The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-13
NO LONGER ANY DOUBT OF GEN.
MACE0'S END.
The Cuban General Was Shot to
Death From Ambush, in the
Face OF a Flag of Truce, While
on His Way TO Attend a Meet
ING With Major Cirujeda to
Arrange for a Cessation of
Possibilities.


zen Tomorrow will contain the following
! relative to the death of Antonio NIacco:
Juso CarrillO, II wcll-known Cuban.
OF this city, brother Of the Cuban general.
Carrillo, has received the following letter
from II trustworthy correspondent in IIn-
vana, confirming the reports OF the death
of Antonio Maceo and showing that he was
Killed by treachery:
Havana. Dec 9.
''Dcar Friend Justo: our brave penc-
raj, Antonio Macco, and the greatcr part
of his staff have been murdered by the
Spaniards, the Spnniarl, Major CruieGa,
acting the part of assassin, with )r.
MnXimo Iertucha us an assistant in the
horrible drama
Convinced that Notwithstanding his
enormous army, lie could do nothing
against our gallant leader, who had so
repeatedly defeated the Spanish generals
~ l'inar del Rio, Wcyler conceived the
idea OF appcasinG his bcastly instincts bv
cold. blood murder; and, making the hest
of the secret relations between DR. Xcr.
tucha and the Marquis of Ahumada. he
planned with the latter his hcllish
scheme.
"Wcycr took the field and in his alb
sencc Ahumada proposed, through Icr.
tucht, a conference with Macco to take
place at Il certain poin. in the province of
ilnvlnn, with the view of arranging plans
for the cessation Of hostilities The basis
was to be Cuba's independence and :.
monetary indemnity to Spain, together
with certain advantages that should he
agreed upon for Spanish commerce AID
Spanish capital invested there.
To carry ont the plan the agreement
was that orders should be given to the
detachment Of troops stationed on the
trocha in the section between Mariel and
Guanajay TO allow Macco with his staff
To pass the military line unmolested
Time was required 30 mature these ar
rangcmcnts, and to give them all the ap.
pcarancc of truth Ahumada fcigned that
before acting he must make them known
to Weyler for his previous approval
This explains the sudden arrival of
Wcyler in Havana and his prompt return
to pinar del Rio
The conditions and the place of the
meeting had been agreed upon. Maceo
crossed the trocha over the road to Guam
ajay, without being mocstcd ny the
forts, bat rs soon as he arrived at the
place decided II pom he and his party were
greeted by tremendous vollcy from the
troops under Majo: Cirujcda, who lay
conveniently in ambush Most of the
officers Of his staff fell with Gen AIacco
Iertucla is alive because he was aware
of the scheme and remained in the rear
The Spaniards know where the bodies
are, but are bent on feigning ignorance
to blot out the vestiges of the crime
Havana and I'LL Spain are rejoicing
because in their stupidity they hope that
the war may end with the death of this
leader. Far from it. The spirit of the
Cubans has grown more ardent, and to-
day they are resolved to make every sacri-
flee before surrendering their arms to
fhnir rnlpnrlaSs tyr In 81,
province of Havana, where the army is
least numerous and has the least means
of defense, the Cubans are operating with
greater ana greater actiTty, and not II
day passes that we do not hear in this
city the firing of Guanabacoa.
The Spaniards may treachcrously
murder some of our PATRIOTS, hut no
earthly power can annihilate the spirit of
liberty i!oating, now us ever, over the Gu
ban people
Joaquin Forum pointed ont yesterday
the following facts, which in his opin-
lon corroborated the statements in the
foregoing letter, and indicate that AIaceo
is really dead
FIRST, La Lucia published an article
last Saturday in which it was stated that
on the previous day Major Cirujeda had
had an engagement with an ins,irgent
force and had killed thirty: wo Cubans
not named, ut precisely the place in
which Gen. Macco was murdered.
Second, the first dispatch sent from
Havana repoi ting Maceo's death, which
was received on Tuesday, stated that
| Major Cirujeda had previous knowledge
| of the horse that Gen. Maceo was to ride.
| How did he acquire that KNOWLEDGE?
Third, Weyler publicly attributes the
| glory of the event to the Marquis of
| Ahumada, who has not been away from
Havana. Why should not the glory be
given exclusively to Major Cirujcda. who
had the good fortune. if tne encounter
was IN accident, to come unexpectedly on
Maceo's party?