The Bourbon news., 1897-04-23
MASSACRED.
Inmates of Hospital Slaughtered by
the Spaniards.
Patriots Bluff Spaniards and the Town of
Faisoi Was Looted-Gen. Luque Says
Cuba is Virtually Lost TO Spain
Through Weyler's Mismanagiug.


New YORK, April 2l.-A special dis
patch to the Sun from Havana says:
One of the most shocking illustrations
of the savage warfare carried on by
the Spaniards in Cuba happened Mon
day in this province, between the VIII
lages of Guanche and Jesus Maria.
Lieut.. Col Herrera, at the head of a
guerrilla force of some 600 men, sur
prised Cuban hospital, in which
about 100 sick and wounded were be-
ing treated. Every one inside of the
hospital were killed by the invaders,
who did not even spare two old women
who were acting as nurses.
One of the three wounded persons
who made their escape by creeping,
covered with blood as they were, to a
neighboring forest, tells of the massa-
ere In a letter addressed to friend in
Havana.
1T was about II o'clock in the morn
ing when shot from our outposts re-
vealed to US the presence of the Span.
iards- Believing the place was safe
from any attack of the enemy, hidden
as it was in the forest, the uban de-
tachment of 200 men who guarded us
retired from the hospital three days
ago to take the field. Only ten men
were left for our protection, and they
were poorly armed with old carbines.
They did their best to save us, but
the SpaniardS surrounded them and
hacked them to pieces with their ma
chetes. Ten minutes later they had
surrounded us also and began their
massacre of defenseless wounded men
and innocent women.
ut is impossible to describe in words
the horrible scene. Driven out from
their couches my poor fellow-sufferers
huddled in the middle of the room and
cried in vain for mercy. The Span
iards answered these cries with in
suits, macheted some and thrust their
bayonets into the bodies of the others.
HAVANA, VIA KEY WEST, Fla, April
21.-The town of Faisoi, in the Matan-
zas province, was raided Thursday aft
ernoon by Cuban force of about 800,
supposedly under one of the officers
from Gen. Lacret;s army. The place
has three block houses and garri-
son of about so Spaniards. The Cub
ans crept through between the block
houses early in the morning, and
before the Spaniards were aware of
their presence they were intr enched
in a stone church in the center of the
town. They sent word to the Spanish
officers that they had come there for
supplies, and if they were permitted
to get them and retire without trouble
they would not attack them, but if the
Spanish troops disturbed them they
would burn the town and capture and
destroy the blockhouses.
This bluff succeeded. The Cuban
force looted seven or eight stores near
est the church. taking large quan titles
of supplies. Before leaving they COM
PEELED the alcade of the town to have
tables spread in the church, where
upon the officers sat down to feast,
to which large number of persons
attended. After remaining in the
town for six or seven hours without
disturbance, the force retired.
Gen. Luque. who succeeded Gen.
Bernal, has resigned and expects to
leave for Spain on the next steamer.
He is outspoken in his criticism of
Weyler's tactics and says Cuba is vir-
tually lost to Spain through Weylers
miSmanagement.