The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-17
Authentic Stories oiIIorrid Crue
\ ties IN Cuba.
.ALlENATED TIE sYMpATIlIEs
or civii,,ed Natlons-Ih.,anee. orAtrosl-
: tles--Nvhoic Families Murdered In Cold
Biooi-captlve. Tortured to Death.
How Prisoners "Dlsappsar."

/ Is supposed to DO carried on In these
h times IN a manner we'll understood and
according to well.denned rules OF con-
duct, based on common humanity. The
Spanlards arc carrying on war like bar
barlans.=
They have retained pll the cruelty
which they practiced on Aztecs aud Per-
uvlans in the days OF cortcs AMI Pizarro
and have lost the valor which accom-
panied them. All that was great In the
Spanish character Is gone: all that was
base remains, The Spanlards say that
eSccsSeS are committed by their oppo-
nent5. This Is no excuse. The Indians,
when they captured n soldier alive. used
to commit unEpeas0bls torture upon
him. Suppose captive Indians had been
treated In the same way by the soldiers2
a cry OF horror would have gone up all
over the civilized world. and rightly so,
too: The soldiers would have been pun
ished 10 tho full extent OF the law and
dismissed the service.
instances or itrocity.
In fact, It would have been impossible
for American soldiers TO have committed
such atrocities. Such ideas would never
have entered their minds. hut Spain
finds no word OF reproot for the crimes
Is OF her soldiers In the Philippines. and
Butcher Wcyler'' records nAssacres as
victories" Did not MARTINEZ CampOs
say that II Weyler came TO Cuba the
Very dead would rise up against him"
Z Here are some OF the things Spain has
done recently under the name OF war:
Several OF the native leaders in the
province OF CARTE In the Philippines
surrendered to the Spaniards under
promise OF fair treatment The natives
were first tortured. then dlsemboweled
ind their bleeding bodies hung to the
gates OF the city.
A batch OF l59 prisoners taken by the
Spanlards were placed In small dun
Eeon under the walls OF San Sebastian,
where they were KEEP: gasplng for air oil
night In The morning nfty-four OF
them were dead. These are only sample
cases. No wonder that each man Us he
Joins the rebel forces signes his name
with blood drawn from his own arm TO
an agreement TO fight the Spaniards I'M
I'll death
CARTE, which Is In the hands OF the In
surgents. Is only about seven miles from
Manila In Cuba the insurgents so Into
battle in couples. each man swearing TO
the other that he viii do his best to get
the others dead body. should he fall, of
The field. II 1t were left there it would
be mutllated.'
Here are few OF the instances OF the
war OF the Spaniards In Cuba which
have been reported on good authority
from time to time. \ child near the
town OF CarraSi, In the province OF Ha-
vana, was playing soldier with wooden
gun in the yard OF his fathers house
when Captain Radaban rode by with
n GnonICh
.W'ho goes there?" shouted the cap
tain. by way Of q Joke.
Cuba" promptly replied the little fel-
low. Thereupon the soldiers beat the
child 50 badly that he died the next day.
Near the town OF Catalina. on the es-
tate OF San Juan de Paraiso, lived last
August one Louis DiaZ, q peaceahlc
farmer, with his wife anu child. He
went into town one day 10 buy food. The
Spanish lieutenant In command Of the
fort there seized him. kept him all night
In the fort and had him shot In the
morning. No motive except desire for
blood could be found for this act.
Murdered Whole Family.
Major FuudevIela commands Span
fish column at Nlnas. In Havana prov
ince. 1t Is the first town on the railroad
east OF Havana and about fifteen miles
from the city. Colonel Agulrre. who
commands the insurgeut forces opposed
20 him. said last September that the
course o: the Spanish column when II
moves nhou: the country can be traced
BY the bodies OF murdered paclticoS left
along the roadside" y pac!tico !5 ma
tive who takes no part IN the present
conflict, n farmer or laborer who tries to
be neutral and cultivate the land. In
the town OF Pcnalyer. Fondevlela order
ed the execution of an entire family OF
nine persons because they were accused
OF sympathy with the insurgents.
III In one house In the game town the sol
y dIcrs killed fourteen paclhcos who had
taken refuge there. The column Is ac-
Z compan!ed by n guide when 1t moves.
The guide Is generally trusted to point
out who shall be killed and who spared.
A farmer Ia seen at work In the fields.
4 II the guide lifts his hat the man Is
spared. 1fhc pulls his hat down over MS
eyes the man Is taken little way from
his home and hacked to pieces with ma
chetes.
Recently three negroes gathering pine
apples on 4 plantation near CarSreJern
sat down under n tree Ia rest ut noon.
tired out with their labors. The Euer-
rllaS from Punta Brava, nelghborinS
town, came riding by and killed them
all from mere wantonnesA. leaving their
bodies to feed tho vultures.
tfsal 3Ii.talso Nude by Bnlie;s.
There was the case OF Angel Llancs. n
royalst and firm supporter Of the Span
ish government. He was walking about
his plantation near Havana. Colonel
Mariana was out on n."rsbcl hunt"
Somebody seeing I.ianes. said. There Is
a rebel who has hid hls gun :" without
further question Lanes was rlldled
with bullets. Then they found out who
IL was. nnd the colonel said: "Ah. We
have made n mIFtakc" and proceeded
mcrrlIy on his hunting expedition.
The Cuban commander In Havana
province declares that hundreds OF
peaceabic farmers have been murdered
by Spanish troops simply bccauac his
troops have cainpei on their farms.
a Cuban scout IN Hayann province
fell from his horse and was captured by
the Spanish under hGuac1te. He was
bound hand md foot. tied with n long
rope to the tail OF 4 horse, and dragged
rapldly about over toe stony ground.
until tho ile2h was torn from his body.
The Spanish soldiers meanwhile shout
cd: Long live Spaln!"
Captive. Tortured to Death.
Ono captured Cuban was led along
with the Spanish column, his pace being
accelerated every now and then by bay
onct thrustg. When he fell down from
cXhaugtIOn and los5 OF blood HE was dis
patched by bayouCt thrusta and his
body LEFT by The roadside after being
ihoclIlnEly inutilatcd
Colonel AGuIrrc declared that all hla
men who arc captured arc killed at once
W the Spanlnrds. E0mc being put to
death In n manner too horrible for de-
scrIption. These things take place. not
in rrfuptn maintain rpplong Int n imOgt