Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-03-20

The following to the Ameri-
can press has been received in
Tampa, Fla. by mail from Cuba:
"If the Government. that unhap,
PLY rules the destines of this un-
fortunate country, should be true
to the most rudimentary princi-
pies of justice and morality Col.
JUL, who has been recently ap>
pointed military governor of
Matanzas province, should be in
the galleys among criminals. 1t
is but a short time since he was
relieved by General Martinez
Ca1npos ofthe military command
at Cienfugos, as he had not once
engaged any of the insurgent
forces, but vented all his fero-
cious instincts against innocent
and 1noffensive peasants.
"In Yaguaramas, a small town
near CienfuAos, he arrested as
suspected spies Mr.. Antonia Nor
jon, all honest and hardworking
man, and Mr.. Ygnaclo Chapi,
who is we'll advanced in years
and almost blind. Not being
able to prove the charges against
them, as they were INNOCENT, he
ordered Major Moreno, of the
Barcelona battalion, doing gar
rison duty at Yaguaramas, to kill
them with the maChete and have
them buried Immediately. Major
Moreno answered that he was a
gentleman who had come to; fight
in the integrity of his country
and not to commit murder. This
displeased the Colonel sorely, but,
unfortunately, a volunteer ser
geant with six members were
willing to execute the order of
the Colonel, and Morejon and
Chapi were murdered without
pity. The order Of JUL was ex-
ecuted iii the most cruel manner.
1t l1orrifies one even to think Of
it. Mr.. Chapi, who knew the
ways of JUL, OH being awakened
at o'clock i'll the morning and
notified by the volunteer chief Of
the guard that he and Morejon
had to go out, suspected what
was to come and told his COM
panion to cry out for help as
soon as they would be taken from
the fort They did so, but those
who were to execute the order OF
Jull we're neither moved or
weakened in their purpose; OH
the contrary, at the first screams
of Chapi and Morejon they threw
lasso over their heads and pull
ed at it by the ends. In a few
moments they fell to the ground
choked to death. They were
dragged On the earth without
pity to the place where they were
buried. All this bloody scene
was witnessed by JUL from a
short distance, Providence has
not willed that so much iniquity
should remain unhidden forever
In the hurry the grave where
these two innocent men were
buried was not dug deep enough
| and part of the rope with which
they were choked protruded. A
neighbor looking for lost COW
Isaw the rope, took hold of it ane
on pulling disinterred the heae
| of one of the victims. He wa:
|terror-stricken aud Immediately
gave notice to the guardia civil
and the judge. These men foune
lout that the men had been kllles
|by Jull's order and therefore pro
lceedings were suspended.
i THE neighbors and all clvl
and military authorities know
leverything that has been relate'
there, but such is the state Of at
fairs on this island that Genera
IWeyler has had no objection t
appointing this monster, Colone
Jull, military governor of Mat
anZas.
"Such deeds as enumerate
are common.
i "The people of the towns c
/, Matanzas, with JUL as governo
1 and Arolas at the head Of CO
, umn, will suffer the consequence
n of their bloody instincts
! "That the readers may kno'
g in part who General Arolas is,
!: !: will relate what has happened j
!. the Mercedes estate, near Color
{ 1t having come to his knoWlede
q that small body of rebels WI
a enc camped On the sugar esta
Mercedes, of Mr.. Carrolla, Ge