The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-03-18
A LETTER FROM wgYLER.
correspondent I.ninc Produces Dam.
aging Document hgninst thc
Butcher.

Tbs New York Jtmn.I,h this afternoon
prints 4. statement written by Hoyu3re
+. Laine. the newspaper correspondent
recently arrested and searched by Span
ish officials b:s Cafa7@ns prison, Ha-
vana and Lz,.er eNDelled from the is
land. This is the opening Of Lains's
Staii.rment:
"On January Gath, al 10 o'clock at
night | met liz the cafe h"Gla:erra, the
headquarters of the reporters in Ha-
n;'1a. Francisco D!az, ?, reGporasr CT the
rabNi Spanish papar La Union Con-
aituciona!. with whom frequently eX-
changed rews.
On asking him If he had anything
TO give me, he took from his pocket a
letter and handed 1t to me, saying:
'Wey!sr wrote this batter to Santos Guz-
man. who senIl it n Move Che editor OF
La tEiC'? ConstituciorErD for HIN, to
read and write an article On the accept
ance by Weyler of the candidacy Of
Deputy to this CortEs for Havana. I
TOOK this g ny. which you cagn keep"
The following Is the alleged letter re-
fcrred u, above
Ills EXcellsncy, Don Francisco do Los
Santos Guznl,m. Havana:
My DISTINGUISHED Personal a,Id po-
htical Frisnd-Since the latest events
nave changed my views about the At
lSSude which our political party in Cul.,
ought TO assume
If have thought hsfors shat it was
more dign!ied r.. us 10 abstain from
the electoral contest. T belIey. NV No,
1t Is a PATRIOTS duty far us 10 go Ia tho
P"iiS onr success ca",-rot he doubted
neither can our majority If voters no.
'hal WIN ~ program OF d;fense of Tho
H,diohal hoE,r vs. will have side by side
W!'h us all those lukcwarm politicians
VINO though Sl@niards by heart, are do
ce'Ved by tbs inside ccmhJ.l;;,.~. =
MGfet and SIgas'.a. and sake as scientific
S"iu'ions OF our colonial problems VIII.
~ tt'i'E uiShonorable humiliations of
'hir country before the United S,,tas
Write en- Your nas-yhc Gor .,
5paiil-'defense cf nutionsl honor and
date. ''"' ''''' !
After having c,mma=hcd dur.r.
Two Years two hundred thousand Sno~-
.sn heroes IN Cnha. the tine ! shall he
n,'It proud or Is that Of Deputy from
iiANcna ut the CSrtcS of Spain
hE HE way. have read these dave
'h"! INC Americans an, pnnderinc aboni
Sshd nE one Of their warships To tbnt
clE' During my command IL, China
.HtE u.n not cvc'. dare 10 dream ,hou.
H. They knew INC acrriB!c punishment
th3f awaited them
h,d Havana harbor well prcpar,d
Tor Such an emergency. | rapidly FIN
ishea rhe work that Martinez Campos
carolessly abandoned.
IF the insulI is made 7 homo In,
mere VIII be a: Spa=!sh hand to punish
II as terribly as Il deserves.
Romero is in better health than his
ir.thcS e.nlid have expected, ana not
wIHstandf@g how morally SEX foo,
breathing this humiiat:ng atmosphcrc
IS Wen; also your affect.onate friec,rd
and servant,
"VALBRIANO wEYLDR"
Madrid. January s. 1895.
l!-tnc says that he rs,,rl thc lotn.
aE;d pigeon holed H. When the Maine
arrived he called ut the l,aiicc Of tbc
Union CONSTITUTIONAL TO see D!az in
an effort tn secure the original of tho
'rter. Some days after thc NIninn ay
p!oSion Lame met DaH. who asked HIM
Il nc remembered she letter and WIN,
us contents were about an American
Warsh!p. The America, correspondent
replied iha;l he did ai=rl that he believed
Sp'r'c one had followed VIEWERS nd
vice. Lame says rha'J he has si,ice
FOUND out that Diaz Informed the Chief
oi Police that he UJ.r,nc) had a ccny
Of lctaer written by Weylcr which
might bring trouble TO the Spanish
Government. especially as he was an
American newspaper correspondent who
was a&Spciat!ng With Cupta,r Sigsbee
Hence his arrcsI on March 18th.
Continuing his m2rra:ive II.fnc saws:
81 had m-.ticcd for several nights
mysterious work which was being du.,.
~ the fortress. On muuii'..g from n
Soldic: whom | knew what IL wus he
Informed me thaI Ghcy were CARRYING
from the magazine of the nwtrcss large
quantities of dynamite. which were be-
ing laid IN the harbor.
My inves.tga lions durisg nay period
~ imprisonmt'"': were o,rrcd as far. rs
political prisoner could do i'm a Spa--
tsh fortress, but 1t was sufficient for
me to ascertain with certainly Grlut the
quantity ~ dynamite placed in the har-
Dor in different places was 1.-Two l)nS
and that the wires of the mlc:rS were
connected with the CabRnaS Fortress
and Fhc CapS;nnia dc Puerto. or marine
headquarters"