New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
TRAPPING A BLACKMA1LER.
. scuooLTEAcHEws PLAN TO GET MONEY.
GOING BLINDLY INTO THE HANDS VI pS'hei'' 10
r,urrn,vN TO HIS INTENDED VICTIM.

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ao,sc sIrNpLY INTO THE HANDS OF DETECTIVES
-uNKsowN TO HIS INTENDED VICTIM.
william T. Kitsell. proprietor q tne nO,s az az No
53a West Fourteenth-st,, went TO foi;ce Ioa9i
ousrters on Wednesday and said that no NAG ovI
xentv heen selected as the victim OF soice
SiastmaIler lie showed TO Inspector byrnes ,,ie e
following letter, which had been sent 10 MN on 'n0
previous day: - rrsvete
DEAR SIR am in possession OF iac ~ v on h com
inundated TO your wife or the public nonng lady
co .s n % Of Gertrude o. Evers. Of
near sixth-ave Also last Friday ana o.aer .1 have
to in ,raDs sPc1 M strait be-
IL you entertain Il nothing rye,one and send
70 No. 45 secoudave, care Of Mr. H. ~
Iusa. Marshal will simply borrow , ,ne Which
iS1r S retrrnsd With the money You WILL not Lose Sost
dollar but get yourself out Of solape "a, tbev can be-
s no Matchmaking obtaining money unaer lss
pretcnces the folks Of te mouse and what mas
been stated are facts eyewitness facts ane ~ tiers
to % sny.nos w to viii be useless do
thing IL Won do not send messenger boy over Hon;t
My pfoPSs Ssnt II II is not sent to night Remember
Won lose neither principal nor interest -, Cheated any
man out Of dollar and you wSns be e' WILLIAMS
truly, rr,,.. oa SspN ~ Mr.. Richard NJ
LHsh No. 457 Second-ave. =,
Mr.. Kitsell SAID that he did not know the youaae
woman who was alluded to in the letter as
O. Evers and he was not III any scrape 70 uio co
prosecute the blackmailer II the rascai gou," op
canght he said and Inspector Byrnes might uias =,
CIV nse of the letter which seemed proper 10
further the ends of justice. Az tne ~
quest of Detective Sergeants Do'ah ,1 9tu for the
blackmailer Mr.. Kitsell consented 70 TAKE pa. ~
fhe work of detection. He went 70 tue D!3''io'
TeIegrauh office at Broadway and lniruetn-ss..iR,
and sent messenger to No. 4o7 Secohu-a'e WIN
this note; 49,. j.. oo INV, IN
,aserence re- the letter you mailed to me- feose ca a.
soon as possible VIII walt Tor you III ane end an
Office Broadway and IN rtletn-ss LII ho Isere and
swSr ny mrs WILLIAM I. KIrsELI
The messenger soon returned with an answer
that Mr. Williams would appear at tine 0luse i ~
medlately and would carry newspaper III MS '1is
hand When the biz cknailer entered the ONCE ne
,ras arrested Mr. Kitse said that tho prisoner
as stranger TO him Al Police Headquarters the
nrlsoper broke down ami wept Ike cL "a. lne
detectives learned that he was Wll1an IL sinSaton'
aoe thlrty-one, and teacher In Grammar ociioo
No ~ ar No $50 East HOuston-st. He llVed III
MounL Vernon with his wifo and mother-ih-la"'
In one Of his pockets was tins letter.
NEw-YoRK CITY, Aug. Ia, 1885.
Mr.. W. H. sMEAToN. .r..,,o tho Nh.
ert of snskug TO you through the silent medium OF tne
nen find ayel l am fully convinced, that you ar
nu IA fhis DO back into country ard take care OF
your family and motnern-law, anu ict my IA rnr
family affairs alone. Weed your own shIuon 1ur,ber
eause TO speak, am very ''' MRS. A. w. ANDREWS.
Attached 70 the letter was a scrap OF paper bear
ing these words written also by MIS- ANDREWS
have ,akan al the insults from you 4 intenu 70
Lie Smeaton was arraIgned at the Jefferson
Nortet Police Court yesterday and was held 10
$500 bail for trial.