New-York tribune., 1896-11-19
AN INFORMER TESTIF1ES.
THE STORY TOLD BY ONE OF THE LAC-
RADA'S MEN.
OTHER TESTIMONY AT THE TRIAL OF NUNEZ
AND DIcKMAN GOING To SHOW THAT lhE
EXPEDITION CARRIED ARMS AND


ANIMATION
The trial Of Colonel Emelio Nunez ana captain
Charles p Dickman who charged with vioiat-
ing the neutrality laws OF the United States. IN aid-
,rg and abctting an armed expedition to help the
Cuban insurgents was resumed yesterday peiorc
Judge Brown In the Criminal Branch OF the uhlted
States Circuit Court General benjamin r. Tracy
Horatio S Rubens and Leon s. Benoit appeared ior
the defendants and United States Distric-Attornev
Macfarlane and his assistant. Mr. iiinman' LOT 'hc
prosecution. :.
MFR Macfarlane In hiss opening address. insisted
upon the necessity of preventing expeditions against
the Spanish in Cuba being sent from this country II
the United States desired TO remain at peace WIFI
Spain and as emphasizing this necessity. the YER
dict of the jury would be most important lie 'oiu
Of the sailing Of tho Laurada In May last, WIN
which expedition the defendants are charged with
being connected.
Thomas j. Dunn. clerk In the marine DIVISION
OF the Custom House here. was the hrst Witness
called He testified to having issued clearance pa
pers 10 Captain Dickman- for the Laurada. on May
last the ships manifest giving her destination as
Port Antonio, jamaica The vessel Tor "hich 'ne
papers were procured was the Laurada. captain
Dickman, witness said. took the master ; oa'" a0
to the accuracy of the statement upon WHY" 'o
clearance papers were issued
James Quinn testified that ne saiieo OH ',0
1aurada on MAY last. He knew Nunez and DICK
man. Witness made arrangements win "e"e'"
Ruiz to go to Cuba and had also hau converse"
tion with Dr. Castillo. at No 56 Newest reear"''is
going 10 Cuba Dr. Castillo had sent man named
Louis Espn with witness TO purchase rupper
.ost and 4 hat for the latter. The Doctor had also
arranged for witnesses board previous TO the sail
ing Of the Laurada. Witness said ne ma" pe'n
directed to be at No. 252 West Fourteeh'h-S'' y"
the day Of sailing. He described TINS mousse as
.the headquarters of the expedition. 'enei'
Tracy and Mr. Rubens entered vigorous protests
stricken
Eueno and an American named Joyce were 'he
leaders Of the witnesses party TO go on podi" '''o
vessel Witness said he came from 'louceS"''
Mass and had served four years In the Massa-
chusetts militia He told of eighty men gong OH
board the lighter Relief at Astoria ana oeihe
10 the Iaurada at Montauk Point by the tug 'o'"-
Gander He saw Colonel Nunez. Captain Dck'na"
and Dr. Castillo the Laurada. ana saw aio'nei
lighter come alongside loaded with oa'es anu
tcxes witness said they contained arms ana am
r,uni,ion but General Tracy objected TO TINS.
rhen Judee Brown directed that witnesses knowi-
edge Of the contents OF the box must be shown py
the prosecution interrogatng more IN ue'a'i anu
excluding assumptions OF witness. iheh tne WINES
said that there twenty-five boxes OF us 'dH'.'o
transferred from the second lighter to the Laurdua'
hes,des numerous other boxes from "mch i'"es'
mmun,,,on saddles electrical apparatus, etc. were
subsequently taken Arms. ammunition anu UNI
forms were distributed TO the men, ana 'he ny"
wore drilled by the witness two days aoou' '
aCh a
w,,ness's method and the latter refused 10 or inc
men further. . ..,o.s ,roda
The witness next described the TWO attempts ""us
N land the men and arms on the lsiaho Vi O"oa "''
the third and partially successiui one "a
$50 the marty that landed buried such arms anu
examination as they did not carry as 'hei 'qp
e"n, md then proceeded inland witness accom-
panying them 49, ,ou IN with troop
80 Cuban cavalry, with whom theS ma t,sneros's
OF Suodd, until they reached President CiSneIos
camn Subsequently witness receiver ~ g, So Rlas
return nom,e. oum,oe:.sexamlnaon by General Tracy. WIZ H.
ness said he had been allowed 10 reacn itnesa came
he said where he was approsGheTF T,2 Ds
reporter whom he told ms stvrs from Havana
1vsn sness did not know where he slept na4 nsn
e. syenng nnsns he tTom avana starting
boston he had received ABOUT si' "o'' Wv
Witness ln said that there PnkertSn deiece b
,,h the United States Marsha VINO ndnre' Tex a..
Iwitnsss sHepfens wep o the PinkerOn oce in Boston
by direction Of the Marsss by man whose
wame he did not and lodged IN the
House The man promised S bad 20 socited letter
Cubans in Boston TO enable MN 10 san '' Wv
said General Tracy you got his ie,es
Xor own request You went 70 Cuba and you are
now here estyns agans' objected pe To this but the
x,ness answered that he was present on an Ords
ha fTom 'nf With the intention of acting right by by b the
Cbans but that they had not acted rignt ny mn, d
Hs said that ne fireman on the bos'o'' a''u
Maine Railroad at, No ,,voa IN Harlem
n,,, was born in Havana, next TOOK me stand ba,
nu. ere 80 many objections to his testimony that
mere 1nman nnally gave up the attempt TO get any
evidence from him . oaro1 told of serving
C..ha aura IA under Captain Dickman Inc vessel
on , ~ Liberty Island and after Colonel Nunez Gen,
Iay % pu,1 Cuban pilot and Captain Morton had
eIna na an hoard the Laurada proceeded to MontauK
Entn, The Witness also gave evidence corroporaths
rolnt nv Quinn as 10 the arrival Of lighters, etc
The witness said he had told his story 10 tne span pan
is1 Consul and to Assistant Ds'r'c'-N'o'"'' '''''
man. ..s, ,h., no had heen a seaman on
ora So. ~ The Laurada under Captain Dickman ana
noara % ,Se story already told about the arms men
.nd ,he landing In Cuba. He admitted under
etc.. am amnarjnation that he expected TO get money
som The Pinkertons and that he had received about
$50 from them - A.