The morning times., 1896-04-04
DEEDS TO SHAME INDIANS
Horrible CrueIties PraCliCed by
Spanish Troops in Cuba.
MURDER DONE WANTONLY
Incidents of Outrage and Barbarity
Told by Staff Correspondent of
the Times-Women Shot by Soldiers
and Aged Men Stuck with Ba yoncts.
Sanctioned by the Leaders.
From a staff correspondent.

SduttIOHtu ny iilt ItducIb.
From staff correspondence
Havana, March 26.-In spitc OF the de-
mails, official and unofficial, py The Spanish
authorities, cruelties or The most barbarous
kindare epracticcdb ythc government troops.
l can state this TO be a fact, and the in
cidcnis l relate are absolutely authentic.
In Bainoa, Dr. oual sCIoILngo mace an
operation On Il poor ola man, and when lie
was COnvalescent he was one night ar
rested and taken 10 the armory OF the
Guauiia Civil ana lasbed ali UN Cr Inc BODY.
They 1hcu TOOK lam en- the out >ide or the
town, wncc they compelled Linn 10 make
a grave, in which hey buried him after
death cnSucd from the ll.-. .reatmcnI lie had
received.
ON The plantation Salvador of the Count
dc BarreIu, Licul. Betincourt. of the troL ps
of Gen. AldcCoa, shot TO death, alter hack
ing hIm with his maChetc, Il CcIenselesS
cOiocd TcAdcnt, who was on his way 10
JOIN his family. BY the first macEctc blow
ne lost an ann ami al the second his head
was cut i'll twain. The counts request for
a suspension Of Tie BUtCheTies committed
saved the life OF another ne gro.
In the city of Ba tahana o the chief ol police
individuals and took Them on the outskirts
OF the Town, where they were butchered and
LETT dead on the roadside, the murderers
bringing the report to The city That the IN
surgcnts had killed The men.
In the village or San Felipe soldiers under
command of Galbis and Linares captured
three imcffensive laborers and hacked them
to pieces.
SURRENDERED TO DEATH.
In the city OF HejufaI, BriGadicr CaliXto
Ruiz, was waited upon 10y seven Cuban insur-
gents, who y iSned toS urrendt +, aS the ywere
suffering from bilious fevers, anu he well
comed them and assured them that thty
would not be troubled. However, the IoI-
lowing day they were ken out anu snOt o
death, IN vioIaiIon or the agreement mat
BTgaaIer Ruiz had with them.
Inc butcbeTy OF the peaceful nha 5itants
of Guatao still remains unaVcngci. The
dead VIII not rise and speak against their
murdercrs and the living are TOO terrified
to bear testimony against the paniards.
On Col. Marquee de Cervcra VIII eternally
rest The honor OF having entered a town and
giving his soldiers the orders TO shoot
everyone, no matter who they were, and as
u result The women. children, the sick and
the diving Were buicne red with bali in some
cases, with cold, bijiDg, giltteriDg steel IN
others.
This has happened again at Luganc. San
Jose, Corral Ialso and Jesus de! Monte, In
these towns the insurgents held sway for
dayS and on the retreat of the rebel forces
the Spaniards entered the towns, ard not
being able 10 catch np with the Insurgents
began TO kill right and left. and nen, wo-
men ana children fell. 1t WIS simply Tepe-
tition of the events which transpired at
Guatau and OF which ! gave you detailed
description sometime ago. IL Guatao alone,
/ am informed by reliable sources. that the
number Of killed. including men and children,
was forty-sevCn persons.
On tile plantation Jiquiabo. the property
of Don Carlos PedrosO. in JaruCo wnSbip,
a detachment or Spanish troops assaulted a
laburer's shanty. and after tying Eiadin L ed
rosu they shot his wife 10 death. one of the
bullets striking her little child, which was
in her arms. and breaking it's arms.
In the plantation of Ia Serafina' of Don
Felipe Cruz scrgt. Altanlirano shot an ged
laborer. Carlos Sanchez. because he refused
to act as guide for the Spanish column.
in the same village. on the "AZcarate"
plantation the soldiers on duty there ShCt
Luis LugO full of holes and in the official
report il was stated that lac had refused
10 answer the sentries' challenge. while on
the other hand. he was arrested from his
residence i'll the dead OF night.
INCREDIBLE BARBARITIES.
In the township of Jaruco on the planta-
ton of Morales the troops OF Col. Tort,
| in command OF the rural guards, arrested
| four men and one woman Oh the charge
of being insurgent sympathizers, and then
! took them TO the armOry where the men
were beaten, and subsequently killed, as
also the woman, who refused 10 state she
was in connection with the rebel forces
! The crime is more horrible, as the woman,
! Mdrgarita Pedroso, was soon 10 become j
mother.
/ In the village of San Antonio de los
/ Ranos a man named Benito LoZada. sus-
I pccted of insurgcnt ten denotes, and who had
/ q brother in the rebel lines was ARRESTED
! and shot to death by the soldiers. being
| reported as trying to escape and the
! forces being compelled TO fire upon him.
on the pia nj alton Salvador" prOpert OF
the Count OF BarretO, the soldiers Of Gen
Aldccoa's division maltrcated the women
wives and daughters OF the laborers, after
having threatened With death their male re
/ laiivcS, many of whom were tied witness
/ ing the deed. This same thing happened
/ in the village of san Matias, near Jaruco
/ where the forces OF Col. Tejerizo viola tee
the women folk of the family of Jose Cal
abuche.
on the plantation "Calixto" OF Juan An
| tonic HERNIA ndeZ, near San Antonio de la,
| Vegas, Capt. Manuel Ruiz Adame, OF tn,
| regiment OF Isabel. the Catholic, shot Il
| death an inoffeuSive crazy man who haC
| assembled a tree and was throwing cocoa
nuts at the troops.
The troops under command or Gen. Echa
Ngue entered the towns OF LimoUar anC
Zumidero boasting that they had sent thir
! teen rebel SympathiZers TO meet their fate
| and showing their bloody arms Us proof
OF their butchery.
STORY OF AN OFFICER.
I l have made careful Inquiry into tn,
facts and find that the above are true
every iota of them, and TO further evi
denca the hatred which these poor Cuban
! cuGcnier in the soldiers of the Spanisl
army, give the following:
Lieut.. Corral V Pcdroso, OF one of th'
| cavalry battaliOnS, made q statement a
the residence OF Mr.. Carlos PedroSo in tn
! presence OF various persons, to the effeC
that he had struck down with his swor,
| two negroes. and further added that whel
| he left for the fell he killed every Cubai
lie could get hold OF, on the simplest charge
as every Cuban was an insurgent at heart
aud that Gen. Weylcr had given instruction
to the commanders of the operating column
tOdiSpose Ofas many insurgcnts sympathizer
as possible, an1 that he would stop any talR
and would stand between the officers an
the public, but that the insurgents must b
put 10 an end at all hazards.
To further appreciate the condition @
this country will relate what heard i
the city Of Trinidad, while there q fey
days ago. The Rev. Father Cuervo Car
onigo, Spaniard, believe, said that a
1 hon l,nl,