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THAT ANONYMOUS LETTER.
Startling Stat. ments Made by a Ma;
Signing Himself An AdmirSi.
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Signing Himself An AdmiISi.
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WASHINGTON. March 29.-An inter
es,lay featu:e If the puhl!she! report "l
the Maine testimony, issu fionl the
government printing office t%daE, w :
the famous Anonymous letter M INT IN
ed in the -vidence Of Henry Dram, the
clerk of the American consulate at !ia-
yana. The letter was received by Geh-
nal Lee a few days after the Maine
disaster. 1t is dated February 1sth'
1895, and signed IAN 'Admirer.'
1t lis in Spanish. written appa 2sntiy
10y fairly we'll educated person The
certified translation is as frllows:
at should be remember that at the
dawn OF the day of the terrible eotastro-
phe an individual was killed in a SINAI!
boat togcti. r with another who WAS
found wounled and prisoner. Thy
were going about the cruisers Maine
and AlpnonSo MI and as the said indl-
viduals are of the worst amt ctdvnts as
harbor thieves I have interested myself
| in investigating what connection this
occurrence could have had with tie x
plosion Of the Maine and have disc"v-
cred that those ttw,, men. together with
! another. who is called Pepc Ia ., had
| hO1lght in q hardware store in Mcica
dtrcs street. called La Marina, Il h s.
such as is used by div. rs. and ina, the
three left Eega in Il small boat which
they placed under the wharves of Santa
Catalina, and they wcn- lettering about
more than an hour and half while
Pr Ir Taco who is cork.r and diver,
probably the best in these paris, Il Il
| the work TIC bring about ;he exl,los OH
| of the Maine. With the data ! went Ia
| ltegla and discovered that The family Of
| the d ad man. who lived in the utmost
| misery in a house in Rodriguez Butistu
street, hl,i moved to 4 We'll furnished
one on Gelah TT street. There learned
that they had agreed with some mer-
chants Of Muralia street for th,. work
If blowing mp the ship for thu sum of
$4,000 (S2,500 in advance and the rest
after seeing the RESULT But as they
did not come out Of th., adventure very
Well, having been attacke q when they
We're retiring. the r suit of which was
The death of one, who LIFT his teeth in
he boat. and anothsr one wounded, the
third one has not presented himself to
collect the rest OF the money ana ii
could b probably secretly done that, by
paying him the rest ti:ut the others will
not now pay him. he would declare the
truth Of all this. The one whom called
! h7 third us the diver Pope Taco who is
unwounded. who is no dcnbt afraid To
present himself to collect the rest. In
Muralla street they till me. was the
place where the business was arranged
with Mess's. Garcia Coruj, do, Nillasusn,
la l8bonil and others whom do not re-
member. The man who is arrested is
''SihS o'1!iiiiiiSttIr q uloIIpnlfc constant
~ I" see If he will die and no; give ev!-
dence. so as not. as they eXpn IS it, 10
spoil thu affair after il has come off 50
much y" their taste"
II certify that the above is n trl,r.
copy.
tSigned) "A MARIN
lieutenant Commander u. S. y. ana
Judge Advocate"
Drain. the consular clerk. stated in
ms violence that an effort was made 10
ascertain the atlthenti, ity %: this l,,t,e,
although the consulate WAS hand;as,p-
ped, having no secret fund Witnesses
ilscoV red. however. that tie name.
l'ei"- Taco mus; have been a mistake
as iht. man mentioned had died a few
~ W.. neiot" me explosion took place
Witness thought the name should h;,ys
been Pep-' Huruuin. who had died a
couple of days after th.- explosion.