The evening times., 1897-08-09
AN As3Ass|N's ACT
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has. he says, created feeling OF horror
arsong the people. Then, he adds, among
these particulars OF his terrible indictment:
Ace,tatn Iamaia was arrested and taken
10 The iailacks. lie was accused OF belnS
in possession OF seditious documents. No
SOONER had ne en- tered tie room where 'ques-
lions ale asked-Inan ne v as conf fonled by
a coufle OF Lolice acolytes, who teiacofeu
him "a Gcily, ailing on tim TO acknow ledge
he Justice OF The ,ha ges o1 @iiitii he Was
entai civ ignorant. On his refusal 10 do 70,
he was suspended to the oeilin and logged
until he tainted.
These nineteenth-centary Inquisitors vary
the natareOf Jae tormeEO IaItl,ted as fancy
prom pt = them. Theyh torn out the nails
tTon the hands and feet tof prisoners, some OF
wn0m nave been TN ru stinto Oubliettes- dark
undereround dungeons, oyerrun wtthra
datingfrOmthesiXteeD eeDthcentury, ana whch
are utiii zed To this ia y. Here are confined tne
obstinate prisoners who refuse To answer
incrmlnaung questions; they are LETT to
suffer the panEs OF hunger Tor days ana
DAYS together, and then afterward they
Sra sub IACtsd To a 1eise eN.i % ilt sefio o--is-
tories. After such treatment IT rs not
surprising 10 reaa that they are tCo weak
and III to walk into the room where sits
the CourtInartial appointed TO try theii
They have to be carried in, their feet he.
ing Il mass of sores and their faces coyered
with bruises. one Nogues. who, among
other tortured prisoners, was tned ON ne-
Cember 3 last, and sentenced 10 death,
was stmplyva living corpse. .,..r
AT the fortress of MontJui a prisoner
named Joseph Codna was dragged from
his cell and repeatedly ducked IN the sea,
up 10 downing point, Then ne Was mace
Iatcd with pincers and flogged. His tortu-
Ters were endeavoring to force him TO adj
NIT that he was the instigator OF the Liceo
conspiracy. Now, the very next day the
NadoT. was arrested. He boldly admitted
that he was the instigatOr.
In the matter of the attempt on the life
OF Field Marshal Martinez Campos, one
% lS
told that If he does not admit That ne Is
guilty, he, being subject 10 martial law,
VIII he Immediately shot The soldiers are
there waiting for him. He makes dash
forllfe AMI takes a header into the sea. He
Is flshed out, and for five days and nights
~ Compelled to march up and down,
with occasionally a few moments rest,
while he Il fed with salt cod. but without
a drop OF water to drink. His tormentors
only put an end TO the torture when they
see that he Is ON the point of dropping
down IRON exhaustion. No sooner is he
fit 10 stand On his feet again than he is
suspended from a nail driven into his cell
loor anu made 10 endure other tortures-
Too weak 10 resist any longer. he Surren-
derS at discretion. and answers affirna-
to make.
Jhere are three classes OF dungeons i'm
these Spanish fortresses; the zero, the
double zero, and the counter zero. In
these cells progressively, according To
the greater or less degree of resist ance
shown by prisoners. the iaileTs, tr ansiormed
into torturers, act as the auxilaries OF
tie judges before whom the accused will
eventually appear If they outlive their tor
lures.
These terrible cha rges re king so deep
an impression upon the public opinion Of
Europe that the Spanish authorities are
seeking TO offset the effect which they have
Produced. The Times printed this week
j letter from "A well-known foreign dipio-
matist resident in Madrid.i who, I learn.
is the Swedish minister at that ca pital, and
who has recently paid a visit 10 the Castle
MOntiuich, where the alleged cFuelties
have taken place. This IL his Conclusion:
After all l saw-and did not pay a fly
inC visit. 1 stayed nearly four hours at the
castle 1 must say that have seldom seen
more iteahhy PRISON and more happy
hooking prisoners. As we all know the
Spanish people are generally a kind, good
hearted people, and / have brought back
with me the conviction that the general
commanding the castle and his Officers do
not belle this opinion.
The reader can estimate the value OF
this disclaimer as well as /.