The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-10
THE BLACKMAILERS PLOT.
OF the Man yOgeI, who
Fired the Pistol.
Adolph Nogel Under Arrest for Sending the
Threatening Letters Laying His Plans
on an Ocean Steamer-Wherc the
Child Was 60 Have Been Com
cealed in New York City.


Nkw YORK, April S.-The police have
been busy all dav at the blackmaillng case,
but are ycrV reticent concerning what they
have or have not learned. Adolph Felix
NOgtl. who was arrested last night and Who
is undoubtedly prime mover in the plot,
has been kept closely guarded and no inter-
view with him has been permitted. 1t ap-
pears that Nj. Strasburcer, the gentleman
upon whom the backmaiIerS tried TO levy
SEQ. 600 under pain OF death or the alb
ducton Of his daughter, suspected Vogel
all along. Mr.. Srlsburger came over from
Europe several months ago, and Noeel was
a passenger. The latter became intimate
with Mr.. Strasbureer's governe>s, agd from
her learned OF her employers wealth. II
lis now certain that Vogel laid the scheme
70 eXiort money while on the steamer. lie
worked upon Saeert. the dead man, who
was Socialist. by telling him that Mr.
Stra>bdrger bad certain papers which it
was necessary To obtain.
vOGFL FIRLs THE SHOT.
Upon apprehension VOcel made confe>-
sion. a part OF which was put in writing.
The substance OF it is that he fred the shot
that was 10 signal Miss Spelion 10 drop the
the nrincipal 0over in the aiftir and planned
it ain. He further claims that there were
others concPrnod, notably one whom he
calls Frederick. The police have sent to
Philadelphia for him, where he lives. To-
day's di. closures made il more pro oable that
Ncccl Is mallgning the dead man in de-
claring that he was the principal Schemer.
| That he wrote the threatening letter i GER
tain. but it i likely that he was used as tool
tbv Vogel. who originally persuaded him to
io;n him iu the enterprise and threat
ened him with dire revenge and all
manner OF mischief whenever he hes
ira;ed or showed fear OF the con-
sequences. 5. Cohen, who was arrested
last night on suspicion, was not heid. lie
Iappeared to have nothing whatever to do
with the case. The circumstance that bis
business.c9Id was found In the dead man
pocket led to his arrest. Adolph and Emil
Dapzigcr, who we're living at 96 Eidriago
street. were still detained to-day at the
A police station, but not as prisoners. They
: were room-mates ofRSagelt, and know all
about him. Adolph is pedder, and Emil
} makes living by exhibiting telescope al
. NIGHT. To-day Adolph, as the spokesman,
said 81 learned to know Sagert shortly after
: he had come TO this country, eight months
, ago. Sagert was man OF ordinary educa
lion. He came over to sell some Of his fathers
goods. His father j. a picture-deaIer, and
supplied him. VOgefs father is in the same
business, and he came over Tor the same
purpose. The two knew each other IN
r Germany, but lost sight Of each other mere
Nogel found S3gert again by advertising lOi
him. They were both men who would
rather live nv their wits than by hard work.
| don't think either had any political con-
pection with the Socialists, but their minds
sort Of tended that way. They liked The
Socialistc idea OF division OF properly,
and probably thought they would begin
with Mr.. StraSbUrger. / am sure tat Nogel
led Sagert aSlray. IL is bow about hVt
: weeks ago. shortly after Nogel had found
him again, thqt he began 10 hint to me tbat
he might suddenly leave me and not return
He gave me directions how TO address BIN
i'm Berlin and Hanover. by and by the
whole plo, came out.
THE PLOT COMES OUT.
"Sagert said, and think he believed it.
that il was all q Nihli.tlc plot to get hold OF
certain papers compromising the Russian
Government which Mr.. Stras Burger bad.
How that was to be effected be aid not
know. Vogel had told bin that, and had
represented 10 him that the Nihilisiic COM
mittee met in the Cosmopolitan Gaze, al
Second avenue and Houston street. lie bad
even. after be had initiated SageIt III the
lob. one day taken bin up 10 siXty-irst
street and Madison avenue TO be inspected
by a committee OF Nihllists. TWO men,
whom be did not know. passed them there
and looked sharply at them, but sara no
thing. Apparently the committee approves
OF slgert as tool, for directions purpOrtng
To emanatc from it and signed Central
7 to fpp |.
| beIieye Sagert was fully convinced that he
was really in the hands OF the Nihlists. l
have known Vogel for few weeks. since
his connection with Sagert in the matter.
He never spoke OF the conspiracy, but once
casually asked NE about services III the syba-
eopue where Mr.. Strasburger's cblld was.
That was on Friday two weeks ago. Ibat
NIGHT an attempt was 10 be made TO kldnap
the child, but 1t was frustrated by accident.
That child. stealing business was an import
ant part OF their business, ana Wouid pave
been carried ont probably, whether or not
the blsckmaIi was paid, as a further scheipe
OF eXtOrtiOn."
WHERE TIE CHILD WAS TO De HIDDEN.
yocel was arraigned to-day at the York
vile Police Court. He went with Captain
Gunner, a detective. and showed bim the
| room on the second floor and double nat,
nj 263 east Fifly-second street, he ana Sa'
gert hired on the 27th OF March for $40
month, paying S2 down. Here the abducted
child was 10 be detained. Sagert was to
Guard the girl there for one night, and
when she wss removed the next morning
by his fellow -conspiralor was TO receive
s5 600 for his trouble. He had made tn
Easements to leave for Hamburg on the
next steamer that went out, and thus get
beyond the reach OF the police. This lnten-
tion was set forth iD Iettcrs written 10 MS
a1other and sweetheart in Germany that
were found upon bis body. He intended TO
seek refuge in Hanover. The Tact that
Voyel admitted that he had conceived
the s1heme OF blackmaiI when coming over
on a steamship from Europe with The stfas,
burger family shows him to be the or'g'nm
schemer. IL is on record ihat sagerf,
although ,he knew yogei, did not enter into
the conspi ."acy iii five or six weeks ago.
The police i,ere say that four men are I'm.
plIcated in the conspiracy sagert. The dead
man; VogeI. Frederick, and one other, an
unknown man. Frederick Is SAID TO nave
been q companion Of VogeI and TO nave
come from Europe with biW on Tue BePuv'