The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-14
AUG. IA, 1888
CUBANS LOCK
TO new DEAL
AFTER REVOLT
Eyewitness Gives Account
of Dramatic Last Fight
by Machado Forces.
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avengers. repaying murder with
murder. seeking 20 exact direct pen
anty for the killing Of brothers, ia
theirs, sons.
The men they hunt in many in
stances were assissins serving prison
terms when Machado released them
to turn on his political enemies.
When I stood in front of the
United Press Offices a week ago to-
day and saw jubliant. peaceable. I'M
armed people celebrating a prema-
ture report Of Machado's fall, and
when later I saw them shot down
coldly by police, become convinced
there was little chance for Machado
Mourning the twenty-one dead in
that massacre, the Cuban people
then presented a united front
against him.
The army which supported Ma
chado for eight years. sensed ma
tional feeling had turned definitely
against him. andn told him TO his
face he had TO go.
Hung on Until Last
Blinded by obvious facts. Mach
ado hung on. dickering with Amer
lean Ambassador Sumner Welles,
hoping even to the last that he
might put his follower General AL
berto Herrera in his place
On Saturday the populace, for
four years oppressed by the police
and the Porristas. heard the news
of liberation and lost all restraint.
A huge crowd swept into the
presidential palace From the street
I hear dthe sound of breaking fur
niture and the crash of glass as
pictures we're ripped from walls.
The police offered no resistance
and the sackers streamed out with
foodstuffs, trophies, books, silver
ware, tablecloths, picture frames,
dishes, brio a brac, and even piano
keyes as souvenirs.
Some trampled the gardens, lead
ing down TO the bay, uprooting
flowers. ripping little palm trees
apart
Secret Police Chief Killed
The streets filled rapidly as news
spread. Fortunately the cafes, in
observance of the general strike,
were closed. Little aalcoholic in
Toxication was apparent. II was a
type of intoXication much more
complete than that produced by
alcohol
I saw the killing of Colonel An
tonic Jiminez. chief of Machado's
dreaded Porra, on the Prado. He
was the first Porrista to die and it
was the signal for a hunt through
the city for his men.
Just after Machado fell Jiminc-
left police headquarters. The crowd
spotted him. He drew his gun and
opened fire. A soldier killed him.
The crowd mangled his corpse
and dragged it through the street.
The slayers was lifted up to Shout
ders like a football hero and car
ried at the head of a cheering mob.
Later the crowd looted and burned
the plant of FL Heraldo, the news
paper owner by Machado's secretary
of state. Orestes Ferrara. Furniture
ash registers, linotypeS and files
we're broken and scattered in the
streets. The crowd impeded the
firemen who put out the fire.
Barker Shop Sacked
Then I saw the sacking of the
shop of Machados barber between
the Plaza hotel and the American
Club
II started when a man from the
crowd walked up and broke the
plat glass window with a buldgeon
He was joined by others. a mob
formed and everything was smashed
Police and soldiers. realizing the
significance of the peoples explo-
sive emotions. made no effort To
halt by force their depredations
Under Machado they frequently shot
into the crowds.