The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-15

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nAs ast37zs the ecrsz&n2izx o-Acsr las
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Ger. Maces weus1 1awe rad hir z17t.
In Justice - fAe Cu5ans Il rhe 1ssE
nzss saT that sazS so-r q thing very SCI
10rs happens. Indeed. usgai3sy IN camp
ard w@M pas.s9 guards are rw9 - rz-zr
11sss shining virtues
Tse camp s4s also very baby szr1Aira.
wzsh fhe SEA ca ere SIDE. and .st sse1
groaz1 On ghs ether three tAs only cssy@-
u case &C s41d-1 retreat being ssA-seAy
scattered szzsbes-
In sarS Nay re Saazfzrsss wer. tcsorr-
sS as . tie location GO the camp. AID De-
fore 6ay5xesk the regular 11santry Sa4-
talon ~ s2z l--a.i-- 50 men aa1 t1e
volunteer cavalry q n. gz~r-sllzs % A1ro.
BIO horses left h@Adeza-z.-s Al F2afA
Bravo sa~ Plaza Sala4a4 arriving s1ss AZ
dzybrezk Without warning OF CAL
fer surrender tAs l. Too Spanish scscsars
poured nseksi-casso bullets into the groups
o. Sleeping nnen ard the three or fonr
rude bouxk tents The storm " bullets
shouts szve killed SIX times sixty ue1
The dzzsd Cabans cezS1 not reach t1s1r
horses - they scattered On foeE TIE sS
ga>rralizs ,asn c1zrxed the fleeing groups.
TIE cavalry charge aioae ought &c n2Fs
finished tae business VIII = be believed
wAsn I state positively lnas oily fer
c1b4sx we're killed and bali 1ozsa
signify woun5@d9 Yet such Is the fact
Tnis little Occurrences merely adds 70 tns
evidence .. every engagement q this war
that the modern rife and ancient dr-ll
tactics 9oz.r worx well together. 81 Leash
Elth Spanish sorces
The victorious troops then proceeded
TO capture The woman as their only prs
ou@r.
Tbs Spanish officer commanding wrote
his official report, and the men began
10 4nzGSs themselves with the four dead
rebels- I sax what Was left OF these poor
bodies Immediately after the troops had
left for Pznta Bravo
TIE skulls OF al we're split 10 pieces
down 70 tie eyes Some OF these were
gouged cut All the bodies had been
stabbed hy sword bAyoness and hacked
By sabers until l could rot count the
cuts. they wsre almost sndlstlnguishzhle.
The bodies had almost lost sernbla1ce
Of human form. The arms and legs %
one had been disme msered and. laced
into rude attempt al Cuban Eve
pointed star. we're sst3-lcaIly placed on
the breast OF ths hmb2exs form
The tongue Of ere bad been cut cut.
split open ar the base and placed on the
manglsd forehead IA CHASTITY likeness
20 nern. Fingers and toes were miss
ing.
All the bodies were further rnutilate6
and again arranged IN a manner So in
1sscribabiy repUisive as 70 prevent de-
Scrfptson-
Two OF the mouths were split back to
The angle Of the Jaw SO as 70 give an
untsllahIy shassly gr1n 10 each naaugled
face
And the ears Of ali were missing These
could not be found and ! was forced 70
the conviction o. what had often heard.
ns41 never believed, that fhe Spanish SOL
aserS haofrualiy cut CT the ears Of the
Cuban dead and retain them as trophies.
Our Indians w-re mere cisanly than this.
During Gen Canpos' tire only saw
three dead Cabans after Spanish treat
msnr. They were at Sei5z def Aqua and
we're uutsia1ed. but net 50 horribly as
those CT today.
TIE Cuhans. on TIE other hand. have
always treated their prisoners well, and
they have taken many more than the
spanish. Official reports TO the contrary
notwithstanding.
have taSt received a Havana paper
containing al account OF this very AFFAIR
az Plaza Salada. Tire sheet has as strong
a Cuban tendency as the government press
censorship viii permit. SO X may be taken
for granted that Fhs actual Official ~
port Is even more q ar elaborate fancy
The artfcfe t. better than common. Il has
fhe names AMI TIC dates cerrectly given.
However. Il gives ire Cuban dead sours
CO ths SID as seventeen. As four from
seventeen leaves thirteen there seems 70
- room left for argument Fifteen dad
horseS are also SAID 20 have heen en-
couafere8. There was seven by actual
count. Ore slight wound Is admitted. As
the sixty czhars must have fought pretty
SHARPLY - have got away 50 vel II +
aGfre evident that snsrsbssv must have
been burt whom the ortc1al report forgot.
Il "a TIE certainty OF post-r7orrsrn MS
treatment that makes tAs Cu5Ans 50 cara
Tai about removing ard hurytrE their dead
as already described IL the World. To see
these p0o- rtnce1-up bodies. 70 note re
heStizl indsesncy % ire details, % tank
lslaA "a t+za As4 ASrE GftTr ft4SF a
merits zEo by re weIl-1ssciplgnes soldiers
% a supposedly civilized rsstser. - k-nw
thAt II coGld 3ot have aeer dsne exeapt
by Ire consent - the Spanish onscars sr5
gentlemen a. corzts ned 70 create s7s@n
a ana3den3nx feeling tazt the rsest nal
crate pencil = sss wo~sd void rave "a
80 sGzt.ng faT terms strong enough 20
tel t.
II tAe plala people ot View York oosls
2aFe seen those four proofs. irrefura be
groots. - S-anssf hs-ozrltv. -o~s wr-y,fs
- % Washington City 80 strong 80
trove- Cleveland wauss have 20 40 Son4-
rhE< An5 - i quickly.
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specses Big ard Htt.e Sale everything
but nameS. SagsS an5 7laces ssuu abns,x
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practise II mating efzcisl reports. as 4
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thls est * the island g tie government In
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