Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-29
.CUBl'S HEAVY LOSS
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vidIllol Admitted
ENNIS SUSPECT rREicnrnf.
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p,l.b,raislJ scuIllsd'

wang. Jan. 2o.-Gloom per-
sL w. headquarters Of tho Cuban
''a'- party today. Ine
i'' ,.' vino would not admit la''
'' -s,,bs, apy Gllbuiterlng expedition
s. ,sn me-, With disaster, freely admitted y.
~, n, reported Wreeking OF tue
' '.s Hawkins was correct .,...-,.
. I'M, Il. Palms, the aekno"i'
- had Of the Cuban revolution
rs ,,,iy, said tha, shout $1,000 h.d
w, w ,.pepdsd In fitting out tho
~ W. Hawkins, including
am, ADJ ammunition
IN, Cuban made the startling an
,.,sc,m,nl tina, It was evident there
had been usachefy'
80 h,. ave hired an expert TO
...rlne the steamer j. W. Hawklns
,.,,e We purchased her. rms sA'
~, ,spousd the tiVsmur tos'WOf'ny'
~. sltbsf the expert I'D not do his
tolv properly and the sicAmer was MOI
90 10 sta, VI ulHu n traitor on
,',,d delite nltly scutiled tho snip
M amor would srem 10 DO the cssr.
Ss.lber General Gafcia, who was IN
s,mmApd Of tho expedition, nor MS
w M seclnd In command, nor any
,,ssr Al the head VI the movement
80 anv idea whatever that the
.,.ne, was leaking, uniil II was too
40 10 ave her. A searching inveeii-
adam 4 bslng made aud n there was
nv ploI u sculuo tho ship, We VIII
Palma denied that there had been
,sv Nh Of biz rcslgning the leadership
al The feysIu iouAry party In New
Yds. 49,, -
Ice q. HefmandtE, a Cuban who
vn on board tho steamship J. w.
Hawkins, TOLD tho following story -
ppoflef ior the Associated Pftts this
afternoon.
awe lei. New York In the Hawkins
lat saturday nigh. On board there
vsfe 10 men Of tho CUBAN revolution
hy .aity. In addition 10 this was a
ei,E Of siIleen men. The ship vas
e5mmaudud by Captain Hall. &. H..
CDVell wa matt.
ave leit Now York at midnight last
Saturday, from tue foot OF ono Hundred
ani Thirty eighth street, Eat river.
We put out quietly 10 the dead Of
nlshi aud In a low minutes were
Hslmlng for tho SOUND. We ran
inoo,hy enough aud ailthe next day.
We bad no trouble unit . O'Clock
Monday morning. At that tlmu the
isA was btginning 10 get pretty rough,
ard the engineer asked for help. lie
aid ibal the engiue room had spfung
lsAA And that the pumpb we've choktd
up Two men from the revolutionary
party were detailed 10 assist Ia baillng
Toe engine room out with buoAtts.
Later more men were detailed for tho
llms purpose, but the water kept gam.
lpg On thBm.
"Ihtn We began TO throw over tho
tiits Of arms ana ammunition. We
bad great quantity on board. There
vtis over $4,000 wtfih Of arms alone.
We bad two Holohkiss gune, some
Remington aud Winchester rifles
aai one million rounds Of am-
munlhon. la addition to this There
stit 5000 pounds OF dynamite and
. 10. Of law material fof making heavy
1plo,lVsS, All these tningu We threw
ihlo the sea, which by this time was
bslllrg around W anu sending great
HAytA over tho dteks. We worked all
nlghLand when daylight came we had
.hiosn all Of tho cargo ana coal over
b'iid. Still tho water continued To
gan on us Ia tho engine room, and At
inl Il put cut tho Dies.
"a. Intervals, all through the hours
q aaisness We burned Tockels and firei
,lsnAls Of distress. Hut II was moi un.
VI about ! O'elsCk In tho morning We
Als anolher vessel. At that time 20
hshlsd shise schoonem ana they sallsd
y y. elose 10 ~ ~ they could with safsty.
ineh u WA that VIZ were oIdsfal In
lake 10 The boats. There were ak ANAL
, v.an on the steamship. but only Ave OF
'uem were available. The sixth waa 20
eo'sied with vteokRgu which bnJ
yen lhiowa over II by 10 In the efforts
NsIhl mo arms and cORl that Wa
''u,l not launch hof IN time,
we goi Into cur boats az fat m NJ.
,s 49,, ou' mere was a terrible sea by
w.. w. ' Ime aud tue work was dangerous
we lsi1 the ship at S O'clock ON Mon.
80 m1thlng anu twenty minutts laicr