The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-16

shots and only hit the camera which
we had left under the bush.
The party that captured as took MS
10 the top Of the hill. where we found q
column Of troops Of 600 men. most Of
them belonging to infantry battalion
No O., under the command OF Major
Paramo, who started to question us in
English, which he spoke brokenly, but
enough TO make himself understood.
Our threats were parched with thirst
and we could hardly speak. 60 he order
OF water TO be given Us and then want
ed to know where our revolvers were
and who we were, We told him that
we were New York World correspond
ents and that we hid dropped the re-
yolvers as we ran. He sent men out to
find them, who in a short time brought
them In, together with the camera and
Jones' coat, which had been left under
the bush.
When they found our arms, they sent
Us with n large guard to La Lucia,
which we could see about o quarter OF
q mile away. When we arrived mt the
headquarters, we were put in charge OF
Lieutenant Aain. The major directed rs
to be united and the ropes taken off and
ut once ordered vino and cigarettes to
be brought Us. In q short time we were
placed in q room In the front of the
house, where we had to strip and be
searched. They took everything away
from us that we had. Then they separat-
cd us and took orr statements separate
ly, to which the lieutenant said that he
would not require us to take oath. This
was the only examination or trial that
we had while there. Tho S~paniards de-
tailed q soldier who could speak Eng
lish to look after Jones and put me in
a room in the back Of the house with
two scntries in front Of my door.
From some things that l overheard /
thought that some Of the officers wanted
TO have us shot, although / may be
wrong. Certainly our treatment there
was of the very best. In fact, we were
treated more as guests than as prison
ers. The Spaniards came to our rooms
and visited us and kept as supplied
with cigarettes and cigars and drinks
and reading matter when they had very
little themselves, az they were IL miles
from Guanajay, which was their base
of supplies. l could not make up my
mind why they treated us 81 well, as l
certainly did not deserve it. Whether it
was the natural chivalry of the Spaniard
or because they liked Jones so well, I
could not tell. AS soon as we wero
taken prisoners Jones had begun to
sketch some of the officers and men, and
these sketches seemed to take with them
and pleased them greatly. He really did
some very fine work for some of them.
We were kept there all day the 18th.
On the morning Of the 14th they took
us out with our arms tied together. Ur-
der charge of Lieutenant Asin we set
out for Guanajay. When we arrived
there, we were placed in a ROOM, closely
guarded, to await the orders of General
Hernandez do Velasco, who was in COM
mand. He and two officers came to sec
as, and they told me to have no fear,
that we would get out Of it all right.
Tho general ordered the same lieu.
tenant to tako Us to Havana and deliver
us to Cabanas fortress that afternoon.
We were given q lunch and some Of the
officers sent us in coffee and cigarettes,
and everybody was very courteous to
MS. At Q O'Clock eight guardia civiles
came around and tying us wrist to
wrist started for the railroad station.
It was the first time that we were able
to speak together since we were prison.
ers. AS we stepped out into the street
it began to rain, and it came down in
sheets, so that by the time we reached
the depot we were as wet as we possibly
could be. The lieutenant ordered the
! rope taken off Of us, and wo were put
into the train. 1t was q raw day, and
/ hoped that we would not be sick on
account OF tho wetting. We arrived in
Havana ut 6 o'clock, ~shivering so that
| everybody thought that we were fright
ened. There was a crowd waiting for Ms
at Villanuava station, Havana, but tho
! lieutenant saw that there was liable to
be trouble. So, tying us together again,
80 tight that it stopped the circulation
in our hands, he took Us out a side en-
trance into Industrial street. We were
taken through back and u~nfrcquentcd
streets until we arrived at tho head.
quarters of the civil guard beside the
governor generals palace. There was n
fierce mob of people behind US all the
time clamoring for our death. So we
were taken into the building and given
n stronger guard. When we were taken
out to go down to the wharf, which
was only a block away, the crowd was
almost crazy, and the guards had hard
work keeping them away from us. They
did their best to brighten us into shout
ing viva Espanai" / was glad that
Jones could not understand them. He
walked along with n cigarette in his
mouth an6 a emile on his face. rs IL ne
was used TO this sort Of thing every day
When we arrived at tho wharf, there
was n delay about a boat for several
minutes.
I really thought that the mob would
take ms away from the soldiers. As it