Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-26
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tors Of the Mining Record, and Mr.
Marx, of the Financial Times, were ar
rested to-day in this city and lodged in
the police station on the charge that
they ~unlawfully threatened to print and
publish n certain false libel concerning
James Potter Albeit and Marcus Bebro
with intent thereby to extort money
from them"
The first named gentleman is a brother
Of Harry Marks, of Financial News
fame. The way it all came about is
this: "The Mining Record on Friday
last published a leading article headed
"Bebro's Latest Love" 1t was an ar
ticle dealing with the formation of the
Crystal Reef Gold Mining company
Qimited) and the supposed part taken in
it by Marcus Bebro. On Friday last
Marx suggested that he could prevent
further articles-which, he alleged, were
already written-from appearing in the
Mining Record on the payment Of a sum
of money. On Saturday some further
remarks were published and another at
tempt IA made by Marx to arrange for
the payment Of a large sum Of money in
order to stop further articles which
were threatened. The sum of money
mentioned was $500. The company
was not fool enough to pay the money
at once Mr.. Forrest Fulton, M. p, was
consulted, with the result that Marks,
Wolfe and Marx were lead to believe
that the money would be paid, and this
afternoon a warrant was applied for bv
Mr.. Forrest Fulton, on behalf of the
directors of the Crystal Reef Gold Min
ing company, and obtained. 1t was a
nice ~preconcerted plan. Bebro arranged
to see Claude Marks, who told him that
if $500 were brought to him in gold and
not in notes he would square it, and
nothing should appear. Bebro wanted
to take the solicitor of the company
with him, but Marks said, "They must
see Bebro alone, and it must be with
closed doors and they must have it all
in sovereigns, and if Jesus Christ him
self went they would not take the
money in any other way" Bebro, after
a long conversation, arranged to take
$500 to-day at 4:30 p. M, and the re-
manning G200 tomorrow. He went
with the $500, according to arrangement,
and me Marks and Wolfe. The meet
ing was apparently a very friendly one
until the advent Of the detectives. The
E300 we're placed upon the table and
Marks and Wolfe had counted over
two hundred of them and were in the
act of counting the third hundred when
four detectives and two policemen EN-
tered and arrested them. The prisoners
were brought to the police court to-day.
The greatest excitement prevails in city
circles.
LATER.
A later special says: "Guildhall police
court was crowded with the lights of
Capel court to-day to hear the charges
against the three financial journalists
who were arrested yesterday for black
mail. The London edition of the Her
aid scored a great heat over the other
London morning papers with the ex-
elusive story Of the arrest, and soon
after the brokers arrived on exchange il
was almost impossible to get a copy OF
the paper at any price. The usual large
supply of Heralds was sold at an early
hour and as high as ten shillings were
offered for a single copy. In front OF
Guildhall stood a knot of brokers, who
could not get into the court room, read
ing the Herald-that is, one man read
aloud to fifteen or twenty other men
clustered around him like bees. Inside
the court the same scene was witnessed.
Hundreds of eyes sparkled and smiles
ran around the room when a detective
displayed the little bags of gold SOW
ereigns which were found on the Office
table whe he arrested the defendants.
Another sensation was the
ment that Sir Charles Russell, @ G, NJ
p. had been especially retained AS lead
ing council for the prosecution. The
proceedings, however, simply consisted
of proving the arrest, after which the
defendants were remanded until next
Tuesday and were held in bail OF 81, 500
each. Later in the day the defendants
counsel applied to Justice Denman,
sitting in chambers, for an injunction to
restrain the London edition of the Her.
aid from publishing anything further on
the case. The injunction was granted
but the Herald will, despite this, publish
a full page of the story. giving reports OF
the proceedings Of to-day.
How to Cheaper Tinplates.