Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-15
THE AssAss1EArE & MAsBc.


lured into a Spanish ambush undet
flag of, truce and every memoek
of his escort, consisting OF 81 star
officers, was killed with the singtexA
ception Of DR.. Maxine Zertucha, pls
second surgeon, who betrayed MS
general and arranged with the Mar
louis Ahumeda for the cowardly rs
sassinatinn- A meeting was arrange
through Zertucha, at the request O
the Marquis, and Maceo was invitec
= l.-.-A-conletehce and led into an am
buscade, Maj Cirujeda having beef
assigned the bloody duty of violating
the most sacred principle of civilized
warfare-the flag of truce-and not a
man lived to tell the tale except Ter
tucha who was not even arrested, but
sent to Havana to spread the news
and furnish the proof that Maceo had
been KILLED in battle Cirujeda,
the brutal monster who conducted
the execution. himself stated that
Maceo's body was stripped of clothing
and tied to the tail of a horse and
dragged for two or three miles and
then abandoned by the roadside"
1t is cabled from Madrid that the
Queen Regent of Spain on Saturday
gave audience to the wife of Mai.
Cirujeda and promised to heap honors
upon the assassin and educate his son
at public expense. Gen. Weyler
upon his return to Havana was re
ceived with cheers and made speech
expressing his delight a the death OF
the brave soldier and murdered
patriot. Nothing else, however,
could have been expected of this
monster, who butchered the brave
prisoner of war Antonio Coloma with
pardon from the Queen in his
pocket. With such methods of war
fare prevailing within so miles of our
shores,,.if becomes the imperative duty
of the United States government to
recognize the belligerency of the
Cubans and put stop to the brutal
atrocities that rival those of the
Turks in Armenia. It is high time
for us to do for struggling
Cuba what France did for the rebel
colonies in the last century. Upon
this question the people of the United
States are practically united. Res
olutions iof sympathy have passed
both branches of Congress, but the
occupant of the
White House still talks about mon.
The American people,
regardless of party, can only wait
with impotence and live IN the hope
hat the new President will take &C.
ion upon this question as soon as he
axes the oath of office.
In the meantime, the struggle for
Cuban independence will go on until
he gallant patriots gain their liberty. ]
iac.o, Marti, "a, as, Jose Maceo,
Irombet, all brave leaders, have fallen
'ut Gomez, Garcia, Reviera, Rabi and
ther intrepid fighters still remain
nd the war will go on. With 10000
oldiers in the field the Cubans are :
tronger than ever before and al.
Tough Weyler has 100000 troops on j
be island, he cannot conquer the !
'rave patriots who are fighting for
heir homes. 7
The death of Maceo is a severe s
low and year ago might have been 7
atal to the cause, but years fight y
lg has developed other brave officers 4
no can carry on the work for which Ii
e laid down his life. Gen. Maceo
as the last of his family. His father !.
nd nine sons have died for Cuba '
bre. Gen. Maceo was a product
the war of lS68-7S. He was born .
lS4S and rose to the rank of gener- +
in the ten years struggle. When
lie Cubans were forced to abandon
he struggle, he came to the United
tates and secured employment as
ostler at the military school at West
ONT, where he borrowed books from
lie cadets and studied the science
war. He assisted in bringing
bout the present revolution and has
cen constantly in the field since the
eginning of hostilities two years
20. His brother Jose was killed
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