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onovoa until after t|loy lid boon lodged II, H.,


accompany 4!snl. Without II w,rsl tho fanr
nhvyo!l tho intinsa.ion, aud marched away froa,
tho wharf tn Tia pr1Aon, which WIS uniy a1,,,.t
tw0 bluo!s'i distant, followed by lilo oF aoli.rs
captiyoa wore atantling grouped upon lilo wharf.
ctatliiIg nnd sno'sily. None or t!,cm apponrod
to understand tu awful poril Of thoir pouillost.
Man: la:lgnol aal fokcd nhont their .Eogl.
themselves III abaa scra7o, but nothing mora.
Nei:llcr tho ropuiaco uar Tho soldlors ut TINT
time nlado any hon'lo demonstrations, agais,al
ho captiycu. nor Wcro they nubJcctcu to my
boforo mentioned. X fow nuncnts nftor ucn.
Ryan and hiy companions lad hcon taaon nwny,
tho remainder Of tho cartiYos wcro nken to
tho prison. Tie poonlo tlioa t|rpcrscd. 1.ato
Varona, Ccapetlcs, md JcuuH del so| Ind bcen
condemned IL tloalh, as!tl weru to be allDt on thu
following morning. riu ioport, wl'ic!, was sooi.
aycortnille1 10 he nnly too we'll grounded, rx-
uvorywhero the unl'orsal topic Of discussion.
Many p:rannu II waa G.,1n:ent. condemned tho
action Of tho nuthori:ioA, hit veto nrrsiI to cx-
preeB thoif sentiments for foAr OF becoming ill.,
vutycI III trouble
1row tic four conaomuol man sncnt tho
night bofuro their execution Mr.. Collin Bnld l.o
did not know. Gen. Nyan, q short wliilo Wc-
viol's tn tho hon: Tor E.n,lS to tho plncc OF OK
ccution. obtained pcr:ni.aion to wtito uo,no IoL-
tors as,.i mako hia Will. Before being graute,l
oath thas he would hot mako ,ny attempt TO o.
capo. About o'clock OIL Monday morning, tito
latod four wore marched tn tho ulnut;lter-
house" wnich Is AUoist ion minutes wa!,s iroul
The priH0il. Hya1 was dreased I'll bno f1auEcl
SKIRT and light raNtaloons woro wIai:o fol lat,
loopca up NJ hn side uaa carried 4 B,nnll nilycr
s!nr oil lis left hrcaxt. - 1Ie Showed" Sid
Tho mate. ''nlo,e grit mud courage tl,an oi.o
would i'ayo thought, possible: a pernon woul1
imagine l,o wau gcise to his wsda!nS i,lsscad
OF to Ills Death" The others, too, acted li';o
brave nct., especially Cespedcs, tho youngest Of
tho TIL co, whour coulnpo mover for al1 ilaant
quailod. On tho way to tho cxeci1tiol~gyoun:,
Gen. E.yan spoe two or three times to ti,u s'}s-
sh o1llccr WHO walked beside him. protos,iug
that his execution VAS without Justification, ns
he had not led FUR trial, or my lr,nl III ALL in
fact. Catholic clergyman oflorad his 1ui,is-
trasons 10 lyan, b,t no refused to spcals to iln,
and moved nWaj. Tn arriving. ut tic slaughter
house, Mr. Collin etu&cs thai tho Spn,,iah o!ccru
directed tie condemned men To klioei down with
tlloir facea to The wall. ltyn, md Coupclea pro-
tested against tl!iA aH an intliSnity aud anked to
toward tlcir cxecn,ionors. Finally, howcvor.
they submitted, mud assumed tho required posi-
tion. Tllen tuoro WAS 4 pAuAo for I'LL
instant, followed by. q i!aall aud a report.
md tho four we1o w7it'nng in tho asonica OF
DEATH Their Bu1forings did not list long, anl
NIL wero dead within THO Dpaco Of four minutes.
The reports circulated in tlis city that Spanish
officer thrust his Hwortl through Kya,n's heart,
and that the heads waro chopped OIL tho four
murdered .nen and carried III triumph thro,tvl,
tho sroots, Mr.. Coffin pronounced as altosctliov
untruo. Tho monlcnt lifo waH extinct tho four
bodies wero plncna i'll II cart aud takon 10 tho
con'otery. whero they woso thrown into rude
hole, hastily dug, and sonlo shovolfals Of clay
Meanwhile tho house Of Mc. Smith, .l,e Amer
lean Consul, hud been placed lil,1ier ,,,ar4i Of
Spanieh sodters. aud Mi. Smith WAS compelled
to remaul within dooru, aud not allowed to hold
t14k
ono outside. lie Has not even permitted to conls
ont Oh his ycrandn.
or tho massacro Of Capt. Fry and tho crew Of
the virgirius, Dir. CoIl1 giyos tue following.
graphic description 4" Tho execution took place
III tuo afternoon. Tho taial had buon held OIL
board lilo Tornado, n:4d on tho morning u tho
execution tho onts:o party was taNen on shore
aud matchct to tho pr!sul,. l talked with CAN'T
Fry OIL Tho why. from tho ,jall to tho slaughtor-
house. Tho tiEht question I ssssod him was
where waIi tho Tlrglni,ls when Hho sas caDturoi
no said hho was just lS miles gouth southeast
from Fort iloiant, OIL tho coast Of lau,acn.
When saw tLat we wero certain to 10 CAPTURED,
uald tho Captain, I Hcnt for Varona and askci
dor, adding t's ali tine to mo lie replied that
he thought it bcHt to surrender. There
was O Blow-match to tho magazine,
bat he Lad got tho meu into their
pa,. present III posit,nn' ,a and and thought Lo
Accordingly they Ind surrendered" "At tia
pines Of execution" continued. Mir. Coffin, QUO
oi my mates, Charles Bell, tho steward Of our
vessel, gave poor Try glass Of wntor Tne
plnioncd him from iirst to last. 1Io. md indeed
all the others, hovo up brayoly, nl.d never
Ainclled ior M isstant. When lie crew had
knelE down the Caplain walked nloug tho line,
and bate good-byo to ull tho mon III 'ur,, white
and black, for thcio wcro several negroes in tho
crow. As lho noll knrlt they woro ulstau! from
tho wall tLat surrounds tho execution groilud
nbuut three feet, wiailo about t,roo PAGES behind
thom, with !cyc!eu nluhhcty, stousl tho doacA.
touce. just before tho fatal v.llcy was
Tired. Capt.. FRY took of hig Int. lilo
seemed as il ho wau saying prayer. OF tho
whole thirty-soyen Capt. Try was lle ouiy por-
nols who fall ct tho first fire. Hts body wns rid
d.. i with aultets, ans' be dod a|most instantly.
AL tho o,llsrs wero but slightly wounded. Tie
scouo that followed WAS tho most rriyLtful l
eyer Witnessed, and havo hoen on many bat
tlc-icll. After tln iirat yo!loy jumped upun
tho wnll. aul From, tl,cro could sae everything
that hapyonod. tho poor creatures who welo
wounded lay Oil tho ground rolling about flanti-
caly III their own blousl, end utscring sllgieAs oi
min aud agony, aud loud appeals for mercy.
Their appeals for mercy foil upon mon de.t to
compassion. lilo 1nnrderors rushed upon lLem
liko demons, aud. thss,Bting their muskets into
tho mouths mud enys of tic nalortunato
wroiclcp, absolutely llew tAclr heads or
Samo OF the poor creatures FRAN
LEIl1y GHAEbsuiGl u lu&HE Ll1Ell pDJluS HIl
boize tho nuako;s, but, Of oourso, could not sue
coed. shall noror fo:gea tho awfu! groa..s and
nhso!ta that rosoun1cl from the place Ut aiaugll-
tor. Fully ton minutes, tint looked as II it
NIGH. have boen nn hour. elapsed from the timo
tho llrst yoloy was diGcl,ayEatl uut tho laat
oi the unfortunate nson Mas doad. lhcaad mon
auy WHO wero Oh ships III tho barber that litter
The 1At yolloy wAs fred tho reports OF tho gl1us
subsequently discharged continued to sound lino
tho cracking Of llro%urky Gu tbs Foa:th Of July
in ths city. 1t is positive fact that, with tho
exception Of Capt. Fry. tho head wns hlown OH
oycry man o. 1l!c tlllsty-s;x. Tho mar,noa Bcoa-
| cd to oS1lt in Their work Of blood. felt
ashamed that dcy Of being au American. After
ull tho party wcra dead, vi ~ the caacs ur Nyan
al1l Aia companions, tho bodies yero thrown into
cart atld carried oil to tho co,uatery. az many
| NJ doxcn bodios wozo thrown into tho Baune
| hole.
| son tho 7lh Of November lie remainder of
Tho pa'seugers wero to DO exccutel-tlfty in nj, /;
! but on Tint dlY au EnglisI, lnan-or~syar, tIla
Nn1a i,+n1i I'M.