganidan keyin Beslini olib ketishdi Vashington, Kolumbiya va hibsda ushlab turilgan Milliy mehmonxona "bir necha ming dollar" deb aytilgan Herron va Dvayerning hisob-kitoblari tekshirilib, to'langan.[34] Besli 29-iyul kuni Vashington shtatidagi Sietlga jo'natildi.[46] Beshlining ajrashgan rafiqasi Marjori Bennett Besli San-Frantsiskodan sayohat qilib, u bilan Sietlda uchrashgan va uni himoya qilish uchun mablag 'ajratgan. Beshli "Keyp Nom uchun birinchi paroxod" ga barcha ayblovlar, jumladan, qalbaki ish bo'yicha sudga yuborilgan. Beslining rafiqasi sayohat qildi Monte-Karlo[47] va u erda yakka holda hukmni kutishdi.[19][48]

Sud jarayoni va oqlanish

Mayorga aylanib, AQSh signal signallari korpusining sobiq kapitani Frenk Grin Besilining qalbaki sudida guvoh sifatida qatnashish uchun Maniladan Jyunoga yo'l oldi.[49] Beshli birinchi ayblov bilan oqlandi. AQSh moliya kassasi Tomas Berns "Besli juda mashhur edi, chunki odamlar uni ta'qiblar qurboni deb hisoblaydilar", dedi. Shundan so'ng Sud Besli advokati tomonidan unga qo'yilgan barcha ayblovlarni bekor qilish to'g'risidagi iltimosnomani qondirdi, chunki Alaskan sudi sud majlisini Nomadan Juneauga ko'chirgan, bu yurisdiksiyaviy haddan tashqari yuk, Besleyga mahalliy tengdoshlari tomonidan sud qilinishini rad etgan. Qarorda qisman "sudlanuvchining ushbu ayblov xulosasini rad etish to'g'risidagi iltimosnomasi, chunki katta sud hay'ati ikkinchi bo'limda Nomda yoki uning yonida sodir etilgan jinoyatni surishtirish huquqiga ega emasligi sababli, qondirilishi kerak, va shunday buyurilgan. "[50] 1903 yil 17-mayda Beshli barcha ayblovlardan ozod qilindi,[51] Juneauda bayramni keltirib chiqaradi.[35]

1903 yil dekabrda, Keyp Nom bankining sobiq kassiri va Besli qalbaki sud jarayonining guvohi UB Solner "Besleyga qarshi dalillar har qachongidan ham kuchliroq" va "Alyaskada sudyani sudlanuvchini sud qilish uchun ta'minlash mumkin emasligini aytdi. hukumatga qarshi jinoyat ".[52]

Alyaskaning ikkinchi sudining xayoliy talablari

1913 yil yanvar oyida Sietl Tayms va Alyaska gazetalarida "janob Jim" Beslini firibgarligi uchun sudga tortishganligi to'g'risida gazeta maqolalari paydo bo'ldi. Jorj "Teks" Rikard.[53] Maqolalarda, Besli Rikardni Besleyni garov puli to'lashga 1903 yilda Alaskanning mulkini o'g'irlash bo'yicha sud jarayoni boshlanishidan oldin ishontirganligi da'vo qilingan. Yangilik maqolalarida Rikard Besleyga garov puli to'laganligi, "Nomedagi juda ko'p qazib olinadigan qazib olish mulki" evaziga, shuningdek Besli egalik qilgan "Janubiy Afrikadagi konchilik mulkidagi" ba'zi manfaatlar evaziga pul to'laganligi haqida xabar berilgan. Maqolalarda, Besli yana qanday qilib Alyaskadan Afrikaga qochib ketganligi, uni Rikkard tomonidan qanday topilgani va Alyaskaga qaytib, sud oldida javobgarlikka tortilganligi to'g'risida yolg'on ma'lumotlar berilgan. Maqolalarda Besli ikkinchi marta oqlangani da'vo qilingan. Shuningdek, u "Rikard kon qazish shartnomasida yo'qotganini aytgan pulni hali ham chiqarib yubormoqda" deb yolg'on xabar bergan.[54]. Beslidan Nomdan ikkinchi marta qochib ketganligi haqida ham, Alyaskaning davlat arxivida 1913 yil "Rikard va Besliga qarshi" sud jarayoni haqida ham ma'lumot yo'q.

Bigamiya va singan nikoh

1912 yil yozida uchrashgandan so'ng, Besli janob va xonim Charlz Modini Vudning qizi Elizabeth Modini Vudga turmush qurishni taklif qildi. Vud Kaliforniyaning Los-Anjeles shahrida "eng jozibali va ehtimol eng boy debyutantlardan biri" deb nomlandi.[55] Vud va uning singlisi Florensning bobosidan 40.000.000 AQSh dollarini (2019 yilda 1.138.222.222 AQSh dollariga teng) meros qilib olgani xabar qilingan. Uilyam X. Perri, Los-Anjelesdagi yog'och savdogari va moliyachisi.[56]

Oila Beslini tergov qilish uchun mahalliy Pinkerton detektiv agentligining ofisini yollagan. Beshlining 1898 yilda Kaliforniya shtatidagi San-Frantsiskoga tashrif buyurganida tanishgan Marjori Bennett bilan hali ham turmush qurgani aniqlandi. Besley Nomda ish olib borganida, o'sha paytda 19 yoshli Bennett u erga sayohat qilib, 1901 yil 31 avgustda Besleyga uylandi.[10] Ular San-Frantsiskoga qaytib kelishdi. Nikohdan o'n uch kun o'tgach, Besli xotiniga ish uchun ketishi kerakligini va "u ketayotganini va qaytib kelmasligini" aytdi.[57] Ikki yilga yaqin u undan xabar olmadi. Ota-onasi uni rag'batlantirganligi sababli, u "qochishga" da'vo qilib, Beslidan ajrashmoqchi edi.[58] U 1903 yil 6-iyunda ajrashish to'g'risida suhbatni qabul qildi, ammo yakuniy farmonni olmadi.[19] Bir gazetada chop etilgan maqolada "... Marjori Besli Beslining turmush o'rtog'i ular turmush qurgan kundagidek".[10]

Agar u Vudga uylangan bo'lsa, er-xotinlikda ayblanayotganiga aniq ishongan Beshli 1913 yil fevral oyining boshida o'z taklifini qaytarib oldi.[55][59] Keyin u g'oyib bo'ldi. "Polo tayoqchalari va qurollarini qoldirib, uning birinchi rafiqasi, kapitan J. Kempbell Besli bilan bo'lgan muammolaridan hayron bo'lgan juda ko'p jumboqli do'stlarini qoldirib, g'oyib bo'ldi. Do'stlarining uni topish uchun qilgan sa'y-harakatlari samarasiz edi. U Meksikaga ketgan deb o'ylaydi, u erda ish safari qilishni odat qilgan ".[60]

Konchilik ishlari

Valter Xolt, Elgin Xolt, Jeyms Kempbell Besli, Wells Fargo ofisida, Estacion Llano, Sonora, Meksika

1900 yilda Beshli Vashington shtatidagi Sietlda bo'lib, Avstraliyaning konchilik sindikatining vakili sifatida faoliyat yuritgan. U Nom yaqinidagi Bonanza oltin okrugidagi Eldorado Krikidagi Alaskan sakkizta plaser da'vosini egasi J. D. Morgandan sotib olish bo'yicha muzokaralar olib bordi. Besley, umumiy sotib olish narxi 40 000 AQSh dollari miqdorida depozit to'lagan.[61]

1908 yilda Besley Meksikaning Sonora shtatidagi Soyopa yaqinida joylashgan Noche Bueno konini butun Meksika bo'ylab minalardan Ogayo shtatidagi egasi Charlz P. Reynigarga sotdi.[62] Beshli konga bo'lgan qiziqishini saqlab qoldi. Bu tortishuvga aylandi va keyingi sud jarayoniga sabab bo'ldi, Bleyli 1914 yilda apellyatsiya tartibida Reynigerga yutqazdi.[63]

1909 yil dekabrda Besley Meksikaning Sonora shahrida joylashgan Nogalesdan 25 mil janubi-g'arbda joylashgan Cerro de Plata konini 40 ming dollarga (2019 yilda 1 097 571 dollarga teng) Kentukki sarmoyadorlari bilan Cerro de Plata Mining Company deb nomlangan bir guruhga sotdi. $ 1,000,000 kapitallashuvi (2019 yilda $ 27,439,286 ga teng).[64][65] Bessli 1909 yil aprel va sentyabr oylarida Kentukki shtatining Leksington shahriga tashrif buyurdi.[66][67] Ikki yillik umidsiz natijalardan so'ng, sarmoyadorlar Besleydan kon uchun xaridor topishni so'rashdi. Beshli vositachilik qildi Elgin Brays Xolt va uning akasi Valter Xolt 150 gektarlik konni sotib olgan.[68]

J. Kempbell Besli 1911 yil 6-may, 102-jild, konchilik muhandisi, konchilik muhandisi sifatida e'lon qilingan savdo reklamasi.

1911 yilda Besley reklama e'lonini joylashtirdi Konchilik va ilmiy matbuot savdo jurnali, o'zini "maslahatchi kon muhandisi" deb e'lon qildi. U kon muhandisligi bo'yicha rasmiy ma'lumotga ega emas edi.[69]

1952 yilda Besley Pensilvaniya shtatining Pitsburg shahrida e'lon e'lonini joylashtirdi Post-gazeta Meksika chegarasi yaqinida "yaxshi istiqbolli" volfram mulkini taklif qilmoqda. E'londa Besleyga "ma'dan qazib olish va jo'natish uchun mablag 'va texnika" kerakligi aytilgan, "berilgan foizlar" eslatib o'tilgan va Arizona shtatining Tusson shahri bo'lgan.[70]

Polo o'yinchisi

1913 yil Coronado Country Club polos jamoasi a'zolari (chapdan o'ngga) Lord Tvidmut, Lord Alastair Innes-Ker, F. McLaughlin va Jeyms Kempbell Besli.

Besley chavandoz va kubok yutgan polosachi edi. Beslining aytishicha, u polosani 13 yoshida o'ynashni boshlagan.[12] U Koronado (Kaliforniya) Country Club jamoasida o'ynagan, ular 1913 yilda Tinch okeani sohilidagi Ochiq musobaqada Tinch okeani sohilidagi barcha Amerika kubogini qo'lga kiritgan. Malkolm Stivenson, C. Perry Beadleston va Coronadodagi "poloning otasi" mayor Kolin G. Ross.[71]

Besley tomonidan tasvirlangan Tashqariga chiqish jurnali "chiroyli odam, sochlari bevaqt oqargan. yuzlari ko'plab sarguzashtlardan bronza bo'lgan, kapitan Besli Hillsboro polosidagi maydonlarda ajoyib odam edi. Polo o'ynashda u ingliz dubulg'asiga ta'sir ko'rsatib, unga tashqi qiyofasini namoyish etdi. Uning o'ziga xos ponilari yo'q edi, ammo bu juda muhim emas edi - chunki qishki uyini Koronadoda yashovchi chikagolik millioner chavandoz Uolter Dupi har doim o'z sheriklariga uning ipidan ruhiy tog'larni etkazib berishga tayyor ".[72]

1928 yilda Besley Sonora (Meksika) yo'lbarslari polo jamoasida oldinga chiqdi. Gazetada chop etilgan maqolada Besli "sobiq Britaniyalik polos yulduzi" bo'lganligi va "60 yillik g'alati yoshiga qaramay, u hali ham ajoyib hujumchi ekanligi" aytilgan. "Yo'lbarslar" ning har bir o'yinida polkovnikning baland bo'yli, zaxira qiyofasi ko'rinib turibdi. , va uning aniq bolg'asi Sonoran hujumida kuchli qurol bo'ldi ".[73]

1930-yillarda "polkovnik" Besli kovboylar va Patroniya, Arizona shtatida joylashgan "Z Circle Ranch" mehmonlarini polo bilan tanishtirdi. Besley "bir necha mavsum" fermer xo'jaligida mehmon va polo bo'yicha murabbiy bo'lgan. Circle Z "Wranglers" polo jamoasi to'rt yil davomida Arizona universiteti ("Wildcats"), AQSh armiyasini mag'lubiyatga uchratdi. Xuachuka Fort, Santa Monika Riviera, Nyu-Meksiko harbiy instituti, shuningdek, Nogales, Arizona shtatidagi "Kovboylar".[24][74]

1938 yilda "Polkovnik J. Kempbell Besli, iste'fodagi ingliz ofitseri, og'ir ahvolda yotar edi", deb xabar berildi 9 yanvar kuni uning jamoasi, Nogales Internationals va Arizona universiteti o'rtasidagi polos o'yinida azob chekdi. Uning tog'i "qoqilib yiqilib" tushganida, Besli qorniga tushdi. Uning oti "saltoga burilib, polkovnikning bo'yniga va yelkasiga (otning) sonlari bilan tushdi".[25] Beshli daladan behush holda olib ketilgan, "bosh suyagi tagida bo'yin sinib ketgan".[75]

Kapitan Besley kinofilm kompaniyasi, Inc.

1912 yilda, Pol Reynining afrikalik ovi, Explorer boshchiligidagi Afrika safari jim filmi Pol J. Reynni yarim million dollardan ko'proq pul ishlab oldi (2019 yilda 13 246 552 dollarga teng), bu erta kinofilm uchun g'ayrioddiy summa. Bu o'n yillikdagi eng muvaffaqiyatli fantastik filmlardan biri edi.[76] Raineyning safari guruhiga fotograf va taksidermist kirgan Smitson instituti.[77] Reynni filmlarining muvaffaqiyati ekspeditsiya va tabiat haqidagi filmlarning avj olishiga olib keldi.[78] Ular jim filmlar edi, shuning uchun bu filmlarning aksariyati dastlab litseyga o'xshash kontekstda ma'ruzachi tomonidan taqdim etilgan.[77]

Besley "Kapitan Besley Motion Picture Company, Inc" kompaniyasini birlashtirdi. 1913 yil 17-iyulda Nyu-Yorkda Franklin B. Kouts va F. Yevgeniy Farnsvort bilan. Besley, Farnsworth and Coates, Janubiy Amerikadagi Rainey filmiga o'xshash filmni yaratish uchun ekspeditsiya guruhini yig'dilar.[79]

Beslining suratga olish ekspeditsiyalari

Peru va Amazonka birinchi ekspeditsiya

1913 yil Beshli Peru ekspeditsiyasining birinchi fotosurati - oldingi qator, chapdan o'ngga: Uilyam Dann, J. K. Xolbruk; orqa qator, chapdan o'ngga: Franklin B. Kouts, Jeyms Kempbell Besli
(Chapdan o'ngga) Jeyms Kempbell Besli, Franklin B. Kouts, Artur Galaid, J. V. Dann, F. Evgeniy Farnsvort va Jon Nayt Xolbruk 1913 yilgi Janubiy Amerika ekspeditsiyasidan oldin.
Franklin B. Kates (chapda) va Jeyms Kempbell Besli (o'ngda) 1913 yilda birinchi Besley Janubiy Amerika ekspeditsiyasida Amazonka daryosining asosiy manbai bo'lgan Yuqori Maranon daryosida rafting.

Beshli partiyasi 1913 yil 19-iyulda hujjatli film ekspeditsiyasiga yo'l oldi. Besh kishilik partiya suzib ketdi Magdalena RMS Nyu-York bandargohidan "qit'aning qorong'u va odam yashamaydigan qismlarini" o'rganish uchun Peru shahrining Lima shahriga. Ekspeditsiyani "ingliz zodagonlari moliyalashtirgan" deyishgan. Beshli so'nggi daqiqada hibsga olingan va keyingi shanba kuni suzib ketishini aytgan.[80]

Ekspeditsiya a'zolari orasida menejer sifatida ishlagan kinorejissyor Franklin B. Kates; kinematografist Jon Nayt Xolbruk va botanik Uilyam Jerom Dann. Beshli ekspeditsiya zoologi sifatida ishlagan. Boshqalar Bostonlik film prodyuseri F. Eugene Farnsworth va Graflex fotograf Artur Maurice Galaid.[81] Peru hukumati tomonidan uta chivinini o'rganish uchun tayinlangan mutaxassis - amerikalik kon muhandisi Jorj Shoup va Perin hukumati tomonidan tayinlangan ekspert (Lutzomiya qum pashshalari, Leydmaniya parazitlarining suv ombori) va terining leyshmanioziga sabab bo'lgan Peru ekspeditsiyasiga qo'shilishdi va shu erda qolishdi. Beshlining safari yakunlandi.[82]

Rejissyor Kouts Xolbruk haqida sayohat paytida "Men aytmoqchimanki, Xolbruk men hech qachon uchrashmagan eng jasur va eng jozibali erkaklardan biri. U ikkilanmasdan va undan so'ralgan va talab qilingan hamma narsani qildi. U juda xavfli vaziyatlarda edi , lekin u hech qachon chayqalmadi ".[83]

Safar chog'ida bir xachir tik qiyalikdan oqimga tushib, ikkitasining biriga jiddiy zarar etkazdi Pathe kinofilm kameralari. 3000 metr plyonka va bir qator quruq salbiy plitalar yo'qoldi. Limaga qaytgandan so'ng, Besli va Kates "Incasning ko'milgan shaharlari" ga yo'l oldilar va qit'ani Amazon daryosining manbasidan tortib og'zigacha noma'lum mintaqalar orqali o'tishi uchun uchinchi sayohat qilishga qaror qildilar. qaytdi ". Peru prezidenti Gilyermo Enrike Billingxerst ularni rad etishga urindi. Guruh shuningdek, AQShning Perudagi vakili X. Kley Xovard bilan uchrashdi.[84]

Beshli, Kates, Dann va Xolbruk ot, piyoda, kanoeda va salda sayohat qilishdi. Yo'l davomida Dann guruh yo'qolgan amerikalik tadqiqotchilar Mirko Seljan va Patrik O'Higginsning suyaklari deb hisoblagan narsalarni topdi. Jamoa qoldiqlarni "xristianlarning dafn marosimini o'tkazdi va xoch o'rnatdi".[83]

Birinchi ekspeditsiya filmlarining o'g'irlanishi

Jamoa Nyu-Yorkka Bayron kemasida qaytib keldi Lamport va Xolt 1914 yil 17-fevraldagi chiziq.[85][84] Ular Amazon safarlaridan "mukammal" holatda 7000 fut plyonkalarni olib kelishdi va ma'ruza davri uchun taqdimot uchun filmni 5000 futga qisqartirishni niyat qilishdi. Kouts, jamoaning Amazonni o'rganishdan oldin, Peru poytaxti Limadan Nyu-Yorkka jo'natilgan, safarning avvalgi ikki oyog'iga o'q uzilganligini aniqladilar.[86]

Kates o'g'irlik to'g'risida "... magistral bu erda baholovchining otfisida ochilganda, barcha filmlar mavhum bo'lganligi aniqlandi". Paltolar ish bilan ta'minlangan Kuyishlar detektiv agentligi, "filmni qaytarishi va hech qanday savol berilmaganligi" uchun 1000 dollar mukofot taklif qilmoqda. Koutsning aytishicha, "agar o'ttiz kun ichida u yuborgan dumaloq qog'ozdan hech qanday foyda olmasa, u Peruga yo'l oladi va u ilgari suratga olgan barcha joylarini qaytarib oladi". Beshli Kouts bilan Peruda uchrashishni va ekspeditsiyada qatnashishni tashkil etishini aytdi.[83]

Birinchi ekspeditsiyaning gazetalarda yoritilishi

Beslining yangiliklari milliy va xalqaro miqyosda bo'lib o'tdi. Odatdagidek, Besley gazetadagi intervyularda haqiqatni juda bo'rttirib ko'rsatdi va "biz maymunlar hushtak chalib, yashil banan qaynatib yashadik ... biz o'zimiznikini qutqarish uchun 40-50 ta vahshiyni o'ldirishimiz kerak edi" kabi "faktlar" bilan bog'liq holda matbuotni ochiqchasiga yolg'on gapirdi. hayot ... biz o'n bitta oq huskies (kashfiyotchilar) bilan boshladik va biz to'rttasi bilan tugatdik ".[87] Beshlining ta'kidlashicha, mahalliy aholi ekspeditsiyani doimo tahdid qilgan. "For 30 days they had to fight their way through cannibal tribes... several times the party feared starvation, its members living on nuts and cracked corn for days."[88]

Besley was interviewed by the Belgian newspaper La Métropole in February 1914. The article mentioned "Captain Besley in an interview just gave the correspondents (of La Métropole) interesting information about his explorations in Peru...(During a trip) from Lima to July with help (Besley) arrived at Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Incas. He met an old Indian who took him to the ruins of three ancient Indian cities". The article mentioned Besley relating how he saw "blocks of stone weighing between 300 and 500 tons (with) close masonry and one wonders which engineers managed to build buildings with such materials." Besley also claimed that "...most of the objects (we) found were of an alloy of gold and silver".[89] This interview's content predated Besley's later interviews from the second expedition.

By 1915, Besley claimed the first expedition was composed of "six white men and a dozen native porters" and three of the men were killed and "only three returned".[90]

Mining research during trip

Besley took advantage of the trip to research mines and mining techniques along the course of the expedition. In early November, 1913 Besley's friend, Santa Cruz, California inventor (US 544880A ) and mine operator Charles R. Bushnell met the expedition and inspected the mines at Cerro de Pasco, Peru.[91] Cerro de Pasco is one of the world's richest kumush producing areas after silver was discovered there in 1630.[92] It is still an active mining center.

Second expedition to Peru, Bolivia and Argentina

Photograph of James Campbell Besley during 1914 Second Peruvian Expedition
James Campbell Besley (on left) with guide looking at Machu Picchu in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru during Besley's second South American expedition in 1914.

Besley announced another expedition would commence in 1914 so the missing footage could be replaced. In April 1914, Besley, Coates and Holbrook returned to Peru to reshoot the lost footage.

Kirish Buenos-Ayres, Argentina ular sayohat qildilar Transandin temir yo'li ga Santyago, Chili. They crossed the Puente del Inca, a natural arch bridging the Las Cuevas River, a tributary of the Mendoza River located in Mendoza Province, Argentina. From there, Besley and his team crossed the Andes on foot, claiming to have made the journey in nine days. Besley claimed the team visited Titikaka ko'li, on the border of Bolivia and Peru, "the highest navigable lake" in the world.

During the expedition, Besley claimed to have found "the true source of the Amazon River", claiming the source to be a small spring in Peru "at the uppermost Río Vilcanota–Urubamba–Ucayali".[93][94]

In a July 1914 interview Besley said he had "vowed he would cross the mighty Andes on foot, and cross them he did, spite of the wiseacres who said that it meant certain death".

In another interview, Besley said of the second expedition "We've got some good stuff, and we think some thrilling bits, too, as well as a mass of most informing and educational matters. We have got pictures of wild beasts and snakes, but try your best, you can't get your narrowest escapes on the film. If you knew when danger lurked, if your sun was shining and no trees intervened, and all the thousand and one essentials were in harmony it might be easier to put over the really big stuff. But come over anyway and see what we have to show you. I believe it is the best that has yet to be accomplished in the exploring and adventure line - yes, and educational too".[95]

Return ship rammed

Besley and the expedition team returned to New York city on the United Fruit Company passenger and cargo steamer Metapan. At 15:20 on October 15, 1914, the outbound Ayova rammed the Metapan at the entrance of Ambrose kanali outside New York. The Metapan had stopped due to fog and had sounded three blasts on the ship's hushtak warning the Iowan of the impending collision. The Iowan's captain did not alter his ship's course, but did drop her anchor to try and slow the fully laden ship. Nevertheless, the Iowan gashed the bow of the Metapan, traveling almost halfway through the passenger ship. The Metapan began to rapidly sink, becoming grounded in 18 feet (5.5 m) of water. Besley's scientific expedition had brought cargo from Peru including two Incan mummies, jewelry, pottery and other artifacts and motion picture film documenting the expedition. Besley's cargo was safely recovered from the ship.[96]

Claims of proof of prehistoric giants, skulls, mummies and voodoo

Besley's second expedition film was claimed to include proof of "giant skeletons and lost cities built of massive stones that he (Besley) said would be impossible to build without modern machinery". It was reported that Besley had arrived in New York from his second expedition in South America, bringing a number of scientific treasures, including the skull of a human being "who must have been eight feet in height". Besley said of the skull "A tradition among the Indians of Peru and Boliva makes the ancient race a race of giants... This may be a legend which weighed between 100 and 200 tons. It might be that we stumbled upon an isolated giant who was as much a wonder when he lived as he would be today".[97]

Other curiosities of great interest were human skulls thought to be four or five thousand years old, on which trepanning operations had been performed. These were said to be found in Boliviya, yilda Inka xarobalar. The skulls were said to have been trepanned by sawing out a square, tilting metal through it and replacing that section, and had been found by excavators in Peru and Bolivia.[97]

Besley also claimed the second expedition brought back two "pre-Inca vases" and two human mummies, said to be "forty or fifty centuries old"[95] that had been found "swathed in a sitting posture with the hands thrust under the jaws".[98]

Besley is quoted as having observed the widespread practice of vudu on his South American expeditions.[99]

Spurious expedition claims

In typical fashion, Besley embellished many aspects of both expeditions. During the second journey, Besley said the team “rescued” Australian explorer William Carr, who they claimed was found unconscious by one of the team's dogs, "having been buried for twenty-four hours in a snow drift". Besley claimed "I got hold of his tongue, pulled it out, poured brandy down his throat, chafed his hands and feet, and gradually he opened his eyes."[100] Carr's surviving that long in freezing temperatures would have been impossible.[95][100]

In a 1914 interview about the first expedition, Besley said "there were eleven in the party, seven men having joined the four just for the experience of it... eight of our party of eleven fell ill with the fevers and seven of them lost all interest in the trip".[101]

In 1917, discussing the first expedition, Besley said "of the twelve white men who started, only four returned. Several fell victims of the poisoned arrows of the natives".[102]

Besley said in a 1918 article "shortly before our expedition started a force of 135 Peruvian soldiers were ambushed and massacred to a man... Unfortunately all our dogs sacrificed their lives to secure our safety, some being killed by jaguars but most by poisoned arrows".[103]

1914 Besley expedition film

Ishlab chiqarish va premyera

1915 newspaper advertisement for Capt. Besley's South American Pictures, Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York City

According to a news story in November 1914, Besley planned to quickly edit the 16,000-18,000 feet of film they returned with so it would be ready for presentation in a New York theater.[86][104] Filmning premerasi Maksin Elliott teatri on January 15, 1915.[105]

Assignment of rights to Besley Expedition media

In 1914 and 1915, The Capt. Besley Motion Picture Company had a total of $1,097 (equivalent to $17,689 in 2019) in attachments placed on its Manhattan, New York office for outstanding debts.[106][107]

In 1915, The Capt. Besley Motion Picture Company sold the "sole and exclusive right to produce for the entire world the moving picture films and still pictures taken by the Captain Besley Motion Picture Expedition in 1913 and 1914" to the Scenograph Feature Film Company, Inc. Scenograph had been acting as the distributor of the Besley film. Besley reserved the right to own "one positive print of the expedition film for his personal use in presentations" as well as any future compensation Besley might recover from the W. R. Greys kompaniya. Besley had filed against that company for having lost the motion picture and still film negatives he had shipped from Peru to New York during the 1913 expedition.[108]

Theft of 1914 expedition movie

Percy A. McCord was Besley's expedition secretary and an author of magazine articles about Besley's second expedition.[109] He also served as general manager of the Captain Besley Motion Picture Company. In 1914, McCord stole a copy of the second Besley expedition film from the Scenograph Film Company. McCord attempted to sell the film to other film distributors, saying he personally owned the rights to the Besley movies.[110]

McCord showed the film to cinematographer Robert J. Flaherty, who had created the early and acclaimed documentary Shimolning nanoki. McCord offered to sell Flaherty the distribution rights to the Besley film. Flaherty said "Mr. McCord is, distinctly, uneducated, Illiterate" and said the Besley film "has no artistic or literary merit above the merest newspaper 'copy'..."[110] Flaherty's wife Frensis ' review of the film was "the photography was abominable, the subject matter entirely superficial..."[111]

McCord also used the stolen copy of the Besley expedition film in a Manhattan stock swindle. McCord was arrested on March 11, 1916, on a complaint filed by Louis Michaels. Michaels claimed to be an official of the Scenograph Film Company who owned the rights to the Besley films. Michaels was actually working for John B. G. Rinehart, a Manhattan attorney who had swindled an investor when he had McCord arrested.[112]

Besley film related stock swindle

A newspaper advertisement excerpt for the Globe Co-operative Film Company, Ltd.

In 1915, John B. G. Rinehart, a Manhattan attorney and Walter Content, an owner of a Manhattan stock brokerage, purchased stock in a shell company in Arizona, the "Globe Co-operative Film Company, Ltd.". Newspaper ads across America claimed the newly formed company had purchased the assets of the failed Blinkhorn Photoplay Company. Potential investors were urged to purchase stock. The newly formed company had no association with the Blinkhorn company. The New York State Supreme Court later determined the Globe Co-operative Film Company stock was "absolutely worthless".[108]

Joseph H. Cohen, a New York city resident, had recently inherited some $20,000 from his grandfather. Rinehart and Content's representatives told Cohen the Globe Co-operative Film Company "owned or controlled the Besley South American exploration movie". They claimed the value of the movie was "very great" and was "comparable... with the celebrated Rainey African hunt picture", telling Cohen "the Rainey movie had earned $1,000,000" (equivalent to $25,273,026 in 2019).[108]

Percy A. McCord, secretary of the Capt. Besley Motion Picture Company had stolen a copy of the Besley film in 1914 and was attempting to sell it to film distributors.[112] When McCord had heard about the $12,000 stock sale by Rinehart to Cohen from a detective hired by Cohen, "he demanded (of the detective) to know the name of the man who thought so highly of the pictures as to invest $ 13,000 in the stock of a company that supposedly owned them". Rinehart told McCord Cohen's name, asked McCord not to contact Cohen, and to let Rinehart's associates handle the negotiations. Rinehart wrote McCord a $100 check to screen the stolen copy of the film for Cohen during the stock purchase negotiations. The cancelled check endorsed by McCord was entered as evidence in the lawsuit.[108]

Rinehart offered Cohen $10 per share stock at a reduced rate of $6 per share. Cohen was told the stock was at that time unlisted but would "soon be listed upon the curb (over the counter)". Cohen was further told if he purchased the stock, the brokerage would recommend it to their clients, and Cohen could within a short time easily sell the stock for $12 to $13 per share. Cohen was also told that then Massachusetts Governor Eugene Foss was interested in investing in the movie. Cohen invested $13,000 in April, 1915, but quickly learned the stock was worthless and sued for a refund.[113]

Cohen won his case on appeal and was awarded $15,400, refunding his investment and court costs. The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court said in its decree "The company (Globe Co-operative) was a mere paper corporation, it neither controlled nor had any option on the picture it exhibited to the plaintiff, and in fact the whole transaction was a very common swindle.".[108]

Expedition lecture tours

A 1917 James Campbell Besley lecture advertisement from London Evening News

Besley toured the globe presenting lectures, showing photographs and the film from the 1914 expedition while recounting both expeditions. In typical fashion, Besley started exaggerating the facts of both trips in order to attract audiences.

Spurious claims of expedition deaths

By 1917, Besley claimed the expedition was a success "but at considerable cost of life, for of the twelve white men who started, only four returned". None of Besley's party died on either trip.[114] In February, 1914, a newspaper article recounted how Besley asked the expedition who among them wanted to push ahead to the Amazon and who wanted to return to New York. According to the article, "seven men said they wanted to go back, and they did..."[115]

Besley's list of expedition members who had died frequently changed, from one interview to another. For instance, Besley often claimed film producer F. Eugene Farnsworth died on the journey in 1914. Farnsworth actually died in 1926 after having become the "King Kleagle" of the Men shtatidagi Ku-Kluks-Klan.[116]

Belsey often claimed Graflex still photographer Arthur Galaid died during the trip, but he accompanied the team during the entire first expedition in 1913. Galaid was a published Gazeta korxonalari assotsiatsiyasi photographer in the 1920s.[117]

Besley often claimed another expedition member, gold and silver mine owner George Shoup died from a bite on his leg "by some venomous insect or reptile". Besley said after Shoup's leg "commenced to swell and turn blue", Shoup had died "a couple of days out from Calleo, Peru on an emergency trip home.[118] Shoup actually died in San Francisco in 1918, an apparent suicide.[119] Shoup was a cousin of the California Janubiy Tinch okean temir yo'li magnat Pol Shoup.[120]

On January 16, 1928, Besley gave a lecture to the monthly meeting of the Archeological and Historical society at the University of Arizona about his 1914 trip to the Amazon. He claimed "12 scientists and 60 porters" traveled on the expedition with him. The lecture included stories of a battle with natives "in which several of his men were killed". Besley claimed "he lost a score (twenty or so) or more in all of men to the Indians and the rapids".[121]

Royal Geographical Society, British Royalty lectures

A photo of James Campbell Besley, circa 1917. Photographer, Campbell Studios, 538 Fifth Avenue, New York (Photographer).

On January 11, 1917, Besley presented a lecture to the Qirollik geografik jamiyati da Burlington bog'lari Londonda.

A review published in the RGS' Geografik jurnal described the presentation as "a magnificent series of pictures illustrating his recent journey from the Peruvian coast over the Cordillera of the Andes and down into the Amazon forests... in a continuous series of pictures lasting two hours Mr. Besley showed the incidents of the voyage, the journey from Mollendo to Cuzco and Lake Titicaca; the principal Inca buildings, the descent of the eastern face of the Cordillera to the headwaters of the Apurimac and thence into the Amazonian forests, concluding with some especially fine pictures of the animal and reptile life. It is impracticable to describe in a brief space the incidents of the journey, which included many breathless descents of rapids on frail rafts. The procession of forest scenery as seen from the raft was of extraordinary beauty and interest. It is much to be hoped that those who had not the good fortune to be present at the meeting will have a further chance of seeing these pictures, many of which are of great geographical interest and educational value."[122]

On February 17, 1917, Besley presented his film The Amazon River and the Unexplored South America with the Besley Expedition qirolga Jorj V va qirolicha Tekamlik Maryam of Great Britain, Princess Mary and Field-Marshall the Duke of Connaught during a tea held for a number of officers in the British Overseas Expeditionary Forces da Bukingem saroyi, London, Angliya.[123][124] It was reported to be "the first of a series of weekly entertainments for overseas soldiers arranged by Their Majesties the King and Queen."[125]

On March 22, 1917, Besley gave his first "cinematograph lecture" to the British public at the Duchess of Rutland's matinee at the Philharmonic Hall in London. Proceeds were to be given to "war charities".[126]

Good luck mascot promotion

1917 newspaper article explaining how to order the Besley Pre-Inca Good Luck Mascot

For a number of years Besley offered for sale replicas of his "good luck mascot” (charm) to newspaper readers in Europe and Canada, often claiming the proceeds would benefit various local charities.

Described as a "5,000 year old, small, pre-Inca idol, embossed on one side with the figure of a woman and on the other with that of a man", the mascot was advertised as having been given to the "Captain" many years ago in Peru by an old Indian woman, whose life he had saved. The woman assured Besley the amulet would "protect him from violent death". Payments for the amulet were to be sent to different apartment addresses in downtown London, England.[127]

Besley attributed "his numerous escapes from death during his explorations in East Africa, the Arctic Circle, and through the primeval forests of unexplored South America", which were "inhabited by hostile Indians with poisoned arrow" to his possession of the mascot. The advertisement described the life saving qualities of the amulet, saying "Captain Besley was through the South African War; and at the outbreak of the Mexican Rebellion a few years ago, at the request of President Diaz raised and led a force of 2,000 Yaqui Indians, which kept the field for five months, but was eventually compelled to disband in consequence of lack of ammunition and provisions" and that "his ranch in Mexico was looted by rebels and 30,900 head of cattle and 4,000 horses and mules (were) swept away".[128] There are no contemporaneous newspaper articles that prove these claims.

In Great Britain, purchasers were asked to send £1 to the "Mascot Day Fund for Private Hospitals" in order to receive a replica of Besley's mascot and be entered into a drawing for the "original" mascot. Besley insisted that regardless of having been won in the final drawing, the original amulet "shall be lent (back) to him (Besley) when the time for his next exploration comes round".[128] The same replica mascot was offered to readers of Welsh newspapers at a lower cost of 2 shillings with no additional offer.[129] In Belgium, readers of L'Indépendance Belge were told "each buyer (of a replica mascot) will receive entitlement to a raffle ticket whose major prizes will be an automobile and a piano" if purchased for one guinea (one pound and one shilling) before July 17. After July 17, the cost of a replica mascot fell to half a guinea.[130] A year later, Besley said he was “getting a replica made” of the amulet that the actress Lily Elsie would sell at the 1918 bazaar held at London’s Albert Hall on behalf of Lady Paget's Blinded Soldier’s fund.[103]

Cotton crop experiments in Mexico

In 1920, "Colonel" Besley experimented with a trial crop of short and long-staple cotton at "his plantation", the San Carlos Ranch, 33 miles south of Hermosillo, Mexico. Besley had partnered with Dr. John Burton, a Hermosillo physician and surgeon. Together they claimed they had planted 1,000 test acres of cotton.[131]

Besley reported the crops were "growing well", that he expected "a big acreage will be planted next year" and predicted "Sonora, Mexico will be one of the greatest cotton growing districts of the Americas".[132][133]

Australian bicycle tour

A photo of James Campbell Besley (left) and Percy Skeyhill (right) on their World Bicycle Tour in Brisbane, Australia

In 1924, Besley visited a Brisbane, Australia newspaper claiming he was a veteran of the 7th Infantry Battalion of the British Columbia Regiment of the Canadian Army. He said he and his traveling partner Percy Skeyhill were attempting an around the world bicycle tour, both hoping to win a £1,000 prize.

Besley told a reporter at the Brisbane Telegraf newspaper the bicyclists could earn the reward if they "circled every country in the world and visited all important towns". One condition of the contest was "they must neither work, beg, borrow, steal nor sell anything other than a small pamphlet describing the object of the tour". Besley claimed he had been born at Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, South Africa and was "well known in Zululand, because of his several exploring expeditions into the heart of Africa".

Besley's fanciful story included an account of how the two travelers had run out of water on the Nullarbor Plain on the Great Australian Bight coast. In order to learn where water could be found, Besley claimed he seized an Indigenous Australian, tied him to Besley's bicycle, and "there he was compelled to drag along after him, of which he soon tired, and leaving the main track led the way to water". Besley said the two planned to finish their tour in seven years, reaching Montreal, Canada in 1931.[23]

Mexican rubber plantation

In 1926, Besley advertised in mid-western newspapers asking investors to assist him in working a 100,000 acre rubber plantation in Sonora, Mexico. The advertisements claimed "great quantities of native rubber near railroad", said a "small amount (investment) needed" and promised "quick returns".[134]

Sonora, Mexico uprising

In 1929, "Colonel" Besley was asked by his friend and fellow polo enthusiast W. Beckford Kibbey to assist in standing against the threat of revolutionary insurgents at Rancho El Alamo, Kibbey's 60,000 acre ranch in Sonora, Mexico. Kibbey had earned a fortune cattle ranching[135] and in the mines near Cananea in Sonora. Rancho El Alamo was described as a "castle-like fortress" built to protect Kibbey's family from "roaming bandits".[136]

Kibbey converted his house into a small fortress preparing against the rebel army commanded by General José Topete and his brother Fausto Topete, the Governor of Sonora. Besley stayed for 17 days, helping Kibbey with the planning and management of the defense of the property and ranch. The insurgency collapsed. The US government sent reinforcements into Sonora to support the Mexican federalists and the expected attack never happened.[137]

Arizona ranch and Riding Academy

Coronel Besley Riding Academy advertisement from El Tucsonense, 1944-12-22
A classified ad for Colonel Besley's Arizona Riding Academy; Tucson Daily Citizen, November 21, 1950

In the 1940s and 1950s, Besley owned the Arizona Riding Academy and Stables in Tucson, Arizona.[12] Besley had been referring to himself as "Colonel" Besley since the 1930s.[24] The first advertisement was placed in the El Tusconense gazeta. Translated to English, the copy reads "The best saddle horses, meek, dependable. Mounted English and Western style. Experienced Guides".[13][138]

O'lim va dafn qilish

Besley died on February 6, 1954. He had been living at the St. George Hotel in St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[139] His funeral services were held at Tobin's Chapel in Melbourne and his body was buried there in the Springvale Botanical Cemetery on March 1, 1954.[140][141]

Nashrlar

  • Besley, James Campbell (1914). The Captain Besley Expedition from Pacific to Atlantic: Across Unexplored South America. Philharmonic Hall.

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