The evening times., 1897-02-16
SITTING A CUBAN OUTRAGE
SenOrita Arrange Says She Was
Not Subjected to Indignity.
SHE WAS NOT SEEN BY MEN
The Woman Who Stripped and
Searched Her Seemed Indifferent
and Overlooked the Papers After
All-COl. Arrange, Her Brother, Is
in the Fight, and She Is Helping.

New York, Feb. 16.-A Tampa. Fla.
dispatch furnishes the following statement
from Senorita Ciemencia Arrange, the Cuban
girl, who, it has been alleged, was mis-
treated snamefully, in being sent out of
Cuba:
The notice OF expulsion was served on
me by the chief Of police of Havana at
my home on January ~
1T was signed by Juan Cuebas, and had
the official seal upon it, 1t is true that
l was actively engaged in the conspiracy
as far as l could be, and believe was
betrayed by~a Cuban who had been con-
nected with the work
Il twice have brayed the dangers OF a
visit to the insurgent camp. My first
visit was TO the camp OF Gen. Aguirre.
which j made last April, when | was in
his camp one week, and while there I
saw much of army life. My second visit
was made to the camp OF my brother,
Col. Rauel Arrange. who is operating ex-
tensively in the province of Havana.
This visit was made in September last
1T was quite natural for me to display
sympathy with the Cuban cause, as
Cuba is my country. I love the island,
and then, too. my brothers and relatives
are actively engaged in the struggle for
liberty.
= AN OF this the Spaniards must have
known, for they Swallowed me inces-
asntiy and annoyed me greatly When
the order for my exile came it in no
way surprised me. Besides IN yseIf, it
included my sister Consuela, my little
brother CASTOR, Sen OTita Emilia De
Cordoba and SenOTita Rosa SignOrrO, and
directed US To leave within fifteen DAYS
after the service, and in the event we
failed to do so we were TO be put in
prison during the continuance Of the
struggle on the island
Il hurried my arrangements TO leave ON
the morning OF February 3, which was
Wednesday, together with the others named
in the order, 1 went down To the inspee-
tion-house.
when we reached the place a Spanish
officer came up 10 US and told me TO enter
a room which he pointed out 1 refused to
do so unless my companions were permitted
TO accompany me, and we all went in there:
we were met by an inspectress. who told
Inc that she had been ordered TO search me. |
II was then told to diveSt myself of all
my clothing, and did so, taking off every
garment The inspectress scrutinized my
tut tfoundnothing. Mycompanions
were then searched.
After this. about noon, we went aboard
the Ohvette and, while standing on the
promenade deck, a Spanish officer came up
to me and touching me on my arm told me
that was wanted in a stateroom. looked
around but could not see the captain. so
to the stateroonI, where the same
Inspector awaited me.
MY companions followed me in the
room, and / passed the same ordeal which
1 had undergone while ON shore Nv com
panionS were also searched in a similar
manner, and my little nine-year-oId
brother was searched, but net stripped l
was only searched twice us stated
AT neither place was | in any way ill.,
treated, except the humiliation Of being
in the presence of a strange woman.
She was not rough, but treated the matter
quite indifferently / suppose she had per
formed the same task many times before
During the examinations the doors were |
closed. and no men were admitted |
INTO the rooms, nor could they have seen |
into them.
After the last examination had teen |
made, and they were satisfied | had no |
papers Of any kind on Hiy person although |
really did have papers they left the ship. |
''One OF the Spanish officers bade me |
goodbye. but / paid no attention to him |
We arrived here on the afternoon Of Feb |
ruary f."