The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-02
PRISONERS In CUBA.
Correspondence Between the Consul
General and the Department.
MlS1REATMENT OF CHARLES SCOTT.
ne Was Kept in Filthy and I'm
healthy Cell.
MISTREATMENT OF CHARLES SCOTT.
WENT HOURS WITHOUT WATER,
Communications in Regard TO Syi-
Vcstcr Scovel and Other Amcrt-
ems Held In Cuban Fortrcsses.

washington, March 1.-President Clcyo-
land today sent to the senate correspond
ence relating to American citizens arrested
In Cuba. The most important are the tele-
grams in the case of Charles Scott, which
are as follows. being the messages sent by
Consul General Fitzhugh Lee to the state
department. No replies from the state de-
partment are given in this case. On Febru-
AIRY 20 Mr.. Lee telegraphed as follows to the
state department: "Chas Scott, a citizen of
the United States arrested at Regla. No
charge given. Been without communication
In Jail Havana 26i hours. Can not stand
another Ruiz murder. and hayo demanded
his release. How many warships Key West
or within reach. and will they be ordered
acre at once If necessary TO sustain de-
mand? Lee"
On the 23d he said In cable message:
situation simple. Experience Mt Guiana
bacoa II 1de II my duty TO demand before
too late that another American who had
been incommunicado 2Gi hours be released
from said incommunicado. and he did so in
courteous terms. II you support II and
Scott is released the trouble viii terminate
II YOU dc not | must depart. All others mr.
communicate. Why should the only Am
ercan in the lot not he? Lee"
Later on the same day Mr. Ice wired.
Demand complied with Scott released
from lncommuniclio today on demand, az
| ter fourteen days solitary confinement in
| cell with both feet in water in cell. Nor
| allowed anything TO sleep on or chair. Dis.
charges Of the body removed once In five
days. Was charged with having Cuban
postage stamps In the house Scott says
he went always twelve hours without wa
| ter. only on two days. He was employe OF
| American Gas company"
| The most voluminous correspondence Is
| that in the case OF Sylvester Soovel. CORE
spOndont of the New York World who was
arrested on February s. The documents
furnished show that Mr.. Lee promptly
cabled Tho state department. and that Mr.
Olney responded, directing him to see that
all OF scovolls rights as an American citi-
Ecu were protected. The letters and tele-
grams in this case ran from the 9th to the
18th OF February. when Mr.. Lee informed
the department that competent lawyer
had been secured to defend Mr.. Scoveli. Iit
had SAID previously that he did not antlcl-
pate serious trouble in this case. but late!
changed his opinion, saying;
1T is supposed that Seoyel bore inerim
| mating papers, when gave the case more
| serious aspect.
On February II General Lee said tina
| Scovell was Ia well ventilated cell an'
that he had good food anu bed at Sanct
| Sprtus, to which he added,
Treaty rights have been respected. ii
| hands OF civil jurisdictions l have sen
messenger to report case"
General Lee tried to have Scovell re
moved to Havana AMI failed.
| The remaining case covered is that o
| +. j. CASINOS. arrested February IL. Gen
| eral Lees first information to the stat
| department was contained in Telegram
of February H. In this dispatch he con
| yeys the information Of the arrest, whicl
he says took place at Sagua, and says th'
consuls report will follow, adding, PRO
ceedings a great outrage. similar case
here and~elsewhere ON the island. No re
dress can be obtained here"
On the 25th General Lee stated In repl,
to a message from the state depai~nen
that Casanos had resided at Sagua whei
arrested, and that he had registered a
| Havana az an American citizen in 1872.
The presence OF the message on tn
clerks desk was noisod about before |
was formally laid before the senate, AM
many senators called to read 1t previous t
It's being read by the clerk. There wa
special inl-s-st in the case of Mr.. Scott
the case in which Air. Morgan had read tn
information. There was special common
upon the character Of the charges agains
Mr. Scott--that OF having Cuban postag
stamps in his house-and Genera, Ice
attitude was generally remarked upon D!
the proc ubans in most euiogistic terms
Evidently only the near approach Of tn
end of the session prevented the precipi
tation OF another Cuban debate.