The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-03
PRICE TWO CENTS.
EVARTS AND THE ESTELLE.
THE DE FiCTO sECRETiRYs DEALTyos
WITH IN ADYENTURER.
both the Owner OF tho E.teIIe and the Hovss
Committee on Foreign Affairs Unable e
Get Information In the state Depnrtme.A.

Both the Owner OF tho Esteiie and the Hou..
Committee on Foreign AFFAIR. Unable -
Get Information In the state Departme.l.
WASHINGTON, April 2.-The steam yacht
Estellc is the property OF an American citizen.
II has been decided In our Federal courts that
1t is Lawful for American citizens to ship In
American vessels arms and ammunition OF war
to the Cuban patriots actually at war with Spain
Tho Estollo Is unable 10 carry guns. and con-
scquontly incapable Of being fitted out with in
tont to prey upon the commerce Of friendly
nation. the only prospective condition under
which sho could be Justly libcllcd under the
laws Of this country
Some delay. far more than necessary. occur
red in obtaining an inspectors certificate for
the boilers OF tho Estellc but when the Execu-
tlvc Department here dared not delay the
granting OF this certificate any longer. thc
Hon. William NJ. Evarts Secretary OF State
sent word to Don Antonio Mantllla dc los Rios.
the Spanish Minister. that il was impossible for
him to refuse clearing the Estells unless Man
tila could furnish him with evidence thnt il was
the intention of the owner Of the vessel to fit her
out in violation Of the neutrality laws.
As this little craft could not carry evon one
gun Mr. Mnntila obtained from ono Of his
accompliccs the notorious William Fitz-Chnrlcs
furnished with torpcdoes. TO be used against
Spanish merchgnt Vessels. Forths service Mr..
MNntllla pald Mctnrty Tho sum Oi $1,000 in
casn. besides prom sing to obtain for him from
Madrid "A commission OF colonel Of enginoors
IN the Spanish army; The bogus evidence was
After receiving 1t. Evarts sent by tho informer
to the Minister an ASSURANCE. endorsed by q
note from Hayes, that the Estele should rot
at her moorings.' and that 1t would be impos-
sible Tor my one. oven to ascertain tho source
from which the information was obtained.
20 have nothing to say about tho action Of tks
Spnnis Minister. HIo and his predecessors
here have been paid TO accomplish the ends de-
ll4lF (tgas.
FAR as the Secretary Of State q this country is
only accepted evidence which was perlured but
no went to the extreme Of guaranteeing 10
shield the man who fu.rnished It, by declaring
thnt the source would not be revealed. aud,
when tho Subcommittee OF the Committee of
Foreign Affairs OF the House Of Representa-
tvcs. in pursuance OF q resolution referred 10
II, applied 20 Mr. Eyarts for tho evidence on
which the Estelle was detained. he declined to
unsuccessful In obtaining from the State De-
partment any Information as TO the nature OF
the Iibc against his vessel or the name OF the
Now. since the evidence against the Rstee
was Rivcn here bv McCarty to Evarts ut the
State Department on the 29th of December last
affdaNits have been signed in New York which
prove that the whole evidence was false More
Of Now York indicted McCarty and his wife Tor
forgery, perjury, and obtaining money under
false prstcnces. On the very day on which tho
McCarty and his wife left Washington for thar
city. Neither has been arrested. although I
have good reason to believe that detcct YES from
tho District Attorneys Office were actually in
this city whom tho indictment was found in
New York, and that both McCary and his wife
have been residing in the jurisdiction OF tho
New York courts.
II is regarded here a. an open secret that no
action .s to ,-' ..ksn against MrCarty. His
arrest would place both Mr.. Evars and Mr..
Mantilla IN tho most unfayorable light not To
say in most uncomfortable positions. Both
have accepted and used perIurod testimony to
damage the property OF an American citizen.
VINO was SO clearly innocent of all intent Ia yio-
late any law. that absolutely no evidence hut
such MS was too shameful to produce could b9
obtained against him. another inevitable
suit Of the arrest Of McCarty would be the ro-
lease OF the Istelle