The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-15
RoLOFP ARRESTED AGAIN.
Charged with DR.. Luis with Aiding an Old
FIibustering Expeditions.

Fiubustering Expeditions.
Gen. Carlos RolofI. Secretary OF War for
the republic Of Cuba. was arrested ut his Office.
22 Fulton street, shortly after o O'Clock on
Wednesday evening by two deputy United
States marshals. charged with violation Of sec
ton $3.50 of the Revised Statutes Of the United
States. He was taken TO Ludlow street Jail and
locked up for the night. Early yesterday morn
ing DR.. Jose J. Luis. who lives Ia West Ninety
sixth street. was arrested on the Same charge
and held in custody until United States Com
missioner Shields reached his ONCE In the Fed
eral building at o o'clock. Then both Gen.
Roloff and DR.. Luis were arra!gned. and the ar
raignment brought out the nature ofthe trouble.
II seems that the spanish Consul-his full
name In Arturo Baldasano y Topete-weut be-
fore Commissioner Shields late on Wednesday
afternoon and swore tn a complaint In which
he charged. on information aud belief. the FOR
mer furnished by detective agents In the em-
ploy Of the Spanish Government in this city.
and the latter based upon alleged documentary
man. who has not yet been arrested. had been
guilty on June ~. 1895. OF planning, fit
Ting on. and sending 70 SuSa an armed ed9edi,
section OF the United States statutes cited. The
prisoners were held In $4,000 bail each TO ap-
Both OF the defendants furnished cash bail. and
Tho Spanish Consul refused to say anything
equally unconmunicatlve The latter, how
ever. did not hesitate to characterize tho arrest
of ten. Rolof rs an outrage. since II was made
at an hour when IL was impossible for him to
procure bail, Gen. Rolon. through Francisco
The Spanish Consul and the Federal officials
always know " here to find me. My Office 10 a
public place. Persons may come in and 20 out
OF here as they like. and there Is never any
dif.culty In seeing. me. Knowing that the Span
ish Consul made his complaint 80 late that the
deputy mRrshals who served tho warrant did
not get to my ONCE until after 0 o'clock In the
wanted. He knew that / could. not got bail,
and that. In consequence. | would have to spend
the night in Jail. It Is simply q little per.ecu.
officials. | cannot but think it strange that l
was arrested on Wednesday night while DIR.
Luis was not arrested until Thursday morning.
United States Marshal Mccarthy, when asked
Wednesday night. said:
The warrants. were sent to me from Com
mi Mhlss S M.. as1 as f seao a" .'o 5ssy T %sSn ass%n
afternoon. The nrst two OF my, deputies that
came In were the ones who got the Rolon war
rant. They left this ONCE not far from d O'Clock.
Not ten minutes after they went out two others
went out after Luis. They were not able to lind
Luis, although they looked for him all night
until about 4 o'clock this morning. That's the
history or the case SO far as this office Is con-
cerned."
No one about the Cuban Junta seems to know
Anything about any such vessel as the Woodall,
II Is probable, however, that IL was tho Woodall
In which Gen. Roloff sailed. supposedly for
Cuba, IN the early summer OF 1898. Instead OF
going directly TO Cuba; he made q landing at ono
OF the Florida keys. where the Three Friends,
reported by the Spanish TO have been lost, was
lying, with a cargo OF munitions OF war and a
number OF men; The munitions and men were
transferred to tho other vessel. which succeeded
in reaching Cuba and landing at Tayabacoa
beach, province OF Santa Clara, near the port OF
Tunas, on July 81, 1908. 1T was that ex pedition
that carried to Cuba the nrst dynamite used by
the Insurgents.