Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-15
INsURGENT LEADER CAPTURED.
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He Was Travelling Ostensibly ms an
American.
It is announced that on Sunday last the
Spaniards made an important capture In
the person of Jose Cepero the second In
command of the Cuban column commanded
by Gen. Regio. Cepero, it appears. was on
his way from Cienfuegos in the province OF
Santa Clara, to Batabano. the port south
of Havana. with important communications
from the Santa Clara insurgents to Gomez
and Maceo.
The insurgent leader was travelling on the
Spanish steamship Gloria, under the name
of Lorenzo Dupuy, and had papers upon him
in that name to show that he was an Amert-
can citizen travelling in Cuba on business.
He acted in the most unconcarned manner
possible, chatted and toked with all on
board, was quite familiar with a number of
Spanish officers who were his fellow pas
sengers from Cienfuegos to Batabano. and
bid fair to successfully carry out his mis-
sion, besides obtaining valuable information
for the future guidance of the insurgent
commanders.
But, as Cepero's bad luck would have it,
among the officers who came on board the
Gloria at Batabano was a certain Lieut..
Monasterio. The latter and Cepero were old
acquaintance. Cepero having promised
some time ago to hang Lieut.. Monasterio at
| the first opportunity for having pushed
Cepero's insurgents very holly in pursuit
which the Spanish troops, under the lieu
| tenant, carried out in Santa Clara.
When Cepero caught sight of the heuten-
ant he made sudden dive into his cabin.
| and apparently busted himself in preparing
| to go ashore while waiting for his fellow
passengers to leave the ship. But the lieu
tenant had espied him. and, communicating
| his knowledge to the other Spanish officers,
| the state room occupied by Cepero was soon
| besieged by a crowd of angry Spanish SOL
diers. Cepero in vain denied his identity,
| claiming he was Lorenzo Dupuy,- an Ameri-
|
| with the vengeance of the United States.
| All denials, however, were in vain.
The lieutenant said: 'And 80 you promised
| to hang me, Cepero? We will see If we can
not hang you instead"
| When Cepero saw that all further denial
| was useless, he became defiant, frankly adj
mitted his identity and was conveyed under
a strong escort to the city. He is now safely
| lodged in MORO Castle, and his trial will not
| long be delayed. The papers found upon
him are said to be of the greatest import
ance, and will probably lead to the arrest of
| a number of prominent citizens, including
| several now residing in the province of
| Santa Clara.
Insurgents Divide Their Forces.
Minister Depuy De LONE of Spain is in re-
ceipt of the following dispatch:
HAVANA, January 14.-Maximo Gomez
after the engagement at Luibican, in order
to avoid an engagement, divided his forces
sending them in different directions. por-
| Iioh 6OLi5 loWdIu heleud dHU Tie IcIudlIlu6I
| toward Guira. A Spanish army column>Ss
closely following each portion, and three
columns are ready to march when neces-
sary. Maceo is in the. Vuelta Abajo dis
| trict, and he has also divided his forces
His main body is closely followed by five
columns of Spanish soldiers. The insur.
gents do not stop in any place Railway an6
| telegraph lines are being constantly cut
| and repaired.
In the Villas district there have been small
engagements with bands of little import
ance. Since their stock of horses was taker
by Col. Molina at Navajo, and the supply
cut off, this province is nearly free of in
surgents.
In the province of Matanzas the column
of the Falavera battalion had an engage
ment with the band of Aulet, composed Of
400 men, putting them to flight, taking sew
eral horses and arms, and killing an(
wounding some of the insurgents.
Captain. Rabadan put to flight band O,
300 men in Anchea, killing nine, among
them the leader, and wounding many.