The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-11


more cautious than their brethren. re-
fused point blank to incrlminate them
selves, but II made little difference in the
end.
Lencastrc then crossed into Spain,
where he conferred with the Royglst
leaders in hiding there. II, persuaded
the Count of ManSualdc. already con-
dcPlned In his absence t. penal SEW ituda.
and young officer named Pedro Vel
laGas to cross over To- ol'orto and lead
the uprising. There Admiral Coutino. an
other OF Lencastrus dupes. was to join
them
In Oporto Lencastre placed his dupss
In hiuing In a house he had provided for
them. One day he came In great alarm.
The whole plot has been discovered"
he said. "Tho police are on our track"
SPY Denounced All hts Friends.
Under prctsxt of arranging for their
fight he borrowed slOu from the Count
of Manguaide and he went away. lie
promised to send wort whore thcy shoUlG
meet Nm. The word soon came WITH tho
iujunc ton that the two EoNal~tS niu.t
hurry. as there was 10 time 70 lose. The
Count and Neladas left the house dis
suised as peasants. No sooner were
they in the street than 4 young man
lifted his hat Ia s,lutation. 1t was Lem
castro and this was the Judas sim. In
stantly the Carbouar!os frli OF the
peasants The Count of Manguade is
now In the penltencitra at Lisbon be.
ginning a twenty year sentence. Vel
ladas is IN the prison NJ oiorto his face
stlll liVld from IA, heating he received
ut the hands of the CarbOnarios.
Lencastre's trcachcry went further than
this. however. He turned his list OF
1900 Royallst names over tn the Govern
mcnt. Nearly all Of them are now be hind
the bars.
Among the victims OF the traitor is Dr.
Constaucio Rogue he Castro. lie was
formerly Minister 10 the Argentine and
on behalf OF Portugal arranged CONNER
cia1 treaties with the United States,
Germany, Bulgaria and Servia. He was
also member of the Colonial Council
lie was suddenly dismissed from his
nigh Office after his denunciation by the
traitor. Lcncas;re called ON this eA-
diplomat on several occasions. trying to
get money from him. Each time he was
turned away. The traitor. however. dc-
nounCed him to the Government and now
Or. De Castro Is ia the Aljule' At opor'o
after having suffered solitary confinement
At Lisbon. lie stl awaits his tTiu! on
tho charge OF conspiracy.
Tho Chronicles correspondent, Visited
| the two great prisons IN Lisbon, the
L!noerlo and the r,uteneiar;.. The
| former ovcrlooks the Tagus and was one
a palace, that 81 Count Andero, u scene
J OF medieval tragedies. Her. on the upper
iioor were found the political prisoners
huddled together n rooms that looked
like rabbit warens. The scenes here re-
minded one OF DlckensS descriptions or
the old Marshalsea and debtors prisons
OF London Many OF these men had been
seven, eight and even ten months without
trial
At tine penitenc!ara all tho political
prisoners had been tried and sentenced
TO long terms OF Imprisonment by the
- t.l f,,r
way all cases are now tried since Il clVil
Jury acquitted seven men arrested on
very tiimsy evidence. Military triIunais
under the direction OF the Minister OF
War. with turles OF soldiers under the
orders Of their officers, now handle all
cases and there are very itW acddl'tals'
The penitencuru, which the Portuguese
officials call II first class prison, STANDS
upon high ground outside Lisbon II IS
n great white building built IN the shape
of "A star, with corridors along eacn point
There are little cells along each corridor
and into these cells Il prisoner Is put IN
solitary confinement until lie escapes
either Nv becoming insane or by death
/ Tho prison In up TO date ana is kept
Z beautifully clean, The ordinary cri'nina,
who comes here works alone III MS cell
nj wood carving or booi>making and When
he IL allowed 10 take exercise II" mas
only his sha,,ow TO keep him company
Gibhering idiots. It IL said. ar" taken
away by the cartloao, sometimes seven OF
eight al a time. one Of the Royilists I'M
urisoned here. Don Joao d'Alnrlda' VINO
led an uprising in the north said ihat the
worst torture that the PRISONERS hhu 10
endure WAS the howls and shrieks OF tnt
men at night who had lost their minus
ur who were on the point OF losing them
only recently tho Government inausu-
rated a new regime So that the prisoners
are now allowed to converse WIN one
another AZ n prescribed time each day
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