The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-08
A STORY OF BUTCHERY.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN SLAIN BY
SPANISH TROOPS.

Attractions at Baire-An almost I'm
credible Narrative b. Gen. Gomez.
Chief of staH-RuthIeSs Murder of
InnOcents.
Enrique TrujiHo, says Hendoz's New
York Press, editor of FL Porvenir.
received q letter yesterday from Juan
Maspons Franco, chief Of stan under Gen.
Maxine Gomez, the commandments
OF the insurgent army. 1t is dated Head
quarters in the field. Aug. 8" and sends
details of the capture and recapture of
the city of Barre and the massacre of
thirty-seven inoffensive Cubans-mostly
women and children-by the Spaniards un-
der Commander Garrido.
On Tuesday morning, according to Col.
Frances letter, a company OF insurgents
under Capt. Jose Rabi surprised the Span
ish garrison in the fortress commanding
the city of Barre. killing more than sew
enty men and taking fifty-six prisoners.
They captured q large quantity Of arms
and ammunition and persuaded the pris-
oners to enlist in the insurgent ranks.
An hour later three companies Of Span
fish troops under commander Garrido came
up, and after a short, but sharp, resis-
tance, the Cubans fed, leaving the for
tress again in the hands of the invader.
Soon after the fort had bee regarrson-
ed with SpaniardS one of the COMPANIES
broke loose and began to piliage the city.
Commander Garrido himself Col Franco
states, led the uniformed rioters.
Barre, the colonel writes, differs from
Port Arthur in that the japanese COM
mander tried to restrain his furious sol
diers. while Garrido urged on his Span
iards.
Col. Franco then describes graphically
f1aa .F gu fTrI..
Spaniards were wild for the spilling of
blood. Every human creature that came
in their path was ruthlessy slain. Within
hYe minutes the streets of Barre were de-
serted by the panic-stricken natives, but
the Spanards followed them into their
houses and killed them in their own
Age. sex and condition We're wholly dis
regarded by the liveried butchers" says
Col. Franco. Old and young women chil-
dren, even infants were slaughtered one
after another. Shocking indignities were
offered to the unfortunate victims before
and after death. The Spanish 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, beautiful girl
OF IL, betrothed to one of Capt. Rabrs
lieutenants, was seized on the street
cruelty beaten, repeatedly stabbed with
bayonets and brutality insulted. Comman-
der Garrido was in the neighborhoOd while
TINS outrage was perpetrated says Col.
Franco.
One of Garrido's captains, says Col
Franco, commanded Senorita MADEIRA to
renOunce her Cuban sweetheart and swear
loyalty to the Spanish government She
scornfully refused, whereupon the captain
struck her across the face with his sword
infiicting a terrible cash.
The brave girl, with her own blood
streaming down her face, laughed at her
tromentors and tainted them with their
cowardice. Thereupon the maddened SOL
diers seized her, bound her hands ana
feet together behind her back threw a
moose about her neck and hanged to the
nearest tree.
The torture of Senorita MADEIRA was pro-
longed as much as possible She was
drawn slowly up to the bough and allowed
to strange by degrees. While she was
sull alive, but no longer conscious, her
body was riddled with bullets.
Immediately after the preparation of
this frightful murder, Garridos captain
pinned upon the dead girls gown large