New-York tribune., 1899-06-17
THE PASSING THRONG.

-, there are bandits in Cuba. because he has
killed them. The Major has re-
. WIGHT Gently returned from Cuba, where
sr,rTu he served during the entire
~rpAN paign His military record bears
11sNDrTIT the following statement over the
signature of Colonel c. J. Crane.
,.ho commanded the regiment:
.r ergeiy instrumental In suppressing brisandage
A.. santiago Province. Cuba. In command of
.as,,ion OF eth Regiment. which had combat with
cuban banditu near Santa Ana, Cuba, resulting in
wiling four banditt, wounding five and capturing
lsven including the notorious leader Prudencia
nj alias Trocan. Received flesh wound In right
,g Service honest and faithful. Always jealous
"a energetic, a loyal assistant
rhs story OF the fight with the banditti mentioned
a, me military record was told by Major Harrison
"a a Tribune reporter last evening at the Hotel
In,perial Here It is in his own words:
~On the night of March 60 1892 band OF banditt
,,hushed two OF the wagoners of our regiment
and murdered them. One OF the men was virtually
shot 10 pieces. l don't believe ! have seen
/. body so outrageousy mutilated. The following
6av I started out with twelve picked men and
ceeded in capturing five bandits at Santa Ana, the
largest sugar plantation in the province OF San
tiago. ! sent back a sergeant and four men with
the prisoners requesting that reinforcements be
sent ere . e were Ss rom as one o n hmndred
and fifty men In the banditu contingent With the
sSaS sSd four nights to San Tomas0. banditt strong
hold a6oq! t. eiEhtysx IN miles distant an from santa
a
ins ssd Ssoonsdsra6e srshng at long distance dur
INK the trip, and finally becoming convinced that
The bandits had doubled on US and taken the noun
tain roads to Palma saviana, made a detour over
The mountains back to Santa Ana, where ] rested
my men and mules and placed the prisoners behind
fbe bars. The reinforcements had not yet arrived
In the mean time hand of thirty-two bsnditti
led by the notorious Rogue brothers: Chino.
looks exactly like a Chinaman. and the celebrated
bandit leader. Prudencia Breal, alias Trocan, or
10 surround US They opened fire with volley
keeping well under cover in the brush about hun
dred yards distant the other side of the Yarang
River. ! ordered my men TO dismount and imme-
eatey P dePoy as M skirmishers We returned the the
Mauser rifles. using smokeless powder except two
r on9 asd o. bs nae carries
IS caliore. Both Of them used black powder. and it
was, only when they fired that we could locate the
We drove them back. forded the stream. killed
eleven with their ponies. horses and ammunition
Finally we drove them 70 the open; and gave them
the band mounted their swift ponies and got away
They we're forced 70 tie several of their wounded
wounded and burying the dead we placed the pris-
o T 80 5es the al nx sana morning while stand
;ne outpost with my mentor the force was so
Trocan step out in the moonlight, two hundred
yards so from my outpost. Hiding myself as
sToE sfowh o0Ie erared led Down 10 h and G When Within
Atteen yards made rus rush at hin; i'm oas He , swung
% hit him first As he went down d ! J drove drove my !.
knee into his neck. az the same time SnONlng a 40
ralibre Colt revolver into his mouth. Captain Will
tam Lowrey Of company n aTriyea Just & az tnis ms
assistance with two OF my own men, who had heard
% camp near San Luis. En- route two Of them
attempted 20 escape and were killed. Trocan is
4 six feet seven and one-haif inches tall weighing
fully ?so pounds His chest measurement is nifty
and boasts OF having srangled l3O prisoners. seven
Of whom were Americans brought his pony 10
This incident illustrates. the gallantry, Of the
taken the rife OF the nearest man Corporal Frank
in Of Company e When the contest over
his eyes. asked him what the trouble was. and
Major, you didn't even give me one shot at EN-
"Gottschalk was the waggoner who was so fear
fully butchered"
Senator Joseph B. Foraker, OF Ohio. is at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. He said yesterday; Politics
sn Ohio is very quiet just now. We have nomi-
mated a good ticket and the only
THE CON- question now is the majority. We
TEST IN are harmonious. too. OF course
OHIO. there were few squalls. but then
ANYBODY who knows anything
about Ohio politics knows that the fights are only
- keep up the excitement They never amount 70
anything when Election Day comes around AIN
Senator Foraker depores The var IN the nI1fd FnIp
pines He thinks that IL might nave peeh aver 20
the proper diplomacy h naG oTs Deeh yrenepsy
ehsd else ]ninEs now thst tbst II has come
II am in favor of recognizing Cubas inde-
p4ndence as soon as possible" he said. AS mat
Ter OF fact II should have been done long ago
william c. McIntire. prominent lawyer IN
Washington, yesterday told a Tribune reporter
what he says Is the true story OF how captain
Evans gained the sobriquet OF
rApTATN Fighting Bob" Boston paper
TVANSS said that ne won IL oy uelenuli's a
eopHIoTrET copy Of the Lords Prayer, which
his mother had sent him 70 be
hung IN over his bed and which tutor attempted
70 remove Mr. McIntire, however, declares that ne
has Captain Evanss word for IT that TINS Is not
The correct story. ,.. Ia AZ NcTn+tra
swhile Evans was in the hospital with ouIlets IN
both his legs II was the custom In tha1 nospitaI .t
sor the surgeon in charge 10 pass among the
patients and pin a ticket TO each man WIN en
directions for treating his case: Evans was ~
when the surgeon went through. but ne Waheu @ ~
shortly afterward and found pinned on Ms TROUSERS
q ticket bearing the inscription;
These legs be cut OF ~ 80
Evans couldn't IL that way ana, cSilils O"o
pf the resident surgeons him, he said; .
be cut on II hdpPetis
that ] have my pistol with me- ana me nIsu nas Sis
who approaches with knite VIII WlIIns na'u uhiie
brains blown out. And II am chloroiorleo MHIee
am asleep. I will hold you personally respoEtsUd and
! win follow you 70 the end of the earth ana
shoot you like dog . -. mama
so Evans kept these legs ana won '"7 nam"
OF Fighting Bob