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

proved by the officer Of the day. while
Whiting, we turned into n wide, can
yon-like passage. formed by thirty-fout
high walls 81 pinklsh plaster, q double
row Of stuntcd oaks growing along the
middle. Tread softly for this Is hall
lowed ground. AZ a glance none can
fall to recognize the Erucrome
place. ilrenst-hiRh. on both sides, the
walls are pcppercd with small. circular
indentations. and the grnsa beneath II
stnrtllngiy rank and grcen-watcrcd by
the blood ~ martyrs. Here thousands
upon thousands u men. whose crime
was love ~ liberty. have met death =
their faces 20 the walls. the firing
squad with their backs against the
trees. "1'hc deadinc." as the tcli-tnie
row ~ bullet marks r. called. IL uninle-
taxable not only on both sides Of this
long passage. but In others that divcrgc
frum u. and particularly In small
square known ne "El Patio de los
Mucftnf'=thc Court u the Dead They
must have been excellent marksmcn.
those Spanish soidicrsi Tho line of bull.
let holes II almost cNnctly foot wide.
with hardly struggling mark. Al
any rate. none brought 10 execution
lived to tell the manner Of Il. Tradi-
ton nays that when the first voiicy
fail.d 10 kill, the cver-rcady macheic.
or hayonct, made shamblcs 81 the
place.
PRISON HORRORS.
Presently permission 10 proceed came
from the commander. together with a
young soldier. who had been detailed AZ
'runrd"-not OF ours Ives. whore no
danger threatened, but 10 check any
guriO-acquirlng pruponfliicn We might
BE- prone 60 Indulge. During the next
two hours that youthful defender %
Uncle Samuel kept ~ on the double
utHIaI % NNrsHFaFNIfffH
tina on duty. he truttcd Us hitler and
yon. above and below. through dark
some dungeons and among ancient
guns. with speed that made ~ dlxzy,
returning an inilcNiblo Don't know.
mn'am' 10 every query. Therefore the
intficacics OF the great prison. flcwcd
on the run. recur 10 mind ns an endless
labyrinth ~ cells and corridors. tunnels
and dungeons. IN which one might
easily lose himself. to be found no more
tili the resurrection morning. There
ARE enormous vaultcd chambers cut In
a. the solid rock. some IN total dark
ness. others pierced by feeble rays of
liRht from small holes near the top.
cells without cells. far underground.
and Huhierrnncan pasHaRrA leading
God knows where. All the large prison.
roc ms have rows u iron rings driven
into the walls. all around nj regular In
tcrvaia, and double rows 81 ribboi.lik
lF'NlNs MnfN fNfTUNiNF uuWn t1r middle
tho latter forming two long benches
~ solid wood with beams I'VE feet
above themi and from rlngr and beams
heavy Iron chains are suspended. Here.
we are told. prisoners yet uncondcmncd
were confined thnFe wh1 were merely
suspected ~ hostility 10 spain and held
Tor cNnmlnntiun--tltern chained 10
tho benches by day and 70 the walls
~ riHht--let Us hope with sufficient
length ~ chain 10 permit the victims 10
W. On the stone roor. Come ~ the In.
ner cells. dark o. Errhur. are hardly
Wide no a grave. ana In each n single
uilur. chain. rivotei IN the clammy
sione. tens iis own sad story
GRuEsoME ACRES OF CELLS
crmost In the minds 81 the be-
iold.rE 4 the thought, Had these old
walls tongue over the portals u this
Awfui prison might we'll have been In
rcfihcd. IAN hope abandon. So who on
~ here Il ~ matter ~ history that
th0uH1nds ~ Cuban citizens met mya-
teflon. deaiif within tho walls Of Ca
hsnss. Suspected ~ sympathy with
tIhn lihfe. they were arrcrted on the
most tfiN lul charges. often on no
charges ~ ~. brought here, and mover
henrl 81 again. herr " no doubt that
iaflirH the ouen executions. secret hut
authorized murders were Of frequent
occurrence. Tho few prisoners who
remained 10 b, released by Americans
when the Wsr was over. told blood
curiilng tales % horror and despair.