Jose Marti, 42, of Havana at 41 Paula Street, passed Sunday, May 19, 1895. Jose was born January 28, 1853.

If anyone heard the name Jose Marti they would of known they where living under a legand because he was a phenomil activist during the Cuban and Spanish war. Jose was a very well known poet, journalist,translator,and publisher. He began political advocating at a very young age. He is known as one of the greatest turn of the centuries Latin American Intellectuals. Jose death was a cry for Cuban independence from Spain. He was a huge figure in to planning and excuting how the war would work out. He died in battle because he was a lone ranger. He orrdered some of the men to go else where so he was left riding a white horse while wearing nothing but black so it wasn't hard to miss him.