Connecticut western news., 1898-12-15
CONSPIRACY CHARGED
Castellanos Says There Was a
 Plot to Seize Havana.
THREE MEN KILLED IN A RIOT.

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 For Arrest of sana.iIiy and Lacret
 Havans, via Key West, Dec. 13.-Cap- tain General Castellanos accuses the Cuban generals Julio Sanguilly and La sret of a plot to cause an uprising and seize the city at & time when the Span fish garrison is greatly weakened and before the American troops have ar rived in numbers sufficient to enforcs order.
 He declares that the riot of Sunday night was provoked by Sanguilly and Lacret. and he issued directions for their arrest. Sanguiliy and Lacret were in the Hotel Inglaterra last night, and they are supposed to be still secreted there.
 Spanish guards are at all the en- frances to the hotel. under the assump- ton that they are needed to protect General Greene and the other American officers. ..
 Intelligence of the captain generals purpose reached SanguiIly and Lacret and they promptly appealed to the British consulate and to the American officers for protection. MT. Jerome. the British consul. requested the captain general not to carry out the order of ar rest. General Clous and Captain Hart, on behalf of the American evacuation commission, asked that Sanguiliy and Lacret be let alone.
 What the result win be is uncertain. Sanguiliy arrived from New York Sum- day by the yigtlancia and could not have had time to do much plotting" He was at supper in the Hotel Ingla- terra when the Spanish officers and Gu bans began fighting. The Americans think the charges against Sanguiily and Lacret entirely without foundation.
 After the news of General Garcia's death spread through Havana early Sunday evening the Cubans wished to have all the places of amusement closed. They succeeded in closing two places freQuented by Cubans. but the man agement of the Tacon theater refused to close the house.
 AlIegrette, a former captain of insur- gent troops, got into an excited argu- ment with the manager of the theater and a Spanish officer. who struck him across the face with the flat of his sword. Then there was collision be- tween the Cubans and the Spanish mill itary men.
 Suddenly a shot was fired, and the Cubans retreated into the Hotel In- Elaterra- More shots were fired on both sides. and Arturo Tuxet, French citizen born in Havana, was shot and seriously wounded. Still more shots were fired, and the Cubans ran through the hotel office and made their way up stairs. Jesus Sotolonsa, a Cuban, fell wounded on the stairs, and another wounded man broke into the room oc- cupied by Lieutenant Fftx-Hugh Lee. demanding protection.
 General Greene and several members of his stan. who had been out on a balcony watching the crowd. heard the uproar in the hotel and went into the corridor. As soon as the Spanish off, cers saw General Greene. who was in uniform, they stopped the pursuit of the Cubans, saluted and retired.
 Hspaphreys' CIese Call.
 At the time the Cubans and pursuing Spaniards ran through the Hotel In- giaterra General Humphreys was in the lobby talking with Major Martin of General Greens's stan and other gen. tIemsn. A bullet shattered a mirror near which they stood. and two others spiintered the staircase.
 h- .. ffoWlhno, euitoT oh kuc dence Journal and W. l.. Riley. a New York contractor. were jostled by the sudden rush of shouting and fighting men. The violent scenes in the office and on the stairs lasted, however. for a few minutes only.
 On the outside the Spanish soldiers were clearing the great square and streets in the vicinity. The hotel was full of American officers and civilians, and some of them. with their wives. were standing on the balconies at the imminent risk of being hit by bullets fired at an upward angle to scare the crowds. From that point they watch cd the spectacle in the lighted square.
 It is reported that, in addition to those killed and wounded who have been previously mentioned. 14 are be- inR cared for in private houses. Three arrests were made. . r
 FriKhtened patrons and Cubans gath cred around General Greene asking for protection. He sent Captain Cole and Lieutenant Stevens to General Cas- tellanos to inquire what was being done to preserve order. The latter replied that the cafes had been ordered closed and the streets cleared. while troops in sufficient numbers to keep the peace had been posted in the squares and thoroughfares. Two of the aids of Gen. eral Castellanos called upon General Greene and gave him further personal assurances. .s # .@