The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-08-20
Adventures OF a Reporter at San
German.

/ Enclosed IN letter received from
/ Serg't. 7. r. Christie Il day or so ago
was Spanish paper, III which appear
ed the following exciting experience of
one of their reporters printed in En-
! glish.
''On the oath uito left this city with
| the intention of visiting the towns of
! Gauco, Sabana Grande and San Ger
man. | remained but short time at
/ Gaucu, going on to Sabana Grande
/ where | was most kindly received by
our agent Mr.. CaliXto Carrera and
/ other friends. On the follow ing day
went on TO San German, my ultimate
destination, and arriy ed there st y
O'Clock of the 18th. Shortly after my
arrival | called upon our agent and
some other gentlemen with whom |
had business to settle on behalf of the
paper l represented.
! AT about y. IN. | called on Mr. Cclso
de Leon with our agent Mr. Lugo, and
/ while there, two Civil Guards appeared
and took me prisoner together with the
said Mr.. Lugo. The arrest caused quite
a surprise to everyone around and a
large group of the inhabitants accom-
panied us to Jail. Alter being locked
up, one Of the Civil Guards took me to
/ the Court Room of the prison and or
( dered me, IN the viiest language, to give
up all the papers | had with me; with
which demand | Immediately com
piled. He went through all my papers
and found nothing to justify my arrest
After the examination of my papers,
i Mr.. iugo and were taken to a room
! supposed to be Il dungeon, but which is
/ nothing but a pigsty rocking with filth.
/ \ few moments afterwards twelve
young men Of the city were locked up
1 with Ms in the same vile room, accused
of the heinOus crime of having spoken
/ with me before my arrest. | was in
/ formed by nv new fellow prisoners
! that | had been arrested because | was
supposed to be an American agent visit
! ing the city TO draw up plan OF il, and
that on the following day | was to be
shot together with them as my accom-
Z
/ age.
We all spent the night in that filthy
room, and the anxiety we went through,
awaiting the fatal hour, may he easier
imagined than described, knowing the
viudctiveness and mercilessncss Of our
captors.
On the following morning a sergeant
of the Civil Guards came III and ordered
that ! should be conducted to another
I room where another minute eXamina-
ton was made OF my papers and was
subjected to a lengthy examination re-
| yarding my visit to the city, as well as
to whether | and my fellow prisoners
were auXIliaries of the American eX-
pedition which had arrived at Guanica.
| denied the absurd accusation and
stated that the Americans did not need
! such insignificant auxIiaries as we
were. After the interrogatory was over
! | was led again to the dungeon. At
about 10 o'clock of the same morning,
to our great surprise, we were set at
/ liberty. 1t was said that the town was
on the point Of rising in order to set us
free. AS | was well aware that Was
not free from another arbitrary deten-
! ton | decided to get away from the
| place rs soon us | possibly could.
Mr. Louis Toro, citizen of the town,
| got two horses and we both left riding
cross country over the hills to avoid
meeting the Spanish forces, and, after a
tour hours hard ride we came UP to
the first outposts of the gallant Ameri-
can forces. 1t is imposs bile to express
our Joy on seeing the latter. 1t seemed
my heart bursting with JOY, and at p.
IN. | arrived at Guanica, and III the
beautiful moonlight | saw the American
camp in the distance.
On the following morning I Witnessed
a splendid and touching spectacle. The
American soldiers were kindly distrib-
uting food to hundreds of unfortunate
/ country people, among whom there
were many women and children and
old men who shed tears of gratitude.
In the great bay OF Guanica, hereto
fore unknown. so to say, was anchored
the powerful American fleet which
brought to these shores the Army rep
resenting Liberty, Equality and Frater-
nity.
During the day the people from the
ncighboring country tlocked in to the
American camp flying from the Spanish