New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-03
,-,rop,py TO THE TRrBySE

inv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBuNEl
Washington March 2.-The secretary OF S'n,e
49,, had hrefed and has transmitted 10 the ftesi-
ANT and through him to the senate the CORE
oo,dence between the State Department Consu'-
C.aaral Lee and Minister Taylor In the Ruiz case
- ~ ,alegraus and letters exchanged between
~ o-cials were not handed TO the PRESIDENT ana
. ,urher OF those sent 10 the White House oio
-, roach the Senate. one letter IN particular u
.onsnicuously absent. This is the communication
!, which General Lee formally tenders MS resle-
,o,,o, as Consul-General at Havana. Some OF the
ato,s ., tho Departmen; continue mildly 10 deny
80. o,v sucb letter has been received. Others ad-
1T that they have seen IT, but they say that IL
vas received together with fully hundred other
rss,snatons such are usually forwarueu 10
yyaeh,neion upon the changing OF Administrations
The tribune can state positively that General Lee
ras sent his resignation 10 the State Department.
hut upon what ground II is based Is ho' KNOWN Il
&c certain that II has not been accepted
-ho ner,ial correspondence sent TO the Senate
- tho case from the date OF Ruizs mprson-
NON, down 20 last Saturday, when Minister Isylor
ronorted 10 Secretary Oney by telegraph the result
q, the investigation OF the Spanish doctors ln'o
The circumstances Of the dentists death one teie
ar, vas suppressed by the President TINS -
,be one from Secretary Olney TO General Lee IN
which the Secretary uses these words among
o,bers. "Don't lose your head; keep cool
ste Department officials claim for Mr. olney
,ol.rron,s which they say reflect decidedly on uei
roI ae,s performance OF duty In the Rriz case
rbev are possibly bassed In the matter 10 some eN
.ent bu. their remarks go 10 snow ''"' 'e'i
= 90 was probably not as zealous as ne Jug" ~
ho,a been in looking out for the dead den'is' II"
forests This Is putting II mildly, as one Va '
eo,als said to-day that General Lee hao oeeh
-. rao,,ver, in the matter. To quote his WORDS
81 90 knew nothing Of Ruiz's case from the 'nie
- b,s Imprisonment up 10 the day OF MS uea'h.
when Scott the American. was placed III so"'"i!
o,e,er,ent he attempted big olun' ana u'eea
.ha Secretary OF State to sustain him IN ueDnaNu
~, nd made on the Spanish at Havana. Inc sec
rotary called MS Oi"-i' civ"
his head" ,. r,,.,.uo,,
shows the following facts; ., -
THAT Richard Ruiz was a natiVe-porh N"'"' 90
came 10 this country during the prosie'' W,
C.hor insurrecticn which terminated IN 1870 nc
OuO 80, Ell ,anArs as a naturalized citizen In
,,,.r, 1850 in Philadelphia. Immediately aller
IA returned 10 Cuba ne entered upon me pra'.Cs
of dentistry married and reared FANNY anu
rrad there permanently AND continuous!
Stree He was arrested on FEBRUARY anu a. 80 49,
TO nr,son on the charge OF participation III ING
c,,+ure and robbery OF a railroad tram
I5,. ar-ee, was reported TO this Government o'
.,1,ronb m the same day, and until the l''h mum
ING more was heard Of the case py the Depa - 49,
which assumed that 1t was oeing at'e"N
IN regular
~ saventv-two hours the prisoner Wouio ei.nei 10
= ,,ioado or IL not that proper dernahu
o. s,.b relief would be made and that II suc' w
nd were made and were not successful, nv
rartment would at once be lniorHleu' - ~
,,,as of the sort were taken, however 'nO"s"
nr,soner remained incommunlcauo' anu W. n,.
,bo Consulate reported TO the Department tha' nun
- ,o,,rd dead IN his cell under circumstances
'.toh ,ustiaed and led 70 demand lot lniileuIa'
,,.es,ieation The Consul-General reported '
12riz was kept 3l5 hours in small closeu or -
e,tbv cell 3x5 feet having rough stone hooi' -
no window and only six-inch squ'i. ra..,,ro
49, a,or for the admission OF food. wnch spel Iule
- -, ebrr except when used; that no one was
uovved 10 see him. that he died from he1ieO.
,,tole,ce. that he became deranseo; tNat an '' -
.Lo,red severe Commissions on top OF the ne"u' -
=. S,ed from congestion Of the brain; that 'here
nc ~ fo,ura n, the skull. but that all knowl-
edge was confined 10 oHici"s' anu -
ascertain the facts , ..,.rro,,a
Promptly upon receiving Generai Lee @ ~,
c..retarv Olnev put himself IN communicate ""
- American Minister Madrid IN came ~
- Re informed Mr.. Taylor OF the tenor OF Zen
pd'cD nc aor,s saving that these indicated that
-, IA hoen foullv dealt with. II the iacts "e''
-. ~. ~, the Consul-General the case was one
which called for immediate redress seer
str.o,ed Minister Taylor forthwith 10 lay '"e no
~ bsfore spain's Foreign Minister and 10 urge INA
-. >taarid authorities Immediately institute care
Safl
49, Consul-Ceneral Lee was informed OF this ac-
,,on ~ the State Department. Ihe loIo"ihs udy
Minister TAYLOR cabled that the Duke OF Ie.uai nov
directed that the requested investigation sh0u'u &c
made Last Saturday another dispatch from te
Minister said that Havana surgeons who had maoe
the inquiry had reached VeIo'c' 0iu nav
this 70 the Foreign Office.
Secretary Olney then quotes the report Vi 'n7
Acting vernor-General OF CUBA 10 sho" 'la' nun
was kept in a large, roomy cell. hshted ana Vehu-
lated that he had an easy chair' anu maj" Vas'
sheets pillows etc: that blow being heara IN MS
rooro nm the 15,f he was found very much excltcd
with q confusion on the head and was al once re-
moved TO better ROOM where he coud more e@Si!
be watched and placed under medical treatment
that on the 18th he found by an a''ehuah' Il.
the act Of butting his head against the gra'ns VI
the door and though quoted by the attendant
shorty after died: that en- autopsy being held, the
phvsician present concurred in the opinion that
death ensued from cerebral congestion. not INDUCED
nv the wound on the head. which was superhc'aI'
and that the prisoners treatment during CONNIE
rn4pt was most considerate. and better than IN me
cases Of other prisoners, attendant gong 70 ELS
room whenever called for.
Secretary O.ney says that the conclusions OF the
oNBcial representatives Of the Governments be-
ing thus radically conflicting, another open and thor
o,gb investigation seemed 20 this Government IN
d,snensable In this view the Spanish Government
concnrred and a letter from Minister de LONE is
ouo,ed bearing upon this case. dated February p.
In This note Minister de LONE says: The Spanish
cove-np,eo, has ordered that a most thorough IN
vestigation be made in order 70 throw light upon
tbs fscts so that IL II appear therefrom that there
bas bse CHINA billtv or negligence all the weight OF
The isw may fall upon the guilty To this end. after
receiving General Ahumadas telegram. the Govern
ment ordered BY cable that Judge be designated.
who in view OF the facts charged and communicated
bv NJ TAYLOR United States Minister al Madrid.
shall institute judicial process IN which all the
circumstances shall he scrupuously ana actively as
certalned His Msjestys Government wishes ana 10
thar end directs that the Consul OF the United
States be invited 10 submit II he so desires any evl-
fenee which may assist in making the iacts clear
and OF which he may have knowledge ana also -
take cognizance Of the proceedings IN the case II
- ,,ocendinos he can do SC and that