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Show T TltllN llltllKIM. Ttie-lnlian lores) lilnz" Hat llren (rlllnc In His Hork. Nrw Vork, Aug. 15. Kites! advices ad-vices from Havana ftate tliat the outlaw Manuel (iarcb, who tIt, him-clf "King of the Cu'lan Kor.hy has U-eii trying his hand Milt to tlie president of tlie Villa Nueva ltailaay a letter deman ling ?iVit, aud intimated that a failure tocomiJy witli his ritjuit would protaUy reult in ierlous intcrrup-tion intcrrup-tion to travel. Tlie oDlcials of the road i!d no attintion to Oaa-laV eommunicatlon,thereforethe"LIng" led hU nit n to a piace called Km-lolme Km-lolme and tore up nlout one huu-drcd huu-drcd and fin j yards of track on the hie of a sharp curve. Ijate In the aftcrncon a freight train, bound from Itcgla to Matauza, came along. Tlie engineer did not ivn-elve tlie danger until it was too latetoi-ton, and n A ILlll l K1XK eiiHied.UarciaarKl his gang promU-ly promU-ly arritedonthc Mne autl directed direct-ed the conductor to tell tliem which of the cars contained provisions. ISodriguez. the conductor, replied by a warning uot to meddle with any of the freight, and 'll .wed his revolver to enforce lib admoniliona. A fight followed, in which Garcia and his thirty colleagunt ma ie Miort work of Uie live train men. Itodri-guizwas Itodri-guizwas killed, and the engineer, lire-man and one of the brakemen were wounded, and the other brake-man brake-man ran away. I.oaJlrig their mules witli whatever what-ever euited their faucy. the outlaws returned to their mountain fastnesses fastness-es Issfore the civil guard could put in an apjvarance. Garcia left two letters let-ters at the scene of tlie w reek. One was addrenod to the cai4ain of tbe civil guard and Ls trauiated as follows; fol-lows; Sir This train has been wrecked and tbo most valoablo part of its cargo carried off by Manuel Garcia and his men, whom you have previously tried in vain to capture. You are welcome lo try to catch us apain, but I know you will not succeed. The whole government of Spain cannot catch us. You ami yonr miserable troops are no good azafnst Yours in irerUnce, MwccLOencit. The Mrcond lrtter was for the rresJdeutofthe Villa Nueva Ilall-road. Ilall-road. It told. Dear President You see I have kept my word. It would have paid youtoMndme that rr,000. I write this to assure you that I mean to have n oney. You can nmd it now or wall until I have wrecked a few more trains. If you are wio you will forward for-ward at once. If you fail to send lt before Friday, Aornat 1Mb, I shall assume as-sume that yoa want more trains wrecked. Do not flatter yoanelf that the civil guard can catch me. Maicel Garcia, "King of the Cuban Forest." The Havana military authorities have detailt d a large force to hunt Garcia, but nervous people are refraining re-fraining from extending their patronage pa-tronage to the Villa Nueva Hallway. |
