The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-01-11
HARD LUCK IN CUBA
Three Americans Return TO Relate
Their Experiences,
IN A NUMBER OF PRISONS
They Promise to Work for SpaIn
and Against the Insurgents,
So on those Conditions
They Are Released.

Philadelphia, Jan. lO.-James Ma
guire OF this city, jeremiah Bonds OF
New YORK. ana Charles w. Allen OF
stamford, Conn, have Just reached the
city after thrilling experience In Cuba
IN the course of which William Barry
OF New York. who had Recommended
them, was shot and killed by Standards
ON the 10th Of last September the trio
mentioned IN company with Barry,
started Tor Cuba to join the forces OF
the Oellige.enls and arrived Sept. 81.
here they fell In with Josef Ruiz.
,upah patriot, who volunteered To
guice the quartette to the retreat oc-
~ ~ pieu py the Cuban commanders.
Ihey headed for Pinar del Rio district
ana when near Mariel were surprised
by body of about so spaniards They
were taken prisoners. searched and
hnding papers confirming suspicious on
RUIZ, held "A consultation and decided
TO XIII all the prisoners. The conversa-
tlon was carried on In Spanish, but
tuiz interpreted the remarks for his
American friends.
Recognizing the desperate situation
IN which they had placed themselves,
the quintette decided to risk their lives
IN vigorous effort to escape, rather
than to wait and be shot. Mcguire
rolled over to Ruiz and the young Gu
han used his teeth with such success
that he soon had Maguire's bonds cut
through. Mcguire then took knife and
liberated his companions 1t was dark
but the moon shed sufficient light To
illuminate the ground for some dis
lance. with a rush the FIVE men ran
to the spot where they noticed some
machetes and guns. They armed Them
selves, each with a machetc, revolver
and belts full Of ammunition AS they
attempted TO get away, the Spaniards
pursued. firing a deadly volley after
their escaping prisoners. Barry fell shot
through the heart at the first fire and
Bonds right arm was perforated by a
bali
The surviving four succeeded In out
distancing their pusurers. They made
every effort to get back and recover
Barry's body but We're unsuccessful
and were compelled TO make their way
further into the mountainous regions
Of Pinar del Rio. and after n tortuous
and wearisome journey they arrived in
the region of San Cristobal A few
days afterward they were captured by
band of Spanish patrollers. Their
hands were tied behind their backs and
they were compelled to march for a
distance Of 10 miles when they were
thrown. into a prison. The next day
they were forced 10 march again until
late in the afternoon when they We're
put into another prison and so they
were marched from prison to prison
until Havana was reached. Here they
were thrown into well-guarled pris-
on where they were separated. on Dec.
IL, the three Americans were brought
before some commanding officer whose
name they did not learn. but IL is pre-
sumed that II was General Weyler.
They were told that Ruiz. the young
Cuban, had committed suicide by
shooting himself with revolver which
he had snatched from one of the
guards. The three friends said nothing
but dscredited the suicide story and
were firmly convinced that the young
Cuban had been murdered.
The trio of Americans were ordered
their liberty and passage home II they
signed paper swearing allegiance to
the queen of Spain and promising on
oath to do all they could against the
Cuban cause in the United States. This
they agreed To do and were released.