The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13


ball" went to the station to sse my
| friends off, and noticed several seuths
| standing around looking wise. Returning
| TO the hotel 1 learned that Joseph Kellert,
| manager of the Metropolitan Detective
| Agency, Montreal, had been arrested about
3 o'clock that morning, charged with stea'-
ing the "Caranza letter" I was inter-
| ested enough to ask a few questions re-
| garding the details, and was informed that
a rival agency, in the employ of the
| Spaniards, had furnished the information
! against him, and that the maid at 70 Tup
per street had positively Unidentified" him
as one of a party that had visited the
| house. On the next day, after the letter
had been translated and published and its
| Importance to the United States establish
| ed, 1 received instructions to return 10
! Washington at once.
Arriving there 1 reported to my superior
officer and informed him that 1 was in no
| danger; that if 1 had not thought IL best
| that 1 should remain in Montreal [ should
have brought the letetr TO the United
States personally, and expressed a desire
that be permitted to return at once
The next day, after shaving off my
beard, obtaining apparel of the fashion
| then worn by Frenchmen in Montreal,
and with travelling kit, such as is used
| by a typewriter agent, l went back, stop
ping this time at St. Lawrence Hall. I
was soon handing out cards inscribed
| 7GndTltS Il. 0tdlitOHt Agent l0lelAlh ~ pc
writer" and expatiating on the merits of
the machine represented. This was a
good blind" enabling me to reach places
| and persons that any other "stalP' would
have prohibited.
Looking Up the Spy System.
During my second stay in Montreal the
agents of the Spanish gentlemen, mostly
the principals and employees of a local de-
tective agency, were endeavoring to per-
| suade and did persuade the service of
| number of young Englishmen and Cana
| dams to enlist in the military service of
the United States, there to act as spies.
| Each one was examined by Lieut.. Car
| rama, and, after passing, was supplied
with about 500 in cash and silver band
| ring, bearing the inscription, inside, I'm
| frenzi Augustine" Each was then CIV
/ en- his instructions and told how to reach
the recruiting rendezvous nearest to
| Tampa. Unfortunately for the Spaniards,
| one of the men thus engaged, after get
| ting the money ring and advice, instead
of following Instructions, proceeded to get
| drunk. In that condition he called on a
female acquaintance, to whom he told his
| troubles. When he became sober he had
the ring and remembered part Of the ad-
| vice. But the money was gone.
Then the spy-that-was-to-b had a VIC
lent attack of remorse, and, to use his
own words, Didn't propose to do any
| dirty work for lot of yellow bellies, any
how" So he called on a man who had
| frequently favored him. 10 whom he told
his experience and asked for advice, at
the same time surrendering the spy
| ring" Information concerning this reach
| ed me through regular channels soon af-
| terward, with instructions to run it out"
| Within two days l had possession of the
"spy ring" and the full story but the
man, fearing for his life, had engaged on
| 10 cfo aTY1aVs ofnH yva on q
| to Liverpool, England. with the approval
| of my superior 1 began at once to plan
| for the mans return to this side of the
water and, securing the name of the ves-
| sell and its sailing date, cabled him de-
| coy message, in care of the line agent,
| saving that good situation awaited him,
and signing the name OF his former hene-
factor. He answered that he would come
| If his passage was prepaid. This was
easily arranged, of course.
Swallowed Hook and All.
On the 9Th of July, 1893 in company
with his friend, whom we had enlisted
In our cause, I was on the wharf at Que
| bee when the steamer which brought the
man back was made fast, and in few
moments was in conversation with him.
1 explained that he had the refusal of en-
ployment at the Saratoga race track. He
| wns much pleased (sWaHowed hook and
| alb and readily consented to accompany
| me. We took a train on the Canadian
| Pacific Railroad for Montreal, arriving
there just in time to race across the city
and board a train on the Delaware and
Hudson Railroad, which left at p. m.
Ny man was not the most presentable
person on that train, having crossed in
the steerage, but we made him as COM
Portable as possible under the circum-
| stances.
AS soon as the train had crossed the
| lne I took him into the smoking compart-
ment and told him that he was my prison.
er and that I was taking him to Wash
ington, where he could be properly pun
ished as a spy. He broke down complete
ly, whereat l explained that If he would
tell me all we knew he could tell 1t might
be possible to save him, but that If he
expected to get any favors he must speak
the truth and nothing else.
| I impressed him with the fact that
knew all about his experiences with the
Spaniards and that the names of all the
| others whom he knew as having been en-
gagged by Carranza could easily be learn
ed THIS led him to give the names of
his acquaintauces who were in the spy
system. together with the details OF the
assignments 20 each as he remembered
them. That night he occupied the berth
above mine, but I don't believe he slept
we'll. 1 slept not at all.
On arrival at the Grand Central Sta
| ton, New York, we went down town.
where had my man take bath, after
which he was fitted out with such changes
as were necessary and we crossed to Jer-
sey CITY, taking the first train for Wash
ington on arrival I reported to my SUI
periors at headquarters.
The next day we went to the Office Of
| the Judge Advocate General of the army
where, in presence of witnesses, we OBJ
tanned a 32-page confession, which my
man signed and made oath as TO the truth
thereof. Newspaper readers Will remem-
Der the arrests Of spies in various places
which followed this confession
While l was In Washington Lieut.. Car
rama disappeared "mysteriously" from
| Montreal, and on my return there learn
ed that Senior DuBosc was also preparing
to embark (the government of Canada
having ordered both of these gentlemen
to go) AS 1t was urgent that the where
abouts of Carranza should be known. I