Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-21
THE RICHMOND DIsPATCH-THURsDAY.. MARCH II, 1895.

Governors household. officers In the army
even washerxomen, ami l was kept M
formed OF every move. consider ~ per
fectly legitimate 10 bride such people UNI
der the circumstances. | wanted 10 commu-
nlcate direct with the leaders OF the In
surgent army, and told Norelle that |
would take a ride In the country. He Of
fered me an escort of cavalry. though he
had Just assured me there were no In
surgsnts In the island. ] declined and
went alone I passed through the Spanish
lines, and entered the insurgent camp
I saw the leaders. and | made arrange
ments with them for n combined attack
on the city In case any more OF the Vir-
ginius prisoners were shot. | gave the
insurgents all the information I possessed
about the weak points OF the city, and
they gave me advice for bombarding II.
Everything was arranged. II those Span
iards had killed another prisoner
would have bombarded the city in front.
and the rebels would have attacked II
from the rear. 50 there wouldn't have
been much OF It left. Happily for the
Spanisrds. no more were shot while
was there.
ALL OVER.
"Morele was relieved few days later.
and Buriel was reinstated as Governor.
and I had TO begin my negotiations all
over again. The upshot Of ii was that.
although / looked upon him as "a muir
derer. he proved to be n gentleman, for
he agreed TO deliver every man on a
certain day at a certain hour and he did
So Several Of the men had typhus and
typhOld-fever. and all were more or less
sick as a result Of their confinement in
the castle. | brought them back to New
York I'm the Iuniata. On the trip up they
-.
other with various crimes. and accusing
each other OF being responsible for the
deaths Of the 1fty-three men who were
shot by the Spanards. | got them all on
the quarterback. and told them they were
the meanest gang of scoundrels I had
ever met and that they ought TO be
hanged for cutting each others threats
in that way. Then / tore up the letters
they had written TO me, and threw the
scraps into the sea. They were all turned
over to the United States authorities in
New York. and were released from GUS
tody. The Spanish Government proved
afterward that the Virginlus was not en-
titled TO show the American flag. Her
papers appeared to be all right There
was not a flaw in them, but they were
obtained through the connivance Of UNI
scrupulOus American consuls. and were
all fraudulent.
MY child died two days before 7 arrived
home, and was buried two days later. and
every man that I rescued from the Cuban
prison attended the funeral No more
touching compliment could have been paid
TO me-
MY next adventure with the Cubans
was in 1879, when Spanish gunDOat officers
boarded, searched, and captured American
fruit vessels in Cuban waters. | was IN
command Of the powhatan, and made n
circuit Of the island and drove every gun
boat into harbOr. | would have captured
them II they had not hidden. Then the
fruit scnOJners swarmed out OF the ports
Ike bees ont OF a hive. There was no
more interference with fruit vessels.
wish" said Rear-Admiral Bralne 10 the
reporter. at the conclusion Of his romi-
nisc-uces. you would take n dynamite
bomb and blow out all the personal pro-
nouns from my story. ! hate to appear
as a braggart | have merely told the
story as 1t Isl