The herald., 1897-10-15
DRESSED AS
A RANCHER
Sauntered Along Smoking
a Cigar
IT ALL WORKED LIKE A CHARM
THOUGH 1T RUFTLED WEYLER'S
TEMPER
1T ALL WORKED LIKE A CHARM
Carl Decker Gives the Details of SEN
orita Cisneros' Escape From
the Cuban Prison
Associated Press Special Wire.


NEW YORK, Oct. A.-Carl Decker,
ore. of he rescuers Of Evar1gelina Cos
sio C:sneros from the Casa de Reco-
jidas. Havana, arrived in this city on
the Spanish line steamer Panama this
afternoon.
Mr.. Decker repeated the story of the
rescue from the jail as already told in
the dispatches and then rela ated what
happened after the girl was out of the
prison. He saida: when Senorita
Cossio Cisneros entered our shanty
adjoining the Jail we let her rest few
moments and then took her to car
rage waiting outside and drove to the
house of friend. The friend was hold
ing a reception that night which was
a part of the plot. The man who drove
the carriage was one of the corspirators.
Senorita Cosslo Cisneros was exhaust
eel from excitemect when she reached
the house but cid not give way.
"On Thursday morning She was taken
TO the home of friend, where she re-
mained. in secrecy until Saturday after
noon.
ITO reach the steamer safely she was
priylcipal thoroughfare of Havana al a
time when the street was crowded, and
vet take her time and smoke cigar.
If she had skulked about the back
streets she would rneia tely have been
suspected 1t was over mile from the
house to the pier. She had, a passport
made out under an assumed name. All
the steamships anchor out in the
l.
from the house, clad as rancher and
my companion and I followed. She
sauntered alox,g le.surely and once in
while glanced about to see If we were
following. We motioned her to go on.
She grew more confident as she went
along, but we could see that she was
urder a strain. She got on the launch
and we waited, and when the launch re-
turned from the vessel and she was not
on II, we knew that the scheme had
worked like charm.
The day after the Jail break the
town was astir over the escape Of
Senorita Cisneros, house to house
search was begun and would, have been
kept UP had not telegram from Min
lister Dupuy tae LONE at Washington in
formed the authorities of his belief that
expected any day isl New York. Then
Weyler was mad He threw the jailer,
Jose Quintona. into JAIL whereupon the
jailer told about my attempting to
bribe him This in connection with
the surmise of De LONE placed suspi-
cion on me. gave ii out that l was
going to take steamer for Mexico.
There was only one steamer leaving
E,1c dtoy "a a DiSh ct I'M.
err l waited for instructions from New
York and had, almost made up my mind
to start Sunday instructions or no in
structions My instructions came, hap
PLY.
MY passport was made out in the
name Of Carl Decker. In order to take
the Panama Sunday night and run the
gauntlet, I must get my passport re-
vised and stamped with the seal of the
secretary of the captain-general. /
knew that my passport would never be
signed, and l learned that an order for
my arrest was determined on. and that
was to be arrested at 5 o'clock on Mon
day morning. 1 Twas in a bad pickle. l
got glimpse of the writing of Senior
Carjoval, the secretary of General.Wey-
Ter, and copied it, SO that had it down
determined to do without the seal. At
the last moment went to the wharf and
took the launch for the steamship. The
inspector looked at my passport. and
asked where the seal was, / assumed a
nonchalant air as best l could and told
him that Senior Carjoval was at the In
gelterre hotel, and. having no seal, he
signed his name to statement, saying
al Or ha i,vcv
tated and showed the signature to an
other inspector and he said all right.
and I was safe. The Spanish authori-
ties never thought for a moment would
take Spanish steamer. Nearly all the
Americans take the American line They
did not think to guard the Panama and
watch for me. They arrest all prison.
ers at o'clock in the morning. They
were sure 1 would be in town on that
day, and they were fooled"
TOMORROW'S RECEPTION
NEW YORK, Oct. 4-The Journal
and Advertiser this morning says: Miss
Evangeina Cossio y Cisneros will be
introduced to the people of the United
States on Saturday evening. when re-
ception will be rendered her at Delmon-
ico'e and, later, by public demonstra-
ton and presentation In Madison square
Garden.
At the reception will be present Rob.
ert G. Ingersoll, Chauncey M. Depew,
Bourke Cochran, Senator Platt, James
c. Carter, General Tracy, Judge Van
Wyck, Henry George, Felix Adler, Rab-
bi Gottheil, j. B. Eustis, former Ambas-
sador to France; Senator Thurston Mu-
rat Halstead and Elizabeth Cady STAN
ton.
A REFUGE PROVIDED
, CHICAGO, Oct. 14.-Evangelna Cis-
neros, who has just escaped from the
narrow walls of Cuban prison. has
been offered home on the wide prairies
OF Kansas, where the barbed-wire fences
are the only suggestions Of trocha.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Cuban
Committee met at the home of Mrs
Martha M Purdy and discussed Gu
ban affairs, congratulating each other
on the escape of Miss Cisneros, in whose
Interest the society had pettioned the
Pope and the Queen OF Spain for elem
ency.
In the midst of the rejoicings Mrs