The sun., 1898-03-30
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 80, 1898.
ESCAPED FROM oPANIARDS
Brooklyn Lad at the City Hall Who
Slid Over the Walls of Norro
Castle-.-H1s Thrilling

The police station had all interesting
guest for nights lodging last night.
lie was George Andrew OF ~ Summer
street, Brooklyn. Last Wednesday week
| Andrew made his escape from the
dreaded Moro Castle at Havana, Cuba.
lie left New York about December
| 10Th and went to Florida Tor few weeks
sojourn He took with him 3X3 camera
TO take views of the country.
He reached Miami, Oh the south east
coast Of Florida, and alter remaining
| there two or three days thought he would
20 over to Cuba. lie then went to Key
| West and about the first OF March
! boarded the steamer Ollvettc Tor HAY
ana. Arrived ln Havana he registered at
one of the hotels and started out to take
| pictures. ,.,,
lie got pictures OF the various build
| ,ngs and of the wreck Of the Maine. In
the afternoon OF tAe thld day he went to
take picture OF Moro Castle. While
adjusting his camera three Spanish
solulers approached and arrested MN.
| He was thrown into dungeon at MORO
Castle and was given no food by the
keepers. A Cuban in tie dungeon next
to him, was served regularly with 1o0u
Dv his brother, and Though hole IN
the partition between the dungeons, TINS
Cuban passed Andrew q morsel OF 1ood
once in awhile.
andrew says he was in the jail about
IS days. And the night he escaped the
jul.er brought three Cuban prisoners to
but with Am in the dungeon. 1he
taller opened the door OF the dungeon
and Was about to put the prisoners III
when he was called away. Andrew
seized the opportunity and sneaklng
steaethly out, crept behind large plie
of cannon balls arranged IN the yafu
into which the door OF his dungeon
opens. A long board was lying near and
placing it on the pile OF cannon balls he
crawled over the wall,
Outside the Jail is a swamp. lie FOL
lowed the swamp till he reached small
creek, along which he found row boat.
He followed this creek until he put out
into the bay and rowed across the bay
to Kew West. He landed on Key West
last Saturday a week, after two days and
two nights tugging at the oars. All this
time he was physlcially weak from lack
of food. ,
Arriving at Key West he sneaked
aboard the Olivette and slowed himself
away in the holed near the engine room.
Whom the Olivette, which plies be-
tween Port Tampa, Key West, and Ha-
vana, arrived At Port Tampa he success
fully eluded the ships officers and swan
ashore. From Port Tampa he walked to
Tampa, nine miles, where he was cared
for by Cubans. From Tampa he beat
bis way on the railroad to Jacksonville,
and then to Atlanta. Georgia.
At Atlanta he made the acquaintance
of man who had charge of a carload of
chickens consigned to Washington. He
secured q job with him as feeder OF the
chickens and worked his passage to
Washington where he arrived on satur-
day last
From Washington he "beat' his way
to this city on the railroad.
Andrew is handsome boy OF 10
years. He carried photographs Of him
self which show him to be a lad of re-
spectability. He is dead broke and
very hungry he says and longs to get
back to New York,
lie had $500 VIXEN he went to Florida
in December