The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-15
How a Spanish Fiscal Can Swal-
low Letters and Dispatches.
His Strict Neutrality Distinctly
Preserved Throughout.
THE LETTER FROM CESPEDES.
1t is Addressed to the Proprietor of the
Herald.
FIRM TONE OF THE AMERICAN PRESS

FIRM TONE OF THE AMERICAN PRESS
HAVANA, April Is, 1873.
Many rumors about Mr.. O'Kelly have pre-
vailed here to-day, and I have endeavored
zealously to
TRACE THEM TO SOME RELIABLE SOURCE,
but everybody in official circles is SO reticent
that it is extremely difficult to obtain accu-
rate information.
Early this morning sought and obtained
another interview with
CONSUL GENERAL DUNLOP
ut the TELEGRAPH Hotel, He received me with
the utmost courtesy. I requested to know
what steps he had taken to obtain Mr..
O'Kelly's release or induce Captain General
Ceballos to change the place of trial from
Manzanillo to this city. Consul General Dun
lop answered that he had had
THREE INTERVIEWS WITH THE CAPTAIN GENERAL
on the subject; but that he was not as yet at
liberty to state to me what had transpired at
those interviews. He assured me, however,
that he did not believe that the Spanish
authorities would resort to extreme measures
in Mr.. OKelly's case. Furthermore he said
the
OPPORTUNITY FOR HIS DIRECT INTERVENTION
as Consul General had not yet arrived. So
far no trial had taken place; nor had any
time been appointed for such trial; that the
proceedings thus far had been confined to
mere preliminary inquiries to form what the
military authorities call the causa.
Another Letter from Mr.. OKelly-Thc
Authorities Conceal the Charge-His
Character ms . Neutral Strictly Pre-.
xcrved-The Letter from Cespedes.
HAVANA, April IL, 1873.
have received to-day the following letter
from Mr. O'Kelly, from his prison cell at
ManHnillo. It tells its own manful story,
and /, therefore, prefix no COMMENT
MR.. o KELLYs LETTER.
CALABozo, FoRT GERoNA, MANzANrLLo,
April g. 1873
DEAR PR1CE-
am at last forced to acknowledge that the
friends in Havana who warned me about the
danger OF being newspaper correspondent
in Cuba knew more about Spanish law and
the Spaniards than 1 did. However, when
these wise people warned was too much
committed to have turned back.
MY WORD OF HONOR
was given to carry out my mission at all haz-
ards and have kept that word fully and car
yied out the instructions of Mr. Bennett with
scrupulous fidelity. Whatever may be the
result this thought will not fail to bring one
consolation-namely, that so far as the success
Of the mission depended on me it has be en-
brought to a satisfactory close, and
I'll AM TO-DAY PRISONER
it is because I trusted foolishly in the gen.
authorities. It never seriously entered my
mind that if I voluntarily presented myself
without seeking disguise at any of the Spanish
encampments that the government would in
terfere with me. l was encouraged in this
view by every Spanish officer to whom l spoke
Even General Morales de Los Rios and the
Attorney General at Santiago de Cuba assured
me, in the last interview / had with them,
that in case presented myself to the author
tiles
NO ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST ME.
Confding in these representations, resolved
10 return through the Spanish lines as proof
Of my confidence in the authorities and my
own good faith.
THE WARNINGS OF THE INSURGENTS
we're treated as were the warnings of our pru-
dent friends, and the result is am q prisoner