The times., 1898-01-30
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while digging potatoes by the battaiio.-
of Pizarro and taken into the presence
of Col. Aranzabe, who said TO him:
IF you Will tell me where .Arangu-
ren is / will give you $500. IL not,
viii have you killed Immediately.
The man chose the former OF the TWO
propositions and informed him that
Arenguren, with an orderly, was at
that moment visiting his sweetheart
who LIKED with her parents few miles
distant.
She was not his mistress, as the
Spaniards maliciously reported.
Receiving this information the colonel
ordered three battalions and three cav
airy suuadrons, which were also opera
ting in the neighborhood, to unite in the
combination for the capture. The
family of the girl was that of an un!or-
tunate pacifico, and vas composed of
father mother, two Grown-up laugh
tiers, eighteen and twenty years old,
and two boys, ten and four. They were
living in a small palm leaf hut, well
hidden in a thick woods, to escape the
revenge of the guerrillas. The soldiers,
guided by the negro, approached the
place very quietly from different dlfec-
tions. When near it they were seen py
the eldest of the boys, who was ilttle
distant from the hut, and VINO gave Inc
alarm, saying:
There are the soldiers"
Col Benedicto, who was leading
them, ordered them to fire on the poy'
who was killed. At the sound OF the
volley one of the girls came out anu
was also shot.
He then ordered the firing on the
.ln
at 1t they rushed upon it and found
Aranguren pierced by several bullets:
His sweetheart also was killed, as Wen
as his orderly, called Hernandez Inc
father and the mother, who was hold
ing in her arms the young boy. mlrac-
ulously escaped with slight wounds.
Aranguren was still alive ana was
finally killed by several payohel
thrusts, one of which disfigured his
face.
The boy on whom they fired first was
dead, riddled with bullets, but the girl
was still alive. The orderly and Aran-
guren's sweetheart, who were both
dead, We're left on the place, but the
other girl, who was still alive, was put
on a stretcher and died on the waV
The father. mother. and child were
brought as prisoners of war TO Campo
Flor-ido and Arrangements body was
put on the train at that station and
brought to Havana, where, on arriving.
it was taken to the palace of Acting
Capt. Gen. Parade, where it was
placed on the ground of the courtyard.
like the body of wild beast, for the
general, his staff and officers to come
and look at.
After they had satisfied their curios-
ity it was taken to the morgue and
there exposed to the gaze of a large
crowd composed of silent. sympathiz-
ing friends and insulting enemies.
AS q great favor his relatives yester-
day Were allowed to coffin the body,
and it was taken to the graveyard in
a hearse escorted by mounted orden
publicos. None of the relatives dared
10 ride behind. but went to the grave
yard to wait for the body, which was
buried in the family plot.
Thus ends the military career of a
young man, not Yet twenty-five years
old, who in less than three years rose
from private to brigadier general. Only
a few days ago Araneuren had been
cautioned and advised by Gen. Rodri-
Euez to desist from these visits to his
sweetheart. but women are the weak
point and ruing passion of Cubans.
and their magic attraction has already
caused during this war the death of
some of the most prominent young
leaders, as Zayas. Castillo, Alvarez,
Villanueva and several others.
Col. Benedicto was FonsdeViela' s
second, and, like him. has a most
blood-thirsty reputation.
This Spanish victory took place near
Tapaste. twenty miles from Havana,
and the details were not only obtained
by 8 special courier, who was sent
there by The Washington Times, but
also from the soldiers who took part in
the affair, and who night before last.
when they came into Havana, bringing
the body of Aranguren. We're in the
cafes drinking with their admiring
friends and relating the details of the
grewsome story. That is the descrip-
ton of what the Spaniards call an at
tack on an insurgent camp. Three COLI
umns Of infantry and three cavalry
squadrons to attack three men, three
women and two children.