Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03

pardons reported to have been prom
ised them to perjure themselves in
SPANS favor if called to the witness
stand by any member of the commits
sion.
SPECIMEN TESTIMONY.
One, alleged to have been a trusty,
doing service before Ruiz cell, was
ready to swear that he sat silently by
for half an hour and heard Ruiz beat
ing his head against the iron
door; then, he says, he heard a dull
thud, looked and saw the American ly-
ing upon the floor in the agonies of
death.
| Another said he had known the de-
| ceased for years, and never thought he
was right in his mind.
! A third gave testimony to the effect
that his grandmother had told him
| that several of Ruiz family b ad been
subject to epileptic fits.
/ Congosto wished to pass lightly oyer
| the original and princial point raised
| by the Anne ricans, to the effect that
whatever might be the manner in
which Ruiz met his death, his end came
while illegally and secretly held in
| communicate in a military prison be-
yond the limits prescribed by treaty,
and therefore, in violation of the same,
and make the secondary question that
of his alleged assassination, the whole
issue.
Supported by Calhoun, Lee opposed
| this, the discussion with Congosto and
his counsel becoming quite heated be-
fore the meeting closed.
ORIGINAL EVIDENCE SENT AWAY.
After returning to Havana Lee and
Calhoun sent a note to Congosto, de-
handing that the original evidence
taken by the civil as well as by the
military authorities in the Ruiz case,
including the written declarations of
witnesses called in such preliminary
proceedings, be supplied to Secre-
tary Fishback for translation into En-
glish for examination by counsel before
the next meeting OF the commission.
COngOsto replied that all these original
documents had gone to Madrid some
time ago. Since this response came,
however, by mutual agreement. certi-
fed copies have been accepted and are
under examination. But there is moth
ing but the assurance of Judge Vidal
and other Spanish court officials to
show that these papers supplied are
genuine and verbatim extracts from
the record, as the American delegates
have been offered no opportunity to
personally examine the archives.
TO SCREEN THE ALCALDE.
Friends of Fondesvilla declared that
Tejerizo, his successor as military COM
mandant of the town, has purposely
held back certain papers in or
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from possible censure at the COM
missions hands for failure to comply
with an order alleged to have been
issued by Fondesviella some days
previous to Ruiz death, directing that
he be released from solitary cOnfne-
ment and permitted to communicate
with his family and friends.
CongostO opposed the expressed wish
of the American delegates that Fondes-
viela be brought before the commits
sion. He is absent in active field
service, it is explained, and can not
well obtain permission to come to
Guanabacoa- 1t is believed, in view
of this, that Lee and Calhoun will
not ask to have any other wit
nesseS summoned, or put any cross
questions to others which Congosto
may call, the documentary evidence on
hand being regarded as quite sufficient,
after exceptions be noted, to justify the
American contention as to fragrant vio-
lation of the treaty, and warrants Lees
original assertion that the prisoner
died from harsh treatment while il.
legally incommunicadO.
IMPORTANT DISPATCHES.
Mr.. Fish back, who expects to leave
Saturday for Washington via Tampa,
will probably be the bearer of impor-
tant dispatches from Calhoun. Calhoun
will linger here until Thursday of next
week and return per direct New York
steamer.
Havana's new governor, the Marquis
De Palmerola, is determined that nc
harm shall come to McKinlev's com
missioner here. As a precaution Po-
lice Inspector Escanta and half a
dozen secret service men in citizens
clothes dog Calhoun's footsteps all day
long and watch his hotel at night.
People seen talking with him are like
wise spotted, their names obtained and
the gist of their conversation, if these
government spies be able to catch it,
reported at once to the palace.
Many members of this special de
tcctive force understand English, and
they appear specially alert when any
Cuban resident or American newspaper
correspondent is seen to approach Cal /
houa,
1t Affects Every Amendment OF the South
Dakota Constitution.