The record-union., 1897-04-21
SANGUILY'S STORY.
SufefinsS Of 600 Cuban UntOrtunateS in
the Cabana Fortress.
To Assert That One is an American is
to Have Insult and Injury
RedOubled.

Major-General Julio sanguily, a Gu
ban soldier, whose exploits have been
marked by the daring which made Ma
Geo loved and feared, arrived here yes
terday afternoon, and was accorded
an enthusiastic welcome by 1000 pa
triots General Fitzhugh Lee, though
absent, shared in the triumph of this
Americans welcome.
Sanguily comes from a Spanish dun
geon in the fortress of Cabana, where
he spent two years. Much has been
heard here of the horrors of this prison,
bu the story of cruelty takes new color
when it comes from the lips of soldier
and an American citizen of this mans
gallantry and intelligence. He speaks
English f1uently.
IF the people of the United States
knew how their countrymen are treated
by the Spanish, and for no cause eX-
cept that they are Americans" said
General Sanguily to me yesterday, the
walls of MORO and Cabana would crum-
BILE before the guns of an American fleet
before the month is over
Sanguily was one of Gomez's hands
during the ten years war. From the
inception of the present revolution he
has been in Cabana, sacrificed to his
convictions. That he will return at
once to Cuba at the head of a strong ex-
petition and accept an important COM
mand under his old chief is no secret.
1t is believed that he will succeed Ma
Geo. Therefore he speaks as one with
authority The story of his release
through the efforts of General Lee is ia
miliar to the readers of the Herald
After Cuba there is one word ever
in Sanguily's mouth. 1t is Lee" He
believes that Weylers departure will
result from his release through General
Lees efforts.
GRAND TRIBUTE TO LEE.
General Lee is the grandest and
bravest man who could represent the
United States in Havana" he said, over
and over again. He is fearless, and
Spain is afraid of him because he will
not allow the truth to be hidden. 1 owe
my liberty and my life to him. His in
fuence has prevented the slaughter of
other Americans who are kept in dun
geons so loathsome that it viii be diff
cult to describe them in the Herald
These things should be known. Gen
eral Lee knows some of them, and has
told the truth manfully, without regard
to the result. He knows his duty. 1
believe the new Administration will
back him up. If it does no more than
allow the Cubans to ship arms and am
1nunition Cuba will be free before this
year is over"
The Generals gray eyes flashed when
I asked him of the treatment accorded
prisoners in Cabana, and he became all
animation. The man looks what he is
"a fearless leader of men. His figure is
powerful, his shoulders broad. his car
riage erect. His forehead is high, his
eyes large and keen. His mustache is
plentiful and gray; his hair thick and
brown. His glance, his restless energy
and his words are those of a man of ac-
ton. He has lived by the sword and
does not complain of the fortune of
war. When he spoke of the sufferings
in Cabana he spoke chiefly of others,
little of himself.
There are to-day in Cabana," he
said, between 620 and $50 prisoners,
and the conditions in which they live
are frightful. 1t is not everything to
be in incomunicado. l. for instance, was
kept two years in a cell twenty or TWEEN
ty-fve feet long by nine wide. That
was allowed to occupy it alone is Won
derful. It was very damp, and the heat
at one time and cold at another made it
bad enough. I was never allowed out
for air or exercise during those two
years.
PENNED IN FILTHY CELLS.
These things are nothing. All