Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14
Her Secret Departure.

KEY WEST, June .-Notwithstanding
 tho policy of silence adopted by the Cuban
 revolutionary leaders here, 1t is now pub
 licly admitted that the tug George W.
 Childs is the vessel that conveyed an ex-
 petition to Cuba a few days ago Her arrival hero last Thursday morning
 was the signal for the immediate prepara- ton for departure of those listed for the expedition. Messengers were sent in every direction, and Cubans with small arms strapped around their waists and bundles on their shoulders hurriedly sought the place where rifles were stored and went to the head of the island, where a sailing
 vessel was waiting to convey the expedi- ton to the reef, where the tug would meet them.
 Meanwhile the commander of the Childs presented himself at the custom house and requested n permit to take coal. While
 waiting he engaged in conversation with
 customs clerks, who noticing discrepan- cy in his statements and his Hurried manner became suspicious. They reported the circumstances to the collector of GUS toms, who detailed two inspectors to see
 that nothing contraband was taken aboard,
 as the vessel had a foreign clearance. It is now commented upon that the captain of the tug personally suporintend- ed the loading of coal, no one being per mitted to go aboard the vessel while it
 was at the wharf. No examination of tho
 tug was made, although it is now assert cd she had large quantity of arms and
 ammunition under her coal, which was
 even piled in sacks on her deck After coaling the Childs put hurriedly to sea, but instead of shaping her course southward, having cleared for Jamaica, she proceeded along the coast eastward being soen that evening lowering off Ba- hia Honda, about 10 miles distant from
 hero, at which point the transfer of filibus- ters from a schooner Is alleged to have been effected.
 The exact number enlisted here cannot
 be ascertaiApd. but 2>O men are said to hAve been aboard the tug when sho head cd for tho Cuban coast some of these arc
 said to have been brought ny the steamer 1 Bridgeton from tho vicinity of St. Angus
 tine and transferred to the tug off the
 reef
 The Cubans Are silent. So we'll did the flihusters plan their movements and cover their tracks that even the Federal author lies are at sea to-
 day as to tho vessel that actually carried the expedition. No information whatever can be obtained from tho few leaders who arc in tho secret. Even tho messenger who returned after witnessing the transfer of the reef cannot be induced to open his
 mouth while Fl Yara, the recognized or gan of the revolutionary party. published here, daily admonishes the Cubans to keep silence which, it says, is golden. Generals RolofT and Sanchez arc in com mand of the expedition. accompanied by several licutenants. One Is named Castil- To and another Rosondo Garcia, who sailed from here with the AQuerra expedition. Dr. Fermin Dominguez, one of the stu. dents arrested in Havana for dosecrating Castanon' grave, sailed as the medical di- rector.
 A majority of those comprising the ex- petition arc naturally Cubans many hay ing served in the last revolution, but a largo number arc young enthusiasts Many of those arriving from Cuba during ] the last two months and who have been
 seen daily hanging around Cuban head quarters, have also gone. Several Ameri-
 cans joined them, one of them being a ! drug clerk. with some experience in han ding dynamite who was taken as an OK pert.
 The usa of dynamite will enter largely into the opertS ions of both Roloff and San chez, whose plans contemplate the de struCtiOn of every fertilization and piece
 of government property encountered. The former will operate around santa Clara in the province of Las Villas while San chez will go to Puerto Principe, in the
 Comaguey district They carry drawings of every fertilization in the several dis
 tricts where they will operate, as well as typographical maps of the country, with
 which, however, both are familiar. having fought there in tho last war
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