The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-07-30
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io@ s0msEhze Rbsstlly. Incident has
i Ecaa6sd considerable szdtsns1s here
{ WithiR the past fsW-aeskz within 3
few hupdgsaEyeras Of the new Plaza
de Dos Msye,- -inaugTated on the second
Of this month, there IS 3 LEGALITY call
ed the Cruz del Q Qdsmadero. L is =
| field some three hundred metres square.
at the top of Gale Aiehs-ds San
4 Bernardo, near the hospital bait By the
exg6dgeu.@ TbF0ugihiiE new road was
ilately Dpsnsd9 audGas thsIglouId was
elevated, az1csitting Of considerable
! depth bad TO be dug, The Eorkmen
| laid bare several pecuisr looking
horizontal strata, ofirregular formation.
One was one hundred and fifty feet in
length, another fifty, another Ten. The
thickness varied from. eight 70 eighty
centimetres. In color the soil was
black, the lower strata being much
blaeker than the superior ores.
On examination humps Of eharrsd
wood were found, interspsrsed with
ashes, evidently the remains Of some
huge FIRE. Curiosity vas soon excited,
and further Investigation demonstrated
that in portions Of these Hgiy boxing
strats, the finger came upon small
pieces Of adiPose matter, which yield
ed, like butter, to theltoaeh. Iroa
rings were grubbed up; human bones,
q cfaniun, a long thf1 Of hair, having
belonged to some female. sAlIthess
were more ofs Tess c6atfed Some Of
the iron was partially fused, and the
texture of bone intermingled with sand
was plainly diseeFuabie. Aqgag, too
turned up. The question, what we're
these lugubrious Fec0Eds,Vas ausWeRed
at once. 90 This field Of the Cruz del
QueBsdero was the placs where the
iuquisitiou disposed Of some, Of IL VIC
tins. Here were the gbastly proofs
Of the horrors Of which this place had
been the scene, suddenly brcught 10
light after the lapse Of two centuries.
E On the l2th Of Mayy 16s8aneighty-
three heretics, inelnding twenty He
breWs, of whom five WeTs Women, were
immolsted on this very spot The pile
Of wood was eighty feet in length by
seven feet IN height A great tcoucourse
the dutOl ia fis, and the horri-
ible ceremonial completed, the people
buried the remains Of their victims un-
der cart-loads Of eaTth.b These iFfegu-
lar geological strata are nan9ht slss bat
the silent testimony TO the atrocities
PefpstEsted on this spot inzthe0name Of
religion. and the Catholic Unitg.R5 Out
Of one your special correspondent hook
ed out, with his finger ons entire bone
Of human veftsbEal. columey 3 portion
Of the tibia, a fFagmentof 3 shoulder
blade with hole through It, and q bit
of a nbgah bearing the marks Of fire.
Upward of two caTt-lOads Of remains Of
this sort hsye-been carried away and
dsOs6tlJa buried. Z But thessgh6Srible
strata Thers they remain to tell their
OFR tale and instruct the present gen
eration. On the 18th q public meeting
was convened, to be held at the Quema-
dero, by the Republican youth Of Mad.
I'D, to protest against priestly intoler-
snce and to advocate freedom Of al con-
science. That this discovery should
have been made at q moment when the
Spanish clergy are striving their ut-
most to affirm the unity Of the Roman
Catholic Church and ara preaching in
churches Of the metropolis sGainst
heresy, is q striking coincidence.
Tie Quemadero IS 90 freduentsd By
pie in search Of relics and the sxplora-
ions Of these strata have been 80 extsn-
sive, that the authorities have barred
.he frontage Of and prohibited access.
1t is their intention to- cut q square
block, and there erect q 4inOuumenE Il
s estimated by Elofsnte, the great his
iorian Of the Inquisition, tEist this atroe-
0us tribunal has deprived Spain Of
.welve millions of souls, inclGdine the
Jews and Moore expelled from the
country. s1i092 perished by fire; lT,-
359 were frst butchered aud then
burned 29l, ,9s5 died Of torture. Total,
270,7S6.