The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18

Mercedes Meme Fvaneenne. Ricardito-
0ood-by children Of my life ! give You my
blessing BE Obedieut 70 your mother They
will kill me II am taken 10 Havana tell
everything. Good-by Rita OF my soul.
This chair. Mrs Ruiz says. she sent FOR after
her husbands death. and ! have seen lately
statements OF persons In whom place reliance,
that the writing around The rim ~ the back waa
not discovered. as the chair was OF light color.
and the indcnted letters not distinct, for some
days after Il had been returned 70 her house.
make these statements because found that
witnesses who had testimony uufaNorahe to
the spanish authorities would not give Il for
obvious reasons. ana II the right to make them
appear was exercised IL would result. they said.
ia their giving non-commlltal evidence. for in
their opinion tn mere fact % being summoned
would make them suspects, /" considered dis
loyal to the Spanish authorities on The island.
CHS. LIES CONCLUSIONS.
An autopsy was held On his body on the after
noon OF the 18th AT Guunabacoa. participated in
Nv two spanish doctors, viz. Francisco
Vidal Alvando and lose Martinez
Castrillion. and Dr. D. NJ Burgess, the
United States sanitary inspector at this
port. at which the United States consul-ge
eral
WAS NOT PRESENT
That said autopsy. signed bg the two spanish
doctors. declared Or. Ruizs death resulted from
cerebral congestion, that on the apcx or top OF
the head Of deceased there was found cOntu-
Sion or wound which Is described hy the Span
ish doctors as being small abrasion which
only involved the first surfaces of the skin.
about centimeter long. more or less " cent?
meter being about two-hfthS of an inch. but
which IS described by Dr. Burgess as being "a
severe confusion OF about an inch and q half
long by a half-inch wide
deduce from my knowledge Of the facts the
following conclusions,
First-Dr Ruiz was arrested on false
charge
Second-He was placed under an improper
jurisdiction, and died before the proper tribu-
nal considered his case. thereby giving him no
opportunity TO prove his innocence
Third That he was kept "incomnunic No in
a solitary cell for 3l5 hours in violation OF his
treaty rights. which limits such confinement to
~ hours
Fourth He died from congestion OF tie
brain. produced by q blow on the top OF the
head
Fifth There are two theories connected with
the wound on the head: One that In n state OF
mental excitement he ran across the cell as de-
scribed by one Of the Jailers ana butted his own
head on the door in frantic effort u get out
Another. that he was struck over the Sead with
one OF the clubs carried by the Jaiers by the
immediate watchman-who had probably or
dered him TO cease his cries for relief and for
his children, and upon his not doing so struca
him with more force than he intended or II is
possible the blow was delivered 10 make him
confess or give evidence againt others
IL IL possible he went mad and many causes
combined To produce such a result His knowl-
edge Of his innocence. his confinement in a
gloomy cell, where he was not allowed 10 COM
municute with family or friends or 10 send or
write. Alone ALI alone with the thought
doubtless impressed upon his mind that lie was
liable in the reign OF terror then exist
Ing In and around Guanabacoa. to- be
summarily executed at any moment
He loved his wife and children and
in the darkness and loneliness Of his cell he
was constantly crying out for them Tho
thought that they were but "A few rods away
ane vet he might never see them again. or hear
the sound o. their voices. or feel the touch Of
their lips and hands. maddened him and proved
too much for the mind ~ the distracted and un
happy man. and thought ii not improbable "a
the long time passed by il may have given way
and left him a mailman
His derby hat was all battered up and his
clothes greatly torn, says his wife when re-
turned 70 her. But whether when btreft Of
reason he inflicted the blows which produced
brain congestion. or whether he died al the
hands 81 Others. the truth probably win
only be known when the hearts % an
are reycalelthe fact remains his con-
hnement killed him. Hal he been released
from incommunicado by the hand OF man at the
end Of - hours, the band o. death might not
have released him AZ the end Of 80 hours. and
u day the widow would have had the support
Of her husband and the means OF his fatherless
children would never have been heard
therefore conclude saying a. / have done in
all previous reports about this case that
whether Ruiz killed himself or was killed by
someone else will. under the existing condi-
tions, always remain unknown. | ain. very re-
spcctfully your obelient servant.
(sgned) FITzHrcH Len