The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-10

mo familiar with crime, and I added the the
occupation OF detective to my profe ss l.'l
OF "a mblinr. THESE n two vocation hn e!
now become my solo means 81 su pl2e,p ns
to TOM apd tIe Philadelphia Tor several yours
durl, (which time became o aturali2edi
81 the United States. I b, |. 6 9,
the Cubnn T rebeillo = prG so
venture and 3oned q lbtsteriInaE !, ex < Rs
ditlon sailing from 5 q ;,,;s
from no love 7 bore the Cuban cause, .D ~
While handling a heavy shot during my +,
sarst enga cement ], accldentally ldroppodd u;
UPON my left foot, crushing that temper,
sSap Be- Th his deformity has rende cred 5itS
impossible for MD TO conceal my IDENTIFY
nree months after this accld dent 80 was z Il
taken prisoner BY the SRamslh an iar
4 farce Of a trial Was granted me- Il, not
10 SEQ whe therA or not i was gu ~, 8put
simply#to determined bet tween the dungeon q. 2
hhttert for mo had Il been ntenccd TO the
latter Instead OF the former. I, Z U. u
1e''As O political offender was doomefa
to ceuta nm .old n =! 9 ',ra
tar and upon the side Of the ancient.
one Of the Pillars Of Hercules. tho Rock
beingstfe ether. ~ sna,p Is
Siberia is used BY Russia, only IT is far
far more horrible. M The own as plllt
the Aoors In o4 and ere else 81
number Of devices for the q orture % ,hn-
man beings. i anyone thinks the y nor
rors Of the nqulsit ore, no lloIn 2, per-
have good cause to believe that the ms
QUESTION itself lis far from dead y SPAN;
Alas for the person Tho is sent to sCenta;
This town IS SINAI, #and,.to guara aSaiHs.
3chain3of fortresses around IT. It is IN
the black cellars Of these tsinte grazing
.fortresses that the dung are lloca ! ed:
or IS feet and are Fhewn out Of the
solid 'rock. g They are rea ched I hrough
narrow openings In the Z stone Il oors ]. OF
the fortresses, and when one q e ~
filth and decomposition is Ut terly&o over;
spowerlng Some Of these dungeons =: ;co ~
tain as4many as thirty orr forty I'm Il. O.
was placed y sei fsssryeaD slh man
Who regarded life seriously, or feared TO
risk It upon sufilciep Z occa sion, but my
heart froze m .,
stone box perh APPS eig IT Ieet scun1aIe-sas
"a lay upon the floor IL could touch, IT OPS
lposite sides with my hands and feet ~.
cutting a, SIT in one OF Its walls Just large.
enough for the passa sc Of my a12o 10.E .
Through this narrow opening was g!
aroBRea intfh
letters, Ii FOR locks Il and Il keys are ever
used. "A c hahn having a heavy we ight
pendant from it was riVeted to- my a nkle:.
and am iron band was similarly. fastened
to ID my waist. This band was fastened
by aSchaintto an iron ring deeply sunk IN
8inB.theg solid rock W When these horrible
preparations were completed tho blac k-
smith left mo and a. mason brit ked ! up
stha. @sllt through which I had Is entered,
leaving only a hand breadth Of space tor.
air5g and the thrusting through of such
scraps OF food 3as$Werc to e3alloWed me.
Language y Is powerless to i d escrlbes tn
feelings q Of a man in such q posi- ion. + g
realizes that his only. hope Is In disease
disease bred of the darkness. the damp,
ness, Rtt the starvation, andatthe horrible
fifth, He says to himself: How long. 20
God u how long'?'--For hours remained
prone and inert-how long I8do not know;
night and day all S$nre one In y the "a un-
geons yof3 $Ceuta. Then began to think:
Gould ia escape? I felt that all power 90
thought. all cleyerness would Eoon desert
me, and I said to myself III any thing is
to be done, it must be done at once.'sgl
knew not then what long drawn horrors
a mortal could endure. 3S " heneyer I at,
tempted to clall< tho iron mass fnsteneu
to my leg would VI bring me up short 1
often, 4 In my early forgetfulness 70 f.ait
throwing me prone upon my face AFTER
n little AZ learned to move Witha n hal ting
gate strlding out with the free limb and
iDausinEgtoS bring my burd en- wit h me wi tn
the other This ha bit W. learned n III sth g
suualer and darkness Of the dunge .hells
Of Ceuta, / have never beer q pie 81 2
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