The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-27
THE CASE OF MISS o1sNERos.
A Cuban Lawyer Riddles pnpuy Dc Lene'r
FIimsy Explanation.

A Cuban Lawyer Riddles Dupuy Do Leno's
FIimsy Explanation.
'"The letter from Senior Dupuy de LONE, the
Spanish Minister at Washington, to Mrs. JET.
ferson Davis, with reference to the case OF Miss
Evangelina Cisneros," q distinguished Cuban
lawyer said yesterday, places tho spanish
Government In a very bad light. To toll half the
truth is not telling tho truth. Sehor Dupuy
says:
""The facts show that Miss Cisneros lurod to
her house the military commander OF the Isle
OF Pines, and had mon concealed In 1t, who
tried to assassinate him in connection with an
uprising OF the prisoners In the island. For
that offence, far from being condemned and
held to be transported to n penal settlement in
Africa, she has not yet been tried. The Public
Prosecutor has not yet presented the case for
the Government. He has not as yet, as Is a
requisite OF our law, asked q sentence to be i'm
posed on her. and the case is not yet ready to be
finally disposed Of
'If the facts are such as Senior Dupuy says,
why was not Miss Cisneros summarily judgedi
Tho Code Of Military Justice, now In force in
Cuba, provides for speedy justice for offences
like the one of which Miss Cisneros Is accused.
Under the provisions Of that code she ought to
have been arraigned before a council Of war. l
fail to understand how a sentence Of some sort
has not been passed yet, for 1t is now about a
year since tho alleged events occurred. We
are accustomed to see prisoners in Cuba ar
raigned, sentenced, and shot all in less than Il
week after they were captured.
Delay in sentencing Miss Cisneros shows that
the case is not as clear against her as Senior
Dupuy assumes. Besides, l know that efforts
have been made to have tho CIR! surrender tho
letters which she received from Col. Berriz
asking her to DO his mistress, These letters
Miss Ctsneros naturally considers her most
valuable defence, and she has caused them 10
be placed in. the hands OF friends. II she 10
condemned she will produce the letters. and
cording to the Spanish law. and to any nations
law. u man invested with authority who makes
immoral propositions to a young woman who Is
position % Of col. Be4rrin toward Miss Cisneros.
He promised her that her father should be re-
leased IL she consented to become his mistress.
Cisnoros has been kept for months at a house Of
refuge for fallen womeni Was there not in
Havana a more suitable place where a young
refined lady could be committedi'
c~oSsUL-oESERAL LEES REPORT.
WARRINGTON. Aug. 26.-lnquiries from all
ports about the imprisonment and alleged
threatened deportation to the penal settlement
Of Ceuta OF Sehorita Evangclina Cisncros have
been received at the State department. Many
persons wrote directly to Consul General Lee.
who to-day sent a telegram on the subject to
Secretary sherman; Gen. Lee referred 10, the
inquiries. and added that the case had been
greatly misrepresented and exaggerated. Ho
could not ascertain. he said. that there had been
at any time any intention to deport the young
woman. No action in the case has been taken
by the State Department, and 1t Is probable that
nothing OF an official character will be done. as
Sehorita Cisneros is a Spanish subject There
ment. however. to any friendly efforts Consul
General Lee may make to secure An ameliora-
ton OF her condition. A report based on the in
by mail.