The record-union., 1897-10-09
Investigation Shows That II Was Long and
Carefully Planned.
Division of Opinion as to Whether
1t Was Effected by Americans
or Cuban Insurgents-Prison
Employees Under Arrest Pend
ing the Result Of an Inquiry
Into the Matter.

HAVANA, Oct. S.-The escape OF
Senorita EVangeline Cassie, otherwise
Cassie Y. Cisneros, exclusively report
ed in a cablegram to the Associated
Press last night, has caused quite a
sensation in Havana.
The investigation made by the au-
thorities has developed a number of
additional facts. 1t is now asserted
that the young woman escaped be-
tween IL o'clock and midnight of
| Wednesday over the roof of a neigh
boring house, and through it to the
street below, O'Ferrel Lane, where the
police found a hand ladder. The roof
of the adjoining house had three planks
eacn about three feet long and eighteen
inches wide, joined by strong hinges so
as to serve as a bridge, enabling a per-
son to pass from the roof of the
prison to the roof Of the house.
The police also found on the roof a
| Smith & Wesson revolver of large call
! iber, with six chambers loaded and
a new knotted rope, which had evident
ly 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 accomplices from
the house near Case De Ricojeres to
the roof of the prison.
The revolver, the knotted rope and
the portable bridge, as well as other
discoveries made by the police, show
that the escape of Senorita Cassie was
long ard carefully planned. She must
have been in constant communication
with those who enabled her to escape
from the Casa De Ricojidas, where she
was imprisoned with eleven other wo-
men
Some of the details of the youna
! Cuban's escape are quite romantic 1t
appears that a state agent named Ma
RENO Fernandez, who was in charge of
the house, No. / O'Ferrel Lane, declares
that he recently rented that building to
two we'll dressed young men, who
seemed to be highly respectable They
! hired the house for two months, and
paid the rent in advance. The build
ing was poorly furnished, but the
young men seemed to be perfectly sat
isfied with their surroundings, and lit
| tie or 10 notice of them was taken by
the neighbors or anybody else.
In the rooms at No. 1 O'Ferrel Lane
| the police, IN addition to articles de-
scribed, found barrel of lime, a can
of paint and large brush, which
might be used for the application of
either lime or paint. Inside the Win
dow through which Senorita Cassie es-
capped the police discovered a bed sheet.
and as this apartment was her sleep
| ing room, the authorities are inclined
to believe that the sheet was used by
| the escaping prisoner to envelope her
self, with the object of deceiving her
room mates, if 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 Cassie is known
as the New Hall, for the reason that
it was constructed only seven months
ago. 1t was set apart for the use of
the female prisoners, and was made
comfortable, compared with the other
! Spanish prisons.
The companions of the young Cuban
woman whom she left behind say that
! the day before Senorita Cassie escaped
| she received a package, believed to be
/ drugged candies. In any case, the
! Senorita, contrary to her usual custom.
! did not at once distribute the candies
to her prison companions, but waited
until Wednesday night, when she urged
most of them to partake of the confec-
tions. The prisoners did so, and they
expressed the conviction that the candy
was drugged, for they soon afterwards
fell into a deep sleep, and did not
awaken throughout the night. although
the fling Of the bars before the SEN
orita's bedroom must have caused
enough noise to awaken the prisoners
under ordinary circumstances.
There is a division of opinion as to
whether the escape of the Senorita was
effected by Americans or by Cuban in
surgents The police are hard at work
investigating the escape. and all the
Spanish authorities along the coast
have teen communicated with. in the
belief tEat an attempt may be made
to embark the Senorita upon some YES
sci leaving Cuba for the United States
or elsewhere.
FerdinandeZ. the iailer in charge of
Casa De Reco5idas, and four employees
of the Government who We're on duty
have been arrested and are confined in
| communicate, pending the result of the
inquiry being made into the escape.
wEYLER MUST GO.
MADRID, Oct S.-(NIidnigh ght. 1.-The
Cabinet has decided upon the irnmedi-
ate recall of General Weyler from Gu
ba A decree viii be issued appointing
Captain-G General Blanco v Arenas. Mar
quis of Pena-Plata, Governor General
of the island. The Queen Regent will
sign the decree tomorrow.
According to eel Heraldo," 90. GOO re-
inforcenents viii accompany General
Blanco to Cuba.
In The course of the cable message
sent by the Captain General to Pre-
mier Sagasta, placing his post in Cuba,
at the disposal of the Government. he
said: "If the functions with which
they had intrusted me had been merely
those of Governor General of Cuba.
should have FASTENED to resign. But
the two-fold character Of my mission
and my duty as commandments in
the face of the enemy prevent my ten
dering my resignation. Nevertheless.
although I can rely upon the absolute
unconditional support of the Autono-
mist and Constitutional parties. as well
as upon public opinion, this would be
insufficient without the confidence of