The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-12-19
Lrrom Thundar,. paily.l
Brutal Burriel.

The Spanish monster who superintended the shooting of the people captured on the Virginius is named Burriel Having read full account of the butchery, we can, with truth say that it was and is, so far, the most inhuman affair of the present century. Not content with ouce shooting their victims, the Spanish dogs filed the dead and dying bodies with bullets, laughing as they were acting so hellishly Apaches could not have performed the horrid work with greater gusto. A day of reckoning will surely come, and wishing our readers to keep in remembrance this hor- rid act, we print the following account of the affair
 late New York special says that the officers Of the Morning Star, just arrived from Santiago dc | Cuba, in which port she was lyipg when the Vr- | gnus was brought in, give graphic accounts Of the massacre of the prisoners. Mir Coffin, sec- ond m ate of the Morning Star, witnessed the exc cuton of the victims. The iirst lot, consisting of Captain Frey and thrty-sx of his crew. were Led out at o'clock Friday afternoon. They arranged facing the wa and at sufficient distance from it to give them room to fall forward. Cap tain Frey having asked for glass of water, oDe was handed him by Charles Bell, steward of the | Morning Star Frey then walked from the end | Of the line to the center and calmly awaited his l fate He was the only man that fell dead Al the first volley, notwithstanding the fact that the hr- ing party were only ten feet distant. Then en- sued horrible scene. The Spanish butchers ad- yanced 10 where the wounded men lay writbilg and grooming in agony, placing the muzzles ot | their guns in some instances to the moutbs ot their victims, pulled the triggers, shatterng thcir heads Into fragments Other dying men grasped the weapons thrust at them, with despalring grip, and shot after shot was put into their bodies be- fore death quleted them. All the bodies were l tumhied intu pstrta and taken A the etery.
 Mir Coffin says that this batch of victims at least seemed to have no notion of the fate that awaited them. They walked along quietly, sing
 ing, chatting, laughing and smoking, as 1T on pleasure trip.
 On the following morning twelve Cubans were
 led 10 the slaughter, and similar disgusting scenes
 were re-enacted. The moment the preliminary
 order was given the twelve turned their heads . as If in obedience to a preconcerted agreement, and throwing their hands aloit shouted "VWa Ia libertad de Cubal" This finished the execu' tions that day.
 The British war vessel Niobe, and her com mander Lorraine, left Jamaica in such haste thai
 several of her crew who were ashore on leave , were len behind. He hardly stopped to cas! anchor at Santiago de Cuba before be hasteneu
 ashore and protested against the Killing or any
 more of the Virginlus crew General Burrie,
 answered him saucy in letter, saying thai all l the executions that had been ordered would DC immediately proceeded with. Commander LOG
 rane instantly returned reply that In the apsence
 of an American man of war be would protee.
 not only the interests Of his own country, pus
 those of the United States, and that II berIIci
 harmed hair of another prisoner he would bom' bard the city lt'was generally believed at ean-
 tago de Cuba that this action Of the British com mander saved the lives Of the rest Of tho Virgin f ius crew Commander Lorraine afterwards oo-
 tained five copies Of the process Of the eour..nsi l tial eOndemning them 70 death. TWO Of which DO
 intended to transmit to our Government, and TWO
 others to his own.
 Varano Cespedas del Sol aud Ryan were shot early in the morning, the latter showing extr.or- s dnary coolness and courage. He marched alons
 as gaily as if going to his wedding. pries, sd' yaneed to kis side when the place Of slApgh'er
 was reached and offered the religious services or
 his office, but Ryan waved him of. The omeeis
 of the Morning Star say it Is not true that tue ,n habitants of Santiago dc Cuba were wna s,,. ,,.
 joy, but on the contrary, they were exoeea'"s'
 sileut, and made no demonstration wnateFsi'