The herald., 1897-06-08
CALHOUN'S
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he ran across the cell. described by one
OF the jailers. and butted his head on the
door in frantic effort to get out. An
other is thai he was struck over the head
with one Of the clubs carried by the
jailers-by the immediate watchman.
who had probably ordered him to cease
his cries for relief and for his children,
and. upon his not doing SO. struck him
with more force than he intended or 1t
Is possible the blow was delivered to
make him confess or give evidence
against others.
1T is possible he went mad, and many
causes combined to produce such re-
suit.
His knowledge Of his own innocence
his confinement In a gloomy cell where
he was not allowed to communicate with
his family or friends or to send or write.
Alone, all alone, the thought doubtless
impressed itself upon his mind that he
was liable in the reign of terror then
existing in and around Guanabacoa to
be summarily executed at any moment.
He loved his wife and children and In
the darkness and loneliness Of his cell
he was constantly crying out for them.
The thought that they were but few
rods away, and yet he might never see
them again or hear the sound of their
voices, or feel the touch of their lips
and hands, maddened him and proved
too much for the mind of the distracted
and unhappy man. 1 thought 1t not i'm
probable as the long hours passed by,
it may have given way and left him a
mad man. His wife says his derby hat
was all battered up and his clothes
greatly torn when he returned to her.
"But whether when bereft Of reason
he inflicted the blows which produced
brain congestion or whether he died at
the hands of others, truth will probably
only be known when the hearts Of all
are revealed. The facts remain his un-
Just confinement killed him, and had he
been released from incommunicado by
the hand of man at the end of seventy
two hours the hand of death might not
have released him at the end of S51 hours.
and today the widow would have had
the support of her husband and the
monas of his fatherless children would
never have been heard in the land.
II therefore conclude, saying as have
done in all previous reports about this
case, that whether DR.. Ruiz killed him
self or was killed by some one else, will
under existing conditions always remain
unknown"
SYMPATHIZERS FIGHT
NEW YORK, June IA Herald dis !.
patch from Mexico City says: A conflict
has occurred at Vera Cruz between
twenty marines of the Spanish gunboat
Neuva Espana and Joseph Lang and
Charles Holbrook of Texas and about a
score of Mexican sympathizers with the
Americans. The Texas men used their
knives and the marines their bayonets.
The Mexicans were not all armed but
they rendered effective assist tance to the
Americans.
The trouble ended only by the appear.
ance of a large force of police and a
company of 100 soldiers, ordered out by
the authorities.
The fight was caused by the marines,
who shouted viva Cuba Espanola" In
the streets. This was answered by
Cuba libre" from the Americans. They
were Immediately attacked by the Span
iards and would unquestionably have
been killed had 1t not been for the as
sistance of the citizens Of Vera Cruz
who, seeing their peril and noting the
fact that they were so overwhelmingly
outnumbered, hastened to their assist
ance. The police arrested the whole
party, but the consuls of both nations
interfered in their countrymens behalf
and all were released.