The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09

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The Cruclties OF the s~papiafds TO
wards tho Insurgents ExeoI the
lganisition.
The New York World publishes the
following special CORRESPONDENCE from
Mangua, province of MataDzas. which,
Describes the atrocities ia Cuba In
such IA manue Us 10 excite the ihdigna-
ton and remonstrapce of the civilized
world
MANeUA, May 10.Reports have
reached hero of q number of recent
nnwarrapted murders and outrages by
bands Of Colonel Louis Molina de
Olivera's Spanish gnerrillas.
Beitsario Rodarse. OF this town, re-
lates the particulars OF u hendish at
tack upon q Cuban woman
The guerrilas, Mr.. Nodarsc says,
while on their way 20 Cabinets,
stopped ut the house Of Mateo Mar
tinez, who had been forced to enlist In
q body OF insurgents under the com
mand Of Juan Pablo Jabieo. The Of
ficer In command inquired from Sonora
Martinez the whereabouts of her hus
band.
Indeed / can't tell YOU" she re-
piled.
en- make you,n said the Spaniard,
n he proceeded to tear Off her cloth
ing. He then questioned her anew,
and receiving no answer from the wo-
man, who was crying hysterieally, he
unsheathed his sword and fell to cut
ting and slashing his victim, until her
blood covered the floor and she fell
fainting IN Q cornee: Her shrieks and
~entreaties only served to provoke the
brutal laughter OF the officer. Mr..
Nodarse says he laid the facts la writ
ing before Colonel Molina. The chief
replied by sending a squad TO arrest
and shoot the complainant. His broth
er, Bruno. q ~tobacconist, heard of the
order In time to inform Belisario
Nodarse. The brothers ied and joined
the rebel force of Garcia.
Colonel Molina's forces a few days
a~fterward stopped at the home of q
in the house. He demanded that she
tell him where the men were. She
protested that she did not know. He
called for q 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 we're dragged
some 25 feet from the hut and q squad
moved away a few PAGES.
Wi you speak now ?" the colonel
demanded.
"For Gods sake, | don't know"
Then fire!e ordered Molina. She
was killed.
The woman tried to shield her child
with her body, but the merciless
bullets did their work.
The baby was not killed outright,
and n of the soldiers, moved by 8
b~arbarious pity, crushed the little
ones skull with the butt OF his rifle,
The bugler sounded, "Fall in,n and
Molina, after setting fire to the hut,
coolly mounted his horse and gave the
word, MARCH
In nj 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 canefields. He COM
planned because the Spanish soldiers
destroyed his cane instead OF simply
taking fodder. The same command en-
route to protect the "Espanan planta-
tion a day or 81 later, stopped at his
home, having sacked a town en- route
and drank heavily.
The commander accused Fuentes of
~harboring an insurgent chief named
Maza. Fuentes thought it useless to
defend himself. The officer then babe
the soldiers punish him and his COM
panions as they deserved.
a score of m%achetes flashed aud in
a few moment the prisoners were a
mass OF blood and rags. a drunken
frenzy 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 neigh
bors looked on without daring to in
terfere. Under cover of the night the
CHASTITY remains were rfmoyea and
= hSSried,
A resident OF the town of Cascajal
says one OF Molina's guerrilla bands
was marching to Reglita, the sugar
plantation OF Senior Sardinas, for the
purpose of escorting a train of pack
mules. AS the guerrillas approached
the town OF Cascajal they passed the
farm Of a Cuban named Garcia, whose
two brothers were with the insurgent
force under Dina, which was operat-
ing In the district between Recreoo
and Rogue.
A portion Of this force occasionally
camped near Garcia's house, and he
was then visited by his brothers.
When the guerrilla band arrived,
however, the insurgents were not In
the neighborhood. Garcia was alone
in hiS house.
Where are the Insurgents en-
camped Z" the lieutenant demanded of
Garcia.
. really don't" know, the man re-
piled.
Tie him to that chair" the officer
commanded, and the soldiers lashed
Garcia securely.
Nov will you tell me where your
brothers are ?" the lieutenant angrily
inquired.
~ can't say. Ihave not seen them"
Garcia acknowledgements.
know they slept here last night,
but since your eyes seem to be useless,
I'll relieve you of them. Put them
out !, the officer cried, turning to his
soldiers.
The sergeant thrust the point of his
bayonet under. each Of unfortunate
mans eyes and burst them out, despite
the agonizing screams of the Victim.
As they left the house the lieutenant
Jokingly remarked that the next time
Garcia would besable to say truthfully
that he had not seen the insurgents.h
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