The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-16
EVlDENTLY5AFA.KE.

Nsportsd Arrest OF the ~ an who Laid the
hinss In tiaysns IIsrbor Dtnisd In ON.
eiai Quarters Admiral DroWn says tbs
nanl sisntionsd IL Now IN iionoluia.
.cH1cAGo,Aptli IL. Charles A. Gran.
dali. alias Emanuel Eseadaro. whoact-.
Ing Under the personal orders OF Cap.
.aln General weylor, planted the mines
and torpcdoes In the harbor OF Havana
has been run 70 earth in Chicago. Last
night he was In the custody o, three
United States Secret Service agents who
arc taking him to Warrington, where
he is expected 10 give Information %
prove beyond any possible. doubt that
tho Mainc was blown up By q mine and
her 26s officers and crew murdered dc.
slgnedly BY agencies Z known 10 tho
Spanish officials. He was run down bv
a Cuban spy. liF r. Nj
Ever since tho Maine was blown up,
Crandall, Of Escardaro, has been dodg.
Ing about the country. Wien the United
States secret service, agents assured
him lie would be protected, lic yolun.
teercd TO accompany them. Crandall'a
statements arc substantiated By letters
In his possession from Weyler's officers
and from rWeylcr himself. His story Is
as follows:
my, name Is Charles A. crandlll. AM
an American by birth, and formerly
lived in New York City. I served In the
United States navy OIL the cruiser San
Francisco under Captain Sampson and
Admiral Brown. 1t was while In tho
United States service that made
study OF mines and torpcdoes.
Il left the navy and went to Lima.
Peru, where ] entered the employ OF
Grace & Co.. OF London, In their niter
beds. Willie at Lima I met many Span
iards. one3 OF them.i Emil L. Castillo,
an agent OF the Spanish government,
Induced, me TO lgo TO Cuba as an expert
on, coast defense for General Wcyler.II
was given free transportation 10 the
island.. and when i arrived there. met
Antonio Marco Diaz, who assigned me
to harbor work and plotting for torpe-
do and niue anchorage.
Laid Mines at Night.
! began laying the mines and torpe-
does early in the spring OF 1896 and I'm
ished about year later. My work was
performed at night. I was assisted by.
five Italian laborers and two Spanish
boatmen. In all seventeen mines and
tocpedoes were placed. IN,
The, mines were made In England,
and the torpedocsy in Italy. The work
OF laying them was very slow, because
It was ordered that I should not work
on moonlight nights. When my work
was completed 1 made chart showing
the location OF, all the mines and torpe-
does and submitted 1t to General Wey-
Ter. Is
Fl was then directed 10 place three
mines and seven torpcdocs In the har-
Dor OF Matanzas. This was completed
carly in last July. When / had finished \
General Weyler ordered me 10 place an
additional mine near buoy No. 4. which
made a complete chain OF mines about
the harbor, from side to side, from the
mouth OF the harbor to the last anchor
age.
ON one occasion General weyler sent
for me to visit him at the palace, with
the direction that should appear In the
uniform OF an officer OF artillery, sent
me for that purpose.
When went to the palace General
Weyler asked me X 1t were possible for
a ship to enter the harbor or leave It
with the chain OF torpedoes and mines
there. I showed him my rough chart
and he personally directed several
changes, especially in the channels op-
posite the, navy yard.
Heeelred Ills Last Spanish Cold.
II remained in Havana until Fcbru-
AIRY 10, when went to Key West, where
I stayed until March D., on which date
received my last Spanish gold from
Havana, from n Spanish messenger
After the Maine was blown up I
kept in hiding with a colorcd famil:
near Fort Taylor. or the barracks, and
as soon as 1 received word to skip on.
left as a stowaway on the first steamer
for Miami. Es
The Maine was anchored at the iden-
teal buoy where General Weyler or
dered me to place the additional mine, |
officially known as buoy No. 4. From |
Miami I went to Nashville, where L re-
ceived the following letter from Hava-
ma. dated March ], 1895:
destroy all evidence. Go TO New
York. Ticket for London awaits vou
there.
4 (Signed.) ".DIAZ.
This was from Wcyler's most trusted |
adjutant aud spy, who executes all |
edicts issued by Weyler from Spain"
Crandail. AYERS that he was directed I
to assume the name OF Escadaro. br |
General fWeylcr. He has several letters
from Weyler regarding his work and a
pass from that officer. All OF
these he has turned over to the United
States secret service agents and they |
will. be used at WASHINGTON