San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
HE IS HELD INC0MMUNlCAD0
AND No CAUSE GIVEN FOR
HIS ARREST.
He Was Heroic Antonio MaceO'S Be-
trayer-- CutanS Brayely Charge
Spanish Forts, Route The
Soldiers And Capture
The Towns,

New York, May "A dispatch to the
Journal from Havana says:
DR.. Maxine Zertucha, Antonio Ma
ceos physician, who is alleged to have
betrayed the Cuban general to the
Spaniards, was arrested at his home
near Guinez yesterday and brought to
Havana under close guard. He is
now in the military prison in the for
tress of La Cabanas, opposite the city.
He is held incommunicado. 1t is I'M
derstood at the palace that Weyler this
morning ordered him to Chfarinas is
land, the Spanish penal station off the
African coast.
New York, May "a special to the
Press from Key West, Fla, says:
Havana advices show that the insur-
gents are active in that province. Ia
pasta was attacked last week by
force of 400 insurgents and held
for an entire day, the Spanish garrison
in one blockhouse retiring completely
while the other held their ground and
did not fire at the insurgents or dis
turb them in anyway.
The Cubans took possession of the
vacated blockhouse, lotoing it of all
the arms and provisions they could
find and then set it on fire. The other
blockhouse, with a garrison of 300
troops in and around dt, kept quiet, no
offensive operations being attempted
by the Spanish officer in command.
The Cubans camped out within half
mile of the Spanish force and plum
dered the stores of the town without
any opposition. La Heiba was at
tackled by force from Rodriguez's
force the first of the week and the
Spanish garrison was driven out.
There is a small earth fort there and
two blockhouses. The Cubans attack
ed the earthworks early in the morning
and carried them by a dashing charge,
the Spanish retreating into their
blOckhouse at the other end of the
town. One of these was attacked by
the Cubans and three bombs exploded
underneath it's walls, shattering it bad
ly and killing several of it's inmates.
The Spaniards surrendered and were
parOled by the Cubans. Some firing
took place between the insurgents and
the other two blockhouses but no at
tack was made on them, the Cubans
StGllllLSly bSlllb SOllltiI WIN biAN VIZ
tories they had gained.
They entered the stores, took what
they pleased and loaded their plumber
on OK teams in plain view of the Span
ish forces. The Spanish loss is saidto
have been about IS killed and wound
ed. Word reached the palace yester-
day that a garrison of 200 men at a
small town in the southwestern portion
of the province deserted to the insur-
gents last week, carrying all the arms
and ammunition and a field piece.
New York, May "A dispatch to the
Journal from Havana, says:
Two insurgent captains, Rafael Men
dOZa SOcarrOs and Ricardo VarTOna
Valdez, who voluntarily surrendered
a fortnight ago in Pinar del Rio, aud
Iwere liberated under Captain Weyler's
amnesty decree, have been arrested.
They are to be deported in chains to
Cuba for indefinite confinement.
Advices from Sancti Spiritus report
that the Spanish volunteers in the gar
risons there are becoming mutinous
owing to the governments failure to
provide adequate cOmmissary supplies.
From thirty to forty are deserving dali
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