Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-28
~BRIGANDAGE IN CUBA.
How the "Gentlemanly" Robbers
Torture and Murder People.
They XIII Their Victims Only When Neces-
sary-Leyying Assessments on Farmers
Why the Authorities DO Not
suppress the Evil.

A few evenings ago the writer visit
ed q Spanish gentleman who has very
recently returned from Cuba. He is u
citizen of that country. with a resi-
dcncc in Havana, and being an ardent
Spaniard has never cared to transfer
his allegiance to the United States.
though most of hi, life is spent in New
York. He is a magnificcntly built
young man, with jet black hair and
eyes and fine white teeth, as becomes
~Spaniard, End his wealth is as CON
siderable as his good looks. He stands
at the head of one of the largest leaf
tobacco importing firms in all New
York, and when on request he began
TO speak Of the present condition Of
Cuba he had Il topic with which he
was thoroughly familiar.
"lou can not use my name in CON
ncction with what | am going to say.
for my partner in Havana is one of the
chiefs Of the Conservative or Spanish
party, and, as there is now a split in
that party, it might he assumed that
was trying to make mischief. The
Spaniards in Cuba are sensitive to
American criticism, and whatever !
say will probably travel in time to the
island, and so 4 is better on the whole
that nv name bt not used"
While tnlA - '~rsat'Nn was pro-
ceedlng the littlc gr'".- : zach heard il
sat in a cool parlor G.. one of the large
fat houses Of New York, the men
smoking delicious cigars and the ladies
rocking themselves and freely joining
in the colloquy, The young Spanish
gentleman's wife was an American
lady who had imbibed many Spanish
ways and a trace of Spanish accent by
long association, but who had retained
oil her power OF observation and com
ment. Her incursions into the inter-
view gave vivid and interesting pic.
lures of Cuban home life, and they are
well worth reproducing in theirplace,
even though Il court of law might re-
jcct them as irrelevant.
Senora-Love making in Cuba. All,
how strange ii seems. Opposite our
house there lived a handsome young
lady, with whom a good looking young
gentleman fell in love. Every evening
she sat in the front parlor behind the
lace curtains, peering out through the
window bars, and every evening h,
walked by, up and down, up and down
like a newly Gagged bear or II police
man on his beat. He would walk hal
II block above the young lady's hous,
and then turn and come back and wall
half a block below. Each time as h,
passed the house he would, by craninl
his head a little, be able to see tn,
young lady's face, screened by tn,
window curtain. She sat like a statu,
there and pretended not to see him
Each time he came to the end of hi,
beat he would stop and stand, twirlin.
his mustache and trying to look yer,
innocent and u%nconcerned. Then h,
would slowly turn and walk bach
again. This continued for ten nights
Oh, II did make me SO angry with tn,
young man to see him spending hour,
each evening in marching up and dowi
before that house. and the young lad,
showing no sign all that time that sh,
had noticed his existence. At last, OF
the eleventh night, they spoke. How
II came about ! don't know, but | saw
her stand up at the window, leaning
on the bars and talking to him. Soor
her mother came and took her place
at the windiw, and the young lady
went away and sat down. The mother
and the young man conversed for
twenty minutes, and then he lifted his
hat and %smilingiy departed. The next
night be appeared again and found the
house all closed up in front. The young
lady's aunt VA very sick, and they
close up the house IN case of sickness
In Cuba The young man marched up
and down and up and down, looking 81