The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-03-03
DID THREATEN TO RESIGN.
Consul General Lees kilograms to secRe-
tary Olney Regarding Arrests of Ameri-
cans in Cuba are Made Public.

| WIN consul 6eneral Lee al havana
ia the case of Charles Scott, an Ameri-
can citizen, which was laid before the
senate last night, confirms the pub
lished story thst Gen. Lee threatened
to resign unless the department sup
ported his demand that Scott be re!
leased from solitary confinement
The correspondence is much like half
a conversation by telephone, as the tel
egrams sent to- the department by Gen.
Lee only are transmitted; the depart
ment's end of the interchange being
omitted. On February 8 Gen. Lee
wired the state. department.: Charles
Scott, an American, arrested at Regla
this morning. Charges not yet known. ~
The next is dated February 20 and
says Scott had been in jail in Havana
without communication for 264 hours
The dispatch continues: Cannot stand
another Ruiz murder and have de-
manded his release. How many war
vessels are at Key West or within
reach, and will they be ordered here at
once if necessary to sustain demand?"
February 80 he again telegraphs Sec
retary olney, evidently replying to in
quiries and in language that can
scarcely be understood: "Situation
simple. Experience at Guanabacoa
made it my duty to demand before too
late that another American who had
been incommunicado 264 hours be re-
leased from said incommunicado and
did so in courteous terms If you sup
port it and Scott is so released, trouble
will terminate. If you do not must
depart. All others connected with
Scott have been put in communica-
ton. Why should the American not
be? He has been incommunicado now
33S hours"
The correspondence closes with tel
egram of the same date in which Gen.
Lee informed the state department
that his demand had been complied
with and that Scott had been released
from incommunicado, after IA days
solitary confinement in a damp cell
five feet by eleven, with water on the
floor.
''He was not allowed chair or any,
thing to sleep on" the telegram con-
cludes. Scott went always IL hours
without water and once two days.
Scott was charged with having Cuban
postage stamps in his house. Was an
employe of an American gas company.
In regard to the arrest of L. j.
Caseanas, an American citizen, Gen.
Lee on February II, in dispatch an
nouncing his arrest, denounced it as
a great outrage and said there were
similar cases at Sagua and elsewhere
in the island. The department six days
later ordered Lee to report upon the
whole facts, and on February "a Lee
replied that Caseanas insisted that his
treaty rights should be respected The
prisoner had resided at Sagua since his
registration there in 1872. The other
dispatches show the number of his
registration entry, number on pass
port, etc, and conclude with a dis
patch dated February 81, leaving the
matter undisposed of.
The correspondence in the case of
Sylvester Scovel, the newspaper cor
respondent, begins with telegram on
February to Secretary Olney from
Gen. Lee announcing his arrest at
Tunas, Santa Clara province, the pre-
vious day. Olney Immediately replied
asking Gen. Lee to see that Scovel's
rights as an American be protected, to
use every exertion that no summary
action be taken, adding that great fear
was entertained by Scovel's friends on
account of his previous expulsion from
the island. February Gen. Lee ca abled
the particulars of Scovel's arrest, say
ing he was captured on the railroad, re-
turning from an insurgent camp and
supposed discriminating papers were
found on his person. He had asked the
captain general to bring Scovel to Ha-
vana. February II he states Scovel
was in well ventilated cell at Sancti
Spiritus, supplied with bed and food,
but his case would be tried by civil
court. His treaty rights would be re-
Bpected.
February IS Gen. Lee transmits
letter from Mr. Scovel, in which he
says that he had the misfortune to be
without a military pass and was ap-
pretended while boarding train at a
way station, Zaza. The guard had
been Instructed to look out for an
"Inglis" without papers. Scovel says
he came under that category and was
taken into custody. He added that he
had been well treated. He denied the
commission of any offense and said he
told the Judge that he had gone into
the field without hindrance from any
authority in the performance of his
legitimate duties as war correspond
ent, and that he had never comported
himself in any other manner
A dispatch Of February 16 says that
Scovel was first charged with rebellion
for travelling in the country without
military pass; second, possessing
false pass; third, obtaining same;
fourth, making use of same. No papers
were found on him except notes eulo-
CYSTIC of the Spanish soldiery. The
correspondence concludes with a tele-
gram from Gen. Lee to Mr.. Rockhill
under date of February 10, in which
Gen. Lee says that competent lawyer
had been retained to defend Scovel.
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