New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-04
RELEASED FROM A SPANISH PRISON.
OF SEVENTEEN CUEANs FROM THE
pENAL COLONY AT CEVIA.

PENAL COLONY AT CEUrA
one Of the strict rules of the immigration au-
-ho~lties is to debar all persons who admit that
they have been in prison. An exception was maze
10 this rule yesterday when seventeen men ar
riylnr on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm IL. admitted
tha, they had Just been released from prison The
reason for thus waving the strict rule was that
the prisoners had been released at the request OF
.ne United States and this Government paid the
evponses Of the men to New-York. They were all
poi;jcal prisoners who had been taken from Cuoa
by Spain and placed in the penal colony AT Neuta'
Many OF them had been sentenced 10 prison Tor
life This party is :he first Of number OF Cuoahs
who have been released since the peace protocol
was signed Those in the party were Benlgno
Rencgas Pasos. twenty-three years old. peasant
from Havana Province Acibiades Adam Napoes
,wen,v-ono years old trader. Pablo Borrero, thir-
tv-three years old. engineer. Agustn de la Iorre
Lopez. nfy-seven years old. landowner Jose
Manuel Junenez twenty-one years old. sugar plant
or. Ramon elliot Fernandez. twenty-five years DID,
trader: Prospero Sanchez twenty-five years oio
confectioner: AuroNo Garcia Y Morell, twenty-three
wears Old trader: Antonio SOlolOnco. tWenty-three
wears old engineer. Ley Machado. twenty-five
sSrs ola chemist. Manuel Nasquez Santana, thirty
wars old carpenter. Pasto~ Borge. forty years OLD
cigarmaker Lescado Salnz 3enconio twenty vars
o'G trsdor. Fernando Mendez Sierra, twenty-four
vears old trader: Ulpano Adam. thirty-eisht years
farmer and Octavio Zubizareta twenty-iour years
o,d scholar The last two came in the second
sierra although Cuban by birth IS an AMER ,,,
can citizen having lived for fourteen years WIN
his mother in this city. His father was one or the
early patriots and died years ago ON the heId %
hattle i'm the fight against Spain. The young man
was the only one % the party VINO c9uId SPEAK the
English language. and he undertook 10 INTERPRET
for MS con rades. The me3. while they We're not
l~essed we'll appeared 10 be- H. the best OF health
The men declare that they are gong Dack 10
Cui,s 20 begin life again. They were released from
ire Ceuta prison some weeks ago. g.
sierra goes 10 his mother. who lives IN TINS city
He left here with one Of tho man hirusterlhE eX-
n,6irions which left this county. lie sailed on
Novemher O. 1895. ana expected TO- JON GehefH
Agti.rra in Havana Province. The forty men
Who COMPRISED the expedition were no; entlreIy
successful and Sierra. with hve or ms c0iniagts .
Was captured Eve hours after he had landed Inc
non were captured near Santiago ana ai'er a
.~lal were sentenced. The lad recel 'ed sentence
~ thirty wears OF which ne had served three
whom released by the Spanish Government. lie
.ei,s tho s;orv that they all tel-a story OF i'll
treatment and cruelty at the hands o. ms captorS
Al the outbreak Of host.litios and when ms spar,
Ish coast was threatened by our fleet No. as wen
as the rest OF tho men. WI, put 10 WORK pulIulls
fortiAcations. IRE Standards made the men 90 thhe
mos mental labor. They were haTi esSe9 70 inc
wagons used for hauling dirt ana rock ana an Gay
long they were obliged to WORK IN inc nos sun
strengthening and building up IN foLts aions Ine
coast There are in the Ceuta prison 81. men COL
fYed FOR taking part in the war against SPallH;;
Tho men will be sent 10 cuba 10y the Ih''eu
States Government.