The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-08
Spain Held Responsible As the
Doctor Was Denied Rights
Under Law.
LEGAL TRIAL WAS NOT GIVEN.
Cousul Lee Gives His Impressions Of the Sltua
tion Declares Truth WosId Not be
Recognized In Havana.

New York, June S.-William J. CAL
houn, the special commissioner OF Pres
ident Mckinley. who, with Consul Gen.
eral Lee. has been investigating the
death Of DR.. Ricardo Ruiz In Cuba, ar
rived in New York yesterday.
Consul General Lees report came with
him. A synopsis Of the report follows
and, as will be seen, fixes the RESPONSE
bility of Ruiz's violent death on the
Spanish government.
General Lee says in part:
deduce from my knowledge OF the
facts the following conclusions:
First-Dr. Ruiz was arrested on a
false charge.
second-He was placed under an i'm
proper Jurisdiction, and died before the
proper tribunal considered his case.
thereby giving him no opportunity to
prove his innocence.
Third-He was kept "incommpnicado"
In q solitary cell fer 3l5 hours, In vto-
lation Of his treaty rights, which Limit
such confinement TO u hours.
Tourth--He died from congestion OF
| the brain. produced By blow on ths
| top Of his head. srjif,e
fteth-Thsrs an two th~oytee con
nsctod NTH ~ wound On t4e sAsaA.
i On. that In Z Jta&o Of nbeut6t e11(eo4
mcnt he ran across the esil. - 0eoosfbsd
By one of ths jailsgs. and butted his
/ head on, the deCr. IN y fsaAti0NeeSesf9to
net out. Another that he was gtruck
over the head with one Of the clubs oar
risd by the jailers-by the inmedia.e
watchman-who had probably ordered
him to cease his cries for relief and for
his children, and upon his not doing 20.
struck him with more force than he had
intended. or 1t being possible the blow
was delivered to make him confess or
give evidence against others.
It is possible he went mad, and many
causes combined to produce such result.
His knowledge Of his own innocence
his confinement in q gloomy cell, where
he was not allowed to communicate with
family or friends-or to send or write.
Alone, all alone, the thought doubtless
impressed itself upon his mind that he
was liable in the reign Of terror then ex-
listing in and around Guanabacoa to be
summarily executed at any moment.
He loved his wife and children, and in
the darkness and lonliness Of his cell he
was constantly crying out for them
The thought that they were but few
rods away and yet he might never see
them again or hear the sound Of their
voices or feel the touch Of their lips an6
hands maddened him and proved toe
much for the mind Of the distracted ant
unhappy man, and thought II not i'm
probable, as the long hours passed by, Il
may have given way and left him mad
man. His wife says his derby hat wa!
all battered up and his clothes greatly
torn when returned to her.
: But whether, when bereft Of reason
. he inflicted the blows which produced
brain congestion, or whether he died a
the hands CT Others, the truth will prob
ably only be known when the hearts o
, all are revealed-the fact remains, hi
unjust confinement killed him, and ha'
, he been released from incommunicad
by the hand Of man at the end OF z
hours the hand of death might not hav
released him at the end Of as hours. an
, today the widow would have had tn
|, support of her husband and the moan
of his fatherless children would neve
have been heard In the land.
I, therefore. conclude. saying. a. hav
! done In all previous reports about TIL
!, case. that whether DIR. Ruis killed him
, self or was killed by some one else. will
under existing conditions, always 70
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