Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-09-07


The next in order is the letter of Mr.. Camp
bell 10 the Captain General, demanding sec
ond interview with Rey, on account of having
received a letter from him contradicting his
former statement The letter is annexed, and
is as follows:
Senior consul of the United States, am call
ed Juan Garcia Rey; | was forced by the
Spanish consul from New Orleans. seek
refuge under the American flag, and wish again
to return to the United States --
srag e. ,eeg JUAN GARCIA.
| On board the Terrible. July 27, 1919
P. 81 have come by force. the Spanish
consul having taken me on a false order from
the Recorder of the Second Municipality, and
forciby shipped me al O'Clock at night. ia
king me from the house of Don Jose Morante.
For this reason desire you to be my protec-
tor, and to send me back again, for if you
don't they will shoot me. -
81 ,s @,sa3 -e JUAN GARCIA REY..#
On board Of the Terrible. ssass el".
did not speak frankly to you, because the
captain Of the port was present -
A true copy: Ell CONDE DE ALCOY.
| In answer TO this demand. the Captain
General says that he considers demand for a
second interview, as made by Gen. Campbell,
as out of his power 10 grant, in accordance
with his duty in the maintenance of the ma
tional honor, &C.; he therefore declines acce-
ding to it, and requests Gen. Campbell TO refer
the matter 10 his government. No further cor
fespondence is given, although It IS but rea-
sonable to infer, from the subsequent surren-
der of Rey, that our Consul made demand
for him under direct instructions from his 60
vernment There is also a statement of Rey.
giving detailed account of the abduction and
all the circumstances connected with it -
| Declaration Of Rey-At the ever faithful
city of Havana, this 9th of August 1910, APP
peared before His ExceIiency and the present
Notary, Juan Garcia, a native of Gallicia, ex-
Tailor of the Royal Prison of this city, bach
| elor four-and-twenty years old, at present a
prisoner in consequence of the flight, which
he helped to effect, from the Royal of Vicente
| Fernandez and Civic VilIaverde, and having
bound himself to tell the truth as far as he
knew, was examined in the following man
| neF:
Being asked, if at the end of last month,
whilst in quarantine, the American Consul
visited him and offered him protection, and
what he answered said That Senior Campbell
visited him, and asked him if he had come
there voluntary or by force, and if he wished
to return in the same ship to the u. States; 10
which he answered, that he had come of his
own free will, and that he did not wish to re-
turn. Being asked, if, in this declaration, he
acted frankly and freely, or if he was lmpell-
ed by any cause 10 conceal his true feelings,
said that he acted frankly and freely. Being
asked, if, the same day, he had written let
ter to the American Consul, calling for his
intervention in order that he might return to
the United States, said: That he had, and that
he was led to it from being told by an indiyd-
ual whom he did not know, and who passed
in boat alongside ofthe vessel in quarantine,
that he had done wrong not to accept the Of
fer of Senior Campbell, for that he would fare
badly that this speech made an impression
on him, and in moment of terror he wrote
the letter which he was asked about. Being
asked if he wrote said letter aboard of an A.
merican vessel, SAID: Yes; and that she was
called the Andrew Ring that when he said
he signed aboard The &c Terrible" it was an
equivocation, because there was nc such ship
as the Terrible, nor had there been during the
quarantine which he kept on the Ring and
| the Mary Ellen.
Being asked what induced him TO come
here, and what made him leave New Orleans,
said, that Vincente Fernandez almost entirely
abandoned him in that city, and more COM
pletely still, when said Fernandez went away
without taking leave, and without deponents
knowing where he was going that deponent
feared yet greater poverty, and driven on by
want and by the fear that Fernandez had put
in play his evil arts to get rid of him and as
sassinate him, in order that he (deponenO
might not reveal certain important secrets
which he (FernandcZ) had impaired to him in
his days of confidence, he (deponenD presen-
ted himself TO the Spanish Consul, who re-
ceived him kindly, that the Consul told him
that he would write TO Havana to see if he
could obtain a pardon, and that after some
time. he (the ConsuD showed two letters from
the Political Secretary. in which pardon was
offered if he had revelations to JUSTLY it, and
that he had nothing TO fear; that this and the
persuasions oil the Consul decided him to come,
and being one night at the house OF Jose Mo-
raDte, where he lived, Fulgencio Llorente
called on him about O'Clock in the evening,
and went with him unaccompanied by any
other person until he embarked on board the
/ Mary Ellen, when Llorente told him that his
passage was paid. Being asked if any force
was used to put him on board, said: No; and
that there could not have been any as he was
with Llorente alone, and at an hour when the
streets were full of people. Being asked if
he was in carriage or afoot, said: that he
was afoot Being asked if he had endeavor-
ed to conceal in N Orleans, the fact that he
intended coming to Havana. said
That the Consul had charged him to say
nothing of ii, fearing, doubtless, that the
friends of Fernandez would attempt something
against him if they could not induce him TO
desist. Being asked if he remembers to have
told Jose Morante of the fears which assailed
him, said: Yes and that Moranie gave him a
pistol, which he left in his house when he
came away. s-a Is ~s ~ q
Being asked, if, in returning to the city, he
wrote 10 His Exeelleney the caplain-General.