The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-30

Gomez and the same day was killed At
Juan CriolIo, near Arroyo Blanco. An
engagement was IN progress and Ar.
Crosby received bullet In the fore
head. Death was instantaneous. His
clothing, watch and money are now in
the possession OF General Gomez, who
gave the body an honorable burial.
cHIcAGo,iarch 2s.-The Record will
say tomorrow: 1lr. 9. E. Crosby, whose
letters 70 the Chicago Record have ap-
peared over the signature "Don Car
los" Joined the army Of General Co
mez early in February having made
his way through the Spanish lines after
secretly communicating with the rebel
governor of the province Of Santa Clara
and receiving from him an armed es-
cort to the headquarters Of the Cuban
commander. He was present at a NUM-
her OF the recent engagements at which
there was hard lighting. A letter from
the Records Havana correspondent,
Crittenden Marriott. gives Che inSorma-
tIon that come Of Afr. CroSby's cores.
pondence has fallen into the hands Or
the SpaniardS on IT. way through Sne
lines, and the Spanish authorlue5 nave
been trying to seize him, descri iptlols OF
hts personal appearance being sent
broadcagt THOUGH the province Of San
Ia clara. HIS last dispatch was receiv.
"a March "a, having been written In the
camp OF General Gomez, near Arroyo
Blarco, where he q now reported to
have been killed.
BY the same courier, doubtless, was
sent the important letter OF General
OIaximo Gomez to President MCKINLEY.
pullliShed below. Nj. Crpaby'B copy OF
thls letter reached the Record once
yesterday. having come ~ mail, as u
was the desire Of the Cuban commanu-
er that It should not BE published pe.
fore che original was IN the hands OF
President Mckinley.
II Mr., Crosby has really paid with
hIl life for his courage and enterprise,
the readers of the Record gain from
him, as an earnest Of his ability as Q
correspondent, knowledge OF the re-
mRrkRble letter which was sent by Gen.
Gomez to President Cleveland, and
which either went astray or was kept
secret by its recipient, as well as TINS
later communicate which probably
arrived at the white house last night
Following are the letters;
ThSTwo Lettsrs.
I'm THE FIELD, NEAR sAEcrI
SPTRITuS, March !, 1871.
.rThe Hon. william Mckinley, President
OF the United States OF America.
"sIR.-General weyler has arrived In
this district Of Sauetl EsptrituS, with
n numerous army. BE come NOT 20 V
fRht, nor to eXpOle his strength to the
forces with which defend these parts,
but aS q Sangulnary and cruel general,
who win avoid cOmbatS and spread
crime and desolEtlon everywhere. He
oomes 10 murder the peasants IN the
fleld, to lCill the children, and TO drive
our persecuted and outraged women
to the woods, leaving their homes 70 oe
burned, their hearthS violated and their
gardens destroyed. This is how. General
WeyIer pacIfies S0ncd ESptrituS, or
wherever he may be. Then ne author-
ICES those who ask him Tor bread TOT
their children and alleytadon tor tnelE
mIserteS, to 90 out into the country aaa
~ ateSI and destroy whatever they may
md. - /.
copy OF a letter which had the honor
10 send your predecessor In ONCE, Mr.
Grover Cleveland. It is the hope that It
Snay move YOU to sacred action that ln-
iuced me to take up my pen 70 trouble
YOU, The letter In part, Is as followa;
''sANcTI EsPIRTTU, Feb. 9, 1881
"Ir. Grover Cleveland, President Of the
United States.
"slR;-Permlt o man whose soul is
torn within him by the contemplation Of
unutteTahie crimes 20 raise his voice to
the supreme chief OF q people, free, cul.
tivated and powerful.
DO not, beg, regard this action o. an
inopportune act Of otticiallsm. You your
self authorized It when you conceded TO
me place in your last message to Con-
greSs.
Even more. beg you, do not regard Il
as q request for intervention In our ats
fairs. We Cubans have thrown our
selves into this war. confident In our
strength. The wisdom Of the American
people should alone decide what course
Of action you would take.
II will not speak OF the Cubans IN
arms, No, I raise my voice only In the
name Of unRrmed Americans, victims OF
a frlghtful cruelty, rt!ae It In the name
ne weakness and Of innocence sacrificed,
with -forgetfIilness Of the elementary
principles Of humanity and the eternal
mixlnis OF Christian morality cTitced
brutaIly In the closing days Of the Nine
teenth century, ct the very gates OF the
great nation which stands 50 high In
modern culture; sacrificed there by de.
caying monarchy, which has the sad
glory Of setting forth the horrors OF the
middle ages,
aIt ls logical that such should be the
conduct Of the nation that expelled the
Jews and the M0orS; that lnstltuted and
built up the terrible inQuisttton; that es-
tablIsted the tribunals uf blood In the
Netherlands; that annihllated the In
dians and extermlnated the iirst settlers
OF Cuba: that asEaSsinated thousands OF
her subjects In the wars Of South Amerl-
can independence. and that filled the cup
OF lnIuulty In the last war IN Cuba.
at IL not strange that such a people
should proclaim murder a. a system and
as means Of putting down q war caused
By lts desires for money and power. 70
till the dqGGnReleSs prisonCrs. to XIII help
leas wounded. 10 Kill all who are able 70
impede. ~ de30latlng action, all this IL
cOmprehenGlble ns the way that The
spanlardS have always Understood and
carried on warfare,
''The Spanish unable to exercise acts Of
sovereignty over the interior Of Cuba