Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-26

ticularly Appalling case no CUES
is the Wanton Killing of an Old
Man and His Grandson.
New York, June 25.-Capt2in Sera-
p.o Arteaga, aide-de-camp to General
Gomez. who arrived in New York re-
Gently with importaW, dispatches from
| the Cuban Commander-inCh gives
a graphic description Of several out
RACES recently perpera;ed by the SPAN
tsh soldiery in Cuba. His narrative
carries with it almost the weight OF an
eyewitness. He addresses the follow
ing letter TO the Journal:
THE mist which the Spanish authori-
ties have contrlved TO throw over the
events which for more than year have
been taking pace in Cuba, by system
of deliberate fa2sehoods and prevari-
cation, is being partially cleared away.
It is true that yet nearly all the news
relating TO our present struggle reaches
the United STATES only after passing
| The seive of Spanish censorship, but
now and then one Of your brave coiFe-
| spcnGents, or an occasional arrlVa! from
cur ranks. is enabled to present things
II their true Light
SPANIARDS ARE COWARDLY.
"The cowardly ferOc.ty which the
Spaniards display in their so-cal!ed MIL
Etary operations and the.r fiend@sh mas
| slcres of aged, feeble or defenselesS
nersons. carried on Systematically
throughout the island form Sombre pic
tureg that would surely appa.l the
! American mind could it be brought 10
| realize them to their full extent.
"The few instances l here mention
did not come to my knowledge by mere
hearsay. | have been either an eye
witness or so near the places concerned
as to see the corpses Immediately after
the slaughter, receiving the particulars
from the lips Of the terrified families OF
the victims.
"On the morning of May .. | was de-
tailed by Genera, Gomez to cross over
into Sague Ia Grande and circulate cr-
| ders for a concentration OF the forces
operating under Brigadi II General Mar
I ano Forres and Maio ) Mirabal and
| zero. After communicating with the
! first two mentioned 7 entered tho Via
| montes district at tho head o. Sore
twenty scouts. TO find Major Yero. Tlse
! high road we were following went
through the sugar plantation called
Olayita, which was formerly owGed by
| Colonel Emilio Nunez, now of Philadel-
phia who is charged with sending fill
bustring expeditions out from the
United States. The present owner is
| Frenchman named Dominique Felar'e.
OVERSEER'S DAUGHTERS KILLED.
"The overseer, Pe,aez, hal joneG the
| insurgenes some time ago. leaving his
family, consisting of an invalid wife and
two young daughters, Antonia and Ysa-
bel, at the plantation. NJ. Velarie gen.
erously allowed them the free use OF
| small palm-thatched nut situated in
one Of the cane fields near the road. AS
we passed by the girls came to the door
to ask for news Of their father and have
a chat When informed that We would
probably return by the same road, vs a
freak of gir!ish conceit they asked us to
lend them a couple OF cockadeS to wear
until our return. Two Of my fellows
| detached theirs from their hats, and the
girls pinned them on their dresses, kiss
ing their hands to us as we rode away.
"A few moments afterward, as they
| were at Breakfast, a Spanish column
under Colonel Segura came up and halt
ed at the hut. Segura walked in and
roughly asked If an insurgent force had
| PASSED that way. ParaiyZed with fear
the girls could hardly reply. The
Spaniards, detecting the Cuban emblem
On their bosomS then cried out:
"'Oh! l see why you don't answer.
Well, since | can't come up with your
rebel swesthearts, I'll deal with YOU.
Turning to the door he gave an or
der, and a sergeant, followed by eight
soldiers, entered the hut. The crippled
mother cried out loudly for mercy from
her chair
Stop that Old DEVILS noise, one of
YOU, ordered the Colonel, upon which
caa of the soldiers bru:ally kicked the
invalid mother n the mouth. The girls
were dragged from the hut, forced to
! knesl and then shot.
"At moon, as we marched back with
Major Yero's force. We found the two
dead bodies On the lawn and heard the
rectal from the distracted mother
LABORERS RUTHLESSLY KILLED.
Don Mariana Artiz owns sugar es-
tate named Central Narcisa, in the dis
TIC; OF Yaguajay AS his labOrers were
cutting cane in one of the fields not
many days ago a negro boy came run
ning 10 them With an order from the
master to hasten toward the house and.
close the doors, for 4 Spanish force was
approaching. Hardly had they started
20 comply whsn the soldiers appeared
at the end of the fed and, withcu.
| Inc shadow of a warning, gave them a
vo,ley, by which one of the labccers
was killed. The rest ran hack into the
! adjoining cane Geld and lay on the
ground. Several vclleys were fired into
the field, and Me Spaniards then sert a
few men to reconnoitre. One of the
soldiers said in a disappointed tone:
Why. we have only killed one Of the
dogs
ELEVEN of those who were hiding were
! wounded. three mortally, eight were unin-
| jured and they started on a run 10 notify
the Cuban leader Carrillo. who. with only
| sixty men, was 5ncamped four miles away
| The Spaniards were by this time marching
| through the plantation Plateros. Carrillo
| ambushed his small force behind stone
fence opposite the fording place of the Ar
royo Piedra river. He allowed the enc
| my's van and center to pass unmolested,
and when the rear entered the path opened
a murderous fire of rapid volleys, which