The sun., 1895-03-03
D.AltlllollAQIo.
Preliminary
Opening
or
TRIMMED MILLINERY.
THIRD FLOOR.
Tomorrow, Monday, March 4, we
shall exhibit a very handsome COL
lection of Trimmed Hats, Bonnets and
Toques, for immediate use, and ad-
vance styles for Early Spring Wear.
Also
A complete assortment Of Mourning
Millinery, Travelling Hats, Straw
Alpines, Sailors, etc.
18th st.. 10Th st., and Sixth Ave-

| at once, and sent the messenger back with part
| The bandit sent another words
II the gold s RN, s, sent a, on once we T return to the
The gold could not be sent at once and al
| though the greater part of the ransom had been
paid the bandits carried out their threat and
the captive was murdered.
1t was not an uncommon thing for the bandits
to demand articles whic would aid them In
joyous celebration when they received their
friends OF Don Manuel Carreno when that gem
tlemsnS ~ was kidnapped delivered letter in
which this interesting postscript was added by
dictation. of courH, by the captive:
nehes of ye To m of tosceo @ sssrs
bars of sweet gum. and rum.
Carreno was known in this city, as lie fre-
quently visited New York In connection with
the cigar an, and . tobacco trade This mised order
gold. and as Carreno lives in Key West he had
to direct the messenger to some friends he was
the messenger not only with the poid. but With
the merchandise besides. even down to the "two
tod Saf' g Dob bsn
molested by anybody"
quired Garcia would not put his victim to the
trouble and inconvenience OF being kidnapped
HI we DoS IN
which usually he made promise OF leaving the
country, which he never did. Here is a copy of
Antonio Fernandez:
Ny DEAR slRi Wishing to retire from this country
Of 70 secure sSat OBJECT Viii pease send
me thirty PIECES geld s5out $500 before ne 9th q
not do !. your interests Will probably suffer to thatex
In this country one would suppose that a
messenger bringing such q demand would
be promptly turned over to the police and made
been SO in Cuba for many years The bandits
M had the planters g., thoroughly terrorized and any
such modest demand than run the riek Of he
ing made to suffer more in purse and body.
Another amazing thing is that the bandits
The messengers always impressed upon the
family or friends Of the captives the belief that
result in the Immediate death Of the abducted
person. Usually the thioket Of wood where
by rugged roads accessible to the bandits by
short % cuts, SO that IN the event OF an approach
tioe to move. Also the bandits usually took the
precaution OF moving camp after sending out a
E With demand Ths mes
secret instructions how to proceed. In many
instances where rans9m has not been paid and
discovered the body Of the victim through the
rising OF the vultures.
In all the authorities there is not an
som has been rescued by police or friends or
than the aSe fu sn
One OF the most notable cases OF kidnapping in
Cuba which proved the uselessness OF either
and which also resulted in the disclosure that
men OF position and apparent resrecta bilit were
aiiies OF the bandits, was that of Don Miguel
Millar He was man of wealth and social pO-
sttion, whose abduction had long been planned.
mo prime mover In this crime was proved bv
the Subsequent investigation TO be one Miguel
Maine Lorenzo Barreiro. merchant and
Only four of the bandits were actually engaged
IN the kidnapping Of Millar. They went to his
house house in the daytime; terrified the family and
his wife that II was merely matter OF business,
which she would have AN opportunity OF dis
demanded. part OF which the captive's family
raised at once and sent to the bandits by their
MESSENGER, Al the same time pursuing party
IN the direction IN which it was known that Mil
lar had been taken, and lhsv were finally led by
the rising OF turkey bllzards 10 the lonely spot
In the woods where Millar had been murdered,
either because the messenger had not returned
with the full ransom or because news OF
the searching party had reached the ban
dts: The fact that the victim was a clvll Judge
CATION. suspicion attached to BarrerO as sn
accomplice IL was learned that his horse had
been lent TO one OF the bandits on the day OF the
murder, and that one OF the bandits boasted OF
his power over Barreiro and had given an order
for goods which had been honOred. II was
shown that several OF the bandits had been in
some OF the bandits over the division OF the poi-
tion OF the ransom which had been paid re-
suited In an exposure and the arrest of Bar
retro who afterwards died IN prison ,,., =
AZ the Office Of the spanish tonsul-General In
this city no confirmation has been received OF
tho report OF the death of Manuel Garcia, but
the fervent wish Is expressed there that the re-
said there, had been long and desperate and
bloody; and besides the actua injury 10 person
snd property on the island done by him the
given to the island had been serious deterrent
To investments