The American-Spanish war; . at, upon receiving a photographic copy of theoriginal, the British Government ordered both LieutenantCarranza and Captain Du Bosc, to leave the country. Thefact that the letter was in the hands of the Secret Service Di-vision at Washington, was not made public until about a weeklater. In the meantime, the agent who had secured the letterwas ordered away from Montreal, to make it absolutely certainthat his identity should not be discovered, and the Spanishofficers were at their wits end to account for the disappear-ance of their compromising letter. An unfortunate pr
The American-Spanish war; . at, upon receiving a photographic copy of theoriginal, the British Government ordered both LieutenantCarranza and Captain Du Bosc, to leave the country. Thefact that the letter was in the hands of the Secret Service Di-vision at Washington, was not made public until about a weeklater. In the meantime, the agent who had secured the letterwas ordered away from Montreal, to make it absolutely certainthat his identity should not be discovered, and the Spanishofficers were at their wits end to account for the disappear-ance of their compromising letter. An unfortunate privatedetective in Montreal was suspected of being responsible forits disappearance, but it was impossible to sustain the chargein court, and the case was dismissed. When the letter wasgiven to the public, a vigorous denial of its accuracy wasmade by its author, but his denial could not stand againstthe evidence of the document itself. With his removal fromthe field of activity, the Spanish spy system received ^^.^^^^^-^^^^
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