The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-05
SPY SYSTEM OF SPANlARDS.
TELL-TALE LETTER OF LIEUT..
CARRANZA PURLOINED.

lOW-C arr0nG0 Refers to the Spy
who Hanged Himself at Washing
ton ana one Captured Mt Tampa.
IndulGes in Criticism of Spanish
Naval Commanders
Washington, June 4-Chef Wllkie Of the
United States treasury secret service to-
day made public the letter which was re-
Gently written by Lieut. Cawanza, former
naval attache of the Spanish legation In
Washington now in Montreal, 10
a party in the Office of the Span
ish minister OF marine at Madrid, and se-
cured by Mi WhlIle's operatives and
brought to Washington The officials here
don't know who Sonor Imay, to whom the
letter is addressed Is but they believe he
Is a high official of the Spanish ma
rine office. The letter was re-
ceived here about one week ago. but for
public reasons has been withheld until to
day. Copies this morning were furnished to
the President, Secretary of War and Sec
retary OF State. and It is probable action
will be taken to secure the instant depar-
ture Of the Spanish contingent from Can
adlan soil.
The letter rs of the most sensational
character and discloses the very elaborate
spy system &hich has been conducted in
this country in tie interest Of Spain.
Since their departure from this city,
Chief Wilkes agents have been fully cog
infant of every move Of the spanlards, and
for the last several weeks he has had
agents employed in The houses where they
lodged and nothing of interest apparently
escaped their vigilance.
The letter, however, was secured by an
operative, who called at the house In the
capacity OF a health officer, while Mr.
Carranza was at dinner The letter was
found on his table addressed for mailing.
It was handed by this man to another in
waiting, and from him to a third, who in
stantly started with IL to Washington.
The party under suspicion In Montreal
of having taken The letter, Chief WflkIe
says, is entirely innocent the man who
took the letter never having been in the
house before.
The officials who have had knowledge of
Chief Wilkie'9 moves regard 1t as one Of
the most clever pieces of detective work
ever done In this country. The letter Is
as follows.
Montreal, May 26. 1s98.-Tupper street,
A. 10 His Exceilency, Senor Don Jose
Gomez lmay-My Dear Don Jose: IT was
my belief that they would have appointed
you to command the Cadlz fleet, and ii
was my intention to have sent you tele-
gram asking that you take me with you
TO meet you in the Antilles, or wherever
you might The case has not turned out
thus, however, and II seems as though
God was not on our side because the Sc
lection of Senor Camara viii he fatal, al
though he may have a good chief Of staff
mo one could possibly suit him. ne
cause he rs very capriciOus, and, besides,
Is not a hard worker, on the contrary, he
IS lazy and would pay no attention to
the advice Of any one. You VIII not take
this for hattery. but to-day no one but
you and Don Pasquale should have com
mand of our fleet, and this is the belief
of the younger element of the personnel.
Now, there is no remedy, and may God
shed his light upon him and keep him an
His hands.
II have been left here to receive and
send kilograms and to look after the spy
service, which ] have organized or I
had better say, am establishing here. be-
cause, until a very little while ago, l was
not permitted TO do as l pleased.
1--WE have had bad luck because they
have captured our two best spies, one in
Washington, who hanged hlmsef-or else
they did 1t for him-and the other day
before yesterday In Tampa The Americans
are showing the most extraordinary yigI-
lance. ] do not wish TO remain here with
out taking an active part in the war, and
l desire duty in which / can take heiniti-
atiye and do something. / shall be ex-
tremely gratfed to have a ship in order
to run the blockade, or a torpedo boat;
anything rather than playing second fid-
die. However, II there Is no other remedy,
/ would go perfectly willingly on board "a
large ship. ] am very sorry that this war
finds me so very low ia rank, for It Of
fers opportunities for any one who wishes
TO work and TO risk himself | cannot
believe that Don Pasquale could h. in
Santiago as reported by the American
Press. He entered IL on the 18th and
if he had gone Immediately TO Havana he
would have met only two monitors Ia
front Of It. l make It out that he enter
ed the place only to coal, and for the moral
effect il would produce In Spain. Suppose
he went out Friday, the 20th-- II he had
gone to the North and through the Proyi-
dence channel, he would have passed into
Havana right under the noses Of the
Americans, who had only small cruisers;
for Schley was at sea on the night Of
Thursday, Sampson on that Of Friday and
on that Of Sunday the 22d, he took the
lower channel for the East and on Wednes-
Gay turned Ddch iDNdinb havana.
"Schley's squadron has been reinforced
by the iowa and SIMPSONS by the Ore
gon ! believe that In war one has 10
tempt fortune. If Il had not been be-
cause Sampson was afraid that Don Pas
quale might 90 TO Havana and that Schley
would not be there, or our confidence Is
well grounded that he found himself very
short Of ammunition after the lombard
ucnt through the stealing In the ordnance
department the fact remains that lt was
logical for him 70 remain near Santiago
and Cienfuegos and If he could not pre-
vent the entrance of our squadron 20 shut
Il 90 and thus close ts campaign and
those people over there already believe Il
closed But ! cannot believe such a stu
pid thing possible. / suppose he went to
Inc South Of Porto Picoi and that he had
ordered a cruiser or two there 10 cover the
Terror and that he viii appear at San
Tuan the 9th or 28th. lie Will coal there
ana VIII rest q day or two and will then
return TO delay and annoy them and de-
law the invasion. The Vizcaya and Oquen-
40 an least need not 80 into dry dock. I
torceraphed TO Don Pasquale on
tne morning Of the 18th, when
knew he was In Santiago
saving that the squadrous were AZ Key
West. lie did not answer me. That after
nom there came another telegram from
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