The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-01-12

of its successful evacuation. The bells had
been rung and people about the new capital
had been commanded to rejoice over the
great victory achieved b. Martinez and his
gallant men. But now came another report
1t was in the winter time. and Geld storm
had been prevailing for day or two. Some
one told ne, with bated breath, the night
before two soldiers had gone to Nine lynch
house At Patino-cue and seized the wife OF
Martinez and bid her march to the capital
The distance was eight leagues and the SOL
diers with frequent blows of their sabr es
drove her over the sh ground to Asuncion.
OF course shs could have no idea what offense
she had committed. but she knew we'll the
chara cter of Lopez, and that of the trea cher.
Gus she dragon with whom she lived for
months past. She b ad seen many others.
apparently high in the favor of this aband-
, oned harrldln, sent with her approval to
prison in chains and that the same fortune
fallen to herself could have been surpris-
ing as if she had dwell, among people hav-
ing the feelings Of ordinary humanity. The
poor WON IN WIS driven through mud and
over tn. rough roads without rest or relief
till she came to the town. Her light shoes
soon gave out. and hes feet were cut, br .is ed .
bleeding, AMI torn, long her walk was
over. Arrived at the landing place of the
( capital, she was taken into room of the ar-
senel and loaded with heavy letters, and
left for few moments to mediate on the mu-
tability Of hum,n affairs. She was then
driven on board Of q steamer and taken to
headquarters, where she WIS subject to
every torture that Lopez AMI her bosom
friend, Nine. Lynch could d.vise With
what mockery of the forms of justice that Lo-
PEE pretended SO scrupulously to observe, she
was brought before his tribunal of murdcrers
and torturers, and questioned in reg ,rd TO the
treachery of her husband. Al she had not
seen HIM for months she could have known
nothing of his recent acts and probably was
not even aware at that time Of his having sur
rendered.
| Lopez believed, or pretended to believe,
thata conspiracy had been in progress for a
! long time, and the fact that Martinez had
surrendered rather than die OF starvation
was proof that he was one of the conspirator
and his wife was ordered to confess that it
was SO, and give all the particulars of the
plan AMI the names ofthe parties to it. But
the poor oman knew nothng and could not
confess She had only known her husband
rs one who had served his master too faith
| fully, and carried out his orders with horrible
fidelity. She was then logged with sticks
and The flesh literally cut from her shoulders
and back, and IN this way encouraged to con-
fess. What could she tell she knew moth
ing. Then tn ceoO uruyuayaaa was applied
which Was never known to fail in bringing
out any confession that Was asked. Bliss,
Taylor, Sagnier, and Masterm IN, all admit
ted that the agony Of this torture WAS such
that they would promise to tell anything re-
quired. Their greatest difficulty WAS to know
what to confess. They knew nothing and yet
must admit that they knew much, and their
stories must be such as agreed with the con-
fession of others. Their time of confession
| Came long after that of poor Mrs Martinez
| and when the conspiracy story had taken
such form and consistency that the inquisitors
knew what they were expected to e1tort and
had learned how to put their questions so as
IMPLY what answers were required. But she
had nothing to guide her, and could only pro-
test that she knew nothing
The mother of Martinez wa. also brought
to headquarters and subjected to similar treat
ment, and afterward executed at the same
time with her sons wife. Lopez knew well
enough that neither had anything to tell but
he wished to make an example Of them, that
his other most trusted officers might see wha,
was in store for their wives mothers, and sis
tiers in case they should ever fall into the
hands Of the enemy Other indienities not to
be described, and the nature of which cannot
even be limited at. were also inflicted on this
favoritc and friend of Nine Lynch, as if to
warn them of the fate in store for their swn
wives and sisters, should they ever come short
OF obedience to tie orders Of Lopez. They
might learn from the fate of Martinez wife
and mother that they might sght uutil they
died or were killed, or all they loved would
! suffer the same cruel fate.
! 1t was part of the policy Of Lopez to hus-
band his material for torture. If they died
under the infection it greatly enraged him,
and his inquisitors kept him we'll informed Of
! the condition of the tortured. The pain and
agony of hers had become his principal de-
! light; when o victim escaped him through the
gate of death. he felt it AS a wrong to him
self, and that h. had been robbed of q source
! of pleasure. The inquisitors and tortures
therefore knew that they were to graduate the
sufferings of the wife and mother Of Martinez,
so they could not die. On one day the fog
ging would be applied until its continuance
would endanger life and as soon as the wounds
were slightly healed, the eepo uruguayana was
repeated, until death should threaten to
snatch them away, when they we're left to re.
cover sufficiently to bear repetition Of these
horrid practices. The effect of the eepo uru-
guayand was such that persons subjected to it
remained in q state of semi-consciousness for
several days aferward. Yet the wife of
Martinez Was kept alive long enough to un-
dergo II at six different times between whites
being logged till her whole body was a livid
mass,
Yet Lopez would not let her die. She was
still kept alive; and when, more than six
months after her arrss, hs saw that ~. d,n