The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-15
RESCUE OF CIsNEROS.
ONE OF THE REsCUERs TELLS OF
THE ESCAPE.
Kept His Eye ON the Conspir-
atOr I'm Chief.

New York. October H.-Carl Decker, one
of the rescuers of EvangelIna Cossio y
Cisneros from tho Casa dc Recojidas, Hav-
ana. arrived in this city on tine Spanish
liner Panama this afternoon. He was met
down the bay by number OF newspaper
men and said:
Il was compelled to go to Cuba aud de-
liver Senorlta Cossio Cisneros from the
filthy Recojidas prison. ! started from
New York August rs. determined to free
the woman, though / did not see my way
| clear to effect the undertaking. On my
way 10 Havana many plans presented them
selves TO me, but all proved impracticable.
! tried to bride the Jaiier, but he wanted
$4,000 for the job and positive assurances
that he and his family could get to the
United States This was too rich q propo-
stion for me-
Mr.. Decker repeated the story OF the
rescue as already told in these dispatches
and then related what happened after the
| girl was out Of prison.
| lie said: when Miss Cisneros entered
| our shanty adjoining the Jail we left her
alone for few minutes and then took her
to a carriage waiting outside and drove to
the house of a friend. The friend was
holding reception that night. which was
a part of the plot The man who drove the
carriage was one OF the consprators.
senorita Cisneros was exhausted from ia
s s's When she reached the house. but she
N'u nv. give way
oh lhuisoay morning she was taken
w 'ne nohe ot Irlenu where she re-
lai.'p III secrecy until Saturday after
liged to walk down the principal thorough
fare of Havana at time when the street
was o,o"uea ana YET look her time and
..ioheu CIGAR II she had sulked about
luz uack strtels she would have been i'm
heuiateiy suspected. She had passport
n . u. unoer an assumed name. All the
So anshipS anenor out In the stream.
800, o, IVA Sishefos walked down from the
nonio, an, as ,ancnero ana my COM
a an ,, anu l INiowed. she sauntered
a aHs ieisureiy ana once IN while turned
,no,i " see we were Following. we
nnnaan,. ~ " ~ on sne grew more
~, - 40 sue went along out we could
an 80 ,a,,h "as auaer strain. one got
Tho iaunah .n.. anu we wai,eu' anu "hen
sha ~ w. is.u.neu from the Vessei ana
been smone 0. en- ~ we hhew uhe scheme mad
"The dav after mo ,a,, ao,,,, a.,
vos as,,n 10y a ."e jan ueiiVery Tue town
ne,ros ,o ooea tne escape OF sehoflta CHS
ana wo,,,a 49, Se search was Degun
telegram Srnn M,O,s,ar " n w nau NOT
WaShin1,a, -, ,..s Dupu' ue Lonie a.
Was an ~ hioh eu "eyier that ,he glrf
daw IN No,,, vs. sn S T,' ara eApscteu any
He threw ,,a ini,en "eh Weyier was mad
jail. wherennon ,ha ,a,Iar IA -. 'n.o
attempting to bribe him Tbi. in co,,rno
ton with The surmjsa 81 no ~. ,1aoss
suspicion nm me rara - ~, ~ Ri,osu
going TO take a steamer far Mexinn rh mas
was only ono stearor ,ooyi,a SUD-
that was A Spanish shin T waitsd ~ -,
str,,cticns fron, Nv, WI. 49, i1r III,
mads nm nv nina 20 ~, mau nad almost
structions or M ins,r,,ctions NJ. 49,. ~
lions came. happily
"Mv nassnort ,yos n,oao 49,. J.. a,
Of Carl Decker In order to tols ~
Panama SUNDAY night AND ram ,,a a,nt
let mrst s,s, a, 80 Wy ,iie s"un',
slammed with en- ~ ms p"sspcrS Nisea ana
would 'p nernr sene n, ! know my passport
an order for n nv s,s nns, anu ! learned tha'
and that was to be ARRESTED M n.oiocl,
Monday mo!ning. was in bad pickle.
! got glimpse OF the writing OF Senior
cas1oval. the secretary OF Weyler. and
copied it so l had 1t down fine. Then I
forged the wise signature determined
10 do without the seal A. the last mo-
'nent 1 went TO the wharf and took the
auhcn for the steamship. The Inspector
he seal was / assumed a nonchal,n 49,
as best | could. and told him senor Ca az
10 seal he signed hi. no'el ana having
all right. The inspector bpsi,afsd wa,
showed the signature to another insnoo1or
THE Spanish silthoritjss na as say,
or moment that would take n sn,nlss