The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-24
THE CUBANS RELEASED
The Jury Returned a Verdict of Not Guilty
and the Accused Set Free.
MEMORABLE SCENE IN THE COURTROOM.
Nearly Every Person in the Packed
Room Sent Up II Shout OF S;,ti>tuc.
iton. stamped Their Rect and clap.
ped Their Hands The Nr.cnscd
Subans Given u Reception.

WILMINGTON, Del, Sept 23-Judga
Wales this morning charged the jury IN
thr trial of tho alleged Cuban nlibustcrs
ana at noon the jury retired The court
room was crowded. Many women friends
OF IN" defendants wcr" present The fol
lowing is II corrected and Official list of
tn" Cubans on trial: Ralph DE Soto mcr-
chant jos X. Gomez. merchant: Frank
Navarro. merchant. Frank GARLIC. plant
"r; Justo Carcno. planter: Rnmon Pcr:iXa.
planter. Pedro Eoutgm"ut, physician.
Martin Marr"ru. physician. Guar.indu
lhnda. druggist Eduardo Saurc. lawyer
ana chemical engineer. Manuel l.pyaIo.
eiitor Eduardo Yoru. editor. Antonio
RUIZ. engineer: Pablo MonocnI. surveyor.
CoSmo Tcrri,ntc. lawyer and doctor OF
science. Samuel Gojts. bachelor of arts.
Frcd"ricu Montalvo and Pablo Estrvc2
occupation unknown
IN" fact that tn" jury did not report
Immediately caused considerable anxiety.
ana some anxious ones feared "a dIsa-
Er""in"ni, After b' inG on; FOR nifty min
ut"S. however. word was received from IN.
JUICY that Il verdict hud been found
Iht Jurors filed into court and tn,
'rowd IN tn" antc-roOms and corridors
hurried into th, room Muny stood unou
CHAIRS and benches and awaited nervous
lN the aunouncvisut 10 hc made Alter
the usual pr"limiuurics, the foreman in
reply 10 question, said Il verdict of not
guilty had been found Then followed =,
memorable scene. Nearly every one ii
the court room except the court oincers
sent up shout oil satisfaction. claimed
their hands and stamped their feet An
attempt 10 stop the tumult wis mot with
another round OF cheers
After som" preliminary action the men
were discharged from custody aud ru'.
hnlt an hour they and their counsel Were.
given reception. The women i'm uaItic-
ular We're very domouStrutiv- District
ATTORNEY Nnnd"Etifi VAS not forgotten
aud even som" of the acquitted mon shook
him hy tn" hand aui said they recognized
thr position his duty compelled him to
take. some OF Tho Cubans embraced each
pth"r. and there was Il general feeling OF
happiness ana jolliicatiom.
cuban and American ilnps and buttons
""re worn by scores of people. The v,r-
dict Is a popular ono here. The futtlr,
plans OF The mon are not known The no
tel where the men have been stopping was
decorated with iiags immediately after TN
verdict was aU1 'Hu,cd. aud flags were
also Displayed ON pri>at, buildings
Market street r"s'mblcd "a gala day
Crowds gathered around The front of Citv
ian and CAV" cherr after cheer.
Joseph Is Adams. city treasurer hoist
rd a Cuban uIg under tho American fag
On the pol" over his store. and the act
was greeted with great cheers ON tho
street. Tn" stars ana stripes were run i.u
ON the CitN Hall !iasstUn Tn Cuhnus
gathered on the lalcouy OF tho hotel amd
ch""rrd TIN" American flag. ana ''thr rcd
"hii" ana b!u", as the City Hall tlar wa
rum up
The friends of the Cubans Tonight
produced band and forming pro-
c"NSIOn marched to the houS. of Ralph
Dvsoto. where they met the twenty-on.
acquitted m"0. They then marched i'm
TURN {" tn" residences OF Senator Gray
ana Judsr Wales rendering svrrnad dcs
To 9"th OF th"sr gentlemen. Neither
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