The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-04


NEW YORK, June 3.-The World
this morning publishes the following
special correspondence from Macagua,
province of Matanzas, Cuba, dated
May 10:
Reports have reached here of num-
Der of unwarranted murders and out
RACES by bands of Colonel Luis de
Oliveras, Spanish guerillas.
Beliasdrio Modarizo, of this town, re-
lates the particulars of fiendish at
tack upon a Cuban woman.
The guerillas of Colon, Mr. Nodarizo
says, while on their way to Calimite,
stopped at the house of Matte Mar
tinez who had been forced to enlist in
body of insurgents under the COM
mand of Juan Pablo Jabio. The Of
fieer in command inquired from Sonora
Martinez the whereabouts of her hus-
band.
Indeed, can't tell she replied.
-'Ill make you," said the Spaniard,
and he proceeded to tear off her cloth
ing. He then questioned her anew, and
receiving no answer from the woman,
Sheathed his sword and fell to
CUTTING AND SLASHING HIS VIC
TIN,
until her blood covered the floor and
she tainted in corner. Her shrieks
and entreaties only served to provoke
the brutal laughter Of the soldiery.
Mr.. Nodarazio said he laid the
facts in writing before Colonel Molina.
The chief replied by sending a squad
to arrest and shoot the complainant.
His brother Bruno, a tobacconist,
heard of the order in time to notify
Belizario The brothers fed and joined
the rebel force of Teoltide Garcia.
Colonel Molinas' forces, a few days
afterwards, stopped at the home of a
farmer. Only woman and baby were
in the house He demanded her to tell
where the men were. She protested
that she did not know. He called for
a platoon of soldiers.
As the platoon entered the cabin,
Molina pointed to her and said: Pull
out that rebel bag and shoot her.
The mother and child were dragged
some twenty-five feet from the hut
and the squad moved away a few
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"Will you speak now" the colonel
For Gods sake. 1 don't know" cried
the woman.
Then fire" ordered Molina.
The woman tried to shield her child
with her body, but the merciless bull
lets did their work.
The baby was not killed outright
and one of the soldiers, moved by
A SORT OF BARBARoUs PITY,
crushed the little ones skull with the
butt Of his rife. The bugle sounded
fall in" Molina, after setting fire to
the house. eoelly mounted his horse
and gave the word March"
In 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 cane fields.
He complained because the Spanish
soldiers destroyed his cane instead of
simply taking the fodder The same
command en- route to protect the
"Espana" plantation and a day or so
later, stopped at his home, having
sacked a town en- route and drunk
heavily.
The commander accused him of har-
boring an insurgent chief named
Maza. Fuentes thought it useless to
defend himself The officers then babe
the soldiers punish him and his COM
panion as they deserved.
A score of machetes flashed and in
few moments the prisoners were a
mass of blood and rags.
A DRUNKEN FANCY
seized the murderers.
Cutting off the heads of their victims
they hung them to the key of the
/. grocer's door. while the horror stricken
neighbors looked on without daring to
interfere. Only under cover of night
were the CHASTITY remains removed and
buried.
a resident of the town of Cascajal
4 says one of Molinas guerilla bands
was marching to Riglita, the sugar
| plantation of Senior Sardinas for the
i purpose of escorting a train of pack
4 mules. As the guerillas approached
I 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 operat-
! ing in the district between Receo and
Rogue. A portion of this force oc.
casionally camped near Garcia's house.
and he was then visited by his broth
i ers. When the guerilla band arrived
however, the insurgents were not in
the neighborhood. Garcia was alone il
his house.
EYES PUT OUT.
Where are the insurgents en-,
camped," the lieutenant demanded OF
Garcia
L really don't know" the man re
piled.
Tie him to that chair the Officer
commanded and the soldiers dashed
Garcia securely.
Now win you tell me where you
brothers are2" the lieutenant angrily
inquired
Il can't say. have not seen them,
Garcia replied.
Hal l know they stopped here las
night, but since your eyes seem to b,
/ useless, 1 will relieve you of them
Put them out" the officer cried, turn
ing to his soldiers The sergean
thrust the point of his bayonet unde
each Of the unfortunate mans eye
and burst them out, despite the agon
lied screams of the victim.
AS they left the house the lieutenan
jokingly remarked that the next tim
Garcia would be able to say truthful.
that he had not seen the insurgents.
Not Much.
NEW YORK, June S.-The Press thi
morning says:
There is no truth whatever in tn