The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-21
CARL DECKER, ONE OF HER pps
ooERs' TELLS HOW THE TRICK
y WAS DONE.
THE SENOR|IA ACTED HERO|CAAY
she Never Faltered Under the Terr,.
Die strain-Decker Had Some
trouble in Escaping Himself.
She Receives Visitors.

New York, Oct 14.-Carl Decker one
o. the rescuers of Evangelina Cossio Y
Glsneros, from the Casa de Recoiidas
Havana, arrived in this city on the
spanish liner Panama this afternoon.
Il was compelled to 90 to Cubo and
deliver Senorita Cossio Cisneros from
the filthy Recojidas l started from
New York on August %, determined
TO Tree the woman though did not see
my way clear to effect the undertaking.
On my way to Havana many plans pre-
scented themselves to me, but All proved
impracticable. | tried to bride the taller
but he wanted $4,000 for the job and
positive assurance that he and his fam
lily could get to the United States. This
was too rich a proposition for me-"
Mr.. Decker repeated the story of the
rescue as already told in these dis
patches, and then related what happen-
ed after the girl was out of prison. He
said:
when Miss Cisneros entered our
shanty adjoining the Jail we let her
alone for few moments and then
TOOK her to Il 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 conspirators. Senorita Cfs
neros was exhausted from fatigue when
she reached the house, bat she did not
give way.
son Thursday morning she was taken
to the home of a friend, where she re-
manned in secrecy until Saturday after
noon. To reach the steamer she was
obliged to walk down the principal
thoroughfare of Havana at time when
the street was crowded, and yet took
her time and smoked a cigar. If she
had sulked about the back streets she
would Immediately have been suspected.
1t was over a mile from the house to
the pier. She had a passport made out
under an assumed name. All the steam
ships anchor out in the stream. Senior
tia Cisneros walked down from the
house clad as rancheTo, and my COM
panion and l followed. She sauntered
along lGisurely, and once in awhile turn
ed about to see If we were following.
We motioned her to 60 on. She grew
more confident as she went along, but
we could see that she was under
strain. She got on the launch and we
waited, and when the launch returned
from the vessel and she was not on it
we knew the scheme Rad been success
full.
'The day after the Jail delivery the
town was aStir over the escape CT Senor-
ita Cisneros, a house-to-house search
was begun and would have been kept up
IL
puy de LONE at Washington Informed
Weyler that the girl was on the high
seas and expected any day IN New
York. Then Weyler was mad. He
threw the jailer, Jose Quinlana, into
jail, whereupon the Jailcr told or my
attempting to bride him. This, IN con-
nection with the surmise of de LONE,
placed suspicious on me. L gave 1t out
that was going to take steamer Tor
Mexico. There was only one steamer
leaving Sunday, and that was span
ish shin. | waited for instructions from
New York and had almost made up my
mind to start Sunday. instructions or no
instructions. My instructions came
happily. .ou. u,os made ont in the
name of Carl Decker. In order to take
the Panama Sunday night and run the
gauntlet | must get my passport Vised
and stamped with the seal OF the sec
retS- of the captain general. knew
nv passport would never he signed. ana
| learned that an order for my arrest
was determined on and that WIS "
ing. / was in a bad pickle. l got
rlimnse of the writing of Senior Caloval
fha Secretary of Weyler. and copied II
iii 7 had it down fine. Then l forged
the viser's signature. I determined TO
do without the seal. At the iasi llio,
,ment | went to the wharf ana tooh .ne
launch for the steamship. Inc lasIesd
tor looked at my passport am "T NON.
where the seal was. l assumed nor ,
,oho1ant dir as best could and tod MN
eSannr Casjoval was at the lngle5eI9s
.botej and having no seal he slSneu MI 1
name to a statement Saying IL wis an
right. u,4,+od and showed
the signature to announcer n ,i1sTe was safe.