The New York herald., 1870-04-15
SPANISH TREACHERY.
Interesting Letter and Dispatches from an
Eye.Witness 10 Spanish Brutaiity-Eosu
Cubnns Nlurdcred-Everythins Found b~i
Their Bodies.

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Eyewitness 10 Spanish brutality -Eosr
Cubnus MISUNDERSTANDING Found b~s
Their Bodies.
NASSAU. New Providence. April A, 1870.
MY DEAR c.
was much disappointed by seeing BY the New
York papers, particularly by the highly Interesting
copies OF the HERALD forwarded TO me, that the
United States government stIll wthholds beligerent
rights from the Cubans However, should not be
at all surprised to the policy OF the governments
change very shortly, we have some very smart
men laboring with the powers that be,n on that
question. ve,Temos, ~ - -
."Ar4 HIS ::.s .aanpensd most shocking and mystic.
rious case OF four Cubans, who left here with two
Nassau negroes for CUBA. A general belief prevails
that they have been murdered or sold to Spanish
man-orwar. The circumstances are as fol.
lows:-Four Cubans undertook to pass from
Nassau via Cuba to Green Cay-bo,n
islands near Cuba. Their sames were Miguel Grave
dc Perata, jose Luis Hernandez Jose Guiteres aud
Cornelio Locorro. they lett in boat with two ne
groes, named David Watson and Jabez Franks, ana
bore dispatches from General Quesada TO the repub-
About three weeks after they left the boat ro
| turned from Green Cay with the two colored men.
They reported having landed the Cubans on tire
coast They stated they had taken all their things
| with them. Mr. Carlos Lomaz asked for the certiH-
cate 0f their landing, which, however. they were
unable to produce. Their reply that they landed
! there at night, had obtained no certificate, aud
leaeu 10 wait LOT any lest the! SHOULD De taken ~
| the Spaniards.
| Foul play was at once suspected. rhe Nassau
Cubans determined to watch watson and Jabez,
and results showed tnat their suspicious were
| not without foundation. One OF the fellows
discovered selling dagger and some clothes be-
| longing to one OF the patriots. They were then
rested their house searched and the property OF the
Cubans found therein.
The steamer Anna was then placed at the disposal
| OF the government TO go TO Green Cay, and soon
proceeded upon her course. Besides her crew there
were on board police Inspector, four policemen
and eleven Cubans. On reaching Green Cay they
| found the remainder or the outfit OF the missing
Ing, coat stained with blood and q knife with
marks OF blood upon 1t. In fact everything the
patriots took with them, not found at Wats0n'S
house, was discovered here save the bodies oil tho
men and the dispatches they bore.
The missing dispatches makes US here believe
that the Spanish gunDOat stationed here and which
left here before these four gentlemen started had O.
hand In this mystery.
No doubt exists here but that the men were muir.
oered. When the Anna went to Green Cay she
found there three men whom she toek prisoners
note reached me from an authoritative source mean
while stating that Webb one Of the supposed mur-
derers died suddenly In jail.
General Santana Is still here. The inspector OF
police, four policemen and eleven Cubans have
changed the quarter OF their search aud have gOno
Island through the middle beht OF the Fish Caysolt
s said that schooner had there the boat which
carried the missing Cubans. The Spanish man or.
war Bazan left an hour after the schooner Since
then II Is reported that slOOp which was stopped
by Spanish man.0fwar brings news OF the United
oil these men have passports there Will be q lively
time OF IN Havana II they be subjected 10 Spanish
barbarity.
Yours, faithfully C.KE.