Evening journal., 1897-03-03
OLAEY OH RUIz'S CASE.
The Conflicting Statements Of
Lee and Weyler.
CONGRESS FINISHING ITS BUSINESS

The senate Accepts tho House Amend.
msnts to the Monetary Conference Bill.
Now Goes TO the President The Houst
Struggling with sundry Civil Bin.
WAsHNGToN. March 3-Thc president
has sent 60 the senate q report made j..
secretary Olney on the resolution request
ing the correspondence in the case Of DR.
9icardo Raiz. The report suggests the in
ldvisablity Of supplying the correspond
ere, at this time, which suggestion tn,
pr,a'Geus mdnises, say ing has it woulc
he Incompatible with the public interes
TO do 90 pending the public and exhaust
.V4 INVESTIGATION about 60 lie Instituted.
. he president adds the suggestion thai
lhe consul general should have profession
al aii in such Investigation. though thai
matter, together with the selection Of tn,
particular PERSONS TO act with him, prop
crly Covolves upon my successor in office.
Instead Of transmitting the official cor
res undence the secretary supplies an ac
connt of his own COMPOSITION covering th,
essential facts in the case. He says that
hu1. native Of Cubs, came 20 this coun
Try during the revolution which termi
mated In 1873 and studied dentistry NJ
Philadelphia. declaring his intention e.
be cmo citizen of the United States il
1877. He received his final papers IN 1850.
After this he returned 20 Cuba and has
resided there since. He details Ruiz's nr
rest on Feb 4, OF which he says the depart
nent was imm diately Informed, but that
nothing more was heard IN regard to the
maitor until Feb. Z. when the consul
general reported tnat Ruiz had been found
dc q. lie says the department. bad as
summed that the case was being attended tc
during this interim and that % demund
would be made that the prisoner should be
put in comunicado hut taat it nfterwaru
developed that no such demand hid beer
made. and the prisoner had remained con.
starty in solitary confinement The cir.
cumsiaDces attending the death were suct
as to lead to "A demand for immediate in
We tigltion.
Consul General Lees Report.
after such rerso.al examination as he
was able TO make, the secretary contiu
uss. "tle ccnsul ger eral las reported tc
thc de arment that Ruiz WAS placed and
kept .or SO hours IN small, closed ant
filthy cell feet by 3, having a rough stont
TO with no window, and only incl
square opening in line door for tho ndmis
sion of ios which aperture was kept shut
@ cort whcn so used that no ono was al
lowed TO see him; bat ho died from neg
lect or violence; that he became Gcranged
that an autopsy showed sovcn contusions
on top OF the head: that he died from con
gestion of the brain; that there was nC
fracture Of the skull, hut that an knowl
edge was cnnfnod to officials. and that il
was difficult To ascertain the facts
He says that. on the other hand 81,
Dtt.ug governor general of Cuba. In "a ne
PORT made 20 his government on Feb. %
states that Rui was confined in room
over feet by -. with % large window
that the room showed no sign Of damp
ness; that Ruiz had an oasy chair and
comfortable he'd This official also report
that Ruiz was found in his room yer-
much excited, with "a confusion on hi,
hend, after a blow was heard in the room
He says the prisoner was then removed 6,
% better room; that 'on the 9Th be wai
found by the attendant in the act af burt
ing his head against tho grating of Oh,
door and, though quieted by the attend
ant shortly after died -
The conclusion Of the official reports o
the two governments being thus RADICAL,
conflicting, the SO rotary says another
open and thorough investigation seemed +,
the government Indispensable and th,
Spanish government concurred in thi,
view.
The secretary incloses n copy of Minis
ter de Lome's letter acceding 10 this n,
quest. Flo says that Ruiz did not mnk'
known his American citizenship whom ar
rested, crcum tance which, be Says or
ten occurs and always leads to complica
tiOns