The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-15

NEW YORK. oct. l4-Carl Decker. one
of the rescuers Of Evangelina Cosxlo Cls-
neros from the Casa de Recojldas. Havana.
arrived IN this city on the Spanish liner
Panama this afternoon. lie was met down
the bay by number OF newspaper men.
and said;
L vas commissioned to 80 20 Cuba and
release Senorita Cisneros from the filthy
Rec0jidRs prison. | started from New
York August Is determined 70 free the
woman, though did not see my way clear
as 20 the plan 20 be adopted After reach
ing Havana many plans suggested them
selves 70 me. but each one proved imprac-
tcable. ! tried TO hribe the jai.er or
alcalde. but he wanted $4,000 for the ioh
and positive assurance that he and his
family could get 10 the United States.
This was TOO rich a proposition for me-
Mr.. Decker repeated the story OF the res
cue from the jail as given In the dis
patches. and then related what happened
after the girl was out OF the prison, lie
said:
Her Flight 80 the steamer.
when Senorlta Cosslo Cisueros en-
tered cur shanty adjoining the jail. we
let her rest a few moments and then took
her To- a cart waiting outside and drove 10
the house OF A friend. The trload Was
holding reception that night, which was
a part OF the plan. The man who drove
the carriage was one Of the conspirators-
Senorita CisneroS was exhausted from eN-
element when she reached the house, but
did not give way on Thursday morning
she was taken TO the home Of friend,
where she remained In secrecy until Sat
urday afternoon.
'sTo reach the steamer safely she was
obliged to walk down Obispo street. the
principal thoroughfare Of Havana. AT
time when the street was crowded. ard yet
take her time and smoke cigarette. II
she had skulked about the back streets she
would Immediately have been suspected.
II was over a mile from the house TO the
pier The senorita walked down from the
house. clad as rancher. and my COM
panion and / followed. She got on tire
launch and we waited. and when the
launch returned from the vessel and she
was not on II we knew that the scheme
had worked like a charm
Escaping weyier'~ wrath
ssrhe dav after the Jail break the town
was astir over the escape Of Senorita Cosslo
Y Cisneros and house 20 house search was
begun and would have been Kept up had
not telegram from Minister Dupuy de
LONE al Washington informed the autnofl-
ties Of his belief that the senorita was on
the high seas and expected any day IN
New York Then Weyler Was mad. lie
threw the taaer. Jose Quintana, IN jail
whereupon the iailcr told about my al
tempt 10 bribe him. This. IN connection
with the surmise of De Lone, placed sus-
piclon on me / gave II out that ! was go
ing TO take A steamer for Mexico. There
was only ono steamer leaving Sunday and
that was a Spanish steamer. ] waited for
instructions from New York. and had al
most made ~ my mind 20 start Sunday.
instructions or no instructions. My in-
structions came, happily.
How He Fooled the spaniards.
MY passport was made out In the name
Of Carl Decker. bu, iu order to reach Pan
ANA Sunday night and run the gauntlet l
must have my passport vised and stamp
ed with the seal OF the secretary Of the
captain general knew that nv passport
would never be signed. and ] learned that
an order for my arrest was determined on.
and tina. was 10 be arrested az Z O'Clock
Monday morning I was In a bad pickle.
I got a glimpse OF the writing of Senior
Carfoval the secretary Of Gen. Weyler,
and copied {; 50 that I had Il down fine.
Then ] forged his signature. / determined
TO do without the seal
AT the last moment I went 10 the
wharf and took he launch for the steam
er. The inspector looked at my passport
and asked me whore the seal was | as
sumed a nonchalant air AZ best ! cou 4.
and told him that Senior Car5ovaI was az
the Ingicterra hotel. and. having 10 seal.
he signed MS name TO 3 staten mt saylGI
II was ali right. Tire Inspector hes.tated
and showed the s grature 20 another in
spector and ne said all right and ] waa
safe. The Spanish authorities never
thought for a moment ! would take
Spanish steamer Nearly all the Amer
Jeans take the American line They did
not think 10 guard he Panama and watch
for me. They arrest aN prisoners az 5
o'clock lu the morning They were sure
] would be IN town on that day and they
were fooled"
sen0rlta Cisneros received a number of
visitors 81 the Hotel Waldorf today.
among them Gen. Julio ssnggily. Henry
George Tom j. Johnson and ex-Post-
master Charles ". praytou
WELCOME To MISS CI<NERos.