The evening times., 1897-02-13

No one, tolOok at Mr. S. H. Heryey ,ofNew
York, at present a guest of the Raleigh,
would imagine that the quiet. wcll-dressed
young man, little more than a month ago
was a ragged soldier in the Cuban army,
WAS captured by the enemy and barely es-
capped from the Spanish prison with his
life. This. however, is the case.
On December % last Mr. Hcrvey sup
piled himself with sufficient funds, sailed
from New York for Havana, to ascertain
tie fate Of dear friend, whom he knew
to have enlisted under Gen. Gomez, and of
whose death ne had heard a rUTnor- He
landed i'm Havana ON the 1st OF January,
and. going to Gen Weyler, represented
himself as an English tourist, and obtained
Il pass across the Spanish troeha He got
through the lines safely. and, finding chat
his friend had really died, visited his grave
in the valley ofthe YUmeri River Then he
set about his return.
But this was not SO easy a matter.
Gen. Weyler's pass which had carried
himsO easily ythrough the Cubanlinesseemed
entirel y'to have Hest its potency when he
proposed to 60 back The only remedy
left him was to join band OF Cuban
gueFrillaS and trust to one Qf their pc
Tiodical raids TO carry him near the Cuban
capital, when he proposed to leave the
band and obtain passage for America.
For thirteen DAYS, however, no Oppor-
tUnity arose, and he was forced TO travel
from place to place with the guerrilla
band, sharing meaGer supplies and becom-
ing more and more ragged each day.
At last, on the night Of the 4th OF
January, Hervey. together with six Gu
bans, undertook to cross the trocha by
crawling on their stomachs. But they
had not proceeded very far when they
were set upon and captured by a Spanish
outpost and taken To the stockade prison
on Matanzas Bay. Herethey weresearched
and everything OF value taken from their
pockets. by slipping Ids revolver to a
Cuban, the guide OF the party, who tied
a string to it and slipped il down lis
trousers leg, Mr.. Hervey was able to save
that weapon, and the valuable rings on
his fingers were also overlooked by the
Spanish soldiers
This was at : O'Clock ia the evening
They had been in The prison about three
hours, when the guide gave Mr. Herry TO
prepare fer a dash for liiaerty. Then before
any one was aware OF his intention he
whipped out his revolver and shot the two
guards al the door of the stOckades. They
both fell and all the prisoners ran for their
lives Mr. Hervey and the guide made
for the shore, followed by a shower OF
bullets from the rest Of the garrison, who
had been awakened by the uproar. one OF
the bullets passed Through Mr.. Herveys
hat and another struck him in the shoulder.
bored a hole through the bone without
even splitting il and passed out OF the
other side The guide was unhurt
The Cuban knew OF a beat lying in the
harbor whose skipper. for a sufficient
bribe would sail without clearance papers
if they could only reach il. He could not
swim, but finding a log TN the shore, by its
aid reached the boat. Mr. flervey swim
ming by his side. When they reached the
boat tae captain at first refused TO take
them but tempted by Mr Herveys rings,
one Of them valuable diamond solitaire.
at last consented to take the chances. Sail
was set Immediately. and evading the
Spa MIST gunboats. after dav anda night
travelling they reached the Mexican shore
near T3mpico.
Here Mr Uervey remained for several
weeks. fearing that the Spanish would
attempt to retakc him. but he finally
made up his lnind To take his chances, and
returned To New York
Mr. Hervey. who is a very good-looking
young fellow with a slight, but well-knit
frame. still suffers pain from the wound
in his shoulder He also carries as n sou
venir the hat. showing the bullethole He
has numerous Hsacquaintancesin this city and
is a frequent visitor here.