Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

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two sailors Immediately rushed upon him,
when he, in despair at having been seen,
and knowing all hopes OF life to be over,
attacked them with sticks-having lost his
pistol days previously and knocked one
of them down, asking to be killed, but was
in turn Knocked down and scared. When
overpowered he at once gave lis true name
and rank.
brought after his capture to Puerto Prin-
cipe, where he was confronted by Gen.
Rodas. In this interview he stated that he
knew the Spaniards would take his life,
and that he was at deaths door. but lie had
no regrets to express, and gloried IN the 30
years support he had given to the Cuban
cause. He gave the names OF those who
had landed from the open boat With him
upon the key, and added that they were
well armed, and if met would sell their lives
dearly; but he believed they had escaped to
the mainland In this he was probably cor
rect, for all the after searches of the Span
iards upon the key have resulted in finding
no one. Onlya small dog. which one of the
party owned, has been met, and in pure
wantonness the Spaniards killed the poor
animal. Gen. Goicouria also told General
Rodas that he had intended leaving the ISL
and with Gen. Jordan, but was prevented
from so doing by President Cespedes, who
retained him on business, and even offered
him the position vacated by Gen. Jordan,
but he iGoicourial declined, knowing that
his 10th year and their attendant infirmi-
ties untitled him for the position. Then
President Cespedes charged him with
an important commission to Mexico,
aud il was while on lis way 10
discharge it that he was intercepted
by the Delamater gunboat Soldado. forced
on 10 Guajaba key, and then captured, his
great, st error having been lis failure to
destroy the documents he had IN valise,
and which, when found by the Spaniards,
placed them upon his track. Some of the
Spanish papers claim that he also told the
Captain General that the Cubans of New
York were being deceived By the insur-
gents; that, having seen the true state OF
things, he had become disguised, and was
leaving for Mexico, there to live IN peace.
have good grounds for declaring there is
no truth in the claim-that nothing Of the
kind was said.
On the way from Nuevitas to Havana,
Gen. Goicouria freely engaged In CONVEX
sation with many OF the passengers of the
steamer he was on, warmly defending the
Cuban cause and hoping for It's ultimate
triumph. AS for his personal fate he de-
clared himself indifferent; that he had al
ready lived the three score and ten years
allotted by the psalmists as the term of
life. He was landed in Havana in an un-
expected direction, and hurried to prison
through back streets, in order to save him
from the insulting remarks OF the
thousands OF Spaniards who had as
sembled on the wharves and on
O'Reilly and Prado streets to see him You
know that almost as soon as lie had reach
ed the prison a durm-head court-martial
was assembled to try him. Only the identi-
fcation of the person was required, and
then the question of punishment was taken
up. One of the most brutal members of the
court wanted him tied to the tail Of horse
and dragged through the streets until dead
and torn to pieces, while another brute ask
ed that he be tied to stake and then ston-
ed to death b. the populace. Both OF these
barbarous propositions were voted down,
and death by the garrote, the punishment
of criminals. resolved upon, the execution
10 take place the next morning, Saturday,
at a. m, as it did.
Gen. Goicouria was not ut all unnelved
when told the decision of the court, but
stated that he would have preferred being
shot; but that he saw the Spaniards were
resolved to treat him with the same cruelty
they had shown to his friend Lopez and
Pinto, so be would not complain, but would
meet death in any form presented, as a
brave man should. At 2 a. m. he was
placed in cGpiLla and furnished with priest,
and an hour later he was removed to Castle
Principe, a distance ofnearly two and halt
miles. and was made to walk nearly
all the way, the Spaniards, no doubt,
reckoning upon breaking down the old
man, and so cause him to meet death in a
state of physical prostration, but in this
| they were egrepously mistaken. The Gen.
erals strength and courage literally rose
with his increasing embarrassment. The
decision of the drum head court martial
was known throughout Havana within an
hour after it was rendered, and long before
daylight there were several thousand
persons assembled around Castle Principe,
and on the ground chosen for the execution.
At 5 a. M. two nieces of Gen. Goicouria,
the Senoritas de Mora, dressed in deep
mourning, went to the CASTLE and had a
short and last interview with him. Both
in going and returning from the castle
these ladies were hooted at and insultei by
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times the actual Intervention of a number
of Spanish officers, who were detailed TO
accompany the senoritas, was required
to save them from personal maltreat-
ment, so great was the Spanish rage
against their victim and his relatives.
At "a a. m. Gen. Goicouria was marched
from the castle to the place of execution,
his hands tied in front of him. and guarded
bu 20Q al volupfaorS He bol ohon,
500 yards to go, and walked the distance
with great composure, twice on the way
exchanging salutes with volunteer officers
he knew, smile each time playing over
his features. Arrived at the garrote, he
assembled the platform unaided and with
quick steps. and turing toward the people,
endeavored to address them, but, as told
you in my last, the music of two bands
and the roll of some 40 drums were at once
successfully employed to drown his voice.
Notwithstanding this he labored hard 10
have himself heard opening his mouth
wide, gesticulating with his tied hands,
and with his long, white beard and hair,
nankin pants and vest, and bottle-green
colored coat, presented an affecting spec
tacle. Nothing he said was understood.
though everybody thinks his closing words
were, "Iiua Cuba HJrer Apparently
nettled at the success of the Spaniards in
preventing his words from reaching those fol
whom intended. he resigned himself into
the hands of the garroter, and was soon
dispatched, dying without any apparent
struggles. His body was kept in the gar
rote until p m, when il was removed
aud buried in the criminals graveyard, the
authorities having refused to give il up to
his relatives. From %, 900 to $4,000 per-
sons witnessed the execution, and beyoad
the mentioned insults TO the Senoritas de
Mora, behaved throughout tolerably well.
This was no doubt greatly due to a procla-
nation from City Gov Roberts, urging the
people to thus act. al
A REPORTERS REVENGE "A Dayton re-
porter, who couldn't attract the attention
of a female reporter at the late Woman's
Suffrage Convention in that city, thus pays
her for her Independence and Indifference:
"Miss Sallie M. Joy represented the Bos-
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