The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-13
ANARCHY IN SPAIN.
story of the barcelona Outrage and
the Punishment of the Assnssins.
From the New York Herald.


From the New York Herald.
At about Che restoration of the mon
archy, in 1874. began the secret hut steady
ana relentless growth OF present day an
archism through the manufacturing CEN
ter Of Spain.
At this time anarchistic outrages became
frequent, and high mark was aimed st
in 1873, when the cooper Moncasi attempt
ed to assassinate the king From that time
until to-day there has been an irropressl-
BILE conflict between the government and
the anarchists.
In April, 1893 while the authorities at
Here's, who had discovered an alarming
anarchist conspiracy. were working for the
arrest of anarchists. the iron hand of Capt.
Gen. Martinez Campos was crushing them
at Valencia. Then came their attempt at
revenge, when, on Sept. %, 1898, a bomb
was exploded under the horse Campos
was riding while reviewing troops at Bar
celona. He was wounded in the thigh, one
man was killed and several were wound
ed. The noted anarchist Pallas, who had
thrown the bomb, was arrested and exc
cuted.
ON Nov. T. following came the great Bar
celona outrage The Liceo theater was fill
ed with a fashionable audience, when two
bombs were thrown from the top gallery
into the midst Of the stalls on the lower
floor. one struck a soft cushion and did not
explode The other exploded with a ire
mendous report spreading death and de-
struction on all sides. The audience was
panic-striCken, made a rush for the exits,
and many We're trampled upon. The part
of the theater where the explosion occurr-
ed was a mass of wreckagc in the midst
of which lay fifteen bodies, some of them
horribly mangled. Other bodies and many
wounded were found in other parts of the
theater. Thirty persons in all were killed.
Then followed the arrest, imprisonment,
torture and execution OF the anarchists.
The arrests were made under the direc-
ton of Don Daniel E'reixas chief Of police,
who soon had in custody many of the well
known anarchists, including Jose Codina.
and Salvador Franch (who confessed that
he threw the bombs) Saldani and Arogon.
These men were confined in the fortress
OF Montjuich, near Barcelona. and horri-
HE tales Of the sufferings they were re-
quired to endure before the day of exc
cution were told by those who escaped
death by proving their innocence and by
other anarchists who afterward went TO
the same prison.
They said that their jailers did their ut
most in the way OF inhuman treatment to
force them TO confess their guilt. That
their finger nails were slowly pulled out
with pincers, their flesh burned with red
hot irons, and all the horrible tortures
of the Dark Ages applied to their hun-
ger weakened bodies. They said that
with tied arms and feet they were plunged
into water until unconscious ana then,
when revived, would again receive the
same treatment; that under the blood
drawing lash they were compelled to run
through the halls of the fortress until
they dropped from exhaustion; We're sus-
pended by thumbs with toes just touch
ing the floor until Inconsistencies came
to their relief: but consciousness was no
sooner restored than fresh fortunes were
found for them.
These men told horrible tales OF suffer
ing from hunger and thirst; how, for
twenty-four hours they would lie on the
bare floor of narrow, badly ventilated
! cell, with hands and feet In chains brist-
ling with sharp spikes, and had neither
! food nor water; then, when nearly crazed
! from parched throats, would be given salt
| Goldfish for food.
All this was done to force confessions.
! and some confessions came that were fol-
| lowed by death and which resulted in the
release OF some of those who were de-
clared by the others to be Innocent.
r.. Larroca. the civil governor Of Bar
celona, nearly lost his life on Jan. %.
1894 at the hands on an anarchist named
Ramon Marrull, who fired at him with
a pistol as he sat In his carriage. The
governor received a severe wound In the
Jaw His assaant was arrested and exc
| cuted