San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-03
A SPANISH DEVIL.
MURDEROUS MOLINA DE OLIVER
AND HIS GANG.
Strip Women, Beat Out the Brains of Babes,
Tear Eyes Out of Their Sockets
and Do Other Develment
On the Poor Oubans.

NEW YORK, June 3.-The World
this morning prints special cor.
respondence from Mayuga, prov
ince OF Mstanzas, saying:
reports have reached here of
number of unwarranted murders
and outrages by bands OF Colonel
Louis Molina de divers Spanish
guerillas.
"Belisaro Nodares, Of this town,
relates the particulars OF fiendish
attack upon Cuban woman.
"The guerillas Of the colonel, Mr..
Nodares says, while on their way
to Calumet, stopped at the house of
Mateo Martinez, who had been
forced to enlist in band Of insur-
gents under Juan Polo. The Of
ficer in command inquired from
Sonora Martinez, the whereabouts
of her husband.
Indeed, 1 can't tell,' she an
swered.
..I'll make you,' said the Span
lard and he proceeded to tear of
her clothing. He then questioned
her anew and receiving no answer
from the woman who was crying
Historically he unsneathed his
sword and fell to slashing and cut
ting her until her blood covered
the floor. Her shrieks and entrea-
ties only served to provoke the
brutal laughter of the officer. Mr..
Nodares says he laid the facts be-
fore Col. Molina. The chief replied
by sending q squad with orders to
arrest and shoot the complainant.
His brother, tobacconist, heard
of the order in time to inform Bel
isaro. The brothers fed and Joined
the rebel force of Quinta Garcia"
Col. Molino's force few days
afterwards stopped at the home OF
| a farmer. Only q woman and baby
were In the house. He demanded
that she tell where the men were.
She protested she did not know.
He called for platoon of soldiers.
As the platoon entered the house
Molina points to her and said:
"Pull out that rebel bag and shoot
her." The mother and child were
dragged some 25 feet from the
house and q squad moved away a
few PAGES.
"'Will you speak now" the colo.
mel demanded.
"sFor Gods sake 1 don't know
said the woman.
"sThen fire. ordered Molina.
"The woman tried to shield her
child with her body, but the merci-
less bullets did their work.
"The baby was not killed out.
right, and one Of the soldiers,
moved by q sort of barbarous pity,
crushed the little ones skull with
the butt Of his rifle.
"The bugle sounded fall in.'
"Molina, after setting fire to the
hut, coolly mounted his horse and
gave the word march
SIN one of the outskirts OF San
Jose de los Ramos, and about three
miles from the village, there Is a
small house occupied by FREDERICK
Fuentes. Fuentes had two large
canefields. He complained because
the Spanish soldiers destroyed his
cane instead of simple taking the
| fodder. The same command, en-
route to protect the Espana plan
tation q day or so later, stopped at
his home, after having sacked a
town, and drunk heavily. The
commander accused him OF har.
boring an insurgent chief named
Masa. Fuantes thought it useless
to defend himself. The officer
then babe the soldiers punish him
and his companion as they de-
served. A score of machettes
flashed and in few moments the
! prisoners were mass Of blood and
rags. A drunken fancy seized the
murderers. Cutting of the heads
| OF their victims they hung them
to the grocer's door, where the ter.
ror stricken neighbors looked on
without daring to interfere. Fin
ally, under cover of night, the
CHASTITY remains were removed and
| buried. A resident OF the town OF
Cascajal says one of Molina's que
rilla bands was marching to Reg
lia,' the sugar plantation OF Senior
Sardinas, for the purpose of escort
ing a train of pack mules. AS the
guerillas approached the town OF
Cascajal they passed the farm OF
a Cuban named Garcia, whose two
brothers were In the insurgent
force under Dimas, which was