The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
SPANISH SPY CAUGHT.
Damage at Cardenas Not 80 Great
As RepOr ted.

1ACy WcSbs may ~OsoV u. Ans-+@l I'LL
portant arrest of supposed Spanish SPY
was made this evening by y. S. Marshal
Hoar. The prisoner is Romingo Sapetero
Jimenez, who was among those captured
on the steamer Panama and who has
since been held aboard ship as a prisoner
of war. Jiminez is supposed to have OBJ
tsined information concerning New York
harbor and its defenses, with charts of
the harbor, which he is attem pting to get
to the Spanish authorities. He is about
40 years of age. Spaniard and q civil
engineer.
Late this afternoon Marshal Hoar with
several deputies and U. s. Commissioned
Otto, received Information from the north
in consequence Of which they slipped
quietly out to the Panama, arrested Jim~
enez and brought him ashore and put
him through a vigorous examination,
J1menez stoutly denied the accusation
that he was a spy, but his story was OF
such contradictory nature that ii cons
hrmed the suspicions of the federal auS
Ghorities. A thorough search Of the
Panama was made in the attempt 20 1o-
cate the charts, but no trace Of Them
could be found. The examination will
be resumed and Jimenez will be held uns
der arrest meanwhile.
The Panama case was before the Unit7
ed States District Court today and
Judge Locke reserved decision. It3has
been decided that such ships as are held
to be legitimate prizes Of war shall be-
sent north for sale so as to bring better
prices. This will probsbly not be dones
however, until oil the cases have been
finally determined.
&a.1 %D 81.
engagement at Cardenas, where Ensign
Bagley and four of the U. S. torpedo
boat Winslow were killed, by statement
OF 1nsurgent Col. John j. iowa, who has
been serving under Gen. Afaximo GoJue5s
Col. Jova has been in Cardenas since tA6
engagement and he says the mortality on
the Spanish side was by no means so
great as was reported at the time in the
United States. According to his infor-
nation which seems to be corroborated
by the testimony of the other Cubans
taken aboard from Cardenas Ey the ves-
sells of thesblockading fleet, only nine per.
sons were killed on the Spanish side.
A shell from one of the American ships
fell in one of the streets of the town kill.
ing two women and three children, while
three sailors and one medical officer on
q Spanish gunboat fell under the fire of
the United States ships. The firing from
the shore wassnot from masked bat
boats, to attack which the Winslow was
sent in. Two of them were disabled,
but not permanently damaged, and the
bird ran away. According to Joya's
information the shells from the gunhoau
Wilmington did little execution because
she lay too far off shore.
No fewer than three Spanish flags were
brought down by stray shots from the
Wilmington's guns. One she'll struck the
flag pole on the Casino in the heart of the
town. crushed through the roof and ex-
ploded in a shop below. The place was
wrecked, but no one was hurt. The sec
ond flag to come down was flying from
building formerly used by the Ameri-
can consul, flying defiantly on the very
pole where the Stars and Stripes had
once waved.
Curiously enough, not one of these
shots had been aimed at the tags, but
the Spaniards were SO alarmed as what
they considered the marvellous skill of
flag in town was hauled down.
The presence Of the Spanish squadron
in south Cuban waters is confirmed by
all incoming bulletins, although no in
formation has been received from our
ships. The feeling that great naval
tion. Seven hundred marines came ashore
today and are oamped near the barracks
pending the return of their ships on
some other vessels.
Two sailors were attacked by a negro
named Kitchen, tonight and one Of them
will probably die of his injuries.
One of the sailors is William Carne.
from the United States gunboat Morrill,.
He was sitting in front of a saloon, when
the negro came up and fired at him with
a Winchester rifle infiioting severe scalp
wound.
Carne's colspanion, who belongs on the
Hudson, came up and the negro struck
ing serious wound. The negroes at.
tack was wholly unprovoked. The sheriff
and posse are after him.
The q. S. auxiliary tug Wampatuok
brought today a story of sharp sk1rmish
off Santiago dc Cuba last Wednesday.
The tug with the u. S. auxiliary cruiser
st Louis went into Santiago channel to
cut the cable. While they were engaged
they were fired upon by the shore bat
teries. The ST. Louis returned the fire
and lively fusilade ensued for about
half an hour. The Wampatuok eventual
ly succeeded in quitting the cable. None
Of the Spanish shots reached either boat,
while neither of chem in turn, boasts OF
having inflicted any damage upon the
enemy.
From Santiagovthe two ships proceeded
to Guantanamo the Wampatuck going in
about 400 yards from shore to cut the
cable there, the ST. Louis lying out of
range. The shore batteries again opened
fire and the ST. Louis signalled the tug
to come out, which she did, without
having cut the cable at that point. This
adventu; was equally harmless.
Accounts of it reached here today in q
grossly exaggerated form, including res
port that the cruiser ana the little tug
had silenced the Spanish batteries on
shore