The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-07

rernando Isle. the 6paniard who says
!. M, blow the whole American navy
,..o a,orns Il given an opportunity. sim
,.nsulshes AZ the county Jail. The Fed
.,.a authorities have not yet acted IN
80. e.se United States District Attor-
r.v Win r. Gay Is In Spokane. He Is ex-
1919 back early next week. and viii
,..s.,ay begin an Investigation into the
,,s,,oua history OF the imprisoned adher-
80. 81 Alfonso XIII.
Lie u - suiIen as ever. He talks very
ustye. and appears 10 realize. a. perhaps
.aue az his fellow counsrymen have done
s.nce Dewey met the Spanish at Cayise.
"a, spain's boy ruler Is not the only
mighty parsonage In the world. and that
the United States Is not q nation of pigs
and non-combatants. In fact, Isle appears
10 entertain lively fear that he will be
turned loose before the United States
shaIi have given Spain q sound thrashing.
ara that popular vengeance for the loss
az The Maine may yet be turned against
HIN.
III could get out Of here. I'd &C back
70 nusin," said Isle a. the county Jail yes
;efiay. The little Spaniard dropped his
hsea Al he talked. He said that his moth
A. stIIl ,ives ifs Spain. and that il ne could
rssurn TO his native country. he would
hunt her up first, before he Joined "wey-
Ter In a triumphant. march from Key
West TO New York"
Isle liz averse to discussing the war be-
swaen Spain and the United States. Per-
afS.
exyressson whatever AZ TO his feeling on
tAs subject He said, however. that he
Thought weyier pretty brave general and
8 biz man. who would not be afraid OF
million Yankees. Tho little Spaniard says
tAht he met man In this country who
REPRESENTED himself as Wegier, and who
tod him to join some Spanish ship. war
vessel, II possible. and return to his ma
tive land 10 take up the Gauss OF Spain.
Il don't want to talk about the war"
aid Isle. II have already stated several
times how / felt toward the Rowan. I
thought she was Spanish warship.
wanted 10 &C aboard OF her and return to
sea.n.
when a ehlld-dont remember now old
Vas. We came to .his country. / went
10 the public schools OF Iowa when / was
years old. Then the family moved 10
the Pacific coast When the war broke
out ] wanted 10 go back to the old coun-
Try. that's why ] was down on the water
irsnt"
III you we're given chance 20 go to
Spain. would you join weyler In the war
against this country"
i don't know what I'd do first, until
after ! found how things are back there.
My mother lived In Spain the last time
heard frem her. believe she lives there
vel. and the nr3t thing would do would
be 20 try and ind her.
How did ! happen to hang around the
water trent where the Rowan Is building?
man came to me and represented him.
set a. Weyfer He told ma TO Join a Span
tsh sarskip and go home. wanted to find
cur II the Rowan was a Spanish ship.
Soms men said she was an American ship,
ana then l thought II would be good
thing for my country IL could blow her
up ] did not set any chance to do this
and then ] came away
During the interview Isle stood with his
hands behind him and n logged look on
bis face. He was suilen rather than ugly.
and he was plainly averse to talking to
the reporter To some OF the questions he
refused 10 reply This reticence was not
apparently due to fear that he might get
himself into trouble, but seemed to be an
oppression OF a naturally morosc >ud sui
len temperament
lsie says that he has worked Tn restau-
rants on the Pacific coast at various times
and that he speculated I'm real estate and
ether securities when he had money. He
had been ous OF employment for some
time. Formerly. he says. he lived at the
Hotel York.
Isle does not associate with his fellow
prisoners at the county Jail. At meal
TINES he waits TIL the other prisoners get
fhsouga eating. and then he takes hts por-
ION TO distant part OF the jail and cats
IT,
Alfred l.. Palmer, proprietor OF the Ho-
ses ferk, IL OF the opinion that Isle is not
spsniare at all. and tina. he is mentally
snoaianred. Mr.. Palmer said last uisht
.aas Isle had lived at the hotel at diff
.sfsut times covering a period OF three or
sesf months. He was apparently rational
~ 70 e.thin a month or six weeks ago.
ihss Ne became morosa and gloomy. He
Imagined that people were prosecuting
.sh ana that his enemies were trying 10
work him injury.
ise u not actually crazy" said Mr..
sinner last night. hut II WAS plain TO me
'"at ne was OFT In his upper story. / do
.es cei.sve that ne Is a Spar.x.i spy. He
N strangely around here, saa appear
~ 70 % assonnd on certain subjects. But
sea IN MS spells OF breeding ana neian-
saltS