Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-12-17
MACE0'S DEATH.
Led Into Trap and Murdered un-
der a Flag of Truce.
Maceo Trusted to the Honor Of Spanish
General and u : Fhysician-IntrnscI L.
disnation Aroused In Tits Country
May Result An Cuba's Freedom.

May ht,uit IA una = feedoh.
ATLANTA, Ga Dec 1.-The Consti-
tution's Key West special gives the
following accounts of Macco's death,
indicating his betrayal and implicat-
ing DIR. Xrrtucha:
Your corrcspoa dent is now enabled to
state upon the most undoubted au-
thurity that the death OF Gen. Macco
was prrmcd;iatcd assassination, and
that thc l.iurc Ia produce his body
is because II is mutilatcd and
would shock even Spanish officials
srnSihiliticS. IL seems that ten Ma
Geo had planned a success al crossing
# the trocha and that taking the sea
route with loiy guard, he was To- re-
JON his forces east of Maricl. This
was accomplished in safety and while
standing alone. within sight of line
of skirmiShcrs, the general was shot
down 10y mon in hiding who were
awaiting their victim. Ills body uas
then hacked up toy the a>sassins
1t has been well known for year
past that there was a pric set upon
Maccn'S head, and that Capt. Gen.
Wcylrr's tiIst official act upon reaching
the island was tn give recognition to
the platecdoS hands of frecbootcrS
These men, following i'm the wake of
both armies. would murder and plum
der. and when chased down by the in
iiEnaut Cuhan>. would find protection
within Spanish lines, while the latter
would officially deny all knowledge of
the murders.
A few weeks ago a band nf these
men attacked a convent in the prov
nee of Puerto Principe. which was
illed with Young girls who were most
shamcfully abused. Some of these
men were caught 10y ten. Lacrct. the
inSurgcn; leader, and executed. while
the greater part of them found protec-
tiun within Spanish lines. Although
the cnormity OF their crime was known
and their victims were convent school
girls, the criminals were protected
from molcStation and are to-day free
These are the men whom Gen. Ncy-
Ter has spent hundreds of thousands of
dollars H. attach Ia his cause. and
through them he has ordered the kill
ing of foreigners whom he dared
not call mp in court. To them
he has maze offers of reward
for the assassination of innocent
leaders For three weeks it has
been known in Havana that a clever
bride was out for the surrender of
ten. Macco. 1t was to the effect that
hr held the ticket which called for the
grand prize % $4,000 in the Havana
lottery, and upon writers Wcylcr's de-
parture Cor the hills several days ago
il was bruited about that the man who
killed Maceo could have the prize.
The story o. Maceo's death, as tod
from official sources, sustains fully the
theory of assassination. Gen. Maceo,
instead of crossing the trocha directly
with his men, was. through some
covert influence, induced to pass Mariel
on boat, and to reach his forces
on the east side of the death line.
There everything was in readiness
by the conspirators and the brave
leader fell victim to the trap in which
he had walked. IL is considered very
singular that Maceo's physician.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-THE circumstances
attending the death of Commander
aroused a feeling of intense indigna-
ton in this city. The stories pub
lished in the morning papers were dis.
cussed at the various clubs aE,' hotc's.
and the opinion was almost unanimous
that congress would take summary
action during the coming week Al
agreed that the assassinatiCn Of Macco
would do Spain more harm ihs a rO~'.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Il The rep, {
that Gen. Antonio Maceo had beea -
sassinated by the Spanish officials was
received in this city with profound in
dignation. The staff of the Cuban
commander was largely recruited from
California where the opening of the
rebellion found a large number of
restless spirits eager to take up arms
for Cuban independence. A nephew of
Maceo. youth of 10, left Oakland
on Wednesday last to join his
uncle's command. and, although the
facts are suppressed, it is generally
understood that a considerable party
of volunteers will follow him. In
clubs and on the streets Sunday the re-
ported assassination was discussed
with exceptional warmth, and there is
a remarkable unanimity of opinion
that the report should be thoroughly
investigated by the federal author
tiles.
IT. Louis, Dec. 14-Upon the re-
ceipt of the news in this city by the
United Associated Press of the
circumstances of Maceo's dc ath, wave
Of public Indignation arose that in
creases daily. 1t is the absorbing topic
Of discussion wherever men gathered,
and the treachery of the Spanish gen.
eral is condemned in the strongest
language. The newspapers are giving
it editorial attention in which such
terms as ''savagery," murder" and
assassination" do double duty, and
the Nirginius affair is given a new air
ing. 1t is well known that st. Louis
is the western depot of the Cuban
Juuta, and inquiries pour in upon
every one connected with the Cuban
cause as to the means of enlisting in
the Cuban army. Within ten days an
army of 10, 900 men could be assembled
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