The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-09

Havana. Oct S.-The escape of Senor-
tia EYeIangine Cassie. otherwise Cas-
$50 y Cisneros Exclusively reported in
a cablegram to the Associated Press
last night has caused quite a sensation
IA Havana.
The investigation made by the au-
thorities has developed a number of
additional facts. II is now asserted
that the young woman escaped be
tween IL o'clock and midnight Of Wed
nesday over the roof of q neighboring
house and through it to the street be-
low, O'FerraA Lane, where the police
found a hand ladder. The roof Of the
adjoining house had three planks. each
about three feet long and Is inches
wide, Joined by strong hinges so as to
serve as a bridge, enabling a person
to pass from the roof of the prison to
the roof of the house.
The police also found on the roof a
Smith & Wesson revolver Of large cal
ibre, having its six chambers loaded,
and a new knotted rope, which had evil
IDENTIFY been used as a life line or guild
ing rope to enable the escaping pris-
oner to cross the plank bridge which
had been. extended by her accompllces
from the house near the Case de Rico
leres TO the roof Of the prison.
The revolver. the knotted rope and
the portable bridge, as well as other
discoveries made by the police. show
that the escape Of Senorita Cassie was
long and carefully planned.
She must have been ia constant COM
munication with those who enabled
her to escape from the Case de Rico
jidas, where she was imprisoned with
II other women
Some of the details of the young Gu
bans escape are quite romantic 1t
appears that a real estate agent named
Marina Ferandenz. who was in charge
of the house No. l, o'Ferran Lane, de-
elares that he recently rented that
buiIdins to two We'll dressed young
men, who seemed to be highly respect
able They hired the house for two
months and paid the rent in advance
The building was poorly furnished, but
the young men seemed to be perfectly
satisfied with their surroundings and
little or no notice of them was taken
by the neighoors or anybody else
In the rooms at No. I, O'Ferrall Lane,
the police in addition to the articles
already described, found bag of lime,
a can Of paint and d large brush,
which might be used for the appiiea-
tion of either lime or paint. Inside the
window through Which Senorita Cas-
sio escaped &ae police discovered bed
sheet. and as this apartment was her
sleeping room. the authorities are IN
clined to believe that the sheet was
used by the escaping prisoner to en-
velop herself. With the object Of deceiv-
ing her room mates. II she Was IN
lucky enough to awaken them into the
belief that she was moving about IN
her night clothes. The quarter OF the
prison which was occupied by Senorita
Cassie is known as the new hall. for
the reason that it was constructed
only seven months ago. 1t was set
apart for the use of female prisoners
and was quite comfortable compared
With other Spanish prisons
The companions of the young CUBAN
women whom she left behind say that
the day before Senorita Cassie escaped
she received a package, believed ia
have contained drugged candies In
any case the senorita, contrary 10 her
usual custom. did not at once distribute
the candies to her prison companions
Aut waited until Wednesday night
when she urged each OF them to par
take OF the confections. The prisoners
did so. and they express the conviction
that the same vas drugged, for they
soon afterwards fell into a deep sleeI
and did not awaken throughout the
night. although the fling Of the bars
before the senorita'S bedroom window
must have caused enough noise tC
awaken Inc pllSplSiS uiAOS4 ol NAiAeAA )
circumstances.
There is a division Of opinion as tC
whether the escape of the senOrita Was
effected by Americans or by Cuban in
surgents. The police are hard at work
investigating the escape and all the
Spanish authorities along the coast
have been communicated with in the
belief that an attempt may be made tC
embark the senorita upon some Yesse
leaving Cuba for the United States Oh
elsewhere,
Ferdinandez. the Jailer in charge OF
Casa de Recojidas, and four employees
of the government. who were on duty
there, have been arrested and are CON
fined incommunicado, pending the re-
suit of the inquiry being made int
the escape.
Madam Ana Milan de Bendou. who
has been in charge Of the han at the
Casa de Recogidas, where Senorita
EvangeIina Cossio was confined, and ii
whose house in San Rafael street the
police several months ago found trunks
containing dynamite and cartridges, is
one of the four employees, who, with
the jailer. have been arrested and con-
fined in Communicate. pending the re-
suit of the inquiry being made into tho
circumstances of the escape of SenorIta
Cossio.
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