Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-03
He MET EVANGELINA
Correspondent Visits SsnOrlta
COSSiO In Jail.
SAW OTHER WOMEN PRISONERS.
Guilty in'eptions Of a Spanish Official
Led Up 10 the Beautiful Girrs
Inc recreation.

from Havans says: The World cor.
respondent went to seeEvaugelins Cos.
sIo y Cisneros in her prison. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays are vleiIing
days at the women's jail, and the ante
rooms ON those days are full OF peopl.
rom II to 4 p. No., who have cohe t.
cOudOle with ami boar good tidinga 10
their relatives OF frlende. When the
World correspondent asked to see Miss
Cossio, he was allowed to pass through
tue outside iron gate into u n,ll room
with II sloue floor iu one Of the walls.
OF which was painted In large letters
"5aIa lie ju.ticia."
EvangeIinn was sent for upstairs,
anu while waiting the corTespJnle Ut
mad the oppJrtu nifty TO notes come oil
the other women who were resolving
visits. One Was q well dressed woman
who had murdered her husband. Sit
ting NIX to her was goJd looking
woman who bad been caught selling
ammunition AMI supplies to the insur.
genie. Sue was u political prisUuer.
Next 10 her W 40 woman WHO kept
ioul lng house In Havana ana nsd
rented room to two man whom che
did not know. While their baggage
was being removed into the room, the
police ssizsI two OF their trunks Anu
found arms and ammunition. The
men ESCAPED, but the Ian lady was al
fesleJ. She knew nOtning Ut toe case
but was helu responsible anu IL now
waiting for the result OF the full anu
loug investigation.
A mi ute after the arrival OF the
correspondent, Evsnge lima csm trip.
ping Gown the stairs, anu walked
gracefully across the end OF the court
yard aud out through tue gate Into the
deception room. She is pretty beyond
ques ion. she 10 petite vi. figure n ID
graceful 10 movement. Her msnbefB-
are perfect. She said tho could NOT
make any statement ON paper beca use
her friends had told hor not to, b ut she
talked quite freely OF her hopes anu
iesIs, agu answered questions teem.
IDgIy without reserve. She said she
sid not receive her me,ls from the ont.
side because she was afraiI OF trsach =
cry and preferred to be content with
tue rati0Ds OF The jail.
There are about eight or ten other
women In this same big room. All
looked oleau and respectable and all
were white women; one OF them was
3 distine ulshed luokIng lady Of about
SO, with handsome gray hair. 5ome
political offense Is the cause OF her
imprisonment. Evangelina is the
most animated OF all. She is the star
Donrder and receives more attention
anu has m,re VISITOR. bhe said that
he letters she received from Colonel
Berris on the isis OF Pines, and which
contain evidence OF his guilty inten-
lions towards her, were all ssnt / y her
friends 10 Austria, snd irom iheie Ill
feet to Spain TO tn. queen regent. She
a fair court his conviction would be-
certain.
The colonel says that he wrote her
bul one letter and In that granted the
permit to her isther to travel as ped
uleI She would not describe the
svents OF the night of July 20, 1895,
Iurther thao to say that sne knew
Colonel Berris was coming to her
house that night because his secretary
had tolL her so. She opened the do 0r
when lie kn cked. As to how he was
seized or by whom she would not say.
She escaped from the house anu was
caught anu arrested the following
morning AMI brought to Havana.
She says that the greatest favor that
any one could do Tor her W ouid be to
secure Tor her an interview win Gen
eral Weyler. She says: ~ could con.
vince him II he would only hear me"
In government orioles nothing has
besn heard from Madrid Of the order
OF transferring Evangelina to a con.
vent. Opinion differs az to whether
such cDangs would be Of bsnef Ii
her case Is lett alone ior while, she
will Do released and perhaps ordered
TO leave the island.