Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
AWAITING HER FATE.
A Glimpse at Evangelina Cisneros in
Her Prison Home.

New York, Sept. Ga special to
the World from Havana says: The
Worlds correspondent went to see
Evangelina Cisneros in her prison.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays are
visiting days at the woman's Jail, and
the ante-room on these days is full of
people from 10 to P. M, who have
come to condole with and bear good
tidings to their relatives and friends.
When the Worlds correspondent
asked to see Miss Cisneros, he was al
lowed to pass through the outside iron
gate into a small room with stone
floor, on one of the walls of which was
painted in large letters, "Salla de JUS
tica." Evangelina was sent for up
stairs, and while waiting the CORE
spondent had the opportunity to notice
some of the other women who were re-
ceiving visits. One was well-dressed
woman who had murdered her husband.
Sitting next to her was a good looking
woman who had been caught selling
ammunition and supplies to the insur-
gents. She was a political prisoner.
Next to her was woman who kept a
lodging-house in Havana, and had
rented a room to two men whom she
did not know. While their baggage
was being moved into the room the
polio, seized two of their trunks and
found arms and ammunition. The men
escaped, but the landlady was arrested.
She knew nothing of the case, but was
held responsible, and is now waiting
the result of the full and long investi.
CATION.
A few minutes after q the arrival of
the correspondent Evangelina came
tripping down the stairs and walked
gracefully across the end of the court
yard and out through the gate into the
reception room. She is beyond ques-
tion pretty, She is petite of figure and
graceful in all her movements. Her
manners are perfect and her self-pos-
session wonderful. She said she could
not make any statement on paper be-
cause her friends had told her not to,
but she talked freely of her hopes, and
fears and answered questions seemingly
without reserve. She did not receive
her meals from the outside, she said,
because she was afraid of treachery,
rations of the Jail.
There are eight or ten other women
in this same big room. All looked
clean and respectable, and all were
white women. One of them was dis
tinguished- looking lady of about SO,
with handsome gray hair. Some alleged
political offense is the cause of her i'm
prise nment.
Ey angelina is the most animated Of
all. She is the star boarder, and re-
ceives more attention and has more vis-
itors than the others. She said the
letters she received from Colonel Berris
on the Isle of Pines, and which contain
evidence of his guilty intentions to-
ward her, were all sent by her friends
to Austria, and from there direct to
Spain to the queen regent. She says
if they could be produced before a fair
court his conviction would be certain.
The, colonel says that he wrote her but
one letter. and that granted the permit
to her father to travel as peddler.
She would not describe the events of
the night Of July 26, 1896, further than
to say that she knew Colonel Berris
was coming to her house that night,
because his secretary had told her so.
She opened the door when he knocked.
AS to how he was<seized, or by whom
she would not say. She escaped from
the house and was caught and arrested
the following morning and brought to
Havana. She says that the greatest
favor anyone could do for her would be
fOr sacura for her an intarviaw with
General Weyler. She says:
II could convince him, if he would
only hear me.''
In government circles nothing has
been heard frorfi Madrid in connection
with transferring her to a convent.
Opinions differ as to whether such a
change would be of benefit. If her
case is let alone for while she will be
released and perhaps ordered to leave
the island