Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-04
SPANISH OUTRAGES.
casanova, a Cuban, Tells His Story
Of Suffering.
MS ESTATE RAlDED ny SOLDIERS.
servants Killed and Their Bodies Mu.
iilaled-A Battle In Plnar
del Rio.


Your Correspondent has had an In.
letviow with Pedro Casanova,
Cuban, who was driven from his
plantation by San Miguel dc Jatuoa by
he Spanish soldiers. Casanova
family consists Of his wife, three chill.
lren, the oldest gitl Of Eve, the
youngest bhbs in atms, nnd
nephew, julio Vidal, a young man
aud native born American
Casanova story IL 10 iollows: 81 have
uttered gfoa, oulrages At the hands Of
The spanish soliiers. Thu soldiers re-
rrntly passed on ths road anJ my wife
sailed my attention u the fact that
lury had hrUkUn into tho vacant house
who're valuable property was stored
nni were pulling things 10 pieces.
Just then | cav two officers coming
Toward the house. went ou, to meet
them aud invited them 10 enter tue
house and refresh themselves. They
accepted aud said they liked COLE q.
While they were drinking one or more
soldiers came and spoke 10 the captain,
who said 20 ne: "WhD are the men
~ Nnh Fukhl huuHNlf' MY tHlIlNgttt %
replied, "including one ol-
Hineef. They nto engaged Ia repairs
The captain said: Il heard rebels mr.
hidden there. / must take the men DO
fore tho major for examination; the
msjor himself will DO here tomorrow
Anrr be left found tbs door u thu
house ON the hill broken uuen. a
quantity OF bottled beer had been tab.
en, also my saddles aud brides and
many other things. Gloves anu other
articles OF women's apparel we're
tossed In the yard. / went 20 the sta
ton. The drug store looked A. n " had
been visited by mad bull. All tho
shelves aud drawers gefo thrown out
and smashed. An empty store opposite
whu IN the came condition. The uUun-
ter was thrown down and the door
posts hacked by hatchota. The large
coffee mill was broken ana all was Ia
disorder.
Gan account OF this work was what
the soldiers had Whispered TO the cap
tain. The officer had remarked to me
With aueeT, The insurgents are very
Kind q you, az 40 harm has been done
hote.' ! was surprised on the following
Wednesday morning 10 hear shots ~ Of
several vOlleyH Of muakotfy. About 800
tolditfr, Infantry and cavalry, were Ia
TACT out, having surrounded my house.
Soon my son appeared, and undor COM
mana Of Captain uerszo Martinez, IN
uosi brutal anu vulgar terms he
Urueted all In the house 10 20 outside.
The soldiers rushed In and dragged mc
out ny the coat collar. My wife, with
her baby, was taken out, a
life boiug POINTED at her breast
Elulria IanHbria, negro sotV'
aut, who was badly heightened
tried 10 hide. lie was pulled TO the
tfout ana before my eyes y soldier
struck him heavy blow with his
halceei, cutting him deep IN tho hoad
Rnd arm, leaving pool OF blood on
the door An order was then given TO
take into custody Ill men on tho estate.
Near a tree beyond hill hundred
yards from the house I stopped about
forty paces from the Others 20 talk to
the captain who had been a. the house
tho week before. At that moment,
negro named Manuel Fcbels made n
Dash 10 escape. Some cAvafymen
rushed after him, tiIing. He fell ami
they muiilhted his body, taking out
mis- eyes. The oiiicur, enrAgoi AZ tho
negroes flight, pulled out his sabre
Hui shouted 10 the Others Of his parry,
'dbt down on your knees lhey
Ubsyed and he had them bound and
kept In that position quarter Of an
hour. While was talking 10 the
captain my wife and nve-year.0ld
Guild were begging for mercy for me.
The caValfymen helped themselves TO
corn TOT their horses aud finally start
cd, The ofilosTH told me that my
nspLsW's llie aud my own we're only
SHARED because we were Amtrlu hua
aud they did not want 10 Get into
trouble with the United States. They
ordered no 10 San Miguel without
Whiting h moment. Their explanation
OF tue raid was that the rebels had 1red
upon the troops anu that they saw Que
man run Rs no fired into my house
ndd that under the Riof'a instructions
the whole family should have been
killed. My wife and children were IN
agony while 1 was away. My en-.
ploycs were all taken by tho troops,
Their namea are Tomas LinaTes, Ceri-
AGO Linhtts, Eleutrie ZansDfia, Felix
CaTdense, Juan Datte and Flutenclu
Rodriguez. An officer Of high rank
iu the Spanish army passed my place
after 1 LETT and came ~ mo here ana
saiIt 81 know what happened, Vre
luhM IN tNhnlAAhhA 10 AhAk W w W NAA'
Ger Of Spanish troops" / heard tnAI
my men had been taken 10 the Spanish
camp aud shot while eating breakfast.
THE BATTLE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
NEW YORK, May 4.r-A dispatch "a
the HeTalI from Havana says:
All Havana 10 auXiOuHly discussing
the battlo In tho mountains Of Pinaf
del RIO province. IL IL believed that
the Insurgents VINO Professionally at
tackled General lnclan's troops far
rack from Caoarajioan b the sea,
were led by AlaCe1 In poIson. Thu
stronghold stOrmed by lnclgL's forces
was not properly speaking fort
There ia an Old ranch on TIT top OF the
stony hill ht CsTcaraiicera, whose sidot
form a pTeeipitous descent 10 the road
which Winds through bold rocks aud
are not wide enough Tor column
to spread out 10 advantage.
There IN little timer or brush
around there. The insurgents fortified
The road In two places with barIicAdes,
one above tho other with tho Intention
of preventing thu Spanish troops rom
regohlng the Mills, where the main Il.
tel oamp II located. The officials say
tue Insurgents fought desperately aud
says the Tetults given prove mat lhey
had every advantage of tue 1itlaIion'
They poured down shot from AooVo
upon tho troop. wac we're practically