Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13

GOSSIP CISNEEROS.
person to pass from the roof of the pris-
on to the roof of the house referred to.
The authorities also found on the reef
n Smith u WeSSOn revolver of large cali
Der, having its six chambers loaded, and
Il new knOtted rope, which had evident
~ been used as a life line, or guiding
rope to enable the escaping prisoner to
ross the plank bridge which had been
extended by her accomplices from the
house near the Casa de Recojidas to the
roof of the prison
The revolver, the knOtted rope and the
portable bridge, as well as other dis
coveries made by the police show that
the escape of Senorita Cassie was long
and carefully planned She must have
been IN constant communication with
those who ena bled her to escape from the
Casa de Ricojidas, where she was i'm
prisoned with eleven other women.
A Romance Brought to Light.
Some of the details of the young Gu
bans escape are quite romantic. 1t APP
pears that Il real estate agent named
Mariana Fernandez, who was in charge
of the house, No. l O'Ferrell lane, de-
clares he recently rented that building to
two well-dressed young men. The latter
seemed to be highly respectable, hired the
house for two months and paid the rent
in advance.
The building was poorly furnished, the
principal room in it containing only an
old table, a wash-stand, 4 wardrobe, an
antique sideboard, six old chairs and six
plates. But the young men seemed to
be perfectly satisfied with their sur
roundings, and little or no notice of them
was taken by the neighbors or by any
body else. When the rooms at No.
O'Ferrell lane were searched the police,
in addition to the articles already de-
scribed, found bag of lime. can of
paint and a large brush which might be
used for the application of either lime or
paint.
Inside the window through which Sc
norita Cossio escaped the police dis
covered Il bed sheet, and as this apart
ment was her sleeping room the authori-
ties are inclined to believe that the sheet
was used by the escaping prisoner to en-
yelop herself with the object of de-
ceiving her roommates, into the belief
that she was moving about in her night
clothes.
The quarter of the prison which was
occupied by Senorita CosSio is known as
the New hall, for the reason that it was
constructed only seven months ago. 1t
was set apart for the use of political
prisoners and was quite comfortable
compared with other Spanish prisons.
Dragged Her Fellow Prisoners.
The companions of the young Cuban
woman whom she left behind say that
the day before Senorita Cossio escaped
she received a package believed to have
contained drugged candies. In any case
the SenOrita, contrary to her usual custom
did not at once distribute the candies to
her prison companions, but waited until
Wednesday night, when she urged each
of them to partake of the confectiOnS.
The prisoners did SO and they express the
conviction that the sweets were drugged
for they soon afterwards fell into a deep
i IL
night, although the filing of the iron bar
of the senOrita's bedroom window must
have made considerable noise
People living in the vicinity of the pris-
on have informed the authorities that
they heard the noise Of carriage wheels
shortly before midnight on Wednesday
and this fact is supposed to have a con-
nection with the prisoners escape.
There is division of opinion as to
whether the escape of the SenOrita was
effected by Americans or by Cuban in
surgents. The police are hard at work
investigating the escape and all the Span
ish authorities along the coast have been
communicated with in the belief that an
attempt may be made to embark the Sc
norta upon a vessel for the United States
or elsewhere.
Fernandez, the jailor in charge of Casa
de RecOjidaS and four employees of the
government who were on duty there have
been arrested and are confined in commu-
nicado, pending the result of the inquiry
being made.
Though barely 10 years of age, the lit
tie Cuban patriot girl Evangelina Cossio
Cisneros, has managed to leap into
worldwide prominence. She is without
doubt Il hot little rebel from the Span
ish point of view, for at the outbreak of
the present rebellion she put herself at
the head of her fathers band of rebels
and started them to join the army of
Gomez. This was after her father, Senior
COssio, had been arrested and sent to the
last year she was betrayed by one of her
political prisoner.
Being vivacious, spirited, of attractive
face, figure ard manner, the governor of
the island, Berez became infatuated with
her and tried the conquest of the spiteful
little rebel. 1t proved sorry job for him.
A few of his own prisoners. availing
themselves of the knowledge of Berez's
infatua ton, used her as Il tool to draw
him into an ambush, where he was seized,
while the main band captured the garri-
son. The timely arrival of reinforcements
alone saved the fort from capitulatioL to
the patriots.
Then followed the Incarceration of the
plucky miss, who refused freedom at the
price of vassalage to Berez. which was
offered her. She was sent to Havana i'll
chains and committed to the prison for
female felons, from which she has just
escaped.
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