The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-27
ARMS FOR PATRIOTS.
How the Cubans Are Acquiring
Rifles From Spain.
THE LATE ouARDBoAT CAPTURE.
Insurgents Ambu shed the Spanfards
When They Came Ashore for
Water, Then Took the Vessel.

Havana. Oct 2s-L.eut. Francisco Gale
go, OF the Spanish navy. commander OF
the small gunboat Dies de Mayo. formerly
a pilotboat, which on october 10 was cap
tured by the insurgents in Asseradero
bay, near Santiago de Cuba, the officers
and crew being subsequently released and
brought here prisoners. have been tried
by court-martial.
The evidence furnished at the trial
shows that the lieutenant left Santiago
de Cuba on board the dos de Mayo with
crew OF twelve men, under verbal orders
from the commander of the CRUISER Relna
Mercedes to watch the sixty miles OF
coast between Turquino and Santiago DE
Cuba. He was instructed not to communi-
cate with the land. The lieutenant obey
ed his orders but on October 9 he went In
to Asseradero bay 10 replenish the guard
boat with water. He sent boat ashore.
with corporal of marines in charge. and
with four sailors at the oars. on Landing
the boats crew were compelled TO go
some way inland in order TO reach fresh
water.
While filling the vessels they were cap
tured by a large force of insurgents, VINO
then brought two field pieces 10 the wa
ter's edge and threatened TO sink the Ut
tie guard boat and kill the prisoners I'M
less the lieutenant surrendered ali inc
small arms and ammunition on the boat.
There was no wind TO enable the Vessei
to escape, and Gallego complied with the
terms, turning over nine rifies,nine SWORDS
and 1000 rounds of ammunition. In due
course of time the guard boat anchored
near the Reina Mercedes at that port. and
Lieut.. Gallego, very much crestfallen, re-
ported to the commander of that warship
and was promptly placed under arrest.
The crew of the Dios de Mayo were also
kept under guard, and they were all sent
here for trial. The sailors. however, were
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other purpose. The captured sailors or
the Dios de Mayo testified in substance to
the facts detailed above. Under the
facts, extenuating circumstances were
claimed in the case against the lieu-
tenant, and the prosecuting officer asked
the court to sentence the prisoner TO only
two months arrest.
Kew West. Fla, Oct. 26-Letters from
Cuba state that the insurgents have taken
awful revenge on Rogue Corral whom
they suspected of treachery. Corral was
mayor of a town nearCienfuegos, and pro-
fessed devotion to the patriot cause. The
insurgent leaders used him as medium
of communication with friends in the
United States. Recently the insurgents
learned that Corral had been corrupted
by Spanish agents and had been playing
traitor. Tuesday morning the corpse of
the mayor was found outside the gates Of
the town. He had been hacked to death
his breast was a card reading: $50 per-
ish all traitors TO Cuba"
New York, Oct. 26-The World tomor-
row will say: Carlos Manuel de Cespedes,
son OF the first president of the Cuban pro-
vincial republic of twenty years ago, is
upon the high seas at the head of a secret
expedition which he expects to land in
Cuba in few days. He is accompanied
by nearly 100 enthusiastic young men, all
armed, who have determined to fight the
Spaniards for Cuba's liberation. The ex-
petition was quietly fitted out in this city
during the past three months, and no
money was spared to make it a success.
1t started from the Delaware river early
last week. The vessel which carries the
men to Cuba is large schooner of the
clipper style, fitted with rapid-fring guns.
She has in her hold 500 Winchester and
Remington rifles, 100000 cartridges two
Calling guns, 500 machetes and half a ton
of dynamite. The men who accompany
Cespedes are well drilled and uniformed
Upon arrival in Cuba they expect to join
the regular revolutionary army under
Gen. Gomez.