Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-24

They Were Both GuIlible and Criminal
PHILADELPHIA, November 23d. = The
Record will tomorrow publish an article
exposing a well-laid plan of a Cuban
sharper to swindle gullible Philadelphians
tits supposed he has reaped a rich harvest.
The plan of procedure adopted by the
swindler was to write to his intended vic
tim, representing himself as a prisoner in
the Royal prison at Havana, and offering
to reveal to him the spot where $415,0 900
was buried in glass jar in the outskirts
of New Orleans. He obtained this money,
he said, on drafts on a New Orleans bank,
and finding he would be arrested he buried
it. He offered to disclose the place of
burial and allow the person addressed one
quarter of the amount ($103,000) if
he would endeavor to obtain
the writer's liberty. After receiving a
reply from his victim he would again write,
inclosing what purported to be an official
copy of an order of Court refusing him per-
mission to have his baggage unless he de-
posted with the Court 81 500 as security for
the safe return of the same. As the bag
gage contained the plan of the location
of the hidden money, and as he had not the
81, 800 to deposit as security, he thus gave
an opportunity for his victim to volunteer
to send that amount of money to Havana.
The Record asserts that q number of per-
sons have been victimized. 1t is uncertain
whether or not anything can be done to-
wards securing the arrest of the swindler
The Spanish authorities have, however,
been notified, and an investigation into the
management of the Royal prison at Ha-
vana will be made.
Hunted for Her Ducats.
DETROIT, November 23d.-Charles Rich
Of A Inin Tod oh
leaving a will bequeathing to his widow
property valued at 100000. The will was
contested by his brothers and sisters. The
widow employed r. ]. Kelly, J. D. Trum-
bull and George H. Slaton as attorneys,
and then, contrary to the advice of all
three of them, she compromised the suit
by paying the relatives 100000. When
the attorneys brought in their
bills for their services, according to
their own statement Kelly demanded
$1,000, Trumbull $4,000 and Slaton
$1,000 as recompense for their advice. Mrs.
Richardson considered the charges exor-
bitant and refused to pay them. On Sat
urday she drew $4,000 from the Alpena
Bank and came to Detroit, to keep it away
from the lawyers, placing $4,000 in the
American Exchange National Bank in this
city. However, the lawyers followed her,
and learning that they had taken out a
garnishment for the bank, she drew her
money out and has since kept it about her
person. 1t is impossible to tell the out
come. The lawyers say she is a miser and
crazy.
An Innocent Female Smuggler.
New YORK, November 23d.-Lace goods
of much value have been smuggled into
New York through various channels, for
young and lovely Belgian living in this
city, was arrested to-day. The young
woman says she has relatives in Belgium
whom she frequently visits, and they send
lace by her to sell in this country. The
last time she returned by the steamship
Switzerland, landing in Philadelphia. 1t is
alleged that she brought the lace to this
city and peddled it here. In her
apartments was found lace valued at
nearly So, 500. The young woman made
no secret of the way in which it came into
her possession, and seemed to be unaware
that she had committed crime in snug
Cling the lace into the city.
The McQuade Case.
New YORK, November 23d-P. NAT
half-past o'clock the jury in the McQuade
Doodle case came into Court and reported
to the Recorder that it had been impossi-
BILE TO agree upon a verdict, and expressed
the belief that further trial to do so was
useless. The Recorder lectured them on
the importance of the duty before them,
and sent them back until II o'clock. 1t is
understood that the panel has stood ten for
conviction and two for acquittal all day.
SHUT If FOR THE NIGHT.
Lateral o'clock the jury reported
that they were still unable to agree. They
were then locked up for the night.
Heavy Defalcation.
Bosro,t, November 23d.-This morning
William Reed, Treasurer OF tne South
Boston Horse Railroad Company, was
arrested on a charge of embezzling 100000
in cash and 100000 in an overissue of
stock of the company. 1t is charged that
the embezzlement has been going on for
the past five or six years. Reed has been
Treasurer of the company ten years, and
has always been trusted with all the funds.
He was arrested at his home in South Bos-
ton. He refused to say anything in regard
to the accusation against him. Reed, in
addition to his Treasurership of the rail-
way company, has been for sometime en-
gagged as broker at No. So Deyonshire
street.
LATER-The facts show that the total
amount embezzled is $104,000, of which
$34, 500 is over-issue of stock Reed has
confessed to the police and turned over all
his property to the Directors of the COM
pany
Arthur's VIII.
New YORK, November 23d.-The will of
the late ex-President Arthur, which was
made in March last will probably be filed
for probate tomorrow. 1t is believed to
direct the disposal of about S250,000 of real
and personal property. 1t is said that the
bequests, except in one or two instances, in
which charitable institutions are benefited,
are of private nature.
Nearly all the prominent persons who
came here to attend the funeral have de-
parted from the city. The family remained
in seclusion to-day, receiving only few
intimate friends.
Future Presidents" Take Notice.
New YORK. November 23d.-The Exec
utive Committee of the American Pro-
tective Tariff League met to-day, and
decided to offer to the students of the
senior classes in all American colleges a
series of prizes for approved essays on the
subject of the advantages of a protective
tariff to the labor and industries of the
United States, each essay not to exceed
10000 words, and to be sent to the office of
the League on or before May l, 1887.
Awards will be made June 15 1887, as fol-
lows: For the best essay, $3.50; for the
second best, 500; for the third best, $50,
and for other essays deemed especially
meritorious, handsome silver medals.
He's a Gentleman of Good Taste.
New YORK, November 23d.-Munkacsy,
the Hungarian artist, was banqueted to-
night at Delmonico's by number Of his
fellow -countrymen. Addresses in praise
of the artist were made by Hon. Joseph
Pulitzer, Hon. Abram S. Hewitt and others.
Munkaczy replied in Hungarian, expressing
his thanks. He complimented the Ameri-
can ladies for their beauty, saying they were
the handsomest women in the world.
Their Poor Clients!
NASHVILLE (Tenn.) November 23d.-The
lawyers OF this city have offered Law
yers' Stake" Of 5000, to be run for at the
spring meeting of the Nashville Blood
Horse Association. The race is for three
year-olds, and the distance one and one
sixteenth miles. The first time the stake
is run for will be on the new racecourse.
Like His San Francisco NamesaEe.
CLEVELAND, November 23d.-This morn
ing Judge Hutchins bound old man
Wheeler over to the Common Pleas Court
without bail for the murder of his wife
Wheeler is 81 years old and his wife ST.
They had lived here half a century, and
each was worth $50, 900. Mrs. Wheeler was
strangled to death on the night OF the 20th
inst, and Wheeler claims two robbers were