Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-11-26
|EASY MARKS FOR THE COUNT
How Mitkiewlcz Got Money for
Promotion Schemes.
Wide-Awake American Citizens Appcap
I'm Court and Make Laughing stocks
of Themselves - Couldn't
Corner the Count.

New York. Nov. 10.-Tho Ease Of tho
people against Count Eugene dc Nit
kiewicz, who is charged with obtain
ing S3o. 900 from Attorney Arthur l.
Tones, of Brooklyn, during a period of
two years on false ~pretenses, camo
up for examination in the Tombs
police court. The specific charge
against Mitltiewicz is that u year ago
he got Tones to give n bill of sale Of
his residence, at No 500 GARRISON ave.
nue., to George W. Goodward, for the
Home Benefit association, at No. 1G)
broadway. for the consideration OF
81, $50, which he turned over to the
count for furthering the counts scheme
for procuring railway concessions from
the Chinese government a motion by
Attorney Burke to adjourn the case
because of the absence OF Colonel
Elliot f. Shepard and other witnesses
was not allowed.
Tones was the first witness placed
on the stand. lie described the counts
coming 10 him and urging him to raise
a little more money to send to Millard
Jones in China, for furthering the
plan, l. c., gaining concessions from
China and securing the acceptance OF
Henry W. Blair as United States min
lster TO that country. The count, he
said, gave him to understand hat Col.
onei Shepard was backing the scheme,
and would be in n vague sort OF way
security for the loan. Later he re
ceived u letter from the count, saying
that tho money would be repaid.
Colonel Shepard came into the cour,
as Tones left the stand.
Attorney w. Z. Burr, who claims
that Mitkie wicz got 500, 600 out of him,
was the next witness, lie testified &c
giving $3.50 OF the 81, $50 to Count Nit.
kiewicz and sending tho remainder TO
Jones in China. Burr testified that
De Mithiewicz represented to him and
Tones that Colonel Shepard had prom
lsed TO reimburse all those that ad.
vanced money for expenses spcnt il
procuring the desired concessions from
China.
Colonel Shepard. himself, took the
stand. IIo SAID hat he met Mitkie-
wicz about three years ago, Tho
count soon after unfolded his plan
for building railroads in China. Thu
coun: said that he had lived in China.
md knew that the Chinese govern.
ment was favorable to having Ameri-
can capital build railroad lines there.
and that If n little money was spenl
judiciously the necessary concession
could be obtained from Viceroy Chang.
The count asked the colonel IL he
would advance money toward procur.
ing the concessions, but the colonel
declined. Then tho count wanted the
colonel to pay half Of the expenses to-
ward sending some one TO China &c
negotiate with the viceroy, but again
the colonel said no. Finally the
colonel did agree that in case the
count secured the concession from the
viceroy, and brought him sufficient
proof of the fact. he would enter into
the scheme and pay all the expenses in
the matter that had been incurred.
The colonel said that he believed
cause he learned from sources tina
the Chinese rather leaned to
ward such q scheme. Jesse Grant haG
told him that OH n tour around the
world with his father lie had learned
this attitude of the Chinese, and later
q Chinese gentleman whom he knewa.
Mr.. "Do" told him the same thing.
When the colonel left the stand Law
yer Brooks moved that the prisoner be
dismissed.
Justice Gray discharged tho count,
saying that tho prosecution had moi
made out Il case against him. To make
out n case of larceny by false pretenscs
the justice said that it was necessary
to show that tho false prctenses hat
been OF such n nature as to DO reason
ably credible. When the count told
Tome that at the end OF tho trunsac
tions. whether they were successful OF
not Colonel Shepard would reimburse
him for the money advanced toward
Jones expenses. it should have oc
Cured TO Tones to ask why the colonel
did not advance the expenses from the
beginning.
This decision Of the justice affected
the sanguine count like magic. Every
thing about him beamcd with satisfac.
ton. lie jumped up and seized tho
hands OF his attorneys. and oven in the
exuberance OF his joy grasped the
hand of Colonel Shepard.