The morning times., 1896-12-13
MACEO LED into AMBUSH
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Huau, cEI=r OF the Florida Cuban Junta,
gave 0lt the following To ilie cprrs.Spohd-
enr
a letter received by a prominent Cuban
ia .uI, cay Es.vS JAe '4-, dl.e: account 81
the assassination OF Gen. Aaceo, and the
enuFn starr With the exception OF HT.
Zerucaa. wno was Maceo'S physician.
The letter came from rcliable source
ln HaVana, but the correspondent : name
- NvitHIgg,I IDs Inc DDhlDuS reason. said
MT De HGau. that the writer would be
shot wltEsn an nour 10y the spanish au-
thouueS II tAcy knew Wi.B gaEc away the
details OF on Of tile mos. horrini" atrocities
ever chronicled IN modern warfare.
From the letter IL appcacS That the
MARQUIS OF AhuWeda, who oflllaated S
captain general OF CUBA Guilng WcylerS
absence in the field, seat Il letter TO
Gen. Aaceo, imlting the Cuban lcsder 10
q conference. AaceO, never Tor a moment
thinking that treachery was intended, cS-
petlaliy aS the invitation came from such
a prominent SpaIl1rd is lhc MARQUIS or
AhgmcGa. Immediately returned IA answer
sa glag Ihai he would be glad To meet the
Spanish genera, and only accompanied by
las STAFF tie went 10 the re;IGcZy FaS, little
him
The AMBUSH
ON arriving at the troCha the Spanish
soldiers there, acjIag under 0rlers, actually
saEuUed the rebel Chieflall rs he passed,
and aIterre2Ci Cinngthc rendezvous thtC dbdn
READER was SurpTlSed 10 sac, instead OF
the Marquis of Ahumeda, a large body
OF Spanish sol lary, who seemed TO come
The actions Of the Spanish troops We're
so suspicious that &aCco felt that they
had him cruelty trapped, and his suspicious
were confirmed when a percmptcry order
came from Il splendldly mounted officer to
surrender.
Never was the reply and hardly had
the words been uttered when vCllcy after
voley was poured into the little band OF
patriots VINO. although hemmed in on all
sides, outnumbcrcd almost 100 TO /, stuck
spurs TO thci- horses. anu with cries of
Cuba Libre" rode gallaHuy to their
Maceo is reported to have fallen at the
first fire with a bullet through lis head,
breaking hi> Jaw. Another hit hita n the
abdomen. Both were fatal Gomez was
the next 10 fall. and in a few MON entS a
number OF Iluody corpSeS. shot almost be
youd recognition, was all that remained OF
the gallant Cubans who trusted To Spanish
honor.
and that was DT. ZertuCha. The latter
says the Corpses We're buried on the field
and every precautlon taken TO keep the
details from being made public.
THE JUNTA INFORMED.
Sew York, Dec. 12.-The Cuban Junta IN
this city received the following telegram
from their Iacks OnYille agent, }. 4 Huau,
Received letter from Havana confirm
ing death Of MaCeO and staff by Com
biuatiun between Marquis Ahumada, sec
ond in omma and TO Gen. Wcyler, and DR.
Zertucha- They were murdered
Delegate Estrada Palma, after the re-
CENT of the al love, dictated a statement
for the press. 1t was as follows:
The news does not surprise me- because
the first reports were so contradictory that
they read like my stcry. ] was inclined
to believe that the news was false at first,
hut that if Gen. MaceG was dead It was
through the SsaSsin'S knife 1t seems
now that he has been murdered
''Gen. Wcylcr, in addressing the crowd
from the halC ony OF his palace seemed
anxious TO Shirk the credit for thu. fcSDonsi-
bility Of MGcGo-s deaUh when he said that
the victory was clearly dCc TO Ahumada
Perhaps his conscience begins 10 feel re-
morse. This very act OF the Spanish gen
eral proves The 81 rats OF the Spanish aImy
They must resort 10 treachery.