. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW On OctoliL-r 22(1 an at- Gciii'ial was made to assas- Uticna sinate Major-General Pino Attacked Uiierra, commander of the Cuban army. Gvniral Guerra was leaving the Pr-.'si- dentiai Palace when he was shot in the thigh and seriously wounded. A sentry on guard at the palace gate also was siiot. the l)u!ict striking him in the breast. The assailant, who was captured, proved to be a mem!)er of the national secret police. The cause of the murderous attack is not known. Governor Magoon appointed General Gucrra commander-in-chief of the armed forccs of Cuba,
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW On OctoliL-r 22(1 an at- Gciii'ial was made to assas- Uticna sinate Major-General Pino Attacked Uiierra, commander of the Cuban army. Gvniral Guerra was leaving the Pr-.'si- dentiai Palace when he was shot in the thigh and seriously wounded. A sentry on guard at the palace gate also was siiot. the l)u!ict striking him in the breast. The assailant, who was captured, proved to be a mem!)er of the national secret police. The cause of the murderous attack is not known. Governor Magoon appointed General Gucrra commander-in-chief of the armed forccs of Cuba, and later, when the command was divided and General Mon- tcagudo was made commander of the rural guard, with rank equal to that of Guerra, a C(K)lness ensued between them. The court on Xovember IJd visited the general at the Camp Columbia Hospital to take his declaration, but he refused to make any statement. On Xovember Gth he was reported as improving. ]\Ir. Frank Steinhart, Vice- President Zayas and Juan Gualberta Gomez have been cited to testify in the case, in consequence of an allegation that the would-be assassin of (juerra is the man who last year planned the assassina- tion of Vice-President Zayas. The Xcii! York Herald said that Mr. Steinhart's testimony on November loth was that some time last year he had in- formation of a plot to kill him, \'ice- Prcsidtnt Zayas, Sr. San Miguel, the edi- tor of La Liicha, and General Guerra; and added that General Monteagudo, com- mander of the rural guards, also knew of the existence of the plot. President Gomez, Mr. Steinhart said, promised to confer with General Montea- gudo. Mr. Steinhart also said he believed that Sr. San Miguel's life having been at- tempted not long ago in the house of rep- resentatives and General Guerra's very re- cently, these two instances might be re- lated. General Aleman and Sr. Gualberto Go- iTiez, both prominent in politics, also testi- fied, as well as Vice-President Zavas, and although little of
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