Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-01-07
CRUELTY IN VENEZUELA.

Residents Loot, Back Upon the Late gcvo-
tuition As Upon Nightmare.
As soon as peace became assured, all
| the residents of La Guayra looked back
upon the past anarchy and chaos as up
ON some dreadful nightmare. None save
those who lived there during the dark
days of the revolution can realize the
/ imminent danger through which every
one passed. Had it not been for the
| presence of seven men-Of-war in the
1 harbor, the barbarians that controlled
| that city would have hesitated at no
act Of violence Indeed, Mendoza an
nounced that he respected no flag, and
declared that he would massacre every
foreigner in the place if any one inter
ferred with the little scheme Of plumber
and imprisonment
And the death roll of those poor
wretches who were without foreign pro
lection? This win ever remain a secret
of the revolution. The American consul
could a tale unfold, however, for the
/ prison was in II building adjoining his.
I | had the good fortune Of sharing the
consulate with him during two of the
worst months, says w. n. King in Harp
1 er's Weekly, and each morning awaken
+ ed from the memories of the night be
! fore, AT all hours you would be aroused
/ by the rude challenge Of the guard al
most under your window. If a prompt
reply was not forthcoming from the APP
I preaching party, a bullet sometimes set
/ tied the doubt.
Only the Sunday afternoon before the
1 fan Of La Guayra several officers from
the Chicago were sitting in the consul S
Office The sun was shining as 1t shines
only in the tropics, and the cathedral
bell was calling the faithful to the yes
/ per service, Suddenly a man cried out
down the street, and before we could
reach the balcony the poor wretch was
lying in pool of blood, completely
hacked to pieces with a murderous MAJ
chete, Two assistants came out Of the
prison and dragged the body, head
down, over the rough stones. The chief
of police was sitting on a chair in front
of the prison at the time, but did not
even turn his head while the fellow was
being killed not twenty yards away. As
the guards passed with the body he
said:
"Bueno, que ha hecho el?" (Weu,
/ what did he do0
+ oh, 81 - rcsjstio yo le di ur ma
chetazo, ESQ es todo." ooh, he resisted,
and l gave hil the machete, that's all. J
/ The poor fellow, it seems, was taken
from his home TO be impressed into the
army. As the guard was dragging him
to prison, he protested on account Of his
age. A few yards from the gate he fell
down from exhaustion, and failed to
rise ut the command This was the re-
sistance for which the poor fellow was
I given the machete."
/ There was a story In La Guayra be-
/ fore l left that this same guard was
captured by the murdered mans broth
er, who was a revolutionary soldier, and
treated to a dose Of his medicine With
both hands tied behind his back. lie
was carried out into the harb0r in a
snail boat There his head was taken
on With the keen-edged machete, and
the body thrown overheard.
1t is from such lawlcSs acts and bar
barous deeds that Crespo has delivered
his country. Is 1t strange, then, that
all good people in Venezuela, both ma.
tive ana foreign, should have sympath-
lied with the revolution, and prayed for
the overthrow Of Audueza Palaclo ami
his tyraunical hireHngs2