The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-25
ANOTHER SPY ARRESTED.
Was One of the Prisoners Taken on
the Panama.

Was One of the Prisoners Taken on
the Panama.
Key West. May n, 8 80 p, m.-An impor-
tant arrest of ii supposed Spanish spy was
made this evening by United s,ates Marshal
Hear. The prisoner is Romingo Sagepro
on the steamer Panama and has since been
held aboard ship as n prisoner OF war Jim.
lrcz is supposed to have obtained Informs
tio.. concerning New York harbor and its
| dofenses, with charts Of he haro0r. with
| which he Is attempting to get to the Span
ish authorities. He is about 40 years old
a spaniard and a civil engineer Marshal
| floar and United States Commissioner otto
received Information today and quickly ar
rested Jlmlnez aud brought him ashore. He
was taken 10 the Key West hotel and put
| through a vigorous examination In private
| only one or two were aware of the arrest
| Jiminez stoutly denied the accusation that
he was a spy, but his story was OF such n
contradictory nature that it confirmed the
suspicions OF the authorities. He said he
left Cuba In 1877. a date which he suhse-
quently corrected to 1890. and later set
back few years He lived he admitted,
in aw York since that time, but he in
| oh tn 10 Nd In
the mercantile business and was en- route
there when the Panama was captured. He
asserted also that he had spent considerable
time In Ncnezuela and other South Amer
team ports. His story, though. was so CON
ficting on the whole as to be meaningless
thorough search of the Panama was
made in the attempt TO locate the charts
but no trace of them could be found. The
examination Will be resumed and Jlmine2
will be held under arrest meanwhile,
The Panama case was before the United
States district court TODAY. The arguments
ON both sides were largely on the same
lines as In the case of the other big prizes
and Judge Locke reserved his decision 1t
has been decided that such ships as are
held to be legitimate prizes OF war should
be sent North for sale so as to bring bet
ter prices. This will probably not be DONE
however, until all the cases have been
finally determined.
a new aspect was given tods, to the
engagement at Cardenas, where Eusign
Bagley and four men OF the United States
torpedo boat Winslow We're killed. by q
statement by lnsurgent Colonel John IL.
iowa, who has been fighting under General
Maxine Gomez. Colonel iowa has been In
Oardenas since the engagement aud he
says the mortality on the Spanish side was
/ ny no means so great as reported at that
time. According to hts information. which
seems 10 be corroborated by the testimony
OF other Cuhans taken aboard from Car
lenas by the yessels OF the bloekading
iieet. only nine persons were killed on the
spanish side. 4 she'll from one of The
American ships fell IN one of the streets
OF the town, killing two women and three
ehlluren, while three sailors aud one mod
zeal officer on a Spanish gunhoat fen nm
: ger the ire OF the United States ships The
hrIng from the shore was NOT fran n
masked battery. but from the three span
ish gnnboats to attack which the Winslow
was sent in N"
TWO OF them were disabled but not mar
J hanentiy injured, and the third ran away.
According TO Jova's Information tho shells
from the gunboat Wiminyton di1 ut,ts
execution, because she lay too Tar on
shore. No fewer than three Spanish flars
were brought down by the stray shots
IRON the Wilminston's guns. one shell
struck the flagpole on the Casino. in tha
near OF the town, crashing through The
roof and exploding In a china sb., ~, 'iie
me place was wrecked. but no one wss
nurc The second flag to come kwn W,ss
uying IRON tho Spanish barracks, ana Inc
third from building formerly nsed he
tho United States consulate. flying fron
.he nagpole where the Stars and Stripes
had once waved,
Curious enough not one of tbesh sbo,s
nad been aimed at the flags. but the Snan-
'ards were so amazed at what they con-
| sidered the marvellous skill of the Amar