Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-21
GEN. GARCIA DEAD.
so 1T IS REPORTED BY CuBANs
FROM sIBONEY.
MYSTERY HADE OF THE HPWS.
1t Is Said 1t should Not BE
Known Yet, for Reasons of
State - The General Shot - His
Career.

NEW YORK, July 20.-A Kingston ia.
maica) cable to the Evening Post says:
"Cubans arriving from Siboney bring re-
ports Of the death OF General Garcia
They make a mystery Of it, saying that
1t should not be known in Cuba yet, or
in the United States, for reasons OF State
and give no particulars. except that he
was shot.
Spanish refugees here who are off,
cially connected with General Blanco be-
lieve the story"
LAST WORD FROM GARCIA.
NEW YORK. July 20.-The last word
directly received by the Cuban Junta
in this city from Garcia was dated be-
fore Santiago, July 1ith. 1t was cable
message. and stated briefly that he was
well, and that the progress of events was
satisfactory. At that time, Garcia was
to the westward of Santiago. guarding
the approaches from expected reinforce
nents for the city.
Horatio s. Rubens, counsel to the junta,
when given the information contained in
the Evening Posts dispatch, said this
afternoon that news of Garcias death
had not been received at the junta, hut
that. at best, communication with the
Cuban forces in the field was Irregular.
MAY HAVE FALLEN IN BATTLE
IL am greatly surprised" said he, "but
I do not find it hard TO credit the dis
patch. During the assault on Santiago,
Garcia was in the west, with his COM
mand, with the special duty of intercept
ing reinforcements. and cutting off the re-
treat of the Spanish soldlery.
when The city fell his duty there was
at an end. but it appears an attack on
Manzaniilo was then planned Manza-
Milo lies to the westward, and it is there
fore probable that Shafter detailed Gar
cia's command to cut off reinforcements
there.
''Holguin lies near this city. and was
garrisoned by a considerable force, as the
American general must have known.
1T is not unlikely that Garcia and his
men came into conflict with a body of
Spanish soldiery boInd from Holguin for
GARCIAS CAREER.
Calixto Garcia was in his Goth year,
and was regarded by the Cuban insur-
gents as one OF their most intrepid SOL
iiers. In the Ten-Years' War his skill.
bravery, and energy won him continued
until he received a generals
star. In an action in 1874 Garcia was
by Spanish troops. and rather
than surrender ne shot himself through
the chin, with suicidal intent. He recov-
cred, and was sent 90 Spain. He was re-
leased in 1877. when the peace Of Zenjon
was declared.
Garcia at once set out for New York
and organized an expedition to Cuba.
was taken prisoner a second time. He
eluded the vigilance of the prison-guards
N Spain one night, after fifteen-years'
Imprisonment, and fled to England.
HAWKINS EXPEDITION.
Garcia was the promoter Of the Haw
xins expedition, which left this city in
January, 1896, with 300 men and a large
,Lantity Of supplies and ammunition. The
yessel sank He next fitted out the Ber- |
nuda, which was seized upon the eve |
If her departure, in February, 1885, by a |
United States marshal and his deputies. |
iarcia was arrested and released in |
2, 500 BAIL He at once made another
tart, and landed in Cuba several days |
,eforo the day set for his trial in this
ity.
For the last two years he has been en-
aged in conducting the campaign Of the
,ubans against Spain in the province Of
santiago de Cuba.