Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1900 — Cervera's Watch in Pawn. [ARTICLE]

Cervera's Watch in Pawn.

The watch of Admiral Cervera, who commanded the Spanish fleet at Santiago, is in pawn in Wichita, Kan. A local, genius ts organizing a company of forty persons to redeem the timepiece and send it back to the admiral. Forty dollars was.the amount advanced on it to a lieutenant in the Twenty-third Kansas regiment, colored. The watch was given to a Cuban pilot hy Admiral Cervera on the morning of the memorable battle for showing him the way out of Santiago harbor. After the battle the Cuban was in bad repute among his countrymen and endeavored to get back to Spain. While skulking in the woods around Santiago he was caught by the lieutenant, who secured the watch from him.