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OLD GLORY, A FLAG WORTH DYING FOR Cuban authorities.' BANK WRECKER WARNER. IIe Does Not Wish to Face the DoA CUBAN PROTEST frauded Depositors. st the Action of Our Government in Louisville, Ky., July 25.-Louis Warner, the Massachusetts bank wrecker Retaining Spanish Officials who was captured here Saturday, talkin Office. ed freely at the city jall with a press tiago de Cuba. July 25.-The Curepresentative regarding his case. Warhere resent General Shafter's atner spent a restless night in his cell. e in ignoring General Garcia and He arose several times during the fusing to allow the Cuban troops night and walked to and fro across ter Santiago or to consult General the floor, running his hands nervously a on the terms of the surrender through his hair. He was up bright ) city. and early yesterday morning and asked eral Garcia's action in withdrawthe turnkey if they could not allow is troops into the interior, his lethim to sit in the parlor a while before General Shafter and his resignabreakfast. The privilege was granted, of his command, forwarded to and he seated himself comfortably in al Gomez, are approved and apan easy chair. He bought all the ed by all classes of natives. Genmorning papers and read carefully Garcia refused to accept a subevery line that had been written about him. to place, insisting that he was an General Shafter's answer, saying "I guess I am the worst man in the his was a war between the United United States," said he laughingly. I and the kingdom of Spain, irDetective Tom Maher, to whom Wartive of Cuba's individual interner first confessed his identity. says the nd President McKinley's instrucembezzler offered him $10,000 in cash with reference to the administo release him. h of the surrendered district, pubWhen seen at the jail yesterday afhere, are interpreted as a tacit ternoon Warner was in good spirits. I of American intentions to an"I suppose you want me to tell you le island and not to grant inleall I know." said he laughingly. "I ce. This is opposed by the Cuwill not do that, for then you would know as much as I. But I will talk to eeting was held Saturday afteryou. 1 do not intend to touch on my ret the San Carlos club to dismiss lations with the Northampton bank, atter and it is probable that a except to say that I am Lewis Warner, I will be drawn up, which will be and am wanted for embezzling a large ted. It is understood that many amount of money. 1 do not know the ere present at the meeting faexact amount. From all accounts, the scheme of a protectorate by however, the shortage must be over ited States, with eventual an$600,000. Furthermore, I do not intend n ter five or six years, but the to say how I lost my money and beis on a matter of principle, the came so entangled. It is sufficient to bjection being the continuation say that I am charged with embezzling le of Spanish officials appointed the funds of the banks. I see by the lrid, on the ground that Spanpapers that the banks are in the hands as conquered, should not be of receivers and all my property has with authority over Cubans, the been sold off to pay part of the shortand coadjutors of the United age. My residence was one of the and the representatives of a free finest in Northampton I hate to think ependent people. Such is underthat my old home is gene, but that is O have been the tenor of the only one of the things which trouble me. My manufactories not bring more than one-fifth of the total indebtedness of the banks." "Have EERED OUR FLAG. money now?' Water asked. Prisoners of War Pay Tribute to "I have not a dollar," replied WarDld Glory As They Leave ner. "I am penniless, and it hurts me very much to deny myzelf the many Brooklyn For Home. luxuries which I formerly enjoyed." York, July 25.-Prisoners of war "Do you want to be taken to Northampton?" the flag of their captors was usual sight witnessed at the "Well, I can't say that I do," replied Warner. "I hate to face these ock in Brooklyn yesterday. The who were depositors in the banks. It as all the more significant as will be difficult for me to go among the rs came from Spanish throats. people who 80 often honored me and 54 prisoners captured on the I elected me to positions of trust. ze steamers now in port were should much rather be taken to Bosi sall for home under the Britten." / o They were on board the Hes-
