The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-24
CREV SAFE ONCE MORN
The Competitor Prisoners Land
Safely at New York.
HAPPY CROWD WERE THEY
Ona Melton, the Newspaper Corresponds
eni, Pared the Worst Of ANY OF
Ills Companions Prem Their
Confinement la Prison

Now York, Nov. 23.-The steamer
Saratoga from Havana, having on baird
the released members Of the Competitor
filibustcring expedition, has arrived here.
The men are Captain Al'Wdo i.ahorle,
William Gildea, Ona Melton, William
Leayitt and Charles Barnett, an I'm.
glishman Tho five men wcro ia fairly
good health and excellent spirits on
reaching quarantine Captain labordc
suffers somewhat from paralysis, which
he contracted during his long oondne.
ment In the Calanas FORTRESS
Joseph A. Springcr, the United States
vice consul At Havana, was also pas.
sengcr on the Saratoga lie declined To
talk for publication
The released men WON the clothes
which they had on at the time of their
capture
Another happy passenger on the Sam.
toga was Julio Aricgn Quosada, che
young Cuban insurgcut who was orlcrd
10 b. shot by wcylcr, but who was Tar
doncd by General Blanco. a friend Of
the prisoners father.
The six men wcro greeted upon their
arrival In New York by an enthusiastic
crowd, who gave them a hearty wei.
come. The pou wrtchus were too
weak 90 respond 10 the chocr which had
been given In their honor. Captain Ia.
borie's brother was one ~ tho-a assem-.
blcd on the dock The mocting botwcon
the brothers was "a touching one. The
/ friends of the others cried with JOS as
thoy gnspod the hands n the u'lm-ed
prisoners, who's eyes wen nhkun. faces
pallid and forms cmaCntci Repre-
scntatiyes Of the Cuban iunia wcro al-o
present and they added their grscting 10
the men.
The friends Of young Quesida wen
surprised toloarn be- had ecurd Dis ~
lease By giving away socrrt which b.
tnycd the allies ~ the insurgents in the
Spanish army IL was This information.
and not General Blanco's friendship fOr
the late Professor Qucsada, that scuud
his pardon
Probably the most wrichoi ui the
Compotitors cr1w b. Onn Melton, the
newspaper correspondent. who's lnton.
ton in going 10 Cuba was NOT o. par.
ticipaie In the 'p rrlrt the
true situation.
In disCrihinl ,hnl sulre-
quent imprisonment. b. said that
when the shot was frcd by ihc Spanish
gunhoat h. and two ~ M. companion.
lowered a small hut and triod tn c,cap'
They wen pursued and captured "a short
distance frum the shur' On bmul Che
gunboat they wcc cruelty bound with
ropcs aud VEN prosidol with sharp
pointed sticks, which punctund their
flesh They wcU afterwards thrown
into a cell ami fcd hut once d1y. After
the frst six DAYS the prisoner. w,u' pr
mitted 20 sec Consul Williams. and wen
y ANA WIN NANf NAN ltNN NlN 80 100 A'HN
Il was Melton h stil unable o. ay. u
barnly supported life-that was an
After the respite Melton said ho and
his companions wcro pacod be- a hrp
cell containing 90 other prisoners, both
political and criminal, in the Catana'
fortress, and there he remained IN foai
and trembling.
Last THURSDAY afternoon be- was takcI
out Of the dungeon. a. b. supposed, q
b. shot, but IN the corridor b. mot Con
sui General Icc. who. to Moltuns sur
prise, informed him that an n the Com
pctitor's prisoners had hcon uuloncd
Then he aud his commdcs wcrr placc
on hoard the Samtoga, which lruugh
them herr When arrested Mcltol
weighed las pounds, but nnw hc coul,
not pull down thr sCales 90 100 pounds
He win remain hcrc about a week ans
will then uturn Ca hi. home