The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-07-26
FROM SPANISH PRISONS
Arrival Of Two Americans Who
Were Released
ON o0NsgL WILLIAMS DBMArD.

One Of the Men Admits That lie waa n
Cuban Rcvolutionist, but the other,
Whose Property Was Couascpted, Asserts
That lie was Innocent of Completely.
NEW YORK. July 26.-Autouio Ruiz Per.
domo and Manuel Vargas, the two Am'Gi-
can citizens who have been imprisoned in
Cuba by the Spanish authorities. and who.
through the Intervention Of Consul Con
erol Williams, We're released and da3orrnG
from the country ON the steamship Fla
buna, were landed in this city yesterday,
They had been detained Mt Hoffman
island over night. as they had no certi.i
Gates of acclimHtisation Both men praised
Consul General Williams, who secured
their release. Perdomo told Il most re
mHrkable story, admitting frankly that
he had been active as q reVolutiouist, lie
said:
Il was the captain Of a company of
twcnty-six men, banded together as rovo-
lutionists. We took an active part in the
engagement in which General Salcedo,
the Spanish commander. was killed aud
General Cumpos wounded. On April 8
my company was lyingin ambush in some
woods near Santa Clara, when q regiment
of li6 men, under Lieutenant Nico Ruiz,
came up and attacked us. We killed six
of their men md escaped with not II man
injured on our side. We were armed with
Winchester and Mausseur rifles supplied
TO US by Collins & Co., of Front street,
New York. Three days after the fight
was sleeping in II hammock some little
distance from my company when a body
of ll5 men rode up, and with bullets flying
all around me for some unknown and I'M
necessary reason I was placed under ar
rest II lodged in the Jail at Remidios.
There l was treated fairly well, and de
cent food was offered me. 1 preferred to
pay and get better food from the outside.
"Ol July 3 l was transferred to Moro
Castle prison. l Immediately commune
Gated with Consul General Williams, and
the government agreed to release me pro-
vided they could instantly deport me from
the country. Accordingly l sailed for
New York by the first steamer arriving
here. My property in Cuba, worth about
$500, was confscated. My wife and two
children 1 had to leave in Cuba, but they
are coming up by the next steamer. My
profession is civil engineering, and my
home address is Concord and Adams
streets, Brooklyn. The revolutionary
movement in Cuba is spreading, and if
they can hold out until October the revo-
lutionists will come out the victors with
out a doubt. Regarding Campos, it is
generally understood in official and mill
tary circles that he is a prisoner of the
revoluUionists."
Manuel Vargas told a similar story. He
said:
"On July 3 1 was arrested in the streets
of Remidios and taken to Moro Castle
prison, where l was confined fifteen days.
For what reason 1 do not know. No charge
was made against me. never expressed
sympathy even with the revolutionary
party. kept a coffee house and did some
other work for Andrew Fisher, an Amer
lean dentist, who l understand is to bt
deported from the country today on &
Ward line steamer. l have no family
My coffee house, worth 81, 300, was seizeJ
by the government officials. When / was
jailed 1 wrote to Consul General VIII
Jams, who Immediately investigated my
case and demanded my release. The gov
eminent officials put me aboard the
steamer Habana, bound for New York
paying my passage as a third class pas
senger. Ipaid 50 extra, and came SECOND
class