The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-19
IT0RTURE'S Trial.
A Story by an Escaped
" Workman " that De.
mands Investigation.
Men DecOyed on Board ships
and Sold for Ten Dollars
Each in Guatemala.
A Serious strike al Detroit
Battle with CattIe-Thieyes
--PreIIer's Murderer.
An Illinois Treasurer Defaults
-Sundry Other Grimes
and Casualties.
IURID AWAY.



this morning publishes n story from
Key West, Florida, which gives an ac-
count of the kidnapping of Edward
Santa Rosa, a youth of 16 years, from
New Orleans. Rosa relates pitiful
story which, if true, would call for a
full investigation by our government.
Rosa states that last September at
New Orleans he was enticed on board
a vessel, the captain of which offered
to take him to Key West, and while
he was talking to the captain, the YES
sci sailed and he and siXty-six others.
who had also been entrappcd, were
carried to Puerto Barrios, Guatemala,
by the steamer Ella Knight Rosa
says: awe arrived at Puerto Bar
rios, in Guatemala, about sundown
of Wednesday, October Sth, after
voyage of little over six days.
Owing to eating poor food and drink
| ing brackish water nearly al the
party were sick, aud five of them
nAra far four days unable 10 get on
| deck. Altogether ,i.o pas7HSe was u
very disagreeablc one. We anchored
in the open harbor about quarter of
a mile from shore, where Jim O'Don-
aid, of Glasgow Scotland, tut of Irish
| descent, being the man who entrap-
ped me at New Orlcaus, along with
| the captain aud mate went ashore,
where heard him call out here are
my cattle for which ! am to get $40
per head. We were landed ~ smell
| boats aud counted, whorcupon
| ODOnald went up to the officer j. T.
Bouscarren, president of the railroad
company and received 1870 for the
shipment of siXty-seven men, Bou'
French fluently.
n. b. Day, of Chattanooga, Tex, is
yice-president oftle railway.
When LETT New Orleans had So
in my pocket. AS we were leaN ing
Day sung out: "IIurrah! look at TIN
boys; there is plenty of none!
there"
Bouscarron said TO the soldiers "g'
to searching" The soldiers were ma
tive blacks who spoke Lhglish an,
were under the command of a Ia
white man.
If any of our party objected TO bt
ing searched his myney and arm
were taken from him by violence an
there was tree near nj han
and lash was taken to show hi,
that he would be tied up and VIM
ped.
AS we were brought ashore
small parties those remaining q
board did not know what was in stol
for them until they too were force
to give up their property. PrcsiIel
Bouscarran sat at table with bC
near at hand into which he dropp,
: the money as IL was passed to nm
our party. AS il was never intehu'
that workmen should ever earn al
be paid money enough. to &
away from nuerto Barrios tn
were at once robbed of what mon.
they had brought with them in ord
that the door of escape might
closed 40 ainst them. Work at PueI
Barrios was commenced, but durl
nj August and September there were !
7 many men secured though in Octot
they began to get their supplies
New Orleans was filling up with p
ple and O'Donald and Stallings KIN
how to get them TO Puerto Barrtos
figured the six following repo
of laborers up to January Ia whe
left: At work when Onr party arri'
about 800; Our party per the +
knight 81; brought by the Wando
I73. brought by the Blanch Hend
n son 100: brought by the Ella kni
~ n; total 679. At work when l
about POO, to be accounted ior 4'4.
Ifa laborer would not go out
work he was denied food and the
we're kicked until they left their s.
beds to retuin to work. The
only cost the company $40 each.
Ii was President Bauscarran's h
TO nav us a monthly visit from the
terror. riding upon II mule. II un
10 come himself he sent his ag1n
inspect the work aud report.
vel. The men were worked in gang
10. II. or 20, and whatever man
TO do he was expected TO do.
There were no strikers" allc
at Puerto Barrios, or relig .ous
vice of any kind while was ther
The hospital was an old ragged
infested with lizards, gnats ana
autos. Quinine was the gei
remedy in sickness and the men
m stuffed with il. One poor Frenc
iii. became Eighty with IL and hed U
SVs woods to die III the marshes o
San Francisco Ave miles away.
There was noburial grounds,
man died he was wrapped
y 10 blanket aud hole was dug Il
spot most convenient
the body put away
out any ceremany. The
and mountainside about Puert'
los became so full OF exposed,
. ing bodies that the place must