The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-13
The Arrest of Felix Romu1o
Pineiro, Jr., Has Reused
Much Curiosity.
MANY BELIEVE HIS STORY.
Cashier Hall Says Hes All Right
and Undertaken Beckman is
Hopeful.

Jr., on Saturday night, for obtaining
money under false pretences from Carl
Traub, machinist, and others (exclu-
sively reported in THE SUNDAY MORNING
NEWS of yesterday has given rise to con-
siderable speculation as to whether there
is any truth in the young mans story con-
corning his fathers wealth.
Pineiro claims to be the son of wealthy
South Anne rican ranchman. He is pre-
possessing young fellow; looks about
twenty-three years old, but is
scarcely twenty, is splendilly dressed, and
speaks good Spanish, but bad English.
He says he been travelling around the
world for two years, drawing $4,000 an
nually from ''the old Governor" in 81, 500
quarterly allowances. He leads fast
life, and his allowances usually runs out
before the quarter ends. Then he resorts
to borrowing.
None of the persons who are said to have
been sWlndled are as vet willing TO ac-
knowledge that they have been duped.
HALL THINKS HE'S ALL RIGHT.
Cashier Hall, of Taylor's Hotel, where
Pineiros baggage is held for a SO board
bill, said last nfght:-"You will find Mr..
P1neiro all right. We had waiter EN-,
ployed here some time ago who had
worked for Mr.. Pineiro's father. He is in
hard luck, that's all. | have seen letters
from the old gentleman, dated from
Paris (where he is now on a yisit) upbraid-
ing the son for not writing. Letters
must have miscarried, which doubtless
caused the young fellows trouble. No
vate letters can doubt the correctness of
his story"
Yet Proprietor De Revere still holds
the baggage, and when told that two
ladies were at the Jail yesterday after
noon to see Pinero, looked astCnished and
said, 1.-THE deuce, you say"
When Pinero left Taylor's he sought
parties whose acquaintance he made on
shipboard during recent trip from Ger
many, and found them at No. 40 Bower
street, on the Heights. They are well-to-
do people, who have recently purch ased 8
large wholesale grocery store on Palisade
avenue.
Pineiro explained his position and
asked the privilege of boarding with
them at $40 @ week, agreeing to pay as
soon as he received his next allowance.
The confidence of these people is not in
the least shaken. They say they do not
even want the $40 due them.
BEGGING WITH $500 IN HAND.
1t is notable, however, that Carl Traub,
who had the warrant issued by Justice
O'Connel for his arrest, and who resides
over in New York, is making his home for
a few days at No. 40 Bower street while
the case is pending at the invitation of
these same people.
Traub was also one of the party on
board the ship which brought Pinero over
from Germany. He is a splendid looking
young fellow, whose face indicates gener
osity. He had once travelled day and q
half without food in Germany with a
check for $500 in his pocket, which he
could not get cashed, which explains why
his sympathy led him to shell out at vari-
Gus times amounts which footed up
t1 ses nearly a pneipo. TISG on He the holds pr0m
receipt written on the back of business
card signed by Pineiro, with the address
No. 81 rue des Pyramides, Paris. On one
occasion he loaned Pineiro $25 to go to
Pittsburg with. Pineiro returned in a
few hours and said he had lost the S25,
and Traub loaned him $35 more.
AN UNDERTAKER'S CONFIDENCE.
Undertaken Beckman said Peneiro had
hired teams twice and paid for them. He
came in one afternoon and asked for a
team without money
II can't let strangers have my teams
without money and reference" said the
undertaken.
''Reference?" said Pineiro, in tone of
feigned surprise SIS it possible that you
do not read the evening papers?"
81 generally look over them," replied
the old gentleman. "Why?"
''And you have not read an account of
the son of South American nobleman
stopping at Taylor's Hotel? Why the
papers have been full of gush concerning
the honor conferred upon the people of
Jersey City by the presence of such dis
tinguished stranger"
'Wen, you see," said Mr.. Beckman to
the reporter yesterday afternoon, "Pineiro
was splendidly dressed. l saw him in
good company. Business was dull any
way, so let him have teams whenever he
wanted them. He told me of his fathers
$500 horses; that he was travelling around
the world at his fathers expense, and was
waiting for his next quarterly allowance.
He said that he was much interested in
Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and had
tried to secure a number of his cowboys
to go to South America with him. sent
him his breakfast at the station house
this morning, and his dinner, but he had
been removed to the County Jail during
the morning,
Pineiro refused to be interviewed at the
Jail last night.