Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-13

They SAID that every night each man
vas chained to his place against the
wall, and often In the mornings some
comrades were missing. Among them
sel,es u was rtiicved that the guard
ent.rcf IN The silent watches OF the
nisht, clnptcg his hand over the mouth
81 the doomed man. cut his throat or
siahhc' him o. the heart and dragged
him forth. I have talked with one of
these iatcly liberated prisoners. who Il
now livinr IL the Hotel ltomn-an ecu-
Gated man. under thirty. whose hair IL
white na SNOW. He says that one even
lnE near the beginning OF the war he
was arrested while sitting IN the plaza.
on what charge he never knew. For
several weeks he was kept In one ~
the larger dungeons. alternately chain
cd 10 the wan aud the bench. with ATTY
others. many Of whom we're hts person.
al friends. all respectable citizens OF
Havana. and all. like himself. Ignorant
Of the cause Of arrest Having power
fui relatives and o clear conscience. he
hourly expected RELEASE. hut days
dragged by. and month"; and ycatn--
So No-n deferred died within him. FL
naiiy. having Ind neither trial nor *.
animation, he was placed In the third
niiu tnrtngflnust ~ q 'nest OF cells
q narrow hollow In the rock. not long
enough 10 allow man 10 stretch out on
The floor. and fastened 10 the wall by a
chain too short to admit 81 iylng down.
Fortunately the tomb had no door. 20 AZ
midday n feeble gilmmcr OF light was
Visible from the Aperture near the top
OF the outer dungeon and his voice re-
minded the careless guard 10 bring him
food. or otherwise he would have
starved. nnubtiefs his people made 81
forts IN his behalf hut h. had no knowl-
edge Of n. and when he was released,
four years later. parents, brother and
visitors were MI irad-cvery relative
sacrificed In the Iona struggle.
In course ~ our explorations we en-
tered n rubtcrrancnn pasaage--or rnth-
er. n series ~ them. 10 low and narrow
that We could Just squeeze through by
atooplng. and 70 totally dark that u
was impossible 10 see an inch before
the eyes Striking matches frequently.
ana holding zach others hands Tor fear
% pitfalls, we penetrated the tunnel
half mile or more. The path TO un-
known perils aloped Htecpiy. turning
short curves and dlvcfrlnr TO other
passages. all trcndlng downward Into
the blnrkncaH Of eternal night. At In.
tervnla iron HrntlnEa were felt beneath
the feet. and rusty gates were seen,
now open wide. and presently the
sound OF the sea was heard. dashlng
uptn rcrka somewhere below. What
dlahollcal mystery lies beyond was
necessarily ieft TO conjecture. our one
box ~ matches was almost spent and
the guide refused 10 larry. Promising
ourselves 10 return with lanterns at no
distant day We reluctantly crcpt beck
10 the world ~ men. There IL little
doubt that here may be found proof ~
terrible tales eNtnnt-of doomed mon
driven through secret panHaEca at the
point or the buyonet. until they
plunged through some death-trap In the
darkness, or dropped Into the ocean nj
the end ~ the tunnel.
Moro Castle IL considerably smaller
than Cahana~. and apparently had few.
e. grucsonc secrets. It, dungeons nru
similar, though fnr less numerous. the
large cells with rings w the walls and
rows of benches with hcamH above them
and chains dangling from all Each
prison has itn chapel. with altar. now
dismantlcd. and holy.wnter fount-in-
tended not for tho conrolation Of terri
ned wrotchen condemned 10 death. but
for the spiritual welfare u their jhiiers.
Tho Morru contains ono horror not
found IN cahnnns, via. crematnry
with two ovens. for reducing the dead
"a ashes. II n hil complete. and hnv-
Ing recently been CLEANED by the Amer
lean authorities. n nov In excellent
condition How many mortal frames"
have here been turned 60 mother dust
there II now no means ~ knowing. be-
cause " any records were Kept u the
doinRH In these priHunA they were de-
stroycd or carried away by the Span.
lAris Not far from the ovens h
Kind Of chute. cut into the stone.