New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-17

m"ssacrc them ali, But fortunately for them the
officer sent 10 perform this cheerful task tonnd some
abandoned liquors and got drunk ooiVio oAoou'S
his orders. In the meantime the DiaAhano ''o UP
The account which these poor people gave OF their
sufTer;nus while IN the hands OF Lopez was most
LeaTt.rending' Surgeon Turnbull. of the English
gunboat Cracker has published IN the Engllsh news,
papers detailed account OF their condltloh anu
suerngs quote the following e1traC oSv cscane5
confirm the worst that has been said OF the fghtin
atrocities of Lopez. and speak of tho terrible sns
pense they have lived IN ior months, nay w
suce TO say that they and all speak In faVOr OF
Mr. Washbnrn, the United States Minister and con-
denim his successor, Gen. Mcblahon.
Mr.. VIM. Eden and his wife, who lived hye
and a half months in the Legation. were
among those who escaped at this time' ana
Mr. Eden gave vbo in 1o the hands Of LOPEZ that
was published in The BuenOs Ares Standard In TINS
he says he believes there never was any conspiracy
and that his wife, who attended BITS Had he
been as eager to scent treason and serve Lopez as
was Capt Kirkland. perhaps she might have dis
covered as much as he did.
Col George Thompson who was Lopezs principal
Engineer and the real hero Of the war; and who sur
rendered as prisoner at the fall OF Angostura. mas
published book giving the military history or the
war In this book he denounces Lopez as a mon
ster without parallel and as c0wardiy az ne Is cruel
In speaking Of the massacre, described above, Dy
Truenfedt, he says, I" these executions TOOK pace
in sight of LOpezs sisters, who had been horribly
beaten, no one knew why, and who were sent OFT to
the country in carts" -
"IOpez had never been under fire before these last
days of the war; and thus he can hardly be SAID 10
have been So as he was always either OUT Oh rango
or protected by tho thick mud wall or his mousse
During the last days of December he repeatedly
swore to the troops that he would stay ana conquer
or die with them there. On his going away, tnere-
fore, almost without smelling powder the men;
though so well trained to think everything he di9
as perfectly right yet felt Disguised with him. and
/ have heard many of those who were taken priSoh-
ers desCant on his cOwardlCe.
Speaking of the motives of Lopez in tortmrng ana
numbering so many innocent people, COl. lnoinpson
says: There can be little doubt that the opysct Oh
I0pez in all this was to get into his hands all the
money, public and private, existing In the country
and that ut the Same time he proted by the oppor
tpnty to put away every one az tha rSasmTv was
thing impossible to be done in Paraguay except Dy
| himself, on account of tho manifold system Oh
espionage always at WORK especially IN tls 20 bp DE-
posted IN his Golfers, and most probably buried
| in different, parts of the country, he had er1y
| one who had anything TO do with the treasury
or public Offices or with his private stewardship,
taken down to the army and murdered so that there
is no one alive who has the remotest ldea WheIe
the Paraguayan treasury money Is, except hlhsen.
All the merchants and Others who had any money
were treated in the same manner"
| Mr. Alonzo TAYLOR, another Eneishman, long resi-
dent In Paraguay, and man of excellent character
vino was with nearly every other respectable person
in the country arrested and put to the torture rs
consplratOr, thus describes the cepo mgghdyahd'
which Is the fay0rlte means employed Dy LoPeH W
eXtOrt confessions:
THE torture is as follows, and this is how suf-
fered it: sat on the ground with my knees up; my
legs were first tied tightly together, ana tnen ny
hands behind me with the palms outward. musket
| was then fastened under my knees; SIX more Oh
| them tied together in bundle, were then put on
my shoulders. and they were loOped together win
| hide-ropes at one end. They then made running
loop on the other side from the lower musket to the
Others and two soldiers, hauling on the end OF H.
forced my face down 10 my knees and secured IL So
"The effect was as follows First the feet went 10
sleep; then tingling commenced in the toes gradu-
ally extending TO the knees and the same III the
hands and arms increased till the agony was unbear-
able, NV tongue sweed up and thought my jaws
would have been displaced; lost all feeling ia one
side of my face for fortnight aiterward Inc sur
| ferinR was dreadful. / should certainly nave con-
fessed if had had anything to confess, and have no
doubt many would acknowledge anything 10 escape
bearing the horrible agony OF this torment re-
| NAMED two hours as have described ana cohsld-
| cred myself fortunate in escaping them; for many
| were put IN the uruguayana twice, ana others hIA
| times and with eight muskets on the nape ol inc
| neck.
Mrs Martinez was tortured six times in this nor.
| rible way. beside being logged and beaten with
sticks until she bad not an inch OF SKIN Tree from
| wounds Formy part | do not believe there
was any conspiracy at all unless on the part OF the
President himself 10 rob foreigners OF their money.
Capt Adolph Lagur. native Paraguayan, and a
cousin of Lopez who was put To the torture LOT no
other reason he says than that being put to the
| work of tOTturing Others, he was not savage and
cruel enough TO please his monster chief declares III
( a statement made after his escape, the greater
number of the prisoners suffered fortunes Of all kinds
before being made away with such as the ceDo un-
guaydnd fiOggnR. and hunger. Many of these I'M
happy men, who had been put 10 the torture, deed.
sometimes five six day, from tho agony and
starvation"
Ihaye n great mass of testimony all Of the same
general character now lying before me 1t contains
the evidence of perhaps 80 different witnesses Of the
monsters cruelties. There ~ perfect harmony
throughout the whole Of it. No one knows anything
about the conspiracy except that hundreds OF Tor
were tortured and executed for being engaged IN It,
But will give the testimony OF only lew OF the
others. DIR. VIM. Stewart, Scotchman, who for
many years, was the physician OF Lopez, and who
was more with him, and knew more OF his character
and intentions than any one else who has escaped
from his rs cgfhe %s a iSp%s AZ e
ton what YOU say of the calumny Of the press
Oh your arrival in the States, and / cannot feel
satisfied that they have only ceased 10 persecnte
your awfully-cTitCal situation 10 DEFY such an I'M
scrupulous despOt. from whom mere hint would he
enough to deprive you OF your existence ana 10
submit your family TO unspeakable horrors"
AS to how far Mrs. Lynch ~ To be held Responsible
for her share in the barbartes OF Lopez, my belief
is that she urged him on to make war that she
never lost an opportunity before or after the
mencement Of the to poison the mans mind
with hatred and jealousy of every person OF merit
that she always approved of the serGe justice
exercised by Lopez and would tell him he was too
good she increased much as she could his natu-
raj cOwardice, for she knew nothing pleased him bet
ter than TO be told that his life was IN danger from
assassination; she lost opportunity OF scraping
together everything of value which to be found
in the Treasury in the sanctuares of the country
know she encouraged everybody to believe in that
pretended conspiracy, and on these occasions have
sometimes caught her eye and am sure, from her
confusion, she was convinced OF the falseoood she
was supporting do not doubt but her
memory will be cursed by generations yet unborn in
that unhappy country.
"You ask my opinion of the origin Of the idea OF n
in u IN
matter minutely in some papers, which, on recover
ing will send TO you. We must 20 very mlnutely
into the smallest circumstances connected with hat
horrible tragedy. The shades OF the departed re-
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