New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-11
THE ANDERSON BLACKM4ILLNG SCHEME
BONE OF THE LETTERS THAT PASSED IN THE CASE
DIR. MARSHALL SUSPECTED BY DIR. GRIFFIN

BONE OF THE LETTERS THAT PASSED IN THE CASE
DIR. MARSHALL SUSPECTED BY DIR. GRIFFIN.
P1rTsBURG. April 10.-The letters written by
Dr. Marshag to Dr. Hamilton Griffin In the attempt 10
blackmal Mary Anderson, and the replies OF III
Griffin. were made public to-day. In the hrst iettor
sent to Dr. Griffin addressed 10 Marshall and purporng
70 come from Faith, Hope and Charity, III wh'ch the
copy of the photograph is incloSed the statement Is
Made
You are personally known to only Of US but that
one has such implicit confidence III your Lonor TO Gsce
ton that We feel perlecty Sig IN a m snpT
offer the goods the person supposed to be the mos IN
them at the price named, all right II not then We
shall proceed dispose OF them 10 the best adFan age
We can CA silly them i'll the long ram but
viii sell the Shoie lot 10 her for We should
$4,000 for we want you to have @l'ooo ior your
trouble
DR. Marshall after having enclosed this letter 10 DR..
Griffin and having received reply from the latter that
he did not fear the blackmaers writes under date OF
February 3 to DR.. Griffin US follows:
II YOU we're within reGch me. should feel impelled
% pat you on ' af A own Ser and from the tone
OF your letter infer that your good wife Is no whit less
of your worthy daughters rectude. Doubtless you
both need much courage and hrmness; and sincerely
s sT. you may R Ss much aG' have sesne small copies
of the picture to be inserted IN walking canes nn4
magnifying power. was left TO Imagine he result ana
you Will have TO do tie same.
Dr. Grinn's first letter TO the Chief Of Police Is dated
New-York, February 6. In it he says:
There Is In your city DR.. Marshall, r. o. box ls7
who has written humber of letters to my daughter,
Anderson containing MYSTERIOUS accounts OF
package supposed 10 be valuable to her and who on
RECEIVING letter from me- shipped the package Oh
paper inside the outside wrapper orders that no
one but Miss Anderson should open IT, suspecting
from the OF the letters that II was solely BLACK
mailing dodge to be worked with obscene photographs.
and wife, Miss Andersons mother, opened tue pack
age and found my suspicious correct 1t was the Old
poor dOdge--a miserable photograph OF nude hgure
with very bad photograph orMiss Anderson's head
pasted on the shoudeTs ruff around the neck TO hide
tue Joint then poor copy taken With tins patry thing
the conspirstOr Faith, Hope and Charity hoped 10
exOrt $1,000 from Miss a would not give cents for
mil ion pictures for such things cannot hurt Miss
A. and every fool knows IL these scOundrels could once
get blackman they would make the picture faster than
ever. Marshall plays reform ana pOusi Out
should not be stonlshed he worked the whole snap by
himself. He appears downey.
In another letter Griffin tells Chief Iesel that the
matter small and the rogues too paltry TO prose
cute
On March LIST, dated Pittsburg letter sent 10
Mary Anderson signed "Faith Hope and Charity encIos
ing copies Of the photograph and threatening her that
uness the writers received the money demanded they
would improve the pictures and scatter them through
America and Europe.
ON March DR.. Griffin writes from Providence to the
chief OF police
"Nss A. bids defiance the rogues she will not give 10
cents 10 stop the pictures, but II necessary viii spend
$4,000 TO put the firm in prison, and Will sustain her
and spend IA similar sum
| At the hearing before United States Commissioner
McCandess this morning. in Marshalrs case, DIR.
Marshall was held in 81 800 for a nearing ON Apr ID