New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-22
WALTER VALLEYS LETTERS.
~ ATTEMPT TO ExToRr BLAcKMAIL.

the Essex Market Police Court yesterday as com
plainants against three prisoners who had been
locked up at Police Headquarters on charges Oh
larceny and conspiracy to blackmail. The prisoners
are Edward Hanley, an FISHERMAN. OF No. ID L'.S'
Houston-st.; John Gouravan. waiter. OF NO. 'o'
Bowery. and William Pratt, of No 3d. hiIu-aN'
They are all Young meD Hanley has been intimate
with Blanche Douglas recently, ana IL Is c'a'ne"
that they lived together in house IN spnnS-St'
HIS accused of stealing from her trunk number
M Ie,ters which Walter Maey had written to her.
After nrocurine the letters il is charged he formed
a conspiracy with Pratt and Gouravan TO eXt'rt
nor CIV from Maey. Hanley own version OF the plot
is tnat Blanche gave him the letters, and that she
was the one who planned the attempt TO backmall'
The first step IN the transact IN was taken on the
18th instant when young Malley received the loI-
lowing letter sent from this city to his Ne"-HaNon
addres -,
sIR: Having obtained possession OF oyer 1--WE uoze a
letters written BY you TO Hiss NelIe MtN"es!, "ts
Bancle Douglas, some you a., Wall In one YOU men
tion ab,It sending $40 for board III Mount venom al
ZION vo al Ter what does with those letters rs
80 are dang rons have arOunt ana several oher
fnSgs won't mention: not 'i yo1 ,i Irt
80 have vours and Jamess photographs with Tue ct-
iers Now / woul Ike you to comm1nicae 70 me as
so0n A. possible, may nave them pu1lislel ,
% pn6lshers who would be only too glad 70 get hold
50 East uOust0I-st., care Oi john . Common
Naley Immediately consulted Mr.. Blylenbur-h'
N.,y-uayen lawyer, who WIS his counsel through
oot the trail Mr. Blydenburgh came tothls city on
"wednesday and tried 70 find Baldwin. lie failed
A. the CIGAR store in HoustOn-st., it was SAID that
Baldwin onlv called there occasionally Tor letters
Tine LAWYER then went TO the metropolitan Hotel
9ud sent the following message 10 ba'd"ih = du-
aR. BALDWIN: wish to see YOU concerning mater
il regard to whicI you wrote mean 'V Mn c1 or
= 1oie from James Baldwin 10 W. hdXWeA ~ No -o2
80 Fery LYONS saloon. az o'clock TINS evening" Oa
Maxwell. the pres nj lil It4t''lt
him. II possible meet me AZ No 90 al {" loI WI WI
recognize from my calling IOFyCdf A"'e' .i m'H
have II IN my hand a. - out.
dr Blvdenburgh also vIsi ed Police Headquarters
an told the detectives there what he was dolus'
lie SAID that his client wouid press cndr e OF at
tempted biackma against the person VINO was tIA- |
me- 10 extort money. DetectlYe-SerZeantS Mc- |
T0urhlin. Adams and Heidelberg were at Lyons |
restaurant a, p. IN when Mr. Blydenburgu cateu |
for a note for W. Maxwell A note was received oy
the lawyer which read as ioliOWs'
Mr. MAXWELL: At presen; will represent Mr. SAD
WIN / will meet you at the corner OF houston ana |
Cr1sby-ss soon as possible after yen reeve Ems
anu carry II Out In your hand remain yOuis T. !
II WAS ascertained that this note was written by |
Gouravan AT the lnstlgatlon OF HauIeH, VINO h''u
written tde letter TO " after Ma!iey. IHG atIaLg@-
net spoken OF in the noe failed, probably because
the blckmaileTs recognized detectlNe9 al me P.CS
of the proposed needing. by the adNlce, Oh nc |
officers MI b. denburgh sent the 1Oll0Wns IettI 70
Baldwin on thursday:
DEAR SIR: called at No 80 Houston-st at II, and
waited until half past. viii cal there or al spencers
,,oi-rooms aDOut D. III. to-day. Will call al No. %
HylsIoust first If do not you tAeu, rear IA IL
be obliged 10 leave without ing gu '" AAA"LAl~
When Mr. Blvdenburgh went 10 the HOuston-st |
Mace at . D. m on that day he was met 10y Gourd-
van who sand he was the baldwin inquired tor |
An arrangement was made Tor meeting WIN |
" alter Aa!ley at the Grand Central Hotel at s |
m Mr.. Blydenburgh having summoned Marley ny !
q telegram. Detectives were Seceted IN the hotGl
at the time OF tine meeting ne dehahu N''s inl'lo
that Maley should pay 5000 Tor the letters, TO pre-
vent them rom being pub lsAed. OouraNah' VINO
was the only OF the cOnsprators present at the
meeting demanded also That. before the ltlltIo
were gwen up Nalley and MI BiyuenOuTgh should
90 10 a uOtarvs Office IN HOUstOn-st and make am
davits that they would not prosecute the persons
who held the letters Mr. BydenbuTEh refused To
comply with TINS demand. An agreement was |
reached az length that Baldwin should BRING copies
the letters 10 the AetTopoltah iioteI III TIC e'eH
ing and submit them for examination:
Al p. IN. GOuravan presented himself at the |
hotel with the copies anu SAID ne f9uiH get 'le
originals in half an hour. de was told THAT II ne |
would bring them to the IT. NlcnQiaS Hotel the |
money would be pad 10 hlm' ne "eII ava!
aud soon rrjOIncd MaIley and the lawyer al /
the ST. Nicholas Hotel where the detectives |
were on the watch. lie said he would not permit /
them 10 be seen by any other person Than MaIiey |
After some talk the three persons went 10 lamp
most AT Broadway and Spring-st where they were !
ioiued By Pratt. GOuravau took the letters IRON !
his pocket and handed one at a time 10 Pratt |
who read the letters IN low tone. Ihe !
reading was interrupted suddenly by the detectives
VINO arrest ed GOuTavan and PIatJ and TOOK them 10
Police Headquarters. The letters were taken from
them and locked up in Inspector Byrnes desk
Ii was learned that another man was In
feresed in the conspiracy and on Friday Haney |
was arrested The prisoners were kept III the custody
OF the detectives until yesterday afternoon, When
Walter Malley charged them III court with having
e0nspred To backmau him. After snort nearing
the cOnsDiratOrs were remanded again untlI to-day
When Blanche Douglas will press acharge OF larce ny
against Hanley. Malley and Blanche Douglas |
greeted each other IN court ike warm friends |
They met outside the court room and walked away
lie letters written by Walter Maley to Blanche
Douglas show that he has entertained strong !
affection tor rand that he was anxious 10 have her
raise herself above the degrading influences which
surround her. In a note dated July 80 he asks her
10 practise writing IN a cOpyDoJ6 every day |
ii order that she may improve her handwriting |
She was boarding Tor time at No. zoo west |
Twenty -foulth-st. but at his request she went 10
live with Mrs Carter III Mount vernon, ana most |
OF the letters sent to that address lie |
sent her books TO read. aud advised Ler To make |
them her companions when he was nor with her. |
That he visited her occasionally while she boarded
az Mount Vernon Is shown 10y passages III some OF |
the letters Ia one of these reference IS made TO
article, puOhshed IN HE TRIBUNE, describing !
the appearance OF the couple at theatre III the |
city. Having noticed personal advertisement
which he thought had been inserted by the woman,
he inquired what 1t meant, and expressed the nope
that sle did not desire 10 renew some acquamt-
auces which he thought were hurtiul TO her. lie
added:
You promised me faithfully 10 keep away from all
sucn vino may call themselves your friends Ihaye
done what 1 could for your comfort ana happiness
would ike to be able DO but getting 40 nep
from only ask you MOI 20 blame me- out DC
bitter times come. ask you once more TO AVOID mat
class people. l think If should be LED Dack 10
int horrible old life 1t would Kill me
In describing a visit which he had made to the
NeW-HaVen jan. he wrote:
took a walk the yard while there and looked up al
the windows with wire screens Dul Inere Was no
bright smile there as OF old.
On August 20 he wrOte
Father and Mr.. Neaey in NewYork this week,
thai again / am al alone. and tell You last eveninO
while sat In tuat Dg of ours and especially wheg
went up 10 my room. sweet memories came Nyldlh
back 10 OF the time when certain niue Dody kSPy
ne COMPANY. Well, my what small call your
vail nave to think up some new name sweet enough.
expect 10 zee you TIE coming week and have lott
10 tell YOU II you should telegram slgneds
NANNY, ASKING you 10 leave Mount Vernon for New
be take stated,