The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-06-10


Mans Eyes Punched Out With Bay
onet.
New YORK, June 3.-The World
this morning publishes the following
special correspondence from Mangua,
province of Matanzas, Cuba, dated
May 10.
Reports have reached here ola num-
ber of recent unwarranted murders
and outrages by bands of Colonel
Louis Molina de Olivera's Spanish
guerrillas.
Belisario Nodarse, of this town, re-
lates the particulars of fendish at
tack upon Cuban woman.
The guerrillas, Mr.. Nodarse says,
while on their way to Calimeta. stop
ped at the house of Mateo Marrln-z,
who had been forced to enlist in
body OF insurgents under the COM
mand of Juan Pablo Jabie. The off,
Ger in command inquired from Sonora
Martinez the whereabouts of her hus-
band.
Indeed I can't tell you," she re-
piled.
I'll make you, said the Spaniard,
and he proceeded to tear OFF her cloth
ing. He then questioned her anew,
and received no answer from the
woman, who was crying Historically,
he unsheathed his sword and fell to
cutting and slashing bis victim, until
her blood. covered the floor and she
fell fainting in a corner. Her shrieks
and entreaties only served to provoke
the brutal laughter of the officer. Mr..
Nodarse says he laid the facts in writ
ing before Colonel Molina. The chief
replied by sending a squad to arrest
and shoot the complainant. His
brother, Bruno, tobacconist, heard
of the order in time to inform Belisa-
rio Nodarse. The brothers fled and
Joined the rebel force of Garcia.
KILLED MOTHER AND BABE.
! Colonel Molina's forces few days
afterward stopped at the home of a
farmer. Only woman and baby
were in the house. He demanded that
she tell him where the men were.
lShe protested that she did not know.
He called for 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 were dragged
some 25 feet from the hut and squad
moved away few PAGES.
| viii you speak now?" the colonel
demanded.
For Gods sake, I don't know"
cried the woman.
Then frew ordered Molina She
was killed.
The woman tried to shield her child
with her body, but the merciless bull
| lets did their work. -.
| The baby was not killed outright,
and one of the soldiers moved by
barbarious pity, crushed the little ope's
skull with the butt of the rife. The
bugier sounded, Fall in, and Molina
latter setting FIRE to the hut, coolly
mounted his horse and gave the word,
March"
In one 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. Flu
entes had two large canefelds. He
complained because the Spanish sol
diers destroyed his cane instead OF
simply taking the fodder. The same
command en- route to protect the
"Espana" plantation a day or so later,
stopped at his home, having sacked
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 bade
the soldiers punish him and his COM
panions as they deserved.
A score of machetes flashed and In
few moments 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 horrorstricken neigh
bors looked on without daring to in
terfere. Under cover of the night the
ghastly remains removed and buried.
A-resident of the town of CascaJal
says one of Molina's guerrilla bands
was marching to Reelita, the sugar
plantation of Senior Sardinas, for the
purpose of escorting 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 encamp-
ed2' the lieutenant demanded OF Gar
cia.
81 really don't know" the man re.
piled.
''Tie him to that chair, the officer
commanded, and the soldiers lashed
Garcia securely.
Now will you tell me where your
brothers are??" the lieutenant angrily
inquired.
Il can't say. I have not seen them"
Garcia tremblingly replied.
Il know they slept here last night,
but since your eyes seem to be useless,
III relieve you of them. Put them
OUT" the officer cried, turning to his
soldiers.
The sergeant thrust the point of his
bayonet under esch OF the unfortunate
mans eyes and burst them out, des-
pite the agonizing screams OF the
victim
As they left the house the lieuten-
ant iokingly remarked that the next
time Garcia would be able to say
trathfully that he, had not seen the
insurgents"