The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-12-16
MACE0 MURDERED.
The Crowning Iniquity of the
Z. tls9 II War in Cuba
The Patriot Leader is Led into an Ambush
Under Pretense Of Holding Confer
I ence and Assassinated by Wey-
ler's Band of Butchers.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. Al. A.
Huau, the agent of the Cuban junta
here, has received letter from Havana
which confirms the report of the death
Of Antonio Maceo, but also indicates
that the Cuban leader was the victim
of treacherous plot formed by his
own physician, DIR. Zertucha, and the
Marquis De Ahumada, who acts as
captain general of Havana when Wey-
Ter is absent in the. field. The letter,
which was written December 0 by a
prominent citizen of Havana, whose
name is withheld in order that he may
not fall under the displeasure OF the
Spanish authorities, is as follows:
I'VE are at present under the sad de-
preston caused by the death OF our
brave general, Antonio Maceo, mur-
dered, together with the greater part
of his staff, by the Spaniards, acting
under the assassin, Maj. Cirujeda and
Maceo's second surgeon, DR.. Maxine
Zertucha
Convinced as Weyler was that not
withstanding his enormous army he
could do nothing against our gallant
leader, who repeatedly defeated the
Spanish generals in Pinar Del Rio, he
conceived the idea of appeasing his
beastly instincts by cold-blooded muir
der, and, making the best of the secret
relations between DR.. Zertucha and
the Marquis of Ahumada, he planned
with the latter his hellish scheme.
Weyler took the field and in his alb
sence Ahumada proposed-through
Zertucha-a conference with Maceo, to
take place at q certain point in the
province of Havana, with u view OF
arranging plans for the cessation of
hostilities, on the basis of Cubas in
dependence and monetary indemnity
to Spain, with, moreover, certain ad-
vantages that would be agreed upon
for Spanish commerce and Spanish
capital here invested.
ITO carry out the plans orders had
been given to the detachment OF troops
stationed at the trccla in the section
between Marieland Guanajay to allow
Maceo, with his staff, to pass the mill.
tary line unmolested These combIna.
| tions took time to mature and to give
them all semblance of truth, Ahumada
feigned that before acting, he must
make known his plans to Weyler fo1
his approval. This explains the sud
den arrival Of Weyler at Havana and
his prompt return to Pinar Del Rio.
Having arranged the conditions and
place of meeting, Maceo crossed this
trochn over the road to Guanajay with
out being molested by the forts, but
once arrived at the place decided upor
he and his party were greeted with 9
tremendous volley from the forces
under Maj. Cirujeda, lying convent
emily in ambush. Most of the officers
of his staff fell with Maceo. Zertuohs
is alive because he was aware of the
scheme and remained in the rear. Tn,
| Spaniards know where the bodies are
but are bent on feigning ignorance tc
blot out the vestiges of the crime
New YORK, Dec. 1.-THE Cuba1
junta in this city received the follow
ing telegram from their Jacksonvill,
agent, ]. A. Huau, Saturday afternoon
Received letter from Havana confirm
ing death of Maceo and staff by com
bination between Marquis Ahumada
second in command to Gen. Weyler, ant
DR.. Zertucha. They were murdered.
Delegate Estrada Palma after the re
ccipt of the above dictated statemen
for the press. 1t was as follows:
"The news does not surprise me, be
cause the first reports were so contra
dictory that that they read like mys
terry. Twas inclined to believe that thu
news was false at first, but that If Gen
Maceo was dead it was through tn,
assassin's knife. 1t seems now that h,
has been murdered"
WASHINGTON Dec. 14.-The Spanish
minister, NJ. Dupuy De LONE, expressed
the hope yesterday that the American
people will suspend Judgment regard
ing the reported assassination of Mace
until the real facts are known. HI
ridiculed the statement that the vic
captain general, Ahumada, should b.
party to such an occurrence and h.
believes that there are sufficien
number of reputable correspondents il
Havana to investigate these charge
fairly and publish the result.