The American left-wing journalist Josephine Herbst, then on a visit to the Civil War front, found out that he had been arrested and shot as an alleged "spy for Francoists", and conveyed this information to Ernest Hemingway and Dos Passos who were in Madrid.
O xornalista estadounidense de esquerdas Josephine Herbst, nunha visita á fronte de guerra, descubriu que fora arrestado e fusilado por ser un espía das tropas franquistas, e deu esta información a Ernest Hemingway e Dos Passos, que estaban en Madrid.