Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-08-24 | Page 2 | Butchered the Insurgents

BUTCHER EDTHE insurgents spanish soldiers charged with atrocious deeds WOUNDED CUBANS KILLED one hundred were hacked to pieces by order 0 of the spanish commander insurgents threaten to ile ee united states government censured by the spanish press one hundred thousand troops chicago aug 23 3 A special dispatch from key west fla says ay reliable advices advises from cuba indicate that the spaniards Span larda in their efforts to suppress the rebellion relie lilon are perpetrating street ties us as horrible as aa those attributed to the burds kurds in armenia A few days ago capt garrido a Span laid operating with a company 0 of men in the pro ince nce of santiago de cuba discovered a hospital whole henily wounded insurgents had taken refuse refuge garrido ordered the helpless liel pless men inert to be put to death in the most MOE t cruel manner jio ile refused to allow them to be shot but made his soldiers chop up the victims with swords the wounded insurgents were literally d dismembered is mem bared by the spanish butchers this atrocious act together with the execution 0 of capt domingo maglica at matanzas july has greatly inflamed the people against tile span lards and many prominent cubans heretofore loyal toy at to spain are naw no w joining tile the insurgents Insul ants gents the insurgent leaders it Is said have r resolved to retaliate for mere butcher ies ica and will mill put to d death c th all spanish lm prisoners and order li that no prisoners be taken hereafter martinez lne campos apparently r realizes e alices the hopelessness of the situation tor for in an interview with inith oen gen Ar artderius Ard erlus derius hla his brother ln in law he be stated that he feared cuba was lost campos said he did not have the money necessary to early cany on the war and that his troops were poorly fud fed and completely demoralized