Show maceo was led jinto ambush 3 afie they made pretense of a desire lor peace and ill is alisia aina fla dec 12 the citizen sunday contained the following relative to the death of antonio maceo justo carrillo Oar rillo a aeu known cuban of this city brother of the caban oar rillo has received the following letter from a trustworthy correspondent in bayana concerning the report of the death of antonio maeo and showing that he was killed by treachery HAVANA dec 9 dear friend our brave general antonio maseo and the greater part of his staff hive been murdered by the spaniards the spanish major the part of a gaail with dr maxim Zar as an assistant in the horrible drama convinced that notwithstanding his enormous army ho could do nothing against our gallant leader alo had so repeatedly defeated the spanish generals in pinar del rio weyler conceived the idea of appeasing his beastly instincts by cold flooded murder aad making the beet of the secret relations between dr ha end the marque of ahumada he planned the lat his hellish boheme la tW eyler tooba he field and in his absence ahumada proposed through a conference with diceo to take place at a certain point in the province of havana with the view of arranging plans lor the cessation of hostilities tili ties the basis was to be cubas independence and a monetary indemnity to spain together with certain advantages that should be agreed upon for commerce and spanish cap ital invested there to carry out the plan the agreement was that orders should be given to the detachments of troops stationed on the trocha on the section between mariel and guanaj ay to allow maceo with his staff to pass the military line unmolested time waa required to mature these arrangements and to give them all the appearance of truth ahumada feigned that before acting he must make them known to weyler lor bravious pr avious approval this explains the sudden arrival of devler in havana and his prompt return to pinar del bio the conditions and piece of the meeting haying been agreed on maceo crossed the over the road to guanajay Gua najay without being molested bv the forts but as as he arrived at the place decided upon be and his par ty were greeted by a tremendous volley from the troops under maj Ciru jeda who lay conveniently in ambush most i f the officers on his fell with gen maceo ba is alive because he wag aware of the scheme and remained in the rear the spaniards know where the bodies are but are bent on feigning u norance to blot cut the vestiges of the crime |