The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-22

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of the rescucrs of Evangelina Cossio Y
Cisneros from the Casa de Recojidas,
Havana. arrived in this city on the
Spanish line steamship Panama yes
terday afternoon. Here is his story.
II was commissioned to go to Cuba
and deliver Seuorita Cossio y Clsneros
from the filthy Recojidas prison. L
started from New York August ., de-
sermincd 10 free the woman, though L
did not see my way clear ns to the plan
g. be adopted. After reaching Havana
many plans suggested themselves TO
rue. but each one proved impractlcable.
i tried to bride the jailer or alcalde,
but he wanted $40, 900 for the job, and
positive assurance that he and his
family could get 10 the United States
This vas toOr rich a proposition for me.
MIR. Decker repeated the story of the
rescue from the Jail as already told IN
mis- dispatches, and then related what
happened after the girl was out of the
prison. lie said.
when senorita Cossio y Cisneros en-
tered our shanty adjoining the jail we
let her rest "A few moments, and then
took her to "A carriage waiting outside
and drove to the house OF "A friend.
The friend was holding Il reception
that night, which was u part OF the
plot The man who drove the carriage
was one Of the conspirators. Senorita
Cossio V Cisneros was exhausted from
excitement when we reached he house,
but did not give way.
ION Thursday morning she vas
taken To the home of "a friend, where
she remained in secrecy until Satur-
day afternoon.
ITO reach the steamer for New York
she was obliged to walk down Obispo
street, the principal thoroughfare of
Havana, at a time when the street was
crowded and yet take her time and
smoke a cigar. If She had skulksd
about the back streets She would inn
mediately have been suspected.
1t wa over a mile from the house to
the pier. She had q passport made out
under an assumed name. All the steam
ships anchor out in the stream Ia
Senorita walked down from the house.
clad ~ u r%ancher, and my companion
and l followed. She sauntered along
Ieisurely anu once in a while turned
ABOUT To see il we were following. We
motioned her To go on. She grew more
confident as she went along, bu. we
could see that she was under "A strain.
She got ON the launch and we waited,
and when the launch returned from
the vessel and she was not on it we
knew that the scheme had worked ike
achaxm.
"The day after the Jail break the
town was astir over the escape %
Senorita Cossio v Cisneros. House Il
house search was begun, and would
have been kept Up had not a telegram
from Minister Dupuy de LONE a
Washington informed Weyler that the
girl was on the high seas and expected
any day at New York. Then Weylel
was mad. lie threw the %jailer, Jos,
Quintana into jail, w~hereupon the
jailer told about my attempting u
bride him. This, in connection Will
che surmise of De LONE, placed suspi
cion on me. | gave it out that wa
going To take a steamer for Mexico
There was only one steamer Leaving
Sunday, and that was n Spanish steam
er. l waited for Instructions hOn
New York. and had almost made M
any mind to start sunday; instruction
or no instructions Ny instruction.
came, happily.
my passport was made out in tn
name Of Karl Decker. In order to talk
dhc Panama Sunday night and run tn
gauntlet 1 must get my passport re
yised and stamped with the seal of tn
secretary Of the captain general.
knew that my passport would never b
signed, and | learned that an order fo
my arrest was determined, aud that
was 10 be arrested at five o'clock Mon
day. | vas in "A bad pickle. ! got
glimpse of the writing of Scnc
Carjoval. the secretary of Weylci
and copied it SO that | la
it down tine. then | forged the Wis
signature. | determined To- do will
out the seal. At the last moment
went to the wharf and took the launc
for the steamship. The inspectc
looked at my passport N asked whei
the seal was. | assumed a nonchalaI
air as best could and told him ths
Senior Carjoval was at the Ingleteri
hotel aud. having no seal, he signe
his name to "A statement saying it WI
all right The inspector hesitated ar
showed the signature to another ii
spector and he said, all right and
was safe.
The Spanish authorities new
thought for a that ! won
take a Spanish steamer Nearly a
the Americans take the American lin
They did not think to guard Z
Panama and watch for me. They 4
rest all prisoners at five o'clock in I
morning. They were sure l would
in town on Monday and they we
fooled"
Senorita Cossio y Cisncros received
+. number of visitors Mt the hotel w
dorf. yesterday. among them Ge
julio Sanguilly, Henry George. Tom
Johnson and ex-Postmaster Chas.
Dayton.
JAIL DELIVERY.