The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-06
THE SATCHEL AGAIN.

following day they were taken ont and
shot to death. in violation of the agree
ment that Ruiz had made.
| The butche-y OF the peaceful inhabitants
| of Guatao still remains unavcnged. and
| there is no likelihood that this snall-siscd
| Armenian incident will he met with any
| justice The dead VIII not rise and speak
/ against the murderers. and the living are
| too terrified Gear for the safety of their
lives TO bear testimony against the span
| viii eternaly rcst the honor of having
entered town and given his soldiers the
orders to shoot everyone, no matter who
| they We're, and as result the women,
| children, the sick and the dying were but
chored.
mis- has happened at Lugane San Jose.
| Corral False and Jesus del Monte. In
these towns the insurgents held sway for
days, and on their cvacuating the town
tn, Spaniards entered. and not being
gan to kill right and left men. Wmen and
children. IT was simply n repetition OF
and OF which / gave You a detailed de-
scription some time ngo In Guatao alone.
] am informed by reliable sources, that
the number of killed. including men and
children. was forty-seven persons.
on the plantation of ,Ii9uiabo. the prop
erty Of Don. Carlos rcdroso. IN Jnrnco
tying Eladio Pedroso they shot his wife
to death. one Of the bullets striking her
little child, which was in her arms and
breaking her arms, the soldiers crying IN
their giee: This id ipsurgent woman
VIII not help her friends for some time
In the plantation of La Serafina. of Don
Felipe Cruz Sergeant Altamirano shot an
aged lahorer named Carlos Sanchez be
cause he refused 10 act AS guide for the
In the same village. on the "Azca.nte"
plantation. the soldiers Oh duty there shot
one Luis lugo fun OF holes and in the
official report IT was stated that he had
refused to answer the senry's challenge.
while on the other hand he was arrested
from his residence In the dead OF night
IL the township OF Jaruco. ON the pan
tation of "Mofalcs," the troops of col
oncl Tort. commanding tho rural guards
arrested -four men and one woman on the
charge OF being "insurgent sympat hIZers'
and took them to the armory, where me
men were beaten and subsequently kiilcd,
as also the woman, VINO refused TO ahini.
she was in connection with the rebel |
forces The crime Is moro horrible, NJ the |
woman, Marfarita Pedroso, was soon 10 |
In The village of San Antonio de los |
Baons n man named Bcnito ,o@ada' SUB
pectod of insurgen, tenaehiiiins e ann vas M M
resicd and shot to death by the soldiers
being reported as trying to escape S ~
that the forcer were compe'e" W '"'
On on the plantation salvador" propertyy
of the count Of Barreto. the soidir,s oa
women, wives aud daughters OF me "a
borors. after having threatenea VIII n,a, 1911,
their male reativ,i, m dt Oh Tiy" sTiiie
! i hinp Thnppenad In the village OF san Ma
tias. near Jaruco, whcrc, the forces "a 81
OF tnc family of lose caiabuche., A..
on the plantation Calixto. Of Juan an. ,
tonic Hernandez. pear SAN Antonlo ne ins
thc regiment OF Isabel the Catholic, shot
TO death an inohcnsive crazS loon, VINO
had aseend1d me trse an" boc@se he sa
thai was the only way to get through
with the rebels; ., conor.,
entered the towns al ,imonnr
and Zumidero. boasiing mat they nao
snt thirteen rebel symPs, e,r hIpody nrms
a. proofs Of their butchnry. However,
three Ii e mile miles from Zumidero. 10 my knowi-
naRe a''a Of Inc spanish forces, Roberto
and his division OF the insur-
gents were encamptd ,,,.,, ,,,o tho
facts ana find that tho above are al true.
bvfry ioia OF them, and to further cyl cyl
bans engcndcr IN the soldiers Of the spnao
sh army. ! win relate q statement maze
BY a, Spanish officer ,Cnbai,n by olrI NJ
BY &C General Maceo ana after being, Paroled
Ind returned his sword, sent to Hayann,
4 ~. one coz, Of the cavalry b attalions. made a
statement at the residence OF MI carlos
P'droso in the pTesehee OF sa ,r,,os db p
with his sword two negroes. ana turner .
,ddcd that when he left f9r ne h tleid ne
killed every cuban ne couIh e'. ho,u VI, |
IN the simplest charge. as every CUBAN
was an insurgent at heart. and that Cen
rial VIEWER had given instructions 70 me
comma nders of the operating columns TO
iispose III as many insurgont sympa,
hizers as possible and that he would
he officers and the public. but that the
Insurgents must be put an END TO at all
10 further appreciate the condition or
his country VIII relate what ] heard In
he city of Trinidad. while there u Few
laws ago from a prominent religious lead
n: II believe that all the cubans possible
-hcuid be killed on and ciehr the country,
md In that manner make room for fhmi-
les which would be brought over from
spain to Cuba The negroes ana mnlat,oes
nj exciting any comment. and sheir prop
erty contscated. Therefore. when We
would bring families over from Spain 10
-olnnlze the Island we could give them
his coniiscated property and they. could
make a good start IN life. The Cubnn5
gho send their children to the United
ltatea 10 u educated should be taken hold