The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-16
Great | rials Of History.


ono or Tho df-.ct tuUuorros that
l.r,,.,,h, on Tho var b.;,ycon Tho
l.,t,.G s,.t,s ana epaIn In 1SJC. aside
r,,,, ,b, Llouin.. m tho NIn!ne. was
,r,, rr ,,.,-fr., ci,i,cn. bv tho
e..'t.h .,,,.,,.,,,.-t or ttr island I'm
otr.s lion 10 a ,rca,y that existed be
.t,,., ,bo two countries which hnd
- ,...tsel rrn of inc mon uDou
,,b...l Inc spaulsil roycrnment was
ern...lv severe WINS General Julio
s.,rn,liy ,,,.n had nceu IMPRISONED.
..,.,--r, IN min trc,,v for several
y..,.
on I-ohr,i,r, - 1857. tho question
.,. ,.,, - b ,ic c'.p,t donond-
,,, roI..gc Of tho prlsonsr the ros-
.i,,,io, tblt ,,1s adop,cd wac as fol-
i.,,s u'Ttt tbc ,soVrrnrneut If tho
i-,.tod Sfotos demands tho Immediate
and unconditional rolcasa of Iull1
Sn,guili,. n citizen Of the United
cttce Crorn i,purisoU,r.nt and nrro.t
u,T.r .rc .bnrros tha, arc bending
ana mr.. bclne prosecuted against him
T., 80 r,ilI,ery and cIvn courts or
G,,il unnn alleged grounds Of rebellion
ana l,ItraDpIrg" Thu resolution also
stiuu1a,.d tbnt the Srai!sh govorr-
,nrnt ahoi,ld commensurate S,nieuilly for
Ms ir,rr!soumcut and sunoriucs
S,rg,tll, had taken on, h!e natur-
.lIzntio- rar.-s 80 a citizen OF this
country In ISIS lie had been a rn-
i've az ,uba. on The dnv before the
-yAnliIbn l.srl-F Iut miles from lfe-
conn no yes nrrcst.d I'm the bath
room, or his house lie was Immediate
IL, -.L., ~ i,il erd an tho came night
80 t.. ,bro,,,.b n Rigorous .yarninn-
49, ,ctii,ory oriccrs without, the
nrcao,r. OF counsel or witnesses.
H. g. ob,,o,s mar INC churr.s ;vcro
r,iso frou Inc fac, that Snngu,lly'a
,ro,,nd v,n,,ld hovc kont him out OF
,ettvo service and his ago would rav.
rr6n,bitcd him from Eo!ng into tho
,u,lit,r,, parvirn or ,,uh, I'm, hc. wa.
ION, In nrfso, undnr ono nrctoyt ard
ann,hcr for . long ncrlod FINALLY.
nftcr NAM dciavq ana NAM rro,
tcst0tiors ON ,be po-t Of mo govern
men, OF tho I-ni,cd states. I'm Nove,n
boz. 1898 no was placed on trial Tn.
American rovcroruent. W 10 that Tine
,yae IN total iruornncc OF what the
chart,os we're Tn. prisoner md M.
counsel demanded th. charges. bu,
,vcro refused Tho trial vos continu,o
to peccr,hcr ~ 1886 nnd no evidence
vas .rlytn witch In tho slirhtcs, de-
crc,. would convic, Sanrrluv.
Tic vac accused or nclnr n rnonn.,
or the committee Who was conduct
ing the war against Cuba from New
YORK CIV. SnnnullIv had no, bocr
in New Tor. since 1875 There were
others little less serious if they had
been true. one unfortunate element,
in the case yns Tho tnohuitv IN
rrove rome OF tho charges brought
against the prisoner on account @,
the Gcnth pcnaltv thnt had hoon nd
rliuistcrod 10 some of hts friends who
would have been able TO assist him I'm
proving hls innocence
This was tho second trial OF San
gully. the FIRST having occurred the
previous year and resulted. on De-
ccnlbcr g. 1895, In his being con
demned 70 HE imprisonment III
chaus. The second trial ended on
December %. 1896, repeating the SEN
tenec of life imprisonment and or
dcring the prisoner to pay half tho
expenses. Counsel for the prisoner
announced that they would nppcal
from tho judgment OF the Tribunal
TO the Supreme Court nj Madrid on
tho ground that the Indictment was
defective In form and that the court