The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-13

United States Consular Clerk whom had sent for,
and, informing him that l was arrested without
any charge neing made or any cause assigned,
begged him to report the occurrence at once 70
Consul General Torbert and have him inquire I'M
mediatey into the affair, which ! supposed 10 be
an error Oh the part OF the authorities, as | was
fully convinced that had not knowingly infrnged
any OF the laws OF the country. MIR. Springer
PROMISED ME HIS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
and TO take all possible interest in my Affairs
Leaving him to do this we continued ON our way
10 the "Carceln
Upon arrival here was delivered over TO the
alcaide or keeper. He Immediately called one OF
his assistants, grun, uncouth and dirty rascal,
VINO proceeded to search me- taking away rom
me all ! had on me-money, papers, &c. As the
fellow commenced TO feel all my body, run
ming his dirty hands up and down my arms and
legs 10 see if / mad anything concealed in my
sleeves or on my body, and to put his hands Into
my pockets, ] demonstrated, telling him would
give up whatever had upon me, at the same time
putting my own hands into my pockets With
TERRIBLE OBSCENE OATH
the rufilan struck my hands aside saying, Nothing
belonging to you is going to stick to my fingers"
ana proceeded 18th his work.
After this scene, revolving to my feelings,
was furnished with receipt for the money taken
from me and informed at the same time could have
whatever wanted OF IL, as occasion offered, in
small sums. ] then had to follow my jailer up
long gallery which contained o number Of cells oc
cupied by criminals. Into the last one Of the
was pushed, for upon viewing it Involuntary
shranK back from entering. Upon looking
around / found it about sixteen feet long by
eight wide, very low and without any ven-
tlaton, bare of anything ike furniture
anu not even stool to sit on and
containing only wooden tub the odor from which
was not OF roses, and can be better imagined than
described. asked my jailer to furnish me with
chair. He said he had none but promised him
81 for the loan OF something To sit on, was very
tired. He soon returned with leather-bottomed
char. The grated iron door was locked upon me
and found myself in solitary confinement, or, as
the Spaniards peculiarly term this condition Of
cutting one OF from mankind,
"INcoMUNICADo,"
the horrors Of which was soon to experience, but
which at that particular juncture could not real
ize. Left TO myself, and after the echoes Of my
jaiers footsteps had died away, l sank,
exhausted and stifed by the close
atmosphere, upon my chair. My brain
was in whrl rom the unexpected scenes had
just gone through, ana l racked 1t in vain to dis
cover some clew to my imprisonment. All seemed
TO me to be a dream, and l could not even divine
any earthly for such an unwarranted seizure
committed against Spain, unknown to myself
Neither did my conscience or any act OF mine
accuse me of anything. Was it because am the
correspondent OF the New YORK HERALDS That
idea renamed few minutes, but l refused to
entertain it, as had served the HERALD in that
capacity during the regns Of Rodas, Valmaseda
and Ceballos and
ALL THE OTHER ROYAL AID INTERIMs,
and il could not be possible that republican Cap
tain General like Picltain would be less tolerant
than his monarchcal predecessors.
FALSE HOPE.
In the midst OF my speculatiOns was interrupted
by the of the turnkey, who informed me that
the oicer who had brought me had returned to take
me away My spirits at the idea that the
authorities had soon recognized their error
and that my Imprisonment was in reality
only the duration of a dream. But my own
CONVICTION Of innocence betrayed me into
this candor, as ! soon discovered that the
officer, under Misunderstanding, had taken
me 10 the Carcel NScionsl aud his orders were to
take me TO the fortress La Cabs.iia. When this
knowledge was politely impaired to me the baroine-
ter OF my hopes again fell. ] saw was only To be
taken 20 a still greater distance from my family and
friends, and the knowledge that was 10 be i'm
INJURED in military prison showed me that the
government considered
although understood that q fortress Is considered
more respectable" that common Carce, Naconal.
In boat was taken across the bay TO the fortress
and caiaboose No. so assigned TO me-
This was not shutting naughty newspaper cor
respondent in a closet for casemate No. SO is long
and large, with low, vaulted ceiling and two
grated windows. A knd-hearted sergeant fur
nishcd with cot bed and a chair, ana was
again left to my reflections, this time more bitter
than before for my arrest seemed finally TO have
been no mere mistake. but deliberate outrage.
NV door locked upon me, and guarded by
sentinel, who had the strictest orders to allow
one 10 approach my windows, nor allow me to
speak TO any one.
The horrors of being inc0nunicodo can only be
realized by those who have endured this inquisi-
torial torture. No galley slave, no convict is so
wretched as the inundated iacODei,nicddo.
IL appears to me
GNAwING IMPRISONMENT
Declared from acquiring advice from my Consul
and my friends, l was entirely unable 10 fathom
the cause this mysterious proceeding the part
of the authorities. With the irresponsible power
OF those in immediate command they continually
applied toward me the tortures or petty annoy
ances, insolence, insults, needless humiliation and
the most unreasonable refusas. One would be
better of among the cobras or wolves and ask
pity from wild beasts than be prisoner, innocent
OF any crime mmured in iorJ without knowing
the and deprived OF every means OF commu-
nication with the outside world But 1t is useless
to enter into the details Of my suferings during
THE SIX LONG DAYS
l was cut OF from the world and my friends and
specify them by onh Most certainly there is
a great deal of injustice combined with ignorance
and stupidity in the manner arrested persons are
treated in this fortress The Governor Of La
Cabafa. Brgadier velasco, cannot understand that
prisoner is a human being, flesh and blood as he
is, and accustomed to the decencies Of civilization
Among the officers some are gentlemen and hu.
namely inclined, but all stand in such terrible awe
and terror of
THE TYRANT WHO COMMANDS THEM
that harshnpsa IL the order of the dav Ia no