Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-19
A wlss's DEVOTION
An American Citizen Rescued From
Cubsn Prison.


Fifteen wears AK Pedro Lanes landed
in Troy direct from ais na i've home-Cu-
ba. he lik q Troy. located here and soon
took ou' nature z-ition paper. he to"1lrd
the scquaia'ance 81 a Miss O'Day, ci south
Troy. an tu time asked har o. ~lauge her
name. She accepted the offer all tley
we're married.. Ilanes opened cigar
store. and being a pleasant sort Ot M n,
diI a splendid busiress, making many
friends. Five years an the Cuban de-
cited % visit his Oh home 70 look after
properly lefl him hy his father. The
prop rtv is located twenty miles from Ha-
vaua. In order o lgaten hls tx en,ss
asr rasaAAsf Asf s9fsd e 4soia, ne Nv e, 2}or2 s2' bs
took with him a trunk full Of samples OF
ths oil. tie also took with him papers 70
Prov lbs citizenship When bee reached
reached Havana De und e., country *
q "A over tho reporet rail of General
Ag1ere. the alsr o tbe iasr--ea s.. lie
c4uc.u lsd taat Use bsst th.ag he could
10 wa % start back for Troy.
and be- wrote his WIFE for fifty dollars. BE-
fore 70 arrived lie wa arrested and placed
ia "a dun gs0n cell. lie earnestly AMI BIT
teriy protested against the outrage, and
sait be was an American citizen on a
friendly visit to his old hom,. This, how
ever. made NJ Impression GA the althori-
9s. They would not unlerstsnd the
meaning # the preparations i'm his trunk,
AMI t1olshr he had something for war; k
pa poses and intended o. annihila . the
country. I.ey took everything from him,
even his clothes, aud pa. on him -tria 4
l.. -
arrived al Cuta h- authori les took charge
of it, sni ouly allowed him small sum 10
gef food wita. Nra. Laanss did not hear
from her hu band again, and got very
anx logs re ii1g his safety. She wrote
o. relatives in ksy Ncs-, Fla. bat for soae
reason they never received the letters. and
ibey came hack to Mrs. Llanes. Mrs.
Lanes suspected hat something had hap
penet to her husband. Her exrit .ens
ceutinaei fo increase. and she called unon
Secretary ol state Carr and asked has a.
ststance in hndSg < her ufhaud General
Carr wrote letter 60 the Spanish Consul
a New York, stating the circumstsnc,s Il
Lanes asappea ance. and also that The
missing man vas citizen ~ -e Uai-ed
Ststes 81 q. T. g. Hali. a fr enl ~ Mrs.
Ldanes. accompanied tas later 90
New YORK. and the matfer
VS.. vrh uersl Cars letter. laid
y 'are h ~psuisa Consul. 0uo a. hrs-
a. 4 not afford t.en any satisfaction. ut
N .- ha. ns.s 81 that unless Mrs. Flames
wre given ss.is ance iu sssrchine for her
hu a..i, .he spanish Minister AT wash.
in-ea. to utem fhe islies bad let.er
from General Carr. weuli hs aup,ia1 Cd.
It's hsf fHe ses.ra1 effect. AMI che Con.
ga supplied Mrs. IIaaes letters 20 tha
a. 3nrI Us a. Havana, 81. sing forth th. OBJ
; ~ uer VISIT a pas sort was urnvi.l.
Ell. ani Ars Hai .bals her frisnis good
by as the steamer ief- the deck fsr
HsVana- t.rse weeks ago. A-rivia- in
Hsvaaa, Mrs. Llsnes presented La~ carers
- fre auttofi s.. bur was info.n.I that
~ such rer.on as she desert eI hsI Ieen
sssa .u tna- c'-v. She pers sted sis detia-
In rasf aer hn b1nd was thare. ard faaI-
" she "a gwen permission 20 maxi a
tour ~ Pre- rrioifs. accompanied bv
Spanish gptsin anl a. of soldiers.
Atsr ifr- scar. p. she fonnl her husband
in pr -art b.sssin- st toes She hsrI.
II rerola fI hin. A recognition. h...e.
ever reaE Fitre. s1.t theirs was fv SIS.
4 sua7 AT once went 80 the Csafaln cen.
ersl sal sarvei h-r marriage rert sts
50 letfs fm General Carr. ani 81
tssiif .enseaf.a 81 free the rr ne-
1teg ri.ne. s.elg i.fs f-r T..e s. .-k ssi
rsscei h's r'fr yesterdays tfa.s .svs
p vas H asa ~
he t.s es~is htrI sss srt Its
ra 20 iaf ast rts