Evening journal., 1897-03-19
10 S9gs : III CUsA
by Il Fled From Federal
,ourtS to Cuban Battlehelds.
Ay1sH PLOT REVEALED TO HIM.

ANISH PLOT REVEALED TO HIM. |
1equiitea on the Charge Of Fiiibuster-
G, He Was to Have Eeen Accused OF
Iurder During Former Rebellion In
uba-How Detectives Were Eluded.
lew YORK, March Authorization OF
positive character has reached this city
4 General Carlos Rolofi, the secretary
war in the provincial government Of
Clhan insurgents is safe in Cuba
& he got there and his reasons for foi
ing his bail and evading trial for neu-
lily law violation here and in Balti-
f re is now told for the FIRST time.
N be disappearance Of General Rolof and
& ers in the latter part Of February and
s. dropping out Of sight two weeks later
y nearly lo Cuban patriots were followed
Z man. rumors. That an important eX-
Il ition had gone to Cuba was certain.
& to the details nothing authentic could
learned.
Il ieneral Rolof was missed from New
rk few days before no was to appear
Il trial in Baltimore to answer a charge
II laying taken fllibustering expedition
81 NJ the shores Of Maryland on the steam
N p James Woodall on July 3, 1895.
81 1t that time a similar charge was pend
against the general in the United
tes court Of this district, but when the
s ictment was secured in Baltimore tho
81 here was dismissed in favor of the
r ceedings elsewhere On another charge
& leral Roloff forfeited So, 500 bail here
Monday.
ieneral Rsloff arrived in New York
N the Cuban battle-ground in the sum-
of last year. He was dogged by the
kerton and Spanish detectives Ho was
CO put in prison, being at once released
the deposit of cash BAIL and It was
IN the Spanish government did not in
d he should go againt9o Cuba. He was
of the most dangerous men with whom
ieral Weyler had to contend. He knew
re about explosives than any other man
he Cuban service, and he had in times
put his knowledge to use He could
wer for many hundreds of dead Span
soldiers.
A Spanish Plot Revealed.
he intentions Of the Spanish govern
nt toward General Rolof were learned
. most peculiar way. There had been
ihe United States for six years young
n, DR.. J. A. Brunet, Chilean. He
an ardent sympathizer with the Cuban
olutionists and in the confidence of
s. ir leaders. There was also in New York
spanish dentist who secretly espoused
cause of the reyolutionists. Among
patrons was young Brunet. Another
lent was one of Spain's most trusted
n resentatives in this country.
)ne day early In February the Spanish
cial was seated in the dentists oper-
~ chair He had been drinking and
in a talkative mood. Believing the
tist TO be a loyal Spaniard, be spoke
guardedly on matters Of the war. Gem
I Roloff's name came up.
He will never go back to Cuba, said
royalist IF they let him go in Balti-
re when he answers the indictment, we
I at once arrest him on a charge of
rder. We will accuse him of killing
Spaniards during the ten years war,
we will pin him down here under
IDS that the junta cannot afford to for
,ext day the dentist appeared at the Gu
! iunta, where he told what the Span
I had said
You can make sure Of what I report
on wish, lac declared. 'This man has
enlargement with me Wednesday. send
lutious man To my Office on that day.
i'll conceal him and will draw the oil.
out on the matter OF General ROlotf.
y not send Brunetg'
Decided TO Return to Cuba.
3runet was accordingly intrusted with
work of General Palma and his asso
tes He was concealed in closet be-
d some drapery, and while the official
ng sober, was not as daring as be
e, yet he said enough to confirm the re
t made by the dentist.
Before this there had been no thought
General Roloff of evading his trial, al
vas believed he would speedily be founC
guilty. But the information from thl
ltist's Office made a change in his plans
was decided that he must return a
% to Cuba at the head Of an expedition
N forming under his direction, the mos
portant in many ways of any eve
ught Of.
was intended that General Roloi
uld sail on the steamer Bermuda, bu
arrangements were frustrated by th
learance Of a revenue cutter just whei
was about to embark and he was sub
uently placed on the Laurada.
rhe Laurada has not been reported a
place since leaving Barnegat. Tho Gu
] authorities admit however, that Ger
] Roloff was safely landed in Cuba
ere is much wonder as TO what has bC
no Of the ship.