The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-04-01
likely 4 SPANISH MURDER.
MEATH OF G. e. CROSBY IN CUBA,
SAID TO HAVE BEEN ACCI-
44 DENTALLY SHOT.
letter FROM GOMEZ 70 M'K|NLEY.
Urges The President to Action,
Citing the Cruel Warfare Waged
by Weyler Against the De-
fenceless Citizens.

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10 eo otiT Chicago March 29.-The Record tomor-
ntinues TOW VIII say: HsH eUa u1#
y that Mr.. G. e. Crosby, whose letters to the
IN line Record have appeared over the sigma
ture of don Carlos" Joined the army
llof Gen. Gomez early in February, having
, MAI made his way through the Spanish lines
which after secretly communicating with the
lodans rebel governor of the province of Santa
ion to hrI.ra ond ,ooo;,,;n,. g., liz =, u,,oa
nment - - i w Gu eu
For escort to the headquarters of the Cuban
aedan, commandant. He was present at num-
lJ, re Der of the recent engagements at which
ffcaIs there was hard fighting bro ,a|9"grs
medan A letter from the Record correspondent
abbed at Havana, Crittenden Marcia, gave the
~ i l.e Information that some of Mr.. Crosby's
correspondence had fallen into the hands
4 Bull of the Spanish on its way through their
wages lines and the Spanish have endeavored
to seize him, his personal description
= Having been sent broadcast throughout
yorL the province of Santa Clara. His last
York dispatch was received March %, having
gram, been written at the camp of Gen. Gomez,
nnies Arroyo Blaneo, where he is now said
en.lis to have been killed.
80, Ef from the same camp was sent q letter
ailu from Gen. Gomez to President Mckinley,
III the which is published below Mr.. Crosby's
Aeopy of this letter reached the Record
2on Sunday, having come by mail, as it
was the desire of the Cuban commander
that it should not be published before
atue- the original was in the hands of Presi-
tie dent Mckinley. fEtstael
viau If Mr.. Crosby has really paid with his
49, life for his courage and enterprise, the
his readers of the Record gain from him an
the earnest endorsement of his ability as
larlv correspondent, knowledge of the remark
~ able letter which was sent by Gen. Go
.ie pez to President Cleveland and which
cries, either went astray or was kept secret
ming by its recipient, as well as this last let
ATr Ter, which probably arrived at the White
"r House last night.
pos These communications follow:
r in In the Field, Near Sanct Spiritus,
fac. March l, 1S97-To Hon. William Nc
M Kinley, President of the United States
lcns Sir-Gen. Weyler has arrived in this dis
%. Oh trict of Sancti Spiritus with numerous
mas army. He comes not to fight nor to OPP
ties pose his strength to the forces which de-
seu fend these parts, but as sanguinary and
lor- cruel general, who will avoid combats
are and spread crime and desOlation every
lde. where. He comes to murder the peas
ave ants in the field, to kill children and to
not drive our prosecuted and outraged women
but to the woods leaving their homes to be
burned, their hearths violated and their
gardens destroyed. This is how Gen.
led ever he may be- Then he authorizes
ne those who ask him for bread for their
the l. children and alienation of their miseres
las W 60 into the country and steal and de-
AN u stroy whatever they may find. With
ar this permit me to send you copy of
re-. letter which | had the honor to send your
hn predecessor in office, Mr. Grover Cleve-
ed land. 1t is the hope that it may move
nd you to a sacred action that induces me
" to take UP my pen to trouble you
d- tFeb TO-. 1S97.-Mr. Grover Cleve-
~ land, President of the United States:
no Sir+Permit man whose soul is torn
- within him by the contemplation OF I'M
utterable crimes to raise his voice to the
supreme chief of people free, cultivated
:, and powerful.
Ill ADo not, beg, regard this action as
so an impertinent act of offcialism You,
N Yourself, authorized it when you consign-
ed to me a place in your last message
p to congress. .
a SsEyen more, beg you, do not regard it
II as subtle intervention in your affairs.
1--WE Cubans have thrown ourselves into
e ssthis war confident in our strength. The
h wisdom of the American people. should
d alone decide what course OF action you
should take will not speak of the
J. 'Cubans in arms. No; Il raise my voice
n Eonly in the name of unarmed people, vic
f Tins of frightful cruelty. | raise it in
the name of weakness and of innocence,
e Sacrificed with forgetfulness of the ele-
s mentary principles of humanity and the
e eternal maxims of Christian morality
e sacrificed beauty in the closing days OF
the Nineteenth century at. the very
: gates of the great nation which stands
II SO high in modern culture; SACRIFICED thus
I \ by a decaying monarchy which has the
I. sad glory of seeking for the horrors of
r the Middle Ages. The struggle with
Spain is, an aspect of that humanity you
are an exponent of 1t is to this aspect
1 wish to call your attention :,
NE 'Look through the world and you will
see how all people, with the possible ,ex-
ception of the Americans, contemplate
with Indifference or with sentimental
platonism the war which makes the fields
M of fertile Cuba as if it was thing for
egn to their interests and to men of mod
- ern culture as if it was not crime to
Sorget in this manner the duties. of social
Motherhood. But you know it is not
Ylba alone 1t is American; it is all
Ht19hristianhood it is all humanity that
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aces itself outraged by Spain's barbarity.
n ''Wel it is that the Spanish struggle
M With desperation and that they are
ashamed to explain the methods they
employ in this war. But we know them
8S3 md we expected that .....,s.
&K ''We accept it all as fresh sacrlhce
on the altar of Cuban independence.
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