The age-herald., 1898-03-04
WILL NOT DEPEND
 ON THE DIVERS The Board of Inquiry Has Other
 Evidence, REMARKED A NAVAL OFFICER Government Has Employed an Expert Pho tographer Who Will Send Pictures of Pieces of Maine Armor to
 the Officials.
REMARKED A NAVAL OFFICER

Havana, via Key West, March 3.-A naval officer here today in reply to a sug- gestion that it was pity that such an important decision as the verdict of the court of inquiry into the Maine explosion should rest solely upon the testimony of divers who seemed men of only average intelligence, replied:
 'The court of inquiry has not had to de- pend upon divers testimony alone.'
 Then realizing that he had said more than he intended, the officer resumed his habitual reserve. It is believed that Com mander Wainwrights testimony was high ly important as bearing upon the existence of submarine mines.
 The government has employed an expert photographer, now in Havana, who will send to the naval department in Washing ton photographs of armor plates and d,f- ferent portions of the wreck immediately upon recovery from the water.
 If the Spanish court of inquiry, und r Capt. Peral has a definite plan of action, which seems doubtful, 1t has not been made public. The Spanish divers will, of course, report the results of their observa- tions to the Spanish court of inquiry, but when or where has not been made known.
 Senator Proctor has seen much in the short time he has been here and there is good authority for saying that he will make the results of his observations known in a strong speech in the senate on his re- turn to Washington.
 At Matanzas Miss Barton and Senator Proctor, under the guidance of United States Consul Brice and MT. Govas. British vlce-consul saw such suffering as they had never conceived possible. Four persons died in one ward while the party was there.
 Senator Proctor was reticent on the sub ject, but the others of the party declared that the whole of the seat of the island was under the control of Gen. Maxine Co., meg.
 Gen. Proctor, however, went so far as to say to the correspondent of the Associated Press:
 "Certainly a peculiar state of affairs ex- ist resident of Mantanzas told me that if I wished to correspond with Gen. Co., meg he would send my letter to him and have an answer back in short time"
 It is believed now that the body recoverd last Friday and buried here was that of Ouartermaster Robert Burkhardt, Ger man. It was identified by description, by a piece of cloth and paper bearing his name It Is possible, but not certain, that another body buried last week was that of Charles A. Scott of Orange, N. J., carpen- ter's mate.
 An Uneventful Day
 Key West, March 3--Judge Advocate Mark was the only officer of the court of inquiry on shore today Capt. Sampson re- v'ck and Lieut.-Commander Potter on the New York. Even the stegnographers took a holiday.
 Some hitch has occurred in the plans of the court, though it has been understood that the members arc waiting orders from Washington, through Admiral Slcard.
 An unidentified body from the Maine wreck was brought here this morning on board the coast survey steamer Bache. It was taken to the city cemetery covered with the stars and stripes. Lampkln, Wa ters, Shea and Heffron, wounded men of the Maine, were brought here today and taken to the barracks. They are doing well.