The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-12
STORY OF THE
DEATH OF MACE0
The Rebel Leader Struck by Two
Bullets
HIS BODY CANNOT BE FOUND
DR.. Zertucha, Who Surrendered to
Spaniards, Gives an Account Oft
FAN of the Insurgent General..His
Body Removed BY the Rebels. Gu.
bans at Philadelphia No Longer
Doubt the Story.

Havana, Dec. 11.-Dr. MaXimo Ter
tucha, formerly the physician or An
tonic Maceo, the second in command
of the insurgent forces, who, after the
death of Maceo, surrendered to General
Tort at San Felipe. has been inter-
viewed by reported of La Lucha, one
of the leading newspapers of this CITY:
DR.. Zertucha says that Maceo intended
to attempt to cross the trocha on De-
cember s. but was prevented by sick
ness from doing SO. On the next DAY,
however, it was announced that he
would not march across the trocha
with his men, but would go by water
around the end of the trocha and meet
an insurgent force on the Havana side
of the line. Two boats We're according
ly prepared, they being painted black
in order to prevent their being seen
and the oars We're muffled. They could
not be heard At night Maceo and
twenty-siX men embarked and passed
in front of the town of Mariel at the
northern extremity of the western
trocha without being seen by any OF
the Spanish sentries thereabouts.
The rebel leader Miro and several
other commanders of rebel bands ac-
companied Maceo The short voyage
was accomplished without the slightest
mishap and the party landed at the
point selected WITHOUT peiHs oiSeo'
cred.
When on December 4. the engagement
took place between the rebels and Ma
jor Cirujedas' command, Maceo was
encamped with 1000 men. When the
Spanish force appeared Maceo divided
his men into two wings. his intention
being to surround the Spanish column.
He remained alone with his staff for
moment, watching the fighting, anu
exclaimed: This goes WELL
HIT BY TWO BULLETS.
Shortly afterwards he was hit by
two bullets as heretofore detailed III
these dispatches. one striking nm on
the chin, breaking his jaw and pass
ing out at the junction of the neck ana
shoulder. and the other striking MN
in the abdomen. Either wound would
have caused death, and the rebel lead
er expired in Il short time.
The rebels who We're fighting desper-
ately against the Spanish attack, We're
panic stricken when they heard of the
death of their chief. They fled in dis
order not making any attempt then TO
take Maceo's body with them. The
Spsniards then returned to Punta Bra
Va With their dead and wounded. When
the field was clear some of the rebels
returned and carried Maceo's body off
with them. DR.. Zertucha says that he
does not know where the remains were
buried, and thus far the search made
by tn. Spaniards has proved fruitless.
Philadelphia, Dec. livery little
doubt remains in Cuba circles in this
city of the death of Antonio Maceo,
tie Cuban leader. News came to hand
today from private sources which
acknowledged that no further doubt of
Maceo's death can exist. This informa-
flor mes directly from Cuban agents
on the island. and is intended to finish
the uncertainty in the minds of the
Cuban residents here
1t was characterized as being abso-
!utely authentic and as making an end
of any possibility that the accounts
of the generals tragic end could be
untrue,