The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-15
CONSPIRACY ISCHARGED
Castellanos Says There Was a
Plot to Seize Havana.
THREE MEN KILLED IN A RIOT.


over Closing Theaters In Respect
to Garcia's Memory-0rders Issued
For Arrest of SanguilIy and Lacret.
Havana, via Key West, Dec. 13.-Cap-
1 tain General Castellanos accuses the
Cuban generals Julio Sanguilly and La
/ cret Of plot to cause an uprising and
seize the city at time when the Span
ish garrison is greatly weakened and
before the American troops have ar
rived in numbers sufficient to enforce
order.
He declares that the riot of Sunday
night was provoked by Sanguilly and
Lacret, and he issued directions for
their arrest. Sanguilly and Lacret We're
in the Hotel Inglaterra last night, and
they are supposed to be still secreted
there.
Spanish guards are at all the en-
frances to the hotel, under the assump-
tion that they are needed to protect
General Greene and the other American
officers.
Intelligence of the captain generals
purpose reached Sanguilly and Lacret,
and they promptly appealed to the
British consulate and to the American
officers for protection. Mr.. Jerome, the
British consul, requested the captain
general not to carry out the order of ar
rest. General C1ous and Captain Hart
on behalf of the American evacuation
commission asked that Sanguilly and
Lacret be let alone
What the result will be is uncertain.
Sanguilly arrived from New York sun
day by the Vigilancia and could not
have had time to do much plotting.
He was at supper in the Hotel lngla-
terra when the Spanish officers and Gu
bans began fighting. The Americans
think the charges against Sanguilly and
Lacret entirely without foundation
After the news of General Garcia's
death spread through Havana early
Sunday evening the Cubans wished to
have all the places of amusement closed
They succeeded in closing two places
frequented by Cubans, but the man
agement of the Tacon theater refused
to close the house.
Allegrette, a former captain of insur-
gent troops, got into an excited argu-
ment with the manager of the theater
and Spanish officer, who struck him
across the face with the fiat of his
sword. Then there was a collision be-
tween the Cubans and the Spanish mill
itary men.
Suddenly shot was fired. and the
Cubans retreated into the Hotel In
glaterra More shots were fired on
both sides, and Arturo Tuzet, French
citizen born in Havana, was shot and
seriously wounded. Still more shots
were fred, and the Cubans ran through
the hotel office and made their way UP
stairs. Jesus Sotoionga, a Cuban, fell
wounded on the stairs, and another
wounded man broke into the room oc-
cupied by Lieutenant Fitz-Hugh Lee,
demanding protection.
General Greene and several members
of his staff. who had been out on a
balcony watching the crowd, heard the
uproar in the hotel and went into the
corridor. AS soon as the Spanish off1-I
GERS saw General Greene, who was in
uniform, they stopped the pursuit of the
Cubans, saluted and retired.
Humphreys Close Call.
At the time the Cubans and pursuing
Spaniards ran through the Hotel ln-
glaterra General Humphreys was in the
lobby talking with Major Martin of
General Greene's staff and other gem
tlemen. A bullet shattered a mirror
near which they Stood and two others
splintered the staircase.
r.. S. Howland editor of the Provi-
dence Journal, and w. L. Riley, New
York contractor, were jostled by the
sudden rush of shouting and fighting
men The violent scenes in the office
and on the stairs lasted, however, for
few minutes only.
On the outside the Spanish soldiers
were clearing the great square and
streets in the vicinity. The hotel was
full of American officers and civilians,
I and some of them. with their wives,
/ were standing on the balconies at the
imminent risk of being hit by bullets
/ fired at an upward angle to scare the
/ crowds. From that point they watch
ed the spectacle in the lighted square.
4 1t is reported that, in addition to
those killed and wounded who have
/ been previously mentioned, IA are be-
ing cared for in private houses. Three
arrests were made.
Frightened patrons and Cubans gath
cred around General Greene asking for
protection. He sent Captain Cole and
Lieutenant Stevens to General Cas-
tellanos to inquire what was being done
! to preserve order. The latter replied
that the cafes had been ordered closed
and the streets cleared. while troops in
sufficient numbers to keep the peace
had been posted in the squares and
thoroughfares. Two of the aids of Cen
eral Castellanos called upon General
Greene and gave him further personal
assurances.
Soldiers Killed In BrawI.
Huntsville, Ala. Dec. 13.-Henry j.
Nelligan. cook. and George W. Bev-
erly, bugler, both of Company G, First
Florida, We're killed Sunday night Nell