The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-09
OVER HOUSE ROOFS
HOW sENORITA CISNER0S FLED
PROM A SPANISH PRISON.


sherlock Holmes OF Havana, Reads
Like Sure-Enough Fiction-Rope Lad
des, Portable Bridges, Filed Window
Bars, Dragged CONNECTIONS, Mysterious
Tenants in an Adjoining House, All Are
There to Make the Romance Complete
Havana, Oct S. The escape Of Senor-
ita Evangeline Clssio, otherwise Cisslo
y Cisne-os Exclusively reported in a ca
blegram TO the Associated Press last
Light has caused quite sensation in
Havana.
The investigation made by the author
tiles mas developed number Of addition
al facts in the case. Il is now asserted
that the young woman escaped between
IL o'clock and midnight Of Wednesday,
'tver the roof of neighboring house and
through 1t TO the street below, OFelrel
Lane and not into the street where the
police found a hand ladder. On the roof
OF the adjoining house the authorities
found three planks, each about three feet
long and eighteen inches wide, joined TO
esther by strong hinges, 50 as to serve
as a bridge, enabling person 70 pass
from the roof OF the prison to the roof Of
the house referred 10. The authorities
also found on the roof a Smith & Wesson
revolver Of large calibre, having its SIX
chambers loaded, and a new knotted
rope, which had evidently been used as a
life line, or guiding rope, TO enable the
escaping prisoner to cross the plank
bridge which had been extended by her
eccomplices from the house near the Sasa
de Recojidas TO the roof Of that prison.
The revolver, the knotted rope and The
portable bridge, as well as other discov-
cries made by the police, show thai the
escape OF Senorita Cassie was long and
carefully planned.
She must have been in constant COM
hnunica ton with those who enabled her
to escape from the Casa de Ricojidas,
where she was imprisoned with eleven
other women.
Some OF the details OF the young Gu
bans escape are quite romantic. II APP
pears that a real estate agent named
Marleno Fernandez, who was in charge
Of the house No. /, O'FerreH Lane, de-
rlares that he recently rented that build
Ing 20 two well dressed young men. The
latter seemed 10 be highly respectable,
hired the house for two months and paid
the rent In advance. The building was
poorly furnished, but the young men
seemed to be perfectly satisfied with the
surroundings, and little or no notice Of
them was taken by the neighbors or any
body else in spite of the fact that the
house was situated close to the prison in
which a young Cuban girl whose story
raused such a sensation in the United
States. was confined. When the rooms
1t No. O'Ferreu Lane were searched
the police. in addition 10 the articles al
ready described, found a bog Of lime,
Fan OF paint and a large brush, which
might be used for the application Of
either lime or paint. Inside the window
through which Senorita Cissio escaped,
the police discovered a bed sheet and as
this apartment was her sleeping room the
authorities are inclined TO believe that
the sheet was used by the escaping pris-
pner to envelope herself, with the object
Of deceiving her roommates IL she was
unlucky enough TO awaken them. into
the belief that she was moving about in
her night clothes. The quarter Of the
prison which was occupied by Senorita
Cisslo Is known as the new hall, for the
reason that It was constructed only seven
months ago. Il was set apart for The
use OF political prisoners and was quite
comfortable compared with other Span
sh prisons.
The companions OF the young Cuban
woman whom she left behind, say that
the day before Senorita Cissio escaped
she received a package believed to have
contained drugged candies In any case.
the senorita, contrary TO her usual Gus
tom, did not at once distribute the can
dies to her prison companions but waited
until Wednesday night when she urged
each OF them to partake Of the confec- !
tons. The prisoners did so, and they ex-
press the conviction that the sweets were
orugged. for they soon afterwards fell
Into deep sleep and did not awaken
throughout the night. although the filing /
OF the iron bar Of the senorita's bedroom /.
must have caused noise enough TO have I
awakened tho prisoners under ordinary 4
circumstances.
whether the escape of the senorita was
effected by Americans or by Cuban in /
Eurgen.s. The police are hard at work
investigating the escape and all the Span 1
.sh authorities along the coast have I
been communicated with. in The b. eff 4
that an attempt may be made 10 embark 1
the senorita upon some vessel leaving
Cuba for the United States.
Fernandez, the jailo in charge Of the 4
Casa de Recojidas. and four employees Of /
me government who were on duty al the 4
time OF the escape have been arrested I
and confined incommunicado. pending
the result OF the inquiry being made in,o /
the escape.
Havana. oct. S.-Madam Ana Mia,
De Rendou, who has been in charge Of !
the nan 81 the Casa De Recagodas.
where Senorita Evangelina Cisslo was
confined, and in whose house in san
Rafael street the police several months /
ago found trunks containing dynamite /
and cartridges, is one of the four en-
ployes who. with the jailor. have been
arrested and confined incomInunicado.
pending the result Of the inquiry being
made into Inc circumstances OF the es-
cape OF Senori;a CisSio
OF WOUNDS AND FEVER.
Washington. Oct. s.-The acting Unit !
ed States consul general al Havana has {
Informed the state department that Mr.. .
George Samuel Newton, s young Ameri- 4
can, formerly g matchmaker in Havana.
who was wounded and captured by span
Ssh troops near Baracos, in Pina- del Rio .
province, in August last, died N Ha-
vana September 80. from he effects OF
is wounds and fever Navto-,-S farbs-