St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-12-08
.SHONhiNG .lTHOCITl.
Eight i"m,rg Men Assas>iratr,! in Cuba.

Eight lonnG Hen AnsaS>iiiii"t ia Cuba.
The telegraph has already alnounc; al
the murder OF eight Young men. az boy :.
at IIavana. The y. \. ST" has the
following continuation:
The facts of the case are. that r,r
Thursday last, there being II" lecture 10
the first class Of Ia. medical students.
mostly Young men under eighteen years
at age, some of them went to the GENE
terry. and. III = trolic, foolish of course
and highly rcprehcnsiblc. broke the
glass of the niche Of GonZulo CaStanou'S
grave. The fact got to the carr of the
Volunteers. their enemies. ln,! Il number
at once went To verify the fact. Ca
;lSccrtaiuing that thr report that the
GLASS had been broken WAS correct, the
rage of the Volunteers. or their appar-
cnt rage, waS fearful. They run to THEN
armorics. got possession of their gun.
and roamcd about the city like beasts.
Most at the houses were shut. and the
city appeared deserted hN all except The
Volunteers.
On Saturday. acting Captain Gcnc.LI
Crc>pn. after Il visit to the Medical col
lcgc. and after having failed to discover
the perpetrators Of the 9l;S> breaking
rmoimitN. arrested the whole rla~~. com
posed of IN Young men. ON sunday -
review of the Home Guard, the Nuiuu-
tecrS. took place. Nonrr .jtit"j troop,
were on the ground. and as soon a. they
We're dismissed they broke into shouts
and wells. d"mandin" the heads at the
dcScrratorS Of Ca>tam0u'~ grave. "
tl,,. fIyt,,IIlt i,,,.r...S.l ,.,,.t,i..,,
Ern. Crc>po. who probably intended to
have the offenders tried hV ;tcilil rurllt .
seeing the serious and alarming. i;tIlI titt.
inatt,r had taken. bowed IL Ill" viii ul
the uinntrcI<. and consented 10 have
the whole class tried 10y ,hrrnr-h,ad
court martial. Thi; ruurc~~inn Wa, in
reality It delivery ri the whole class
which numbers; AMONG it, ncmIhri- ~nmt.
of the best families in the place. to their
deaths. ! ~;ty adViScdll The whole rla<S
for although eight only have - far been
executed. the thirty-tW0 0thci'> are con-
l"mncd to Tia" chain gag for nclind<
varying from two to ten Years. and IN
their positions it will IL. impossible for
these Young men To survive the f.ti~t,,.
and tulturc$ To which, they will he sub
mittcd. The righ; victims aIc in lcali-
T. 10y fan III" most mcICiiiill treated.
The names of these latter are .Alnlz"
Alvarez DE LII Campo. Jos. Vi. Nci3r.
Carlos Augusta I.aturlC. Elidio GonZH-
les Toledo. ra~,IHi Rodriguez. Ama>,,io
Bermuda. Angel l.ahoIdr and Carlos
NcrlUG. IEc fathers of SOME al the
above are >HaIrilId> ard bitter cn,nii, :
of the ruhan~ The. mothers are all
tUba,:>. and all eight victims were born
"n the island. The papers al his city
were absolutely -" afraid of the i'll will
"i tf.,~c brutal Volunteers. that they
united in Il mdilift>t" demanding the
blood Of the Young mel.
" Il sample at the tIcaimcii ;hat.thr
thirtN-GWo students MAJ .Np,rt VIII"
were not Condemned to death. and
Nlo~,. only offence Stems To- hr that
they belonged 1" The same rla>s. for, very
mIaml "f them did not even % 10 the
cemetery. they we've Yesterday escorted
together with h' eight condrnird to
death I" tn" rlar" of cNcrutioIi. amt
there. in.thr'%lih al con> let. it'll their
hair cropped and with balls and chains
on their feet. wee forced 20 y it,i,>> the
massacre at their classmates.
II * almost iupu>>ihl, fur N"ul read
rr~ Ia Pi,tul, T." thrm>cl>,, the actual
condition Of this city. l.u1 il then i'll
imagine New ("Ih in tie hands ot the
worst class II ia, worst wards ~ r!l;.
city if thci will figure. L. themselves
,iI">t low scum Of foreign birth. organ
ice! int" regiments. with aims in their
l..i!tl,: - polio" r"rnpns,.h of the same
element every civ ii COAT closed. and
II" either tribunals hut drum head court