The evening times., 1896-11-27
TORTURED THEIR PRISONER
Lieut.. Gonzales Saw Spaniards
Cut a Man Into Pieces.
REVENGE OF THE CUBANS
In a Fight Between the Insurgents
and Spain's Cavalrymen the Lat
ter Had Twenty-Five Men Killed.
Graphic Account of the Sharp En-
gagement by a Participant.

! Especial correspondence of The Times.)
Linton, Fla, Nov. 24.-Jose Gonzales, n
lieutenant of engineers in tie army OF the
west, Republic of Cuba, landed at HIS
| boro' Inlet at dawn today, sailed through
| Biscayne Canal and reached Linton at no 1h.
He is en- route to the North. The reason
of his voyage to the United Stctes can
only be conjectured, the officer coafFs-
sing 20 IN ore than that he is in this couhGry
on official business
Itmay be that he carries communications
to the Cuban delegation or that he las
come to supcrintend the purchase :tEd
shipment of some munitions, of which his
arm OF Maceo' IS command stands especially
in need The latter theory is probably the
correct one
Hillsboro' Inlet Just now is a conspicu-
Gus point for the shipment of contraband
gonds to the general depot for revnlu-
t!onary supplies on the Keys. Munitions
OF war in considerable quantities have
also been sent from this point to land
ing east of Cape san Antonio, on the south
coast of Pinar del Rio.
IL was late in October that the sailing
from Hillsboro' Inlet of the sharpee NDlun-
teer. Capt. Haskins, was exclusively told
in The Times, 1t was on this craft that
Lieut. Gonzales reached the east coast or
Florida this morning. She effected
landing between Boia and MOntan on the
northwest coast of Cuba at night on Novem-
ber 6. The landing was covered by a revo-
lutionary band and was accomplished
without incident.
Lieut.. Gonzales boarded the Volunteer
that night. Thence the sharpce allied
to Alicctown on the island of Bemini,
the westernmost of the Bahamas. There
she loaded cargo of banana roots and
pine apple slips, which Capt. Haskins sold
today Ia the planters along the Lake
" orth and Biscayne Pay Canal. The
Volunteer by the 26th instant will be
two days at sea bound for Cuba.
SPANIARDS' BARBARITY.
Lieut.. Gonzales told a story or Spanish
harharity. which probably eciipSes for
cold, recking, cruelty. those printed a
few weeks ago Of the manner in which
prinoer> OF war confined liz the Cabanas,
were FED to the sharks at night.
on November 1 Lieut.. Gonzales raidedthc
buildings on the plantation of Jaun Ravade,
a RoyaliSt, Dn the road between san
Cayctanu and San Cr>tohal. His com
nand numbered but eighteen men. The
flames and firing gave the signal Ia
Spanish regiment OF horses under Col.
Yncloz. and before this superior force
Gonzales retrcated west ward toward Ba ia.
The route of the retreat lay through
broad stretch of savannah; thence across a
stream spanned by a wOOdcn bridge. AMI
onward 10 rising ground a mile beyond.
Gonzales halted for the purpose of blow
ing up this bridge. The Spanish command
could be seen galloping across the savannah
land. A dynamite charge was placed in
position, and prematurely exploded, wreck
ing the bridge, but killing one OF Con
zales men and wounding two others.
One of the wounded remountcd: the other
attempted to reach his saddle. the horse
started, and the soldier fell upon the
h.. Snn ards oil
hand. Carblnes were cooking. The Span
iards on the other side of the stream had
swung out from rours 10 squadron front,
and We're firing at the retreating Cubans.
The wounded man who had fallen from
his fleeing horse was abandoned.
The wrecked bridge delayed the Span
isl, and Gonzales moved 10 the rising
ground. The soldiers of Spain repaired
the bridge sufficiently to Crcss. The al
vance guard mangled the corpse OF the
dead Cuban, and threw the remains of the
man 10y pieces into the stream, there to
turnIsn food TOR the cayInan. or West
Indian alligator. Then, with wells that
reached the ears Of the Cubans who had
halted OH the rising ground. the Spaniards
took up the wounded man.
SWORDS IN HIS BODY.
Gonzales saw this through his glass
The Spanish regulars dashed their pris-
oner To one of a clump of palmettos. The
first man, an officer, advanced toward
the bound man. presented his sword, aud
slowly forced il into the body of the pris-
oueT Shout after shout went up from the
soldiers OF Alfonzo Man after man ad-
Nanced aud plunged sword and sabcr into
the victim. The sound Of battle had at
tracted second body Of insurgents to the
riige overlooking the savannah This
band was about mile above that under
Gonzales. junction was formed.
Assembly sounded for the Spaniards,
and they proceeded at a gallop TO pursue
the little command Of Gonzales. They
had not observed the reinforcement. nor
mad they observed that the Cubaus had
halted on the ridge. when the Spanards
were well within range the Cuhans opened
nre. The enemy attcmpttd d to form platoon
front for a charge, but became too dis
o.FauiZed by the opposing fire to execute
the movement.
Tie CuhauS charged. The machctr
clashed against the Saber The Spaniartis
we're routed. They We're driven back to the
bridge, attempted to rally and ref form, but
failing. fled. TWENTY-FIVE Of the bottles
OF their dead were placed upon that wooden
bridge, and the structure set OH fire
To Them a Prince Is Born.
Berlin. Nov. 81 "A son was born TO
Prince and Princess Henry OF Prussia AT