Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-08
KILLING OF COZ. RUIZ.
oneIal Report of Gen. Lee Given to the
House.


wosb,neton. Feb. 1.-THE President
today transmitted to the House the
,,rorts from Consul General Lee re.
,,,,ng TO the execution Of Col. Ruiz,
/ for which the House called by resolu-
,on. These reports consist of two dis
PATCHES to the state department from
4 Gen. Lee. The first, under date OF De
1 cember 2lst, is in the form oil harra-
4 tive account of the CIRCUMSTANCES az
tending the execution.
"As a matter OF public interest" says
4 Con. Lee. 81 have the honor to inform
a the department that on Monday, De-
ccmber 18th. Lieut.. Col. Don Juan Ruiz.
n of the Spanish corps of engineers and
an aide-de-camp of the captain gener-
nj nm officer well and favorably known
in this city, visited Col. Arangueren. an
active and enterprising insurgent chief
yith whom he had formerly been well
|hcquainted, as he had been In his EN-
ployment when Ruiz had charge of the
waterways Of this city.
"Col Ruiz left here at am. Mon
BAY, December 18th, alighting at Camp
1lorido, twenty-one miles from this
city, where he had breakfast with the
= Spanish commander. and in company
nnd negro he rode on horseback in
the direction Of Arrangements camp.
After he had proceeded two leagues he
Twas met by Arangueren. who was
mounted and had an escort of fourteen
cavalry. Col. Ruiz. after the exchange
or salutatiOns, began speech to Aran-
sueren and his party. setting forth the
Prospective glorles Of autonomous rule,
and am advised, made offers upon
The part OF the authorities for the sur
render Of his command. whereupon
Mangueren, acting under the instruc-
IONS OF his general-ln-chief Maxine
GOmez, had Col Ruiz and his two men
executed.
IL Will be remembered that in No
veinber last Gomez Issued proclama-
uon ordering his officers to put to death
any person or persons that had ap-
proached them with the effort to make
lhem traitors to their comrades or
cause. or to induce them to accept
autonomy under spanish rule. Aran-
sveren, previous to the war, lived in
havana with his mother. but has since
-eh bold and active officer of the in
surgent ranks
In accordance with the request made
u me by the Russian consul and
yIner friends of Ruiz, and with the
SnoWledge' consent and approval of
ush. Banco, / made he attempt to
sNe the life of the Spanish officer by
snu'hg 10 MIN Mr.. Ernest Tosca as
note. VIC i'''o"'"s
Havana, Dee. 16, 1897.
ar Nestor Arrangement:
my Dear Sir--I am informed that n
npannh officer named Col. joaquin
nuN ls your prisoner. / write to saw
,aa. ihe said officer Is a personal friend
NINE and has shown me Kindness
Sa 'u courtesy since my arrival in Ha-
49,, : therefore request you, as q
pr,. laNor from me, to release Col.
NJ 1 anu 20 allow him to return to
NJ, ils capital. The bearer of this note
ar Ernesto Tosco. is my personal rem.
iesehtatlve and comend him TO Won
| am. etc,
FITZHUGH LEE.
regret to say" continues Gen. Iee
M aS my representative did not reach
,1id na camp In time to deliver
NM, before Col. Ruiz's execution
''uE arrival" Wy VI
,, mn Dseeinber S0th Gen. Lee wrote ms
agi~v.s; referring to my previous
NJ p-,eh' | desire to shy further tha,
note to Arangueren contains
M Was not delivered. because
tgmr KY representative reached his
atiIyS u,ls lhsurgent chief was tempor.
nnitr 'sent therefrom, but the nex,
ID NJ m olhcer then In comand CAV,
- iosca the following statement,
petaus % Camp of Cuba.
Joaon,,, OF Inc death of Lieut.. "a,
tbssns,n huiz: This gentleman co,,,a -,
Rnar,st,s dressed In the uniform ~ " q
Cnbas military officer, and befnro ~,
ans,,a iofees made to Col Nestnr Az Az
Cube Wpl0positions of autonomy fa,
ders Of an' isueren, respecting the or.
md he S, W made Ruiz prlsone,
court.msr,sS executed later. after !
hane ~ ., .lai had been held. nnd IL, a.,
pur ann, .he law Of the organizstinr' "a, "a,
nish MI. ana 1t may be knnwo 60, "
came eo,a,,.llpfnation to Nj. rosco VI,
consul n, 'u,,lsloned by The Amer,cn ~ ,
Army Of Gu Country and I,lh.,ty
uos, Dee. /, 1857.
20, MAI ALFREDO LIMA.
lied the sg rsappears that Col. Ru,z y,s
pr unoilleIsI lrsent camp in his nrt,,ns,
Exception n, opacity, and that with ~,
iies OF The n uhe or two OF the anthori
Others NV palace, and possih,s. or.
departure % knew Of this errand n,
that he wa..n would seem. theraso, ~
In an unotf,ni. INTO the insurrent go,
not under % or private capacitv an,
Official PROTECTING OF truce or otha,
'h In war, procedur,