The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-20

.Gnmo =. \. G.syha - the son u . Cuban
- 1exe u yAars age his father was
0n1nnBA ana rubbed ~ . SpAniard and
= - hosom OF tas soa there has sium-
beoa1 Ger kong years hatred Of the land
~ eouu1TymG Of hi fathers ASSASSIN
Che esAb which let out his fathers life al
- 0nooe1 Ne Layba family Of . big for
1nnA 8 was absorbed By the ehurca Of
0un1D an4 enattsr~d by tbs double mss-
1eConnA, young Le3lbA has worked and
Ra1to6. In his eArs = declaration OF war
hneussn the United States AID Spain viii
annnA ~ sweetiy ~ the wedding march
- - sxpsctant groom. The time for
yonDoAnoe - near At hand. and In thu
Dqn1e % pAtrlots which win meet the
1ooo 81 Spain no aye win glitter with
unooo Asadiy hAss than thar Of Lo1is
kAeAa.
xn0Ha II . conductor on the Seattle 4
1n&9nAftonal train running between Ssat-
10 0n1 WbosIsy- He hiss obtained leave
- a1ssncs for ninAty days and ~ soon
- ~ = las;asrd no Will 90 70 Key West
anA ln1fA - = voiansess. Whiis the war
la4ns As win Hill - many gpAnsards a.
DeoGlhis and ~ ~ desc win return to
eosuns his position. He - = man Of
0sdiun sasA 3 pears Of aEs and has .
weQe and thrss cfiiorsn living In this cry
- beby y : boy ems year old and he
eiar1D = the name Of Macso Comex Ley
H. 1As veiansser viii ss no novice In
Ao1on - he Was for alnaose two years
no1w IS 9 frUop. Second cavalry. United
eoAe0 Army. and has sesn active service
= ~ Indian wars. Tho story Of the
rms N watch Leyb&'s snimosity against
"a Spanish ~ = people had It's birth. was
eoA yesterday by the trainmsn a. fol-
eu~
1sMy fatAas WAS Louis J. r. Leyba. Z
aaeais cigar manufacturer In New
1ogk city. Hs WA = Cuban ana owned
ssvssA tobacco planr&ions In tho isIand
eaA oems buildings In Spain These were
1eased and my father used TO 70 10 Mad
~ 1ncs . year TO collect hls revenues.
HI particular friend Was q Spaniard
nAm1d AntoEBsa- In him my father
DsaG1d great trust though my mother dis
ssesss sss~stssStWSty 3HQ OtAQu warned
0fnAf against him. On the last trip that
~ father made 70 Madrid he was accom-
t1nisA by Antornlta- He wrote Us = let
- from Madrid saying he would return
on thS next steamer.
The next we heard OF him he hsd been
seaheed by An;onnita. who had success
tally escaped with $1,000 IN gold and some
valuable papers. The two were walking
toward the boat at sbs time The treach
sreus spsnlara iaggsd behind pare and
Ahhsd ssllssto in nay fathers back.
Il was or 10 years old al tho time. A
peculiar feature OF IL was that since my
snethsr was Engissh my father a Cuban.
and thsy had been married ~ Protest
ane oil our property was eonfiseated by
the Catholic church under the laws Of
Spain. which did not recognize such a
marriage as legal. Wa were tAns leg, al
most destitute.
''oh, | remember thass little ;h,nr.s
Lryhss eyes snapped a. he continued.
~ have brother Frank lie ana I
talked th.r1xs over and sware sha. IL ever
the chance came wa would strike a blow
sor revenge. lie hates the Spanish as
badly asss ana on my way east | viii
try TO pick him up and ne viii 10 10 ,ha
font together. / have sn idea that he n
even nnw IN Cuba. though the las, I
heard Of him he was II Philadelphia,
where my masrher also lives. Many times
! have Thought Of xosas TO Cuba to ashs,
bur knew thasssueh battles as have been
waginE there ser years might eantsnue In
definitely and there Was no hope Of daing
efYeosaal s,shung''
Leyt. has a~ia responsible positions with
the Seattle n International and Is regard
ID - one Of the most trustworthy men I'm