The evening times., 1896-12-09
MACEO'S REPORTED DEATH.
SeDor De LONE Doubts the story.
Rebel Leader Killed Six Times.

No information has been received at the
Spanish legation Of the reported death Of
Maceo and the son of Gomez, and the runior
is discredited by the Spanish minister.
Senor De LONE states that an event of
such Importance would have been made
known to the legation at once. He gives
as ground for his disbelief that all dis
patches sent from Jacksonville purporting
to treat Of the Cuban insurrection have
been found to be untrust worthy.
There is no way in which Information Of
the sort could reach Jacksonville said he
last night without first passing through
Key West and Tampa. There is usually
Cuban cause for the statements of this sort
that come from Jac cksonville Ma jor Ciruy-
eda is fighting under the captain general,
and the killing OF Maceo would have been
reported at once to the headquarters and
communicated immediately 10 this legation.
The rumor is untrustworthy: it can
have no truth in it, This applies also TO
tie report that Maceo has crossed the
Trocha That rumor comes also from
Jacksonville and is equally unworthy Of
credeuce."
TINS is the sixth time in the present war
that the Spaniards have reported the
death OF General Antonio Maceo.
For d while it was their custom to an
nounce that either Maceo or Gomez had
been killed as sort of counter demonStra-
ton whenever a Cuban victory was an
nounCsd The fact that the present an
nouncement follows so closely after the
defeat of eyler's Spanish columns in the
Rubi hills does not add to its credibility
The very day after Maceo landed in Cuba
to join the present revolutionary movement
in February 1S95-his death was re-
ported in the papers of Havana and Madrid.
They were good and circumstantial about
it, too Maceo started with only nineteen
men and the Spaniards described Low
this little command was surrounded in q
log hut near BaraCoa.
According to the reports Maceo's men
being picked off one by one, when suddenly
they made a dash for the wood and were
all shot down before they had gone 200
yards. E
They killed him Il couple OF times during
the first big raid year ago, but did not
give details. on February 2I of this year,
however. he was billed, with the utmost
rcumstantialitFnelr Jaruco. There vas
an engagement ths day, and, according to
the war bullctinsgtSsen out at the palace in
aavana, H. ssaM Maceo Eas killed by the fragment
The news. according to this information
was corroborated by fnsurgent prisoners,
who said that the whole rebel army was be-
waiing the loss OF their leader. They IN
nounced thar the local CONN ndant at Cata-
lima had picked up magnificent saddle,
marked "A. NJ" all covered with blood,
from the battlefield, and unofficiaIIy it
was stated that detail of forty Spanish
soldiers, among them Anieeto Charvez, cor
poral, who fired the shell that killed the
rebel chief, was bringing Maceo's body to
Havana.
The last time Maceo's death was re-
ported was in July of this year. The news
came from Pinar del Rio. Maceo had not
bee eenheard of for some time, when the ne ws
M inf h.
the city of Pinar del Rio, and agreed for a
reward to bring the commandant to where
Antonio Maceo's body lay in hidden
grave.