Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
WHY LAME WAS FIRED
Expelled From Cuba. . corsspon.
dent Prints a Letter WsyIsr 10
Said to Have Written.
TOO KNOWING TO STAY IN HAVANA.

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New rork. March isg-The New York
Journal prints q statement written by
Honore y. Lsine. o newspaper CORE
spondert recently arrested and shIrped
out % Havana by Spanish ofsciai.. who
eharred him with conspiracy. This is
the opening % LANES statement: On
Jan ~ at 10 O'Clock at night. 4 met IN
the Cafe fneisterra. the Headquarters
ot the reporters In Havana. Francisco
Dsaz. q reporter % the rabld Spanish
paper Ia Union Constitutional. with
whom i frequently exchanged news.
ON asking him II he had anything 10
ave me he took from his pocket a let
Ter and handed u TO me. saying weyIer
wrote this letter 90 Santos Gurman.
who sent u 10 Move 1.-THE editor OF The
Union constitutIonaII fer him TO read.
took this copy. which you can
keep"
wsy'er Prepared ssr Our varshIpa
That portion Of the letter which
chiefly concerns the people of the Unit.
ed states is as follows: by the way. I
have read these days that the Ameri-
ears are pondering about sending one
of their warships tn that city. During
my command In cuba they did not even
dtre % dream about 70. They knew the
terrible punishment that awaited them.
had Havana harbor well prepared for
such an emergency. ! rapidly finished
The work that Martinez Campos care
lcssiy abandoned. ~ the Insult Is made
hope that there win be aspanish hand
70 punish u as terribly as II deserves"
Diss Give. Lsise Away.
Laine says that he read the letter and
rigeon-hoied u. When the Maine ar
rived he called az the office Of The Tn
bon Constitutional 10 see Diaz In an ef-
fort TO secure the original Of the letter
some days after the Maine explosion
Ialne met Diaz. who asked him ~ he
remembered the letter and what its
contents were about an American war
ship. The American correspondent re-
piled that he dld. and that he believed
some one had followed weyier's advice.
Laine says that he has since found out
that Dias Informed the chief OF police
That he tfaine) had a copy of q letter
written by weyier which might bring
trouble 20 the Spanish government, es-
pecially ss he was an American news
paper correspondent.
ARREST sf Correspondent uaIse.
on March 4 Lathe was arrested nv
Colonel Pasileri. chief os police % Hs-
vana. u's friends were informed of nj.
being In prison nv q cabman who
Knew him. According 20 Iaine. Chief
Farlieri said 10 him: "welislr, we hay,
you here secure. and let ne tell You tina,
the secret that know you possess win
never be known through you by Others
as no one VIII ever know what becomes
20 you"
Lame replied: "rf YOU think that yor
can murder rneaswere Arise and Poses.
The two young men who were taken
from here and killed IN the Cerru. You
are mistaken"
The eoionei replied IN q calm but
stern way; "No. str. Z am not nissak-
en-"
You may not he mistaken" said
iaine. but I can tell yen that AZ this
rcnient the French az well as the
American consul ha. been notified tina,
! am here" rhis changed the chiefs
ettitnde somewhat, but he persisted IN
trying 10 secure Information from
faine.
tsis~'s pt-cev-ry IN rrsss..
what the chief really wanted 10 know
was What Information f.aIns cav. L..
seou, mining operations he Usine) had
discovered while Imprisoned in Cabanas
by Wcyler. What faine says n iis-
covered az that time was this: 4 had
Noticed fcr several nights mysterious
works which were heinx done On the
fcrire-s. On inquir'nr frorn a spiiIer
whom I knew what II was he Informed
me tina, they we're carrying from the
r'ararine % the fortress large auanti-
ties % dynamite. which were being laid
IN the harhcr. Ny Investigations dur
me my period % Imprisonment were
carried as far as a political prisoner
could do In spanish fortress. but %
was sufficient Tor me 20 ascertain with
certainty that the quantity % dynamite
placed In the harhor In different places
was two tons. and that the wires of the
mines we're connected with the Cabanas
fortress and the CapttsniaPuerto. or
marine headquarters"
nri~t sS Ssssr-s.se.Gi rrc~~~dme~
Washington. March is.-The senate