The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-11
ONE NIGHT IN OLD MORRO.
a BRIDGEPORT MANS SHORT I'M
PRIsoNArENT IN HAVANA.


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re Were the Ruabieua or the Park City Yacht
cinb. which Closely Resembles the Cuban
FisE, ana II Made n Lot or Troubis-Ex-
pisnntion. Observation-Disclosures Feeling.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Feb. 1o.-Louis 10th.
clerk OF the steamer Rosedalo OF the Bridgeport
line. arrived in this city from Havana to-day.
While In Havana no spent one night In MORO
Castle, q prisoner, and the only offence against
him was wearing a badge which the ignorant
Spanish officials mistook for an insurgent en-
blem. 1t was a badge worn in the buttonhole Of
the coat, tho burgee OF the Park City Yacht
Club, of which Mr.. 10th is a member. On Jan.
90 Mr.. 10th, with Rafael Nunez. n young
Cuban student at Princeton University, who
went to Havana to visit his parents, and Georgia
Ferniss, tho proprietor of q livery stable in
Havana, went out from the city several miles
into the suburbs to sec a sugar plantation. Be-
fore the party left tho plantation the planter
called to them to note the smoke from a burning
plantation about FIVE miles away.
The burning marked q conflict between insur-
gents and q body Of Spanish cavalry. Tho
party started to return to Havana. When
about q milo had been traversed the party
found nine Spanish cavalrymen drawn up
across the road to impede their progress. The
officer in charge of the party demanded the pass
ports Of the party. They were SHOWN and he
was about to direct that Mr.. 10th and his COM
panions be allowed to go on when q loud shout
from one Of the cavalrymen startled the party.
"Revolucionario!" yelled the soldier, pointing
at a device on Mr.. Toth's vest.
"Itevolucionario!" chorused the other soldiers
when their eyes saw what their comrade meant.
Mr.. 10th for n few seconds was at a loss to COM
rrehend the meaning of the cries, but as he
glanced toward his coat no saw that the badge
of the Park City Club was the cause Of tho
trouble.
The burgee of the club closely resembles the
small colors of the Cuban insurgents. Tho ar
rangement Of the colors is only n triflc differ
ent. the most easily detected difference being
the absence Of the silver star which the Cuban
flag bears on n small triangular field of blue.
The courteous demeanor of tho cavalry officer
| roughly seized Mr.. 10th by tho shoulders and
informed him in Spanish that he was under ar
rest. The officer directed his soldiers TO form
around the carriage. four on each side, and with
this escort the party failed to enjoy the drive
fell several degrees when they reached the city
and found that their destination was MORO
Castle.
1t was 8 o'clock in the evening when Mr..
10th and his companions were conducted into
the castle. All three were placed in n large
guard paced the corridor outside their door.
A messenger from Gen. PARADE, acting Cover
from Havana. called on the three prisoners at
Z O'clock the next morning. He examined them
infinitely, and seemed satisfied with their an.
swers, but was still suspicious of the yacht
wallet in an inside pocket was left to Mr.. 10th.
paid to the yacht club on Jan. l. The station.
cry of the club is stamped with its ensign,
ceipt as evidence of the truth of his explanation
of the wearing of the badge. A clerk was sent
for, and when. he translated the receipt into
Spanish Gen. Parrado's, representative ordered
the release Of the men, but was careful to wrap
up the suspicious burgee and place it in ono of
his pockets for safe keeping.
Speaking Of the feeling in Havana, Mr.. 10th
Tho feeling of the spaniards against tho
United States and its people 10 shown every:
where in Havana. / attended the big bull
fight at which MaZzanti. the star fighter from
American feeling was witnessed there. MAJ:
zanti finished his first bull with one thrust Of
his sword: AS the. point of the blade struck
the animals heart IL sank to its knees and died
the people began TO shout, That's an American
bull. Ho dies without a struggle The next
bull was n fighter, and the man who despatched
him was Obliged TO ply his sword six times and
the point.of his sword,into tho bulls brain from
behind the horns did the animal drop. That's
q Spanish bull. \ Spanish bull fights to the
| DEATH yelled the crowd.
THE officers of the Maine were Mt this fight,
but my Spanish, speaking companion told mo
Il was well that they wore only the conventional
straw hats and white duck clothing, for it
they had appeared in their uniforms there
would have been trouble when the feeling oc
casioned by the shouts was running high. There
was a German schoolship in the harbor while
I was there, and the members OF her crew spent
were royalty treated. They practically had
the freedom of the city, and they were hailed
as friends everywhere