Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-16

from the earth, other bodies being
smashed by force of the impact, leaving
splntered bones protrudng through
the flesh. And finally throwing each
mangled body upon block, the black
fend held each CHASTITY mead up to
view as be cut il of with clever. All
this the surviving prisoners had to wit
ness aud endure from 6 a. m. to p. m,
when they were remauded back TO
their dungeons.
STARVED AND sTIFLED.
Twice day wooden trough Of exc
cradle soup was brought in and left on
the ground for them TO lap ny like dogs:
they also had scraps Of III smelling sun
dried beef. They improviSed spoons
and bowls out of calabash shells TO eat
with show of decencY. Out OF nine
pence per day allowed each OF them By
the governor and handed them eacn
morning for subsistence, old Don Pablo,
their purveyor, charged them six pence
for two meals and generally got the
other three pence every day for an ad-
ditional extra and more substantial
meal of mashed corn and molasSes, their
only delcacy.
After the trial and execution Of the
ten the remaining men were sent to
Carthagena TO be distributed, bat those
assigned TO Bocca Cbica and To Porto
Rico were never taken there, but re-
NAMED at Carthagena. On the voyage
they were kept In the hold o! an armed
merchantmen, the Prince Of Peace,
closely watched by guard Of fifty SOL
diers, exclusive OF the crew. In the
madness Of desperation they can
vaSsed in whispers scheme to
end their own misery with the
lives of their Oppressors Two
allowed on deck for fresh air, and
one Of these was TO watch an opportu-
nifty to slip below and ire the powder
nsgazue with lighted cigar. They
were suspected aud so closely guarded
II was impossible.
AT Cartnagena they had to work In
the chain gang on the fertilization
under d negro oyerSeer with cudgel.
Their SufferingS and the brutality OF
the guards were so great that some
were always In the slave hospital. One
mad died in their midst 10 the dungeon.
Among other prisoners at times thrown
in with them were pirates, murderers
and desperate characters who cared not
zig for human life; with these they
had to act with extreme caution. The
men wers divided up in separate dun
geons and the party my father was in
made straw hats aud other things in
idle ttoments. American captains
stopping in port made it point TO call
on and beiriend them. One OF these,
Captain Sanford, was prisoner at large
awaiting trial, his ship being detained a
long period. He called on them often
and sent his boy TO traffic In selling their
wares and In buying straw aud other
raw material in the city. In this waY
they managed TO get little money.
Money and clothing were also sent them
by friends At hons as opportunity
offered.
A PLAN OF ESCAPE.
The outer wall OF their dungeon was
about twelve feet thick, it being part OF
the ram parts of the city facing the sea.
Through it was loophole two feet high
and four inches wide, little narrower
at the outer end. Il was near the floor
and probably intended for ventilation
and drainage. THIS loophole suggested
a means OF escape II shey could enlarge
ii. This they proceeded to do. Their
only effective tool, a shOemsker's ham
mer, allowed them to beat straw and
flatten down the work-Sns1Rfkog hats.
The difficulties were q insur-
mountsble. The work ha done
10 she fore part Of at