Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-06
DIABOLICAL WORK
Done by the Spaniards on the
Island Of Cuba.
TRY THEIR HANDS At BUTCHERY,

And Slaughter sl..rty-seven People Before
They Are eat;sfed-Neither Age, Sex
Nor Condition Spared and Women Sub
mitted to Horrible Observation-Disclosures.
ly and Cruel Murder of senorita MADEIRA
Shipment OF Arms Discovered.
NEW YORK, Sept 6-Atrocittcs by span
iards, as revolving as those commIttco py
the Japanese at Port Arthur have just
been reported TO the Cuban revolutionary
party in New York. Enrique Zrujilio, ed
itor of FL Porvcnir, has received a letter
from Juan Maspons Franco, chief of staff
under General Maxine Gomez, tae com
Inandcr-in-chief of the insurgcnt army.
II Is dated Headquarters, in the Field,
Aug s. and sends details Of the capture
ard rccaptUre Of the city Of Baire, and the
massacre Of thirty-scvcn inoffensive GU
bans-mostly women and children-by tho
Spaniards under Commander Gar..ido.
On Tuesday morning according to Col
onel Frances letter, a company of insur-
gents under Jose Rabi surprised the Span
ish garrison in the fort commanding the
city of Bairc. killed more than seventy
men and took tifty-six prisoners. They
captured large quantity of arms, and
persuaded the prisoners 20 join the insur-
gent ranks.
Began = Ruthless Slaughter.
An hour later three companies Of Span
ish troops under Commander Carbide
came up, ana after a short, but sharp re-
sistancc the Cubans fled, leaving the fort
again in the hands of the Spanish. soon
after the fort had been rcgarrisoncd with
Spaniards, one of the companies brooke
loose and began to pillage the city. Com
nandcr Gardido himself, Colonel Franco
states, Let the uniformed rioters The Spani-
ards we're wild for the spilling of blood
Every human creature who came in their
path was ruthlcSsly slain. Within five
minutes the streets Of Bairc were deserted
by the panic-strickcn natives, but the
Spaniartls followed them into their houses
and killed them in their own rooms. Age,
sex and condition were wholly disregarlcd
by these livcricd butchers says Colonel
Franco.
Brutal Rage of the Spaniards.
"Old and young women. childrcn-Cvcn
infants-wcre slaughtered. Shocking in
dgntics were offered To the unfortunate
victims before and after death. The Span
ish soldiers stamped on the bodies Of those
whom they had slnin, and ground their
hcclt into che faces Of many who We're still
living. Scnorta Dolores MADEIRA. a bcauti-
full girl Of Is, bctrothed to one OF Captain
Rabis iiCufcuants, was seized on the
street, cruelty beaten, repeatedly stabbed
with bayoncts and brutally assaulted One
Of Sirdido's captains commanded The girl
Ia rcnouncc her Cuban sweetheart and
swear loyalty to the spanish government.
Death of a Cuban Heroine.
'She scornfullv refused, whereupon the
captain struck her across the face with his
sword, iniiicting a terrible cash With
the blood streaming down her face she
tauntcd the ~paniards with their coward
ice. Thcrcupun the maddened soldiers
seized her, bound her hand and foot,
threw Il moose around her neck and hanged
her to "a tree. The torture of Scnorita
MADEIRA was prolonged as much as possi-
bic. While she was still alive, but no
longer conscious, her body was riddlcd
with bullets"