The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-07
DIR. nOUARD.
uFlef Hlstory Of his sulverlms.-pu,.
ks,."n "en' Conspiracy, nm Sis Tr,a,in r,

fs Farce: "s'' Conspiracy an Ills rial In
A New York Herald corresponder,
reports an interesting interview with Dr.
II Guard in his prison in Cadix. Tho
correspondent Gays DR.. Houard was 80
pale and haeRard that he seemed like :
man Just arisen from Q bed of sick ness
ms demeanor was refined, and marked
with that cautious, polite reserve so
frequent among gentlemen of his pro
lesion. lie was attired in deep black
he is 81 years old. He speaks English
with the Auency of rative who has
never resided in foreign land, and his
accent Is purely American. The correa.
pondent continues:
Doctor said, ~ trust that vour
misfortune will soon be over"
DIR. Hourd-I hope | shall soon get
out of this horrible place. ] could not
1--WE three months longer il remained
here. am confined in dirty, filthy
room. $50 feet long, with not a soul to
talk to. The room is full OF vermin. Il
is not fit for the habitation of human
being.
Correspondent-How are you treat
DR.. Houard-As we'll as could be ex.
pected. When first arrived l was
chained to the wall, but latterly nv
irons have been removed, and thanks to
Gen. Durfe's good offices, my condition
has been ameliorated in every respect.
but | cannot live if l stay here much
longer. l am an old man, completely
broken down by the harshness with
which l have been treated, and hardly
think | can live long anyway. While
imprisoned in Havana l swept the
streets Of the city, at least on two occa.
slons, with the rest of the chain.gang.
During the voyage to this place, which
lasted IL days, l was kept in irons; |
was ill with dyssntery all the way.
Correspondent-Have you at any time
renowned your allegiance to the United
States?
DIR. Houard--Never. / was educated at
and was graduated ply.
stefan at Jefferson College. After that
returned to Cienfuegos, and practiced
my profession there up to the time of
my arrest. As further proof that the
Spanish authorities were perfectly GER
tain that was an American, the cert.
icate OF license granted me at Havana
10 enable me to practice medicine de.
,lares me to have been born in Phila.
lelphia. This fact is ON record at
Havana.
Correspondent-What were the cir.
that led to your arrest?
DIR. Houard-I am the victim of
on the part of my enemies.
Wy story is briefly told. Four We RS be.
ore the breaking out of the insurrec.
ion, sold a box of medicines to
Dung man. The box bore my name.
n the latter part of 1870 the Spaniards
urprised party of Cuban insurgents,
long with the things captured was the
ok OF medicines, which still bore my
anne. Now, does it not appear pre-.
osterous to any rational being, if l was
applying the insurgents with medicines,
hat should have been foolish enough
D stamp my name on the packages Of
rugs sent them? Well, three Of my
ersonal enemies forthwith informed
ne government that | had been aiding
le Cuban insurgents, and furnishing
lem with money. They also swore
lat the box OF medicines above alluded
had been sent by me quite recently.
was arrested on the 18th of Deem
er, 1870, at ii o'clock at night, and
as incarcerated in dungeon for eight
onths before l was brought to trial.
hen arraigned before the court mar.
Al, | was not even asked the usual
lestion whether l objected to
~ member of the court Two well.
,own personal enemies of mine acted
my judges. was not present at the
al, and only appeared again before
e court martial TO hear my sentence
ad. The witnesses, was informed,
re examined privately by the official
10 called upon them and wrote down
latever he pleased. This is the whole
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