The times., 1898-12-25
Kept without Food.

Kept without Food.
~ returned to my dungeon. Night hav-
ing come, and being hungry because had
been unable to eat on the steamer, i
asked the jailer for some supper He re-
piled that he had been ordered not to give
me any.
=. No empty threats were those of Lete:
for about 10 O'Clock on the same evening
there came to the jail three volunteers,
viz, this same Lete, certain Abundio
Sabugo, and another whose name / did
not know, but whom ! afterward sup
posed to be the titular ad interim
physician of the province. Don Jose
Maria Cisnal. They took me away and
carried me to the beach, Il solitary pace
at some distance from the town. Once
there. Lete informed me of the object of
his commission, and IT was that they
were authorized to Kill me that night
unless ! assented to the things they asked
me. l replied that / could by no means
assent, since / should deeply sn against
God in SHINING against my conscience.
They then tied my elbows and my feet
with rope, threw me on my face on the
sand, and stripped off my clothes. One
man pulled on the foot rope, another on
the elbow rope, and the third, Lete. be-
gan to fog me most cruelty.
When he had grown tired another one
relieved him, and thus they took turns in
beating me most despitefully; but they
did not succeed in making me open my
mouth to lament or 10 give false assent
to the charges which they alleged against
me by the help OF such brutal castigat on.
When they were all three tired they sus-
pended operations for few minutes to
take a cigarette: then they said thsy had
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into an animated conversation. One lit a
match to inspect my body; another was
sorry he had forgotten to bring a little
rum TO pour into the cuts and set II on
fire; someone proposed to turn me on my
back and fog my belly, to whom Lete
made answer that they would have done
enough when they had used up my but
tocks. Someone suggested that they
should take me to the waters edge and
put me under.
After tn; sshort rest they began TO fog
me again even more cruelty, If possible,
and this torture continued till after mid
night, ceasing at last. not for lack OF
strength or will, but because they had
broken and used up the three rods taju-
cos) which they had brought with them.
A Lnst Delicate Attention.
When they stopped they sprinkled
some handfuls of sand over my wounds
for the purpose of piaguing me more, and
of increasing the pain On my return from
the oeach l could not stand on account OF
the ill-treatment / had suffered. and they
made me take the arms of two of them
but ] was SO weak that | could not hold
on, and fell again. whereup Lete struck
me in the right temple as / fell, so hard
as TO injure my right eye.
"'When Lete saw that it was impossible
for me to walk he went in search OF peo.
pie to carry me. Meantime the rest OF
us were left behind, the two volunteers
sitting in the sand. and PROSTATE, listen.
ing to their conversation. Among Other
matters. 1 clearly heard one of them ask
how many strokes they had given me, ant
the other answered that it was a matte,
of coo. And ! believe, too, that ne was
not far wrong in his calculation for re-
member that when they stopped hogging
me TO rest one of them said that he want
ed to give me a send-off with another
hundred cuts; and the other two followed
his example, each giving me as many
more or not many less. After some time
Lete returned with three men, who car
ried me to a vehicle waiting in the road
in 1t we returned to town. and ! wa:
taken to the Jail. In the wagon, as
could not sit, on account of my wounds
| they disposed me on the floor among thei
| feet, as if / had been dog. When
| had reached the prison, the jailor tool
! off my shoes for me. being SO weak tina
could not do il myself.
For three weeks l was wretches
case, being able neither to sit nor Il
stand. In my necessity had to be helpe.
| by the turnkey of my prison. Augusti,
Mabanta, constable of Aringay. He as
| sisted me to eat, even putting the foot
| into my mouth, which was disabled froi
| doing, on account of the wounds made oil
| my hands. The scars will never disap
| pear. During all this time was not per
| mitted to use a sleeping mat, nor to hav
4 a pillow, nor any blanket. nor any ligh
| after dark / was obliged to lie on tn
| hard, bare, cement pavement. using. in
stead of n pillow, my shoes, wrapped il
my bloody coat. in gloomy little cell
| not more than twelve feet square. TIL