The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-22
TWAS A BIG BUNCO GAME.
COUNT MTfKYEUICz TRIED TO MAKE
AfO,OOO BIZ IT.

s1O.OOO BYTE
NE aud Shoe Dox Miller Told Tail sto.
ries to Frank r. O'Brien-Ths Count
Represented That re HaA Cosesssions
by which Miiions Could no Made In
thina-Coi. shepard's Name Used.
Little By little tho true inwnrdness Of the
methods Of Count Eugene Mitkiewicz OF WASH
ington and OF the whole earth is coming to
light Yesterday there was printed In THE
EVENING suS story OF how Frank p. OBrien.
President and general manager OF the Biz
mingham tAla.) Age Herald. came near falling
into his hands. Tho Count had for his fret as
sistant In this scheme his old friend. Shoe Box
Miller OF Pittsburgh. and incidentally he used
letters and kilograms which had boon sent to
him by Col. Elliott r. Shepard. 1t is not be-
lteved, from all that could be heard. that Count
Mitkiewcz and his friend Miller had any
authority whatever TO use the letters and tele-
grams sent to him by Col. BhepaHl Certainly
they had no authority to use them In an effort to
inveiGle Mr.. OBrien into a scheme which was
all moonshine. The Count does not hesitate
to use any names that como to him. He even
desecrated the name OF United States Senator
Blair. the New Hampshire man who wanted to
be Chinese Minister. and who was refused BY
the Chinese Empire. Then, also. Mitktewicz
and Miller claim to be on tho closest terms
With the Chinese Minister at Washington and
the Chinese Prime Minister. Ii Hung Chang.
Mr.. OBrien. with his family. is stopping at
Asbnry Park. 1t seems that he met Shoe Box
Miller three years ago. while Miller was trav-
sllnR in the South In the interest OF trade
paper published at Pittsburgh. O'Brien treat
ed Miller courteously. and Miller said he would
never forget it. On July 8 last Mr.. OBren was
on his way to Asbury Park. with his family. At
Jsnsey City he entered the telegraph Office and
there met Miller.
Miller was delighted to see o Brlen and said
that the time had como for him to reciprocate
the kindnass shown to him In the South three
vesrs before. Miller had great scheme. and
O'Brien asked him to call. Two days later
Miller. ACCOMPANIED by Count Mitkiewicz,
called on Mr.. O'Brien at his hotel the Guern-
0sy House. Asbury Park Tho Count and Shoe
Box then told Mr.. OBrisn that they had the
most wonderful concessions on earth from tho
Emperor Of tho Flowery KINGDOM. In
. word. they. with tho assistance OF
E: SsSfna and were t. 'GnTH al
Tn:Fe yss MGes Il, Q. q
S6e eminsnt repre- sentatives; C9I SHEPARD IVES
Count and Muller on that occasions the Chinese In
tho syndicate and had assisted in bringina
csss se se SoSn tho sn
4, Not the least Of tho great things to he done
leaders Of the syndic.t: were to innuense tho
American Congress and the American Presi-
6n.ss Il R.
~ hs side partner Nth
Se won't smoo,S S9 FOR tho TIM. bsn
wanted Mr. U'Brlsn TO- advance $1,000 for i'm;
sses..h sS Sis IL ais ss'. ~.
2Brssn wanted 70 knew e WIZ d they didn't g to
The ' GsSnt rep d that The eoions would
that h sGnd not do this
s noSsR Col ssspsrd h Rea
sigped VII repay she money. ..
Mr. nfs 01 very sn miaass m0S %
O'Bfien said e didn't carry that amount OF
sss E h9 5s sas h:s
sssy sssd % S. S sn:s
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Bride warned him Of the reputation OF tho |
two men he had conferred with. O'Brien then !
the Astor House. whore ihey. were then stop
ping. telling them that he could not meet them
and Miller rushsd back TO Asoury Park. and
Vas confIontsd By Nj: ,0'Brien and Mcbride.
and Miller became confused. and finally Nc
Bride said to him: You are rascal; and your
flushed up and came back to New York.
That's the last that Mr.. O'Brien has seen OF tho
Count or Shoe box.
At the Long Beach Hotel the other day a
Sun reporter noticed that the Count was, sur-
rounded by number VI we'll -dressed China
servants but The Sun has since received de-
spetches from Washington that these trained
the Chinese Minister and his Interpreter had
Dir. O'Brion gone on to Washington. There
are plenty Of good clothes which these China.
men could wear for an official occasion.