The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-15
MISS CISNER0S'
RESCUER !
Gives Another Chapter of the Young
Lady'S Escape,
AND TELLS OF HIS OWN FLIGHT.
Forged the Signature Of the Captain Gen.
erals Secretary and Told Fairy
story to the ofioial Who In
spected His Passport.

VI LAlt IGbtuCIE OL IANduktllild AOElO y
Cisneros from the Casa de Recojidas.
Havana, arrived in this city on the
Spanish line steamship Panama yes
terday afternoon. He was met down
the bay by a number of newspaper
men, and said:
Il was commissioned to go to Cuba
and deliver Senorita Cosio y Cisneros
from the filthy Recojidas prison 1
started from New York on Aug. 2S, de-
termined to free the woman, though
1 did not see my way clear as to the
plan to be adopted. After reaching
Havana many plans suggested them
selves to me- but each one proved i'm
practicable. I tried to bribe the jailer
or alcalde, but he wanted $4,000 for
the job, and positive assurances that
he and his family could get to the
United States. This was too rich
proposition for me-"
Mr.. Decker repeated the story Of
the rescue from the Jail as already told
In his dispatches, and then related
what happened after the girl was out
of prison. He said:
When Senorita Coslo Y Cisneros en-
tered our shanty adjoining the Jail we
let her rest for a few minutes and
then took her to a carriage waiting
outside and drove to the house of a
friend. The friend was holding a re-
ception that night, which was a part
Of the plot. The man who drove the
carriage was one of the consplrators.
The young lady was exhausted from
excitement when she reached the house.
but she did not give way. On Thurs
day morning she was taken to the home
of friend, where she remained in Sc
crecy until Saturday afternoon.
"To reach the steamer for New York
she was obliged to walk down Obispo
street, the principal thoroughfare of
Havana, at a time when the street was
crowded, and yet take her time and
smoke cigar. If she had sulked about
. the back streets she would immedi-
ately have been suspected. It was over
mile from the house to the pier She
had passport made out under an as
sumed name. All the steamships an
chor out in the stream. Senorita Cosio
Cisneros walked down from the house
clad as rancher, and my companion
and l followed behind. She sauntered
along lelsurely, and once in a while
turned about to see If we were follow
ing. We motioned her to go on, She
grew more confident as she went along,
but we could see that she was under a
strain. She got on the launch and we
waited, and when the launch returned
from the vessel and she was not on
1t we knew that the scheme had work.
ed like a charm.
"The day after the Jail break the
town was astir over the escape of Sen
orita Cosio y Cisneros, a house to
house search was begun and would
have been kept up had not a telegram
Fvafe
Washington, informed WeyIer that the
girl was on the high seas and expected
any day in New York. Then Weyler
was mad. He threw the jaiIer Jose
! Quintana, into Jail, whereupon the
1ailer told about my attempting to bribe
him. This, in connection with the sur
mise of De LONE, placed suspicion on
me. gave it out that I was going to
take steamer for Mexico. There was
only one steamer leaving Sunday and
that was Spanish steamer I waited
for instructions from New York, and
had almost made up my mind to start
Sunday, instructions or no Instructions
My instructions came happily.
MY passport was made out in the
name of Karl Decker. In order to take
the Panama Sunday night, and run the
gauntlet, 1 must get my passport vised
and stamped with the seal of the sec
retary of the captain general. 1 knew
that my passport would never be
signed and I learned that an order for
my arrest was determined on and that
I was to be arrested at o'clock Mon
day morning. 1 got a glimpse Of the
writing Of Senior Carjoval, the secre-
tary of Weyler, and copied 1t so that I
had 1t down fine. Then forged the
wise signature. determined to do with
out the seal.
"At the last moment I went to the
wharf and took the launch for the
| steamship. The inspector looked at my
passport and asked where the seal was.
1 assumed a nonchalant air and told
| him that Senor CarjOval was at the
! Ingleterre hotel, and having no seal he
| signed his name to a statement say
ing 1t was ali right The inspector hesi-
tated and showed the signature to an
other inspector, and he said all right,
and was safe.
"The Spanish authorities never
thought for a moment that would take
a Spanish steamship. Nearly all the
Americans take the American line.
They did not think to guard the Pana-
ma and watch for me. They arrest all
prisoners at o'clock in the morning.
They were sure I would be in town on
| Monday and they were fooled"
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