The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-30
SUPPOSED TO DISCLOSE BLANCO's
POLICY OF BRIBERY AND AS
sASSINATION.
GEN, GOMEZ 70 Be ASSASS|AATED.
An Emissary En- Route to New York
to Join Filibustering Expedition
and Murder Gomes-Other
Dark Plots.

Philadelphia, Dec. 22.-The Press to-
morrow will publish a sensational let
ter written to a resident of this city
by "A Distinguished Resident" of Ha-
vana, whose name is withheld for OBJ
vious reasons. The letter says in part:
You know that the policy of Gen.
BlancO has always been a combination
Of bribery and assassination. You will
not be surprised, therefore. at what is
to follow. The information has been
given to me by Cuban, who, owing
to the autonomist farce, holds posi-
ton in the councils of the captain gen.
eral.
1.-THE friend tells me that DR.. Con-
gosto, who is the Machiavelli of .Blanco,
has several schemes in store, but the
most important ones, that will give you
clearer insight into the method of
pacifcation that the Spaniards intend,
are the following:
THE first scheme is most important.
DR.. Congosto has sent an emissary to
New York. l do not know his name.
He is a tall man with full beard, black
eyes and marked Spanish accent,
though / am not sure of his nationality.
He has probably started already for
New York, where he hopes to join one
of the filibustering expeditions and reach
the army under Gomez. He is to find
the depots of arms and the hospitals.
When an occasion presents itself he is
to murder Gen. Gomez. His recompense
for all these services will be some thOus
ands of dollars.
"My trouble is to understand where
they will get the money"
'"The second scheme is with reference
to oyertures to he made those fighting
in the field for Cuban liberty.
"You know as well as l do the old man
Jose Roban, and you remember as well
as L do that in the former uprisings he
showed himself to be a Spaniard of the
Spaniards. Now his son, Luis, is the
leader commanding the insurgent brigade
in Sagua. For this crime the father was
expatriated and sent from Sagua to Ha-
vana, where he now resides. DIR. Con-
gosto knows that Gomez has procla-
nation ordering every leader to see that
emissaries who may present themselves
with proposals of peace that are not
based on the absolute independence OF
the island shall be sentenced to death.
He further adds that all infractions of
this order shall be considered treason.
Now, DR.. COngosto has conceived the
idea of sending the father to the son
with propositions looking toward autono-
my, thus placing the son in the position
of either shooting his father or being
himself declared traitor. The poor
old man refused, but l know not how
long he may withstand the pressure that
is being brought to bear upon him.
'oThe last scheme is as follows:
"Dr. Congosto is endeavoring to secure
the service of some prominent man in
the United States. This prominent per-
son is to come here, and IN his return
to the states is to declare that autonomy
is an accomplished fact, that peace is
firmly esta blished and other foolish
things, as if this could alter the state of
affairs, and as if Consul General Lee
by the by, / very much fear that if this
gentleman Nee) does not take his de-
parture in good time he is running the
risk of being blown to pieces"