The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-30
THERE VAS NO rREAoHERY.

Among the Drowned.
 New York, Jan. 29.-The story printed in morning newspaper that some one connected with the Cuban Junta is sup posed to have profted in the purchase of the wrecked J. w. Hawkins is au- thoritatively denied. It is described as a yarn made from whole cloth. Not a Cuban here thinks of such a thing.
 The J. w. Hawkins was purchased through responsible American firm of high standing. She was bought in Bal timore and she was there examined from stem to stern, hull and machinery. She was pronounced stanch, swift and seaWorthy. She was examined by an American expert and an engineer of known ability honesty and experience.
 Even now there is no thought among the Cuban leaders here that the flaw kins was anything but what her exam iners pronounced her The cause of her sinking must be looked for some- where else. Of course, there can be no public investigation, but private one will be instituted.
 The general belief of the Cubans at the headquarters of the Junta is that traitor on board the Hawkins sunk the ship.
 The great fact which points toward a traitor aboard the boat is the exceed ingly fine lifeboat.s which the Hawkins carried; for no one would have been like ly to give the vessel her mortal injury if thereby every avenue of escape would be cut off. If this be a correct sup position the result bears out the idea of the traitor.
 After the examination and purchase of the Hawkins at Baltimore, the ship was coaled in that city. No Cubans were on board when she started for New York, She behaved splendidly on her trip up here and seemed to fulfil every requirement. admirably. She ar rived here on the might of January P, and then took on her arms and ammunition. When the Cubans had boarded her and she steamed for Cuba early on Sunday morning every one was in the best of spirits. They thought that they had a vessel under them that would answer any and all calls that could be made upon her.
 The Hawkins had on board IF souls all told, of which 101 were volunteers. The crew numbered sixteen. Fifty more were expected, but in the hurry in leaving port these men were left be- hind. There was plenty of room for them on board.
 After the examination of the Hawkins in Baltimore she was re-examined in New York What was found true at the first examination was more than substantiated at the second, when the Cubans themselves looked the Hawkins over.
 The price paid for the ship was a shade under $15,000. It was perfectly satisfactory.
 It was not until Monday night that suspicion of anything wrong aboard the craft arose. Neither the captain nor the engineers made the discovery that there was water in the engine room. One of the volunteers found it out. The men were hustled out of their hunks with hardly chance to put on their clothes.
 The pumps that shortly before were known to be in good working order re- fused to answer their purpose. They were clogged. A resort to buckets was all that was left to the patriots.
 The survivors who were landed in Boston reached New York last night It was then finally known what the loss in men amounted to-ten all told of whom five were volunteers, and five members of the Hawkins crew.
 Among those in, authority the suppo- sition that the Hawkins was not thor oughly seaworthy is not entertained. Some one aboard is held responsible for the disaster and the loss of the arms and ammunition so necessary to the followers of Gomez and Maceo. The patriots here are cast down, but not discouraged, although harassed by Pinkerton and Spanish spies. Another vessel will straightway endeavor to full fiji the mission on which the Hawkins failed
 Carlos Garcia, son of General Calixto Garcia, who was on board with his father and was one of those rescued, declared that the Hawkins was not sea- worthy and that in sending her to sea with large body of men and valu- able cargo, some one had been guilty of great Cf!ne.
 Another one of the men who were aboard said that the vessel was leak ing frightfully hours before General Garcia knew of it, and that when two Cubans, who had accidentally gone in to the engine room and so discovered the leak, reported it to the general, it was Itoo late to save the ship. He de- nied the story that an explosion had been heard before the ship was discov- cred to be leaking.
 Only five of the six lifeboatts were launched, as one had been injured. Several men went overheard during the rush to get into the boats.
 Those reported to have been drowned include Francisco Gartau, thirty-six years old, who was a captain of one of the insurgent companies; Victor Gomez, forty-two years old, a lieuten- ant; Emile Jallais, forty-five years old a Frenchman and a chemist; Moriano Alberich, a Cuban; the engineer of the Hawkins, who was an American. his assistant, fireman and three of the crew.
 Information has been received to-day that the J. w. Hawkins put out from Baltimore before heading for New York without obtaining the necessary clear ance papers. It is also said that Cap- tain Woodrow. who was in command has been summoned before the collec- Ila-