New-York tribune., 1884-12-18
TRACING rHG ANoyYMoUs LETTERS

FURTHER DETAILS OF THE CORRESPONDENCE IN
WHICH MR. BEAEM WAS coNCEuNlD.
Henri NJ. Braem, the Danish Consul, who
is charged with having sent anonymous let
ters to members of August B,lmOnps
family. refused, yesterday, to make any
statement in answer. His friends saId that is
would probably have something to say IN explana-
ton and answer at some future time. Mr. Braen
went to his Office as usual in the morning
Some additions were made yesterday, 10y club
men who known TO be in the confidence Of
Mr.. Belmont. to the story which was commonly told
and accepted Tuesday, and which was printed
fully in yesterdays TRIBUNE. II appears now that
the anonymous letters had been of late written
with typewriter. As thousands of type-writers
in use in this city, the task of finding the man
or woman who had turned out these Anonymous
letters seemed at first impossible of accomplish
ment. Partly by hard work, however and partly
through fortunate chance, two women we're found
in q building IN Wall-St., who admitted that tho
COPYING Of the communications in question had
been done by them. As stated before, the women
represented that they knew neither the name nor
the business of the writer. The story was at first
received with incredulity but finally the detective
in charge of the became convinced that they
were telling the truth All that they could say was
that the man who had employed them was tall
dressed fashonably and looked like a well-to-d
stockbroker or a lawyer. The detective came to
the cusion upon this statement, that the letter
writer had Office in the neghborhood. There
upon lie made arrangement with &c two women
to watch certain much -frequentcd portions of
Wall-st. and Broadcast. during the busy hours OF
the day. rhey gave mp the type writing tenn
pOrary and might have been seen any day during
the early part OF the month, slowly walking up aud
down these busy downtown streets closely scan-
nlng the faces of the thousands of men who hurried
by them. One of Mr.. Belmonts acqu1ntanccs said
yesterday :hdt Mr. Belmont passc these women
every day at luncheon hour knew who they we're.
and of cOurse Knew why they were there. de-
tectlyc lowered IN the ncghborbood of each woman,
on the watch for Il preconccrted signal. which
should convey the information that the long sought
for man had been found When the two detectives
and the two women hld been waiting two weeks
Mr.. Braem came walking down Wall-st. from Broad
way. One of the women saw him. the detective re-
crived the signal and Mr.. Bracm was shaddowed to
his Office IN Wall-st.. near Hanover square. Tho
explanation of the TACT that Mr. Braem was noe
seen in Wall-st for over two weeks is that he lives
IN Thirty siXthst., east of Fitth-avc, and reached
his business and returned from IL by means of the
ihrd-ayc. elevated road.
There has been enmlty, II appears, hetween Nr.
Bracm and Mr.. Belmont Tor some years. What
amounted almost 10 personal encounter Is said
10 have occurred at Saratoga between the two men,
three or four summers ago. The two iamlhes hiyo
met at social entertainments and have not recog
nized each other although NJ one time on visiting
terms. These facts wcre referred 10 among thnse
who discussed the subject yesterday IN the clubs
AMI elsewhere as constituting the reason tUr Nr
bracm's ptOcrrhng Snt the origin Oi the an-
tauon,sm betwren the tWo scened o. hc matter
abont witch nOboly was psfiUcily clear