Salt Lake Herald | 1891-10-06 | Page 1 | Cuban Bandits

CUBAN BANDITS The Execution of Mandez in NoV No-V a V Terrifies Them Manuel Garcia Murders I Man an His Wife and Addresses a Letter the Civil Authorities Author-ities Giving ilLs Reasons Therefor HAVANA Oct 5The execution of Eus tasio Mandez the kidnaper does not seem to have Instilled any fear into the hearts of other persons engaged in brigandage and kidnaping in various parts of Cuba Intelligence reached the city today of another brutal crime committed by bandits An outlaw named Manuel Man-uel Garcia with two other bandits made an attack upon the residence of Seflor P Hernandez and killed both him and his wife When an officer searched the body of Seflor Hernandez he found in one of the I pockets of his clothing a letter from Garcia addressed to the civil authorities of Quivi can placed in the pocket of the victim to I show his contempt of the efforts of the I authorities to capture him The murdered couple leave four children i Hernandez was aged 40 and his wife who I i was pregnant was 32 Garcias letter says fernandez had been my friend from boy II hood I killed him because he tried to de liver me to the guards I have never be fore killed a woman but I killed his wife because she induced him to betray Ir I me I hurt only those who hurt me I