The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-18
An Attempt 20 Effort Money.


IFrom the san Francisco Bulletin, pso ~
We now redeem our promise Of ye.e DAY TO give the
full particular, OF the Affair CONNECTED with the mystef
Gus Advertisement In thursdays b,tGc'iH:-
I CossErT-oN ONE CONDITION.
nna ms,ter Of sros, aity and nier,,, Abou,
q week ago, Lous r. h,ter the banker, rec ivcd an
anon nous letter. written In disguised hsrj (the writ
Ing milling prpied matter) through tn Post Office
The resder vii perceive that the then unsnosp writer
was aan OF lesrlipg AMI re ined taste Hire illusions 10
Cto,o. the oil vitrol scouudre, aud 20 Alexis J
Itian, the sunpo~der plouer Who cndeEvorcd 10 bios
Mr. Ritter ms Office 10 atoms, about year more
ago are excessively cool ana artistic Inc letter was ~
islows-
say ru,sCsoo, p-c D. lJs.
Ss-Ihe object 81 this Request you
nc SUN q % you know when you arc Mel ea YOU vi,
person prtpcrty or bob win .un.r Nssics Hal
vii ind me nstsr sueh an as. As obicio nor sueh rom an
tic G1ol As hersJ Brsus DO mot intend 70 try 70 involve
ans as ,be later or succeed and directed ID. or
S I'd ou q IN .de Va. Sep. Ty I s se
pect e sud 'ssr .es5 heh ,s ns ou, God sad Ne = no
rdsrrS nd OF ny nae or by poison more subtle has he
shri Of ne~us o ssa you y. Moments warning 70 isls
scss. Gag d,So,er ny eers c9,ss Up =. ge c.
may descend nmodlse, or be pcsponei for ncnss;
-htnidoes s,rte. me the bolt q beaver sies ssd
.ls osus.. q pssa .o. Nd p"-es
Tuesday sh Dec inst, the following Hne-
And tesp the whole affair ,ecrs from AL, you -.h TO run
As @ and rro,s my r. sss S 20 ss -, 1,'s
''''n NC In sorys NoTR
T. v. RiutE, Esq I'm English, the Bsck Monk
Az Don a. Mr. Ritter received tue above letter, nc
went to Judge freedom and IN trict Attorney Byrnc. aud
onIcrrod with them 10 the best 10 procee under
The circumstance The resplt Of thci. advice 70
place tho matter In tine hands OF CAPTAINS Monks and
Iees police, ~ they kpovn 10 be competent
men, and TIE ns,ter required great skill and secrecy
CAPTAINS Nonts and Lees accordingly informed Of
The circum tanoes Wednesday NOR ming They imme.
stsy advised Mr. Ritter 10 give them full authority 10
act A. they housht best in the matter with permission
70 40 10 the Pos on and open any LISTERS that might be
received there 10 bs address. He consented, and on
thursday they wcred the above letter by the ssver
,,scEsn IN the Bulie,in changing II somewhat 10 suit
their owr views, and adding |" one condition"
I'm Wednesday, evening, however, no Advertisement
bsylrs appeared m the B,,tn OF that afternoon Mr..
Ritter received the following scss, p the same character
% the 'ermer one
Dxc i've.
LIE Errrr.-yop have mad. your choice. ror tss psry
~ NV .i,scts 80 he H. You viii And me Rrsst
bid you sdieu tl The first blow sruct Then VI wriis
sssir. An rsvoir, IL hOlNk NVlR.
On Thursday everng Captains MONKS and Lees pro.
c,eed 10 the Post ONCE and made Arrangements 70 ostch
me UIs Nome Nolr" The, seconded b. the Post
master and his istants About O'Clock, While was
,slulus and quite dark, q suspicious looking individual
sprrcsched the Pos, ONCE where the police captains
.ere concealed and nobody appearing TO he about, he
orep, or 70 he bon Tor drop letters drcppes IA cOmmu