St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-19
SHOT DOWN like DOGS
COId-BIOOded Assassination
by the Cuban Gov
eminent.
Bandit Montelongo and His
Three Companions Be-
trayed.
AYoung Wife Horribly Beaten,
Wounded and Ar
rested.
How q Kentuekian in Texas
Avenged the Ruin Of His
Wife by Murder.

New York. Feb. 18.-A letter just
reached this city last night dated at
Havana, Cuba. on the 18th instant,
which gave an account of another cold
bloOded murder by the Cuban govern
ment on the 18th instant. Four
men. it is said, were shot down in cold
blood, and a young wife, who was at
tending to her baby, was mortally
wounded. About four weeks ago, Man
uel Garcia. a police officer captured
bandof robbers whose leader was
Domingo Montelongo. Soon after
the capture Montolongo was ap-
preached by representative OF the
government, who told him that if
he and his friends would leave the coun-
try the government would see that
they ran no risk in doing SO. Monte
longo heSitated, saying that he feald
that he and his friends would be capt
uIed and shot. Finally, however, he
yielded to the representations of the
agent and decided to leave the island.
He was allowed to select the friends
whom he desired to have accompany
him. In couple of of days he selected
these: Eulogio Rivere, Perico Rivere.
Jurn Roja and Francisco Detgado.
Eulogio Riverc's
Young Wife and Child
also accompanied the party, which
started out for Havana by the Villanuva
railroad. The train arrived at Havana
about noon, and at O'Clock in the after
noon they rOwed to their steamer. the
Baldomero Yolesius, which was to take
them to Venezuela in South America.
There was nothing unusual attending
the arrival of the party on board the
ship, which they imagined was to take
them from Cuba forever. The baggage
was slowed away and the entire party
was treated in the same mgnner as the
other passengers who were on the Ship
Mrs. RiverO went below to the second
cabin, which she was to occupy, to put
her Six-months-old baby to sleep. The
men remained on the deck and smoked.
About all hour before Montelongo and
his party arrived at the ship Inspector
Solano and party of fifteen gen.
darmes had boarded the vessel and
divided into two parties. One OF
them was stationed under the stairs
leading from the deck to the second
cabin and the others were placed in con-
venient oiding places near the second
cabin, which the bandit party was to
occupy. When the men had finished
their cigars and taken farewell look at
the shore of their native island, they
started for their cabin. M0ntelonge
went ahead, and when he was abont to
enter the cabin he saw through hehalf
open door the uniform of gendarme
and
A G1ittering Pistol.
He Immediately turned to his compan-
ions and shouted: 1--WE are sold. The
policep' At this cry the police opened
fire and fearful struggle ensued
Perico Rivero fell, riddled by dozen
bullets, in the corner of the nearest
cabin. Juan Roja had nothing but q
murderous dagger, yet with this he did
some desperate fighting. He was soon
overpoWered and killed by the bullets
from the reyelvers of the police. Mrs.
Rivero, who was nursing her baby
at the time the firing began,
was severely beaten by one of the
sensible. The gendarmes finally drove
the rest of the party to the deck and
continued their firing, frightening the
other passengers and wounding several.
Montelongo and EuligiO dropped over
the side of the vessel and jumped into
small rowboat and compelled the owuer
of it 10 row for all he was worth. When
the police saw the attempt to escape
they immediately sent shower of bull
lets into the little boat and killed both
the bandits. Rivero dropped into the
sea. The bodies were recovered and
taken to the city. Mrs. RiverO, who
was horribly wounded. is under arrest
and in the prison hospital. The news
papers are loud in their denunciations
of this brutal murder and breach of
The officials. however, say that it was
the surest way of getting rid of band
of bold bandits. The lives of all the
passengers on board the ship were en-
dangered, and great excitement prevails
among them and their friends.