The evening times., 1896-03-10
BUTeHERf By sPlnIIRDs
Father, Dau sh,er, Baby and Five
Servants Killed in Cuba.
SOLDIERS DID THE DEED
They Fired Upon the House of Plan
tation Owner and When He Stepped
Forward, His Infn mt son on His A M.
to Bid Them CEASE, They Ruth
leSsly Shst Both Dead.
Especial to The Times.)


| Copyright, James Gordon Bennett. :.
Havana, Via, iaInpa. Fla, Feb. 10
Refugees from the c, entry are Still Lrirg-
ing in stories OF oLtIages and cruelty by
| Spanish troops. Many aie doubtless much
o-.uggera ted, bet there is one told by Il
woman who wis aIi.Ui the dearest fri, nds
OF one of tie Victims. Her statement,
Eoreover.is Is amp, >o.4-, urat tcu rom 9th,
equally trustworthy sources.
Don PEDRO liubio was the owner Cf the
Cato sugar estate, Lcar tie town of Cata-
lima. in tie Havana Eiovince. On the Cato
estate he lived with his daughter, Amelia, Il
girl of sixteen years, an infant son. five
servants and his Plantation employees.
During the recen, skirmishing of Maceo's
command in the neighborhood OF Ca,aliGa
the insurgent chief had cncamped on The
Cato estate. Hearing of a strong Spanish
column under Col. Hernandez, ho oweyer, he
left Senor Rubio's land and went forward.
FIRED ON THE HOUSE.
The Spanish command finally broke up
into small squads ana began scourin. the
neighborhood. one such party advanced
toward SenOr Ruhio's house, firing upon
1t as they moved forward. The terrified in
mates sought protection from the rifle fire
behind the portions or the house where the
walls were thickcst. Thcservants and plan
tation hands at the first fire abandoned their
huts and rushed for refuge to the more sub
stantial house or their master.
Don Pedro Bnbio. believing tie trt ops
must be attacking his home. supposing it
10 he held by reteis. stepped out hcldly
upon his porch, carrying his little hoy.
He tnne off his u bifa ( IN
il toward the advancing line of troops,
and shouted to them: stop firing we are
peaceful citizens, tie inmates of the house,
and none other.''
Hchad hardly spoken whenanother volley
OF bullets era shed against the front OF the
house. When the smoke cleared away bon
Pedro snbio hay dead on mis- own threshold.
ana across his body lay his child. pierced
through the thigh by rifle ball. The troops
stll Kept advancing In a sort of skirnisii
line. and now they charged upon the house
with fixed bayonets. as though about to
take fortress by assault
KILLED THE DAUGHTER.
Amelia, seeing her father and brother
fan, pierced through and through, had
given one shrek of agony, and then des-
perateiy flung herself against the first sol
dicr as h stepped across the threshold and
struck the man SO sharp blow in the face
that he reeled.
Just behind him came a comrade, who
lifted his rifle, with its sword bayonet,
and thrust the knife-edged point clear
through the girls arm as she held II up in
to protect herself. In the mo-
ment he pulled the trigger and rifle
ball tore through the young girls breast.
The five employees We're killed after much
the same manner- The little boy. the sole
survivor may recover from his wound. In
official reports the deaths were included
as among the rebel losses.
= A fight Oh March was reported to have
occurred between Maceo and a column
under Col Melguizo. on the Morales es-
tate, near Cosiquas. Havana province.
Later reports of the affair made it appear |
10 have had many atrocious features as
bad as the massacre ai Guatao. The in !
,urgents, mistaking Aelguizo's column for |
he advance of some of their own forces, |
had approached very near them, when Mel |
guiZo opened fire.
The rebels were disconnected, but an
wered with volley, wounding two Span
ish soldiers. The Insurgents then re,ea;ed: |
the Spanish followed them for Il time, aUd |
ihen began attacking the country people,
who lived for the most partin small thatch-
ed huts about he estate.
Among those killed. who said to have
been peaceful and respected persons. We're
Jose Gregorin Delgordo, eighty years
DID; Jose Manuel DclGordo, physician;
two brothers named Pine, two named
Guerra. a oolored man known rs FREDERICK,
a man named BiziliZio and a child ten years
DID. These deaths were all included in
The total given III an official report as
losses.