The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-15
INVOKING GOVERNMENT AID.
Miss oglesby Takes Steps to Secure
Her Brothers. Release in Havana.

her Brother Release IN havana
p. c. Oglesby, the Georgian who is
lying in prison in Havana, as related in
the MORNING News. has one friend who
is making every effort in her power for
his release. His sister, Miss Julia
OClesby. is a resident of Savannah, nav
ing been in the employ of the Domestic
Sewing Machine Company as bOokkeeper
for some time. Miss OglesOy Is modest,
. ulaSsumiug Young woman. and though
very quiet in her demcauOr, has made
many friends who sympathize with her
and viii render assistance IN her efforts.
Miss OgleSby said 10 a MORNING NEWS
reporter yesterday, that she had written
to Secretary of State Gresham. TO Mr..
Williams, the American consul at Havana,
and to Gov. NOrtheu, calling attention 10
her brothers case, and urging them to IN
terest themselves in order that an inves-
tlgatiOn might be secured without delay
and her brother released. if unjustly i'm
prisoned. She also called upon Congress
man Lester yesterday ana asked his aid
in her brothers behalf.
Col Lester promised her that he would
write the state department and urge that
the proper steps be taken at once TO sc
cure Mr.. Oglesby's release, if there are
no grounds for his imprisonment.
Miss Oglesby has also written Mr.. Thad-
deus X. Oglesby, Il well-known uewspa-
per man, half brother to herself and y. c.
Oglesby. MIR. Thaddeus Oglesby was at
one time private secretary of the late Al
eXauder II. Stephens.
81 rely chiefly upon the press of the
country" sand Miss Oglcsby, Ito bring
about the release of my brother. With
the general attention that has been given
by the leading newspapers, feel satisfied
that the matter will be brought so promi-
nently to the attention of the government
that there will be no delay in investigat-
ing my brothers case"
Miss Oglesby has no idea of the reasons
for her brothers arrest. The last news
she received from him was postal card
from Havana, dated oct. %, which said
that he had just arrived there, and that
he would write more at length soon. She
heard nothing further from him until she
saw the account of his imprisonment in
Havana in the MORNING NEWS.
As he was arrested on Oct. 2S, the
third day after his arrival in Havana, he
did not have the opportunity of writing
the promised letter How he managed to
get off the letter to the New York World
is mystery, as tbs notvery likely that the
officials would have allowed such n report
to 90 out had it fallen into their hands.
He probably bribed some attendant to
mail the letter for him.
Miss Oglesby has been notified that
Mr., Williams, the American consul at
Havana, is, in spite of his American
name, a Spaniard This, she believes,
accounts for the manner in which Ameri-
can citizens are allowed TO lie in prison in
Havana, without trial for months at a
time, without interference on the part
Of the consular authorities. The consul
is one of President Harrison s appointees,
whom the democratic administration has
allowed to continue in office. Charges
have been made against him, however,
and his removal is expected at an early
date
Mr. Oglesby left Savannah in October,
1892. He went from here to Key West,
where he secured a position on the Pen
nant, daily paper then published there
After short while he was given an edi-
torial position and later was given editor
lal charge of the paper. The Pennant
suspended publication in July. The paper
was in sympathy with the Cuban revOlu-
tlOnlsts, who make their headquarters at
Key West, and Mr., Oglesby was probably
kept under surveillance of the spies of the
Spanish government, of whom there are a
number at Key West. 1t may be taken
for granted, she thinks, that this accounts
for his arrest at Havana. Fearing that
he might be in Havana in the interest of
the revolutiOnists, doubtless the police
were ordered to involve him in difficulty
and thus bring about his arrest and con
tinement. 1t was the intention of the
authorities, his sister believes, to keep
him in prison until they could secure evi-
dence against him, or until the present
revolution had subsidized.