The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-20
CUBANS BURNED ALIVE.
BLANoo RrVALs WEYEFR IN HIS
1TRooIOUs GRIMES.

H0a'OVr NV AAH 0hA6RNt Nv 0AR
lTRooIOUS CRIMES.
Paciaoes. 20 ana 40 Vears Old, Burnea st
the Stake This Meath In ssuta Clara Prev
ince-Hsn. CarriIio Attests the Truth or
tire rnrsrrsatton Received ~ The sup.
MATANzAs. Cubs, Feb. 1b.-THE Suns corre-
spondent In Santa Clara province writes from
the headquarters Of the insurgent Msjor.Gen-
eral, Francisco Carrillo. at the estate Las olivas.
q thrilling story Of Cuban heroism and Spanish
barbarity. A signed statement by Gen. Carrillo
IL enclosed with the report for publication In
TIL Sun. It 10 as follows:
"The facts which your correspondent describe
are absolutely true and they are all Included in
my official report to Gen. Gomez, Commander
in-Chief OF the Cuban Army, dated Feb. IL. 1
shy to Gen. Gomez in my report, and I wish the
whole world to know It, that Gen. Blanco is as
much a bloodthirsty assassin as Gen. Weyler Ia.
with the only difference that the latter publicly
avowed his crimes and feared not TO appear
before public opinion In the full light of his
monstrosity, while Gen. Blanoo murders In tho
dark and wears an air of innocence before tho
public.
"Blancos ~favorite expedients for conquering
the Cubans are bribery and murder. On the one
hand he offers them Offices and money; on tho
other he gives secret orders to his columns to
ruthlessly assassinato the country people whilo
he publishes humane docrees torbidding the
crimes openly ordered by Gen. weylor.
Every line of tho statement Of your oorre-
spondent 10 correct. I have to add that. while
such cowardly crimes are committed by the
Spaniards, they refuse to fight the Cubans In
the field. Since Dec. 80 last I have been unable
TO entice the Spanish columns in this district to
accept an engagement with my troops. As soon
as my vanguard opens fire upon them they re-
tire to their fortified stronRholds, where I can.
not attack them, being, as I am, without nrtil-
lery. FRANCISCO CARRILLo. Major.General.
headquarters of the Fourth Corps Of the
Cuban Army.
LAS oLIvAs, Feb. IL, 1893"
The facts referred to by THE Suns CORE
spondent are as follows: On Feb. 9 Gen. Car
rillo received information that near Caunao
and also near the Spanish fort at Nuevas do
Jobosi, two Spanish columns were massacring
the ~paci1cos and committing awful barbarities.
immediately after receiving this report Gen.
Carrillo ordered Lieut.-Col. Quintin Bravo to
approach Caunao with q forco of $50 men, opcn
fire on the Spaniards and try to rescue their
victims. Lieut.-Col. Bravo early in January
had won = great victory near the estate San
Augustin. capturing q largo convoy, for which
action Gen. Carrillo had requested Gen. Gomez
to promote him.
On the morning Of Feb. 10 Bravo and his men
dashed upon tho Spaniards. who retired to the
fort of Nuevas de Jobosi, carrying with them
some Of their victims. Capt. Quincoces. with
fifty Cubans, opened fire on the fort and the
Spaniards answers with cannon shots and
bomb shells. which compelled the Cubans to re.
tire.
But Quincoces found in the field, left by the
Spaniards in their flight, tho tortured bodies
and burned remains Of the victims already
killed. and the Cub,n soldier Rafael ~Infante.
who was made prisoner by the Spaniards about
two months ago. Infante was dying. with Sc
we're wounds inflicted by the machete al, over
his body. He was carried by Bravo to Gen. Car
rillo's camp and there he told the awful story of
Spanish cruelties suffered by himself and other
hapless Cubans. He lived only four hours
and WIS buried by tho Cubans a quarter Of q
mile from the camp.
Infanto said that when he was made prisoner
he was locked up in tho fort, and tortured to
compel him to guide the spaniards to tho camp
Of Gen. Carrillo Mt midnight and surprise him.
As no refused. he was deprived for n long time
of food and water. After that he was beaten
like q dog every day.
On Feb. 10 he was carried out of the fort to
be executed with many pacilicos, who had boon
caught In the neighborhood by the Spunfards.
He remembers among them Florentino and
Jesds Arozco. brothers. one 30 and the other 80
years Of age. They were tied to y treo and
burned alive. Juan Arozco. a son of Florentino.
who was captured while i'll of fever In q hut q
half mile from the fort, was beheaded. Ramon
Pereira was also burned alive.
Pedro Hernandez. O farmer and q native OF
the Canary Islands, had both his arms cut off
and then he WAS beheaded. Other fortunes In
ficted on the poor prisoners cannot be described.
Infante was being put to death with machete
blows when the Cubans approached. Then he
was abandoned, but six other prisoners. who
had been tied up to await their fate, were car
ried into the fort again. The horrors Of tho
Spanish Inquisition. adds tho correspondent,
are not comparable with these atrocities.
Bravo and Quincoces buried the remains of
the victims some distance from the fort and
planted u cross over them with this inscription:
They are resting forever from the oruelties