The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-01-13

HE FOUGHT HIS LAST AND GREATEST FIGHT.
There was battered old skiff on the
sands, and few feet from 1t lay a
man asleep.
"Caramba! Wake upl Wake upr
said one of the half dozen Cubans who
came down and surrounded the sleeper
and wondered who and what he was.
"WellT' asked the man as he rubbed
his eyes and sat up.
"Who are your
you can call me the Man From
New York"
How did you get hereF
The man pointed to the old boat and
rose to his feet to yawn and stretch.
"What do you want here" continued
the questioner.
"Take me to General Garcia. guess
he always wants recruits, and | am
ready TO join"
That was the introduction of the
Man From New York. He gave no
name and no information about him.
| self. He simply said he was ready to
fight for the cause, and he was as.
signed to the ranks and given arms
After the first skirmlsh he was made
sergeant; after the second, lieu
tenant. He was a cool, fearless fighter
and an acquisition. No questions were
asked of him by the Cubans. He was
one OF hundred Americans who had
found their way to the island TO take
hand in the revolution. Among them
selves, however. they said:
"He is fighter-too much of fight
er. II must be his desire to get killed.
He came to us because he had done
something 10 disgrace his name in the
States, and he feels that he can never
go back. We do not care to know what
it is. If we had a thousand more like
him we could capture Havana"
For year Garcia's band neither won
a victory nor suffered defeat in which
the Man From New York did not par.
ticipate. As fine went on he grew more
morose and vindictive His voice was
seldom heard except In connection with
duty, and the Spaniards came to know
him as terror. A price was put upon
his head. Men hunted for him as dogs
hunt for game. but they failed TO catch
him. Two or three times the proffered
reward brought about his betrayal by
men he had led to victory through for
est and swamp, but he escaped falling
into the hands of the enemy until the
cause of freedom was almost won.
A thousand Spanish soldiers had
crossed the famous trocha to beat the
forests. Garcia had planned their de-
struction and gathered re-enforcements
from every quarter.
In the gray of the morning the Man
From New York led thirty men against
the finnk of the thousand TO produce
diversion, and for time the thousand
were thrown into a panic and suffered
great loss. Then the Cuban generals
plans went wrong, and the enemy were
allowed TO take heart and rally. The
regiment swung about and attacked the
thirty. The thirty soon became only
twenty-five, then twenty, then ten.
Then the ten surrendered. The Man
and entreated He cursed them in one
breath and entreated in another. but
the ten had had enough fighting.
$50 1t is your exclaimed the Spanish
colonel when the leader of the ten had
bowed to the inevitable. Il would rath-
er have captured you than Garcia him
self. You shall die in the streets Of Ha-
vana after the governor general and
the people have had a good look at you.
AS for the others, let four be taken out
and shot at once. We win decide the
fate of the others later on"
The five were confined in a sugar
min for the rest OF the day and night,
and the Spaniards rejoiced as over a
great victory. For time the Man
from New York sat apart from the
others and did not enter into their
hopes and fears. Then Cuban ser
geant. Cuban who had lived in Bos-
ton for years. but had made his. way