New-York tribune., 1871-12-16

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a,, orcnant IL may be- for know him. and he always
xoc,ts, when he csu what he threatens" Tho LADIES
viedsd and ~ these tender women were orouKn' ''
,orto Principe each seated In front OF dirty ow'p0
| rpf,au with his around her body The shock ".'
Zoo ereat for tho beautiful Ciode. On reschinG frn:
cine the whole of the lower part OF her body was ou
to he rarayzcd and Dr.. Risco. who attended her after
her arrival says he doubts II she ever recover
Rafael do Varona had served In the cavalry under
RYAN, and when the latter left the sland was apponted
TO the command of the corps At the time Of his capture
he was ON visit rancho TINT had been Duit IN tno
woods where thirty ladies, including three OF hs
own sisters and many children were hidden. Guided ny
some vile traitor, body Of spanards, divided into TWO
columns came up and surrounded the rancho. Varona
knew that his hour had come; but sezng hs revolver,
he issued out to meet the yrants OF his country. Inc
women and children fed dismsyed bullet from ON
American muske truckVarona andbroke his thigh pone'
On one he discharged six shots OF his revolver ana
wounded two men, As as his shots were expended,
the Spaniards rushed him. and slashed and stabbed
him to death They unable however, to identity
their vctim and seizng Of the young ladies, Maria
Aguilar they dragged her the corpse and threatened
her shc did not dvulge the name OF mur
dercd She proessed entire ignorance she said she
was Holgun. and knew Of that Jurisdiction
One Of the morsados coming up to the body recognized
1t that OF varona. The exuaton among the savaRes
was great. They gathered all the women and children
from woods, and drew them up in line, and then
tying varonas body by the heels to the tail of one OF
the horses they dragged 1t up a1d down before them
his three sisters standing In the line In dragging
it, it caught against the stump of tree, when the com
mander Of the column yelled out to the savage mat
was riding the horse which dragging the body dig
in your spurs and haul him out OF it, and to the pn'
mite amusement OF the gang Varonas head was nearly
pulled from body, and the stump was besmeared witn
his brains
Probably in no land and in age has such devilish
| xvifna hat
Manuel Garcia brought to his DEATH His sole crime
was that he was Of the estate Trunfo belong
Ing TO the Guerra family whose owners were serving In
the patriotic ranks Personally Guerra had never given
and or assistance the Cuban In shape. He
was captured while inspecting the fences Of the place by
| a column Of regular troops. They dragged him 10
neghboring tree, and under 1t they tied the old mans
hands together by the wrists his head They then
attached to his wrists end Of rope, and throwing
the end over branch Of the tree, fastened this other
end to stake the ground They previously lifted the
old man up, that when the rope was taut from the
stake across limb Of the tree his feet danged about
yard from the ground. Hauling then at the rope near
the end fastened to the stake. they hoisted him some
feet in the air. and then suddenly let CO. AT the
first fall both of the old mans pulled out Of the
sockets. The agony fearful. He implored them TO
kill him. but the Hends. goang in his orments con-
tnucd hauling him up and letting him fall, till every
tendon and muscle his body severed This lasted
some 80 minutes and last finding that life not yet
extinct, the brutes took stakes out OF the neighborng
| fence and Drained their victim to DEATH
The Moa family h rather was, OF the wealthest in
| Cana guey. 1t OF those all OF whose SONS arc
brave and all the daughters beautiful" The men by
experience, exposure, and manly pursuits their vast
cattle estates Injured to lardshps and exposure, the
pictures Of health and viriity; the daughters refined,
accomplished and Of surprising beauty. the pride OF
Puerto Principe and Of Camaguey. All the men Of the
family joined the revolution at it's outbreak, and the
| hnar and intn The mn
the nObles Of in l776 All the Of the family
| married. and the two female victims OF the last
brutal assassination Mercedes and Juana, sisters
maiden names sMora-renOwned for their beauty and ac
conplshments and married to Melchor and Alejandro
Moa. Alexandra Mola, husband Of JuaRa, was
| lame before the revolution, and received shot
| in battle which broke his other leg, and being
unable to get away. deliberately hacked to
pieces by the spaniards Another brother Gregoro had
had surprised by a large body Of spaniards and
endeavOring to escape his sword trpped him, and the
spaniards came up and dispatched him. nephew Of
these gentlemen, Julio Moa, living in hut in the
woods with his wife on his place near Las Parras. He
had retired from active service in the revolution in
sequence Of and partial loss of sight One day
Spanards, led by Capt Obregon found their way to
the hut. Julio Mola by his unceasng vigilance, saw
and got away into the woods at tho back of the hut
Obregon asked his wife where he She replied that
being unable any longer to Cuba he had intended
to surrender but that for fear Of ObregOn, he had
| fed to the woods. Obregon told her to assure him
| that he need have fear, that Obregon would be
| personally responsible for his life HereupOn the
| wife went into the woods and called him. He came
Obedient to her CALL "COme" she said the officer In
command has given me his word that your life will be
| spared. You longer your country Let us
all 20 in" MOa, his wife, and their two young children
then conducted to the Spanish fortified camp at
! Las Parras. Here they detained five days. and
Obregon In violation Of his plighted word at least to
| ,,xipU hand fha,no
mander OF the fort On the fifth day after their
der they were all ordered to get horseback and pro-
coed Puerto Principe On reaching the estate Of Santa
Isabel the Spanish commander OF the column ordered
the wife and children ahead As they out
| Of sight, Julio MOa told to dismount. and he was
then and there cut to pieces. Not shot was fired His
corpse left unbured and the murderers rode to
the head of the column and conducted their victims
| wife and children into Puerto Principe.
The following account of the brutal murder Of the
ladies Mercedes and Juana MOa, and five Of their chill
dren taken from the lips of the little Of Mercedes
spaniards had left for dead These ladies' of
whom as have already said, Juans) a widow,
were living hut in the woods. close to the Spanish
| camp at LazarO With them were three children OF
Mercedes and four OF Juana. Melchor MOa, the hus-
band OF Mercedes had been Prefect Of Caunao under
the Cuban Government but had retired from service.
He did enter the army account Of his weak state
Of health and had been for many years, alike In Cuba
in Paris and In this city, where he educated subject
to species Of epileptc ts The ladies had servant
with them, and Mechor lived In small hut, about a
mile from his family. Iazaro distant about II leagues
west OF Puerto Principe the Esprtu Santo road and
the Spanish camp there commanded by Col. Fran
cisco Acosta a renegade Cuban. This Acosta, the
very day of the massacre, the 9th Of January
| last, stopped at the little rancho OF the MOa
| ladies, his way from Puerto Principe to his
camp at Lazaro and asked Mercedes to influence her
| nd he he at