The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-04
SPANISH OFFICIALS
ARE now ACCUSED
OF concocting the Destruction Of tho
rIaine.
A DIVER In THE CASE,
ALLEGED to Have Been Killed After He Did
the Work For LargeSum OF Honey
His Wife In an Insane
Asylum.

explosion was done by tho direction and
with tho full knowledge of responsible
Spanish officials on tho island, who to
conceal thar crime, took the llfo of t. =
man who did the work, after having pal
him $50 ,0cO
His widow, tho story says, was immed
ntely placed in he insane asylum at M
zora So that whatever charges or reye
tions she may mako will be regarded as t.
rawlings of a disordered mind
The statement will he placed before T.
court of inquiry Tomorrow.
1t would be difficult to conceive Of plot
more hellish.
According to this circumstantial story
which comes from Havana to FL Yara,o one
of the most conservative and respectable
Cuban newspapers published in the United
States. q Spanish diver named BirquiA
well known In Havana, was employed to
place mine under the American battle-t
ship and connect it by wires with Santa
Catalina, a tongue Of land running inn
Havana Bay.
Ell Yara's Informant says that Barquin
was taken aboard tho steamship Colon
after having received his orders from thu
chief of the Military Arsenal. and therd
met Crisanto Cnlvo, the captain OF thu
vessel This was at 2 O'Clock in the after
noon Of February Is.
Barquin brought with his divers sui
and the magazine that was to be place.
beneath the keel of the Maine. He was 3,
lowered from the Colon and made his way
about thirty feet on tho bottom of the har-
Dor and deposited the magazine at the spot
to which he had been directed. Then he
returned to the deck of the Colon, took off,
his suit and was rowed ashore to santa
Catalina carrying with him TWO slender
wires
A connection was made with the electric
light plant to give the necessary battery
power. ..
Barquin received the sum agreed upon
and took the money home to bis wife, to
whom he told the whole story. He was
comparitively poor man, and $4,000 was
to him fabulous fortune.
In couple Of hours he was told that his
services were again required by the Gov
eminent He was directed to make an in
spection OF the after part Of the keel of tho
Alphonso XII. Barquin won't down. and
as soon US he was we'll under water tho
rubber tubing which supplied him with air
was out and no was allowed to asphyxiate.
As soon as it was certain that he was
dead his body was hauled up, stripped Of
a.. III lad in In ri .
warehouse in Santa Catalina until 945
o'clock at night, when the circuit was
closed and the Maine destroyed.
The body of the diver was thrown into
the bay and was subsequently picked up,
and, in the Excitement, was taken for one
OF the Names crew.
Ell Yara's correspondent makes the al
most incredible statement that Barquin
was buried with til, battleship's dead as
an unidentified corpse.
Atlanta, Ca, March 4.-The Navy De-
purtment Is transferring marines from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coast in very sus-
picious mnancr For three successive dnys
a party of two or three marines have pass.
cd through each day. Oh their way to tho
Paoifc coast
Six or eight parties have gone through
Atlanta this week, and other will reach
hcro to morrow via tho Southern Railway
bound for the West.
Boston, March flames Ray. Supreme
Grand Mas or Of the Loyal Orange lnsti-
tuition of thu initial States OF America,
In, sent to President Mckinley tho follow
ing letter:
II bog to offer the services Of 10000
Grangemen in defense OF our country's
flag in this or any other hour Of danger
H"Evcry man capable of taking tho field
Is ready and willing at your call
Our membership consists only OF citizens 81
who arc obliged to maintain the Consti-
tuition and laws of the United States"
Mr.. Ray added: ave arc firm in cur
belief that the Maine was blown up Ivy the
Spaniarls. and that they should be VOL
punished for the crimo.'
Washington, March 4.-Tho War Do.
partment has decided to again occupy Dry
Tortugas for military purposes This ID
most important as it shows careful prop
aratGn for war. The move follows quick-
ly tho singing Of u large contract for 49,
munitinn
A lot ter has been sent by General v
sen, the Chief Of Army Engineers, to
Secretary of War, who in turn has suHm
ted it to tho Secretary of the Trcasul.
asking that tho Government reservation,
originally under the jurisdiction Of The
War Department and at thnttiiIe known
as Fort jefferson, he returned to tho do.
partment
Dry Torugas was tho sto OF military
post years. ago. In 1855, ut the solicit
tntion OF the Treasury Department, it was
loaned to the Marine Hospital Service asa
location for It's quarantine. Tne unlar-
standing at the time was that the Troa,
sury Depart mont would surrender tho
to the military authorities
which it was wanted for military pur.
pU.Cs.
Scovei says not Guilty
Henr; :. Scovel, John Mcahsw. George
W. Miles and Samuel VI. johnson we're
arraignod in The Camden Court OF Oyer
a nd IV,r,n moi puyly tp.lay a plpn1 tn tba