New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-24
WEYL.ER'S CIVILIZED WARFARE.
Ills TROOP; MURDER MEN. LEAVE THEIR BODIES
PREY To yCLTUREs. AND REPORT
GREAT VICTORIES

a PREY TO vCITUREs. AND REPORT
GREAT VICTORIES
Havana May 90 via Key West. May 2S-The
bodies Of five cuban peasants who were butchered
over a week ago by Spanish troops may be seen
from the narrow gauge railway which runs from
Duran to San Antonio de las Vegas. Havana Prov
ncc. The circumstances OF the affair were as fol-
lows:
While Colonel Pablo landa. commanding the Prin-
clpc squadron accommodating near Duran on
May II. five men were made prisoners Three col
orcd men taken from the fields. where they
were at work. A white man. Estovan Hernandez.
taken from his home on the ranch Azcarate.
and Buhno Gonzales was taken from the farm
Novo. Colonel landa. suspicion that the nve men
were rebel spies. ordered them killed They were
hacked 10 pieces with machetes by the troops, and
their bodies left for dogs and vultures.
A resident OF Corral Faiso. Matanzas. whose word
may be trusted. that while detachment OF
Colonel Vicnna's column searching for nsur-
gents near the estate Luica. several months ago.
they found an old man of seventy years, named
Jose Carrasco He white. He was asked where
the insurgents had gone but. his reply not being
satisfactory to the troops. he shot on the spot
as a spy. He the father Of a large family and
was highly respected. His neighbors gave him de
cent burial
on The Ciaynor state also near Corral False. the
Tarifa column came upon the owner Of colono.
who killing Tor the consumption Of his
insurgents and shot without further nvestiga-
ton
The volunteers Of Corral False recently went TO
the ranch Marcos ana killed a negro of twenty
Yeas boy Of fourteen. Continuing their
march to the Clego hamlet. they set FIRE to the huts
and killed six occupants under the pretence that the
place a rebel camp They reported II As such.
CdiZatc. the rebel leader. to whose surrender
much importance has been attached by the spanish
officials, was simply an outlaw who escaped trom
the jail at coon and joined Aeuirre's band. For
disobedonce OF orders and crimes committed he WAS
sentenced TO death by Aguirrc. lie managed to
escape and joined the Span!ards. lie IL now
Ing Spanish guerr!llero His true name Is AL
frcdO Xueti.
Passengers arriving from Batabano yesterday say
thai twelve bodies. terribly hacked, brought in
could be obtained. and Il Is supposed that the dead
taken from the rebel camp that captured
near Bitabano several days
Havana. May 23-Captain General Weyler with
his STAFF left Havana to-day on board the spanish
cruiser Relna Mercedes for Bahahonda. in the
province Of Pinar del Rio He accompanied
by Generals Ahumado and Cohando. and the OFF,
GERS OF their stats. The object OF the Captain
Generals trip Is to inspect the Spanish army and
the western trocha.
,,its a rebel band under the leader Arangusen,
Moor Caraco In the province OF Havana, In which
nineteen rebels were killed with machetes. The
number II the Spanish killed and wounded is not
The Official report OF the engagement fought by
Colonel Delgado near Cruces In the Cienfuegos
district saws that the losses Of the rebels
over one hundred besides the twenty-five dead
they left on the field.