Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-01-07
A NEW STORY ABOUT MAcEo.
The Cuban Leader Said to Be Recover.
ing in q Hospital.

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widow of the late insurgent, Colonel
Mirabel, who arrived here on the
steamer Olivette from Havana, last
night, declared this morning that just
before her departure from Cuba an
officer of Maceo's staff told her that
the insurgent leader was not dead,
but that-he was betrayed and shot by
DIR. zertucha in the face, the bullet
seriously wounding him. The officer
informed her that four doctors were
in constant attendance, and that they
are now satisfied that he will recover,
but that it will be some time before he
will be able to again assume command
of his forces.
Sonora Mirabel stated that when
Maceo tell from his horse his follow
ers thought HIM dead, but afterward
found that he was still alive, and
spread the report that he was dead in
order to carry his body off with safety.
Under strong escort, it Is alleged, he
was carried to Siguanea hospital,
where, under the skillful treatment of
doctors, he is recuperating. The acute
period, it is said, has now passed. She
declared that Zertucha received $780,
900 for his treachery.
PALMA DIsCREDTTs THE STORY.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-A representa-
tive of DIR. Palma was seen at the
Cuban junta in this city to-day and
asked about the dispatch printed from
Key West which stated that Antonio
Maceo was alive and was in a Cuban
hospital recovering from his wounds.
His attention was also called to a
statement that the wife of leading
Cuban had landed at Key West and
confirmed the statement that Maceo
was alive. DIR. Palma's representative
smiled incredulously and said: "You
can say that the Cuban junta believes
that Maceo Is dead and that he died in
the manner described in the circular
recently printed lay the iunta. We
have fully satisfied ourselves of the
death. We place no credence in these
reports that Maceo is alive"
Captain A. L. Carpenter, of Kansas
City, who designed the Cuban button
that is being sold here, recently sent
to Senior Navarro, in New York, the
design for a new button, on which was
to be the head of Antonio Maceo. He
received letter from Senior Navarro
several days ago, in which the latter
said that nothing definite concerning
General Maceo's death had been re-
ceived from the insurgents. There
were many conflicting reports, but
until positive and authentic details of
his death came to the junta, the but
ton would not be- offered for sale.
General Maceo has risen from the
dead so many times that his friends
are unwilling to believe the story OF
his taking off until it shall come from
the Cuban government itself.
Colonel Hartman was confronted
this morning with the need of an ar
senal for Cuban arms. A man who
attended the mass meeting last night
entered Colonel Harriman's office with
his hip pocket bulging suspicuously.
He hesitated a moment, and then
drew out of his pocket pistol about
foot and half long. 81 want this
gun put in the hands of some Cuban
who will kill every Spanish butcher
he sees," said the stranger. "It's al
I have, but it's a good gun and will
shoot like rifie.'
Another man brought to Colone
Harriman's office a big box Of cart
ridges which he asked Major Price tc
send to the insurgents.