Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-01
BETRAYED BY AN AMERICAN.
An Attempt "a Garry Arms o Gu
bans Frustrated.

New York, Jan. 24.-Colonel lose Rod
iguez. who left New York several
months ago with the expedition of Col
mel Enrique COLLAGE, has returned.
rhe expedition got as far as Key West,
out, after several Intellectual attempts
% make a landing in Cuba, was aban-
Toned. Colonel Collazo, who served In
he last war, is understood to be In Flo
ida.
Collazo's was one OF the best equipped
parties that has yet attempted to reach
he island from the United States. II
vas composed Of 1l6 men, nearly all ma
Ives OF Cuba. 1t included ~ bachelors
IF arts. five doctors. two pharmacists,
.hree chemists, two lawyers. one jour
lalist. three expert accountants, two
sugar estate owners. one fencing mas
or, two eX-captains of military compan-
es In the United States. two dukes. one
count, and u marquis. besides many
veterans or the former revolution. Its
armament. which liz still available for
lse In some subsequent attempt to carry
aid to the insurgents. included one ra-
old fire two pound ride. 500 a. caliber
,arbines, 200, 600 rounds Of A caliber car
ridges for the Spanish rifles which the
expedition expected To buy or capture;
I 900 rounds for the rapid fire IA 200
nachetes, a large quantity of dyna mite
and material for making this and other
nigh explosives. Colonel Rodriguez vas
second In command of the expedition.
Il am sorry to state" said Colonel
Rodriguez. that u expedition was be-
trayed by an American citizen. His
n m ,,,a yn II NJ S,,llgsan II. 40. ,.a,aa
n oxford, Miss, where he belongs TO IA
highly respected family.
He came TO Genera Collazo highly
recommended by General Stone of that
state. He is An ex-captain OF a Mem
phis military company, and was "A mem
per Of he militia that went to suppress
the Coal Creek riots. We made him
captain Of artillery. and extended to
him every possible courtesy. For
months he shared our bounty and ate
at my table. ave up to him my ham,
mock and slept on the floor that he
might be more comfortable.
one day he borrowed a rife from a
private person and obtained from Gen
cral Collazo permission 70 go on a days
hunt. Seven miles north of our en-
campment he signaled n passing
schooner and sold the rifle to the cap
tain for his passage to Key West. As
soon as we learned Of his desertion all
If our arms and ammunition were re-
moved to another hiding place. In less
than twenty-four hours from the time
Sullivan reached Key West, sailors
from the three revenue cutters, who for
months had kept our encampment in
sight, landed upon Cape Sable and
marched direct to the place In which
our munitions OF war had been stored,
This was conclusive evidence of Sulli-
vans guilt.
I'VE are told that ne received $4,000
from the Spanish government as a re-
ward for betraying the whereabouts OF
our stores. Fortunately, with the
lception of 1000 cartridges and six boxes
Of medicines and hospital supplies, none
Of these were captured. But the weary
waiting, the discovery of a traitor In
our ranks, and the continual surveil-
lance and bounding practiced by the
officers Of the United States revenue
cutters so discouraged General Collazo
thai II was decided to disband and wait
for a more favorable opportunity ia
Join our brothers in arms In their strug-
gle for the independence of b