Evening journal., 1895-09-06
A MASSACRE OF CUDANSI
Spanish Troops Charged With
Brutal, Fiendish Work.
WERE LED ON BY THEIR OFFICERS.
They Reoapture Town aud wreals Hor-
riblo Vengeance on the Cubans Found
There-Over Thirty-soven Knled-some
Tortured TO Death.

Therc-oNer Ahirty-scfeh A>hAco-ootne
Tortured 20 Death.
NEW York. Sept 0.-Atrocities by
Spaniards, surprising If possible those
committed by the japanese at Port Ar
thur, have just boen reported TO the Cuban
revolutionary party in New York.
Enrique Truiillo editor Of FL Porvenir
received letter yesterday from Juan Mas
pons Franco chief Of staff under General
Maximo Gomez the commander in chief
OF the insurgent army. It is dated Head
quarters in the Fold, Aug 80 and sends
details of the capture andsrecaOture of the
city of Baire and the massacre Of 81 inof-
fonsive Cubans-mostly women and chill
dron-by the Spaniards under Commander
Garrido.
On Tuesday morning according TO Colo
mel Francois lottor, company of insur-
gents undor Captain jose Rabi surprised
tho Spanish garrison I'm the fortress COM
manding tho city Of Baire, killing more
than 20 men and taking SO prisoners
rhey captured large quantity Of arms
and ammunition and persuaded the pris-
oners to enlist in the insurgent ranks.
An hour later three companies of Span
ish troops under Commander Garrido
came up, and after a short but sharp re-
distance the Cubans fled, leaving the fort
ress again in the hands of the invader.
Pnnage and Murder.
Soon after the fort had been regarrison-
d with Spaniards one of the companies
broke loose and began TO pillage the city
Commander Garrido himself, Colonel
Franco states, led the uniformed rioters.
Bairo, the colonel writes, differed from
Port Arthur in that the Japanese COM
mandor tried to restrain his furious sol
dies while Garrido urged on his Span
iards.
Colonel Franco then describes graphic
oilv the scones Of horror that followed
The Spaniards were wild for the spilling
OF blood. Every human creature that came
in their path was ruthlessly slain. Within
nvo minutes the streets Of Barre were de-
serted by the panic stricken natives, but
the Spaniards followed them into their
houses and killed them in their own
rooms.
cage, sex and condition were wholly
disregarded by the livoried butchers, "
SAYS Colonel Franco Old and young
women, children, even Infants, were
slaughtered one after another Shocking
indignities wero offered TO the unfortunate
victims before and after death. The Span
ish soldiers stamped upon the bodies of
those whom they had slain and ground
their heels into the faces Of many who
were still living"
senorita Dolores MADEIRA, a beautiful
girl Of is, betrothed to one Of Captain
Rabi's lieutenants, was seized on the
street, cruelly beaten, repeatedly stabbed
with hayonots and brutally insulted.
Commander Garrido was in the neighbor-
hood while this outrage was perpetrated,
says Colonel Franco.
One of GarridOs captains says the col
onel, commanded Senorita MADEIRA to re-
nounoe her Cuban sweetheart and swear
loyalty to the Spanish government. She
soornfully refused, whoreupon the captain
struck her across the face with his sword,
in1icting q terrible cash.
Brave Girls Shocking Fate.
The brave girl, with her own bleod
streaming down her face, laughed at her
tormcntors and tauntod them with thoir
eowardice. Thoroupon the maddened sol
diers seized her, bound her hands and feet
together behind her back, threw q moose
about her neck and hanged her TO the
nearest tree.
Tho torture of Sonorita MADEIRA was
prolonged as much as possible. She was
cd Co strangle by degrees. While she was
stiu alive but no longer conscious, her
body was riddled with bullets.
Sonorita Madora's body hung from the
troe in the principal street Of the city for
two days, the letter says. Even her near
est relatives did not dare to cut it down.
Her brother was hacked TO pieces while
trying TO kin the captain who had ordered
her to be hanged
patriclo Garriche a wealthy planter,
was stabbed to death with q dozen bayo-
nots in front of the hotel. He was 20 years
of age and had fought in the preceding
insureotion.
Senoro Mnnuela Vera was pierced by 20
bullets Immediately after her 6-yoaro old
daughter Juana had been butchored be-
fore her eyes Both were assaulted before
they were killed
Nnmoloss outrages were perpetratcd in
the homo of Sonora Aleiandrina Ribot, a
wealthy widow. The Spanish soldiers first
robbed her house. They told the servants
that they took hor gold because they he
loved that Sonora Ribot had collected the
amount for the insurgont cause.
Mother and Daughter Slain.
Meanwhile Sonora Bibot had He'd TO her
drawing room, dragging with her the al
most inanimate form OF her niece love
ly girl Of IL, who had been assaulted and
shot by the soldiers when they had first
cntcrod tho house. Thither the Spaniards
followed her They broke in the door,
threw the still living body Of tho niece
out Of the window and killed the widow
with bullets and bayonets.
Paul Lanut, Frenohman, escaped in
slant death only by declaring his nation
ality. Even after he had done so "a hours
were given 20 him in which to leave the
district Of III Arriha. He stood on his dig
nity and refused 60 go. The Spaniards
burned his plantation buildings destroy
ing property worth 500, 600. Lanut has
already sent letter to the French govern
ment requesting it 10 demand indemnity
from Spain.
After maintaining a reign OF terror IN
Barre for two days Garrido and Liouton
/ ant Colonel Segura, commandant Of Tho
Spanish forces in Guantanamo, left the
city and ravagod the surrounding country
| burning estates right and Left. Subso
| quontly they announced that the outrage'
had been porpetratcd 10y the Insurgents.
Thirty seven murders committed by the
Spaniards, Colonel Franco writes, have