Evening star., 1933-08-20

MISS MARIA MCCORMICK.
convictS who have been sentenced to life
imprisonment or to death for murder.
Machado had been releasing these des-
perate murderers one by one on condi-
ton that they would serve him. They
formed his secret army. He had a
couple of thousand of these ruthless
desperadoes. They were the villains who
were committing the atrocities and
eliminating personal enemies Machado
wanted out of the way.
The Porrista first recognized in
front Of our office was Jiminez, chief of
the Porristas. He was accompanied by
his aide. The mob surged toward the
pair of them. Jiminez rushed to try to
get into the Spanish casino. It was
locked He then sneaked behind the
columns, lodged, ducked back into our
street, his revolver blazing away as he
backed. When he edged into our door,
way Parmerton showed and kicked him
right out into the street again. The
mob was after them in a moment. jim
inez and his aide ducked into a drug
store across Virtudes, and then the
fight began.
The mob killed them both, demol-
ished the drug store, and three bullets
came through the iron gates Of our
offices, smashed the windows, and
buried themselves in the furniture. There
were four men here in the offices at
the time. They had moved the heavy
safe in front Of one Of the side doors.
But the mob crashed in any way, look
ing to see If any Porristas might be
hiding here.
20 Riots in One Day.
Altogether about 20 such local riots
occurred that day in various parts of
Havana. And by that time every one
began to take notice that neither the
police nor the troops were interfering
or stopping the people
That night at IL o'clock Col. San
gilie of the Cuban Army went to Am
bassador Welles and informed Welles
that the Cuban Army and the aviation
and the police forces had turned against
Machado.
Ambassador Welles then notified
President Machado he had better get
to hell out before any one could reach
the palace. Machado took the tip and
skipped before the mob could intercept
him. He calmly left his family behind
went accompanied by Molinet, Viriato
Gutierrez and couple of his hench-
men.
"Machado had better not try to enter
the United States, after the way he
treated Ambassador WelleS I doubt II
the Government would permit his en-
try.
After Machado's flight from Cuba,
every one (populace, police, troops
went after the whole Machado cabinet
and all the Machado politicos and the
Porristas, rushing to their houses and
sacking them, but finding that most of
the hated individuals had fed.
In he Machado house. just up the
street from our dwelling, about six
Porristas were hiding when the mob
attacked that house
Mothers curiosity will be the death
of her one of these days. She deter
minedly stood on our balcony to watch
the attack, with all that shooting at
such close range
'All the PorristaS there were caught
and killed, and two students also were
killed.
THE mob dragged the furniture out
and burnt it in the street. The four
big cars belonging there and used by
the Porristas were also set on fire. I
almost died of fright when I saw the
big Rolls-Royce blazing away under our
balcony window, knowing that its gas
tank would explode any moment. But
fortunately some men pushed the big
car into the lot before it exploded.
But when the explosion did come a
Few seconds later it shook everything
to pieces.
FROM that time on there was con-
stant shooting all over Havana.
Bombs were exploding near and
far everywhere.
But by 10 o'clock Saturday morning
the new President was named. Then
for the first time the general public
knew definitely that Machado had quit
and gone. All the developments had
been kept from the people.
When the new President was sworn
In the MORO guns thundered 81 times
in his honor.
Mob Makes for Palace.
THE mob organized Immediately. 1t
made for the palace. But of course
Machado had been gone from there al
most II hours. Yet they sacked the
palace.
They found that Machado had even
cows, pigs and chickens in the palace
to make sure he should not suffer from
hunger, even if the people starved. The
people dragged everything out of the
palace. Then they hurried out to Ma
chados farm. Not finding any trace
of Machado there, they distributed Ma
chados cattle and other animals among
the poor people.
Flor and Cruz climbed into an aero
plane at Machado Field with dozen
friends and flew into Havana.
To-day there is practically nothing
left of Rancho Boyero. The people set
fire to everything that Machado owned
there.
BILE that is egging on this senseless de-
struction. Such an element forms a
fine soil in which Communism may
grow.
In spite of the sacking, the people
went into the streets by the thousands,