The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29
ANARCHY'S NEW RECRUIT,
n SAN DOMINICAN EXILE Win A
TALE OF Spanish CRUELTY.

NnNntnn IrcnChery Hutuc blufs He NnNn.
10 RE mas Turncd Anarchist - AttNmp,.
ed Murder and Torture In n spanish Jail.
It n recent meeting OF Anarchists held in this
city for the purpose OF ~glonting over the murder
OF Canovas del Castillo. n man sat In the audi.
ence. whose Jet black eyes snapped fire every
time n speaker referred in any way TO the cruel.
ties OF the Spanish authorities at home and In
their penal colonies, which the Anarchists said
were responsible for tho taking of Of the Primo
Minister. He was a tail, slender man, with hair
as black as his eyes and q beard cut in the
French pointed style. His skin was darker than
that OF the ordinary S~paniard or Cuban, and
that, combined with the fact that his hair curled
close to his head. seemed to indicate the presence
Of negro blood In his veins. He wore n neat, we'll.
fitting suit OF brown material. which clunr
close enough to his frame TO show well.developed
muscles. With his long, taperIng fingers, which
twitchcd nervously, he was the personincation
OF the stage Villains shown to New Workers In
dramas based on the Cuban war. He smoked
cigarettes necessarily, not the ordinary white
paper American cigarettes, but heavy brown
ones. full OF black tobacco. As fast as one cigar.
cite burned low another took It's place.
Such a man. SO evidently a stranger, was
bound to attract attention even in an Anarohis,
meeting. where many different types Of the do
generate are to DO seen. He was q man who
could scarcely pass unnoticed In any assem-.
blage, and even II his general appearance had
not been out OF the ordinary. there was a fasci.
nation about his manner and the way he strug.
gled to suppress his excitement that could no,
be resisted. He sat in the midst Of a motley
group, two Germans. an Italian and q handful
Of long.haired, dirty men whose nationality no
layman could guess. He muttered to himself
constantly, and when the speeches were OF a par
ticularly inccndiary nature raised himself half
out OF his seat In excitement. From the fact
that he took equal interest In all the speeches.
whether uttered in English. Spanish, German or
italian, 1t was evident that he understood all
these languages. That he was even more Of q
linguist became apparent a few minutes later.
when Emma Goldman, the most rabid Of
all the Anarchists in the city. discovered
him. and knowing instinctively that he was
an interesting fellow. invited him to speak.
The man made his way to the platform.
He spoke in French for about FIVE min.
utes. There weren't many In the audience
who could understand him. The handful
that could. cheered enthusiastically. What tho
man said was that he was a native OF San
Domingo, that he was an Anarchist. because he
had endured the horrors OF a Spanish prison.
and that although new in the cause he hoped 10
strike many blows for It before he died. He said
Gated an interesting, personality, and then
launched into a TRADE against the Spanish
which TOT bitterness OuDQ1Q anything that had
been said during the evening. His eulogy OF
COLL. the assassin, was n wonderful bit of
f%anatical eloquence,, and when he sat down the
handful OF people who understood him looked at
one another as though they realized that they
had been listening to a remarkable man. The
attention to the next speaker. Emma Goldman.
"1have been an Anarchist six months, said the
s oSi@s. e NJ Z s nsm 5eP0r1 Veil Th i, t does a s9 m. Ts5s
For my own comfort do not use it. See his
pointing to a long scar on the back Of his neck.
mar haln fha tnn ~ hi lila sfhnrn r. ~
other ike it a little lower down. There may n H BE-
91 So here na, so soon pointing to his left breast. but
You would know something about mel
Wen, listen. ! am a native OF San Domingo. I
Nps t = general sisp w in \ Its army army ! am an exile, now;
the President OF nv own country. am regard.
ed as dangerous. you know; I wasn't then. but
am now. Yes, l believe I'm dangerous now
and the mans eyes shot fire and he laughed,
1T seems strange TO you" he continued. that
educated. well educated: so we'll that I seek
here now in one Of your American universities
eight languages huently-read and write them,
too-and am even stronser in mathematics. III
succeed sSa here will be Sin an An"rcnist, but
There are others here who hold positions in the
world and are Anarchists; but who knowsi No
oeen an Anarchist. That is one OF them.
Why am an Anarchist. a red. as you call
culture. a General in the army Of his country. I
am respected by all. trusted by my Government,
am one OF those around whom the affairs Of my
There is no sacrifice / will not make for it. But
killed 100000 of my countrymen in 1495. I
cannot forge, the slaughter OF my people in
1865. when we achieved our independence.
Now see what this hate brings to me-. San
Domingo Is a republic. but the Spanish are st:ll
there: am DANGEROUS to them. So it is made
to appear that l am the moving spirit of a revo-
ilution-1 who never had a disloyal thought. 1t
is easy 10 undermine man in a country where
n TIll fnnI nm a1anIrinn Nap mn l1,-- fA-N
/ was disgraced before the army. deprived of my
estates. my people were ruined. Then. when I
put this stab wound in my neck. 4 friend. one
Of the few ! had left. shot him in his tracks. bus
before his miserable Ss soul passed away he con:
FIVE months, lowering between life and death.
to the hospital a man. who said he must see me-
on business Of the utmost Importance. He came
hand under the sheets and stabbed me in The
back. He did not kill me. You see. ! don't die
s fSsil ior m6 llsss to Us get away shd from . the h9sPt,S4l.
1 Mss = iif fe" a villa fS B Bssss sw nyih afo% on the %65 5ilf { Gould I
They were all watched. and even il got to them
and away again it would be known that / had
wei. / was al" Caught az sfiea at l %Hn'a ta iane Of tn.
Island; and thrown Into the Spanish jail at
Porte Rico; was there several months. When
revival Of the inquisition. my blood boils. II was
meant that / should die in that Jail. They didn't
try to stab me, that would DO too quick. I must
die slowly; Three times a week was beaten:
for thirty hours at a stretch. II I fell. the lash
made me ind my feet again. Another humane
invention was to feed me on Goldfish and give
me no water for days at a time; There were
! suffered them and stin managed TO work on
my plan for escape do not know. l tunnelled
q hole $50 feet long from a point behind my
cell to a point outside tho jail. I could not have
the drunken keepers had too much conidencr N
their ability to beat all the spirit out of a man
TO suspect him Of trying to escape.
We'll. i got away. taking two other men
Win me. One OF them was an Anarchist. HIS
life had been much the same as mine. we went
70 Cuba and were taken in by some Anarchist
friends OF his. They struggled us ont OF the
island when we were well and strong again, an4
nm l am; That IS Why an an Anarchist
Levers In anarchy. pity them. They have a
against Spain alone. and Spanish blood and
spanish institutions shall suffer for what | have
undergone. Meantime / foster the cause Of
ssnareSy; I enSoSrege it here and eyerywhcre
men ! want. wait patiently. for know ! was