The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-01
CONSUL RUIZ ACQUITTED.
BUT DAsHING MRS LAU NAY HAVE TO
STAND TRIAL For FOR0ERT.


Consul General to Ecuador. and Mrs. Bertha
Lau. who were accused Of forgery. came up
before Justice Ryan In the Jefferson Market
Police Court yesterday afternoon. simon Ep-
stein was the complainant Evidence was i'm
troduced tending to show that Consul Ruiz
was Systematically bled by Mrs. Lau. that he
was completely under her control. and that he
had not knowingly violated the law. Letters
wcro Rad written by Mrs. Lau to Mr.. Ruiz
beginning My Dearest Darling My OAR.
ling Papa and ending with lots OF love and
kisses from your own Bertha" Mrs. Lau de-
MED every allegation. She threw the blame
upon Mr.. Ruiz. saving that he was guilty. At
| the conclusion OF the examination Justice
| liyan discharged Mr.. Ruiz. and held Mrs. Lau
| in $1,000 bail for tho Grand Jury.
| Note shaver linklestein was the first wit
ness called 10y the prosecution. lilo identified
| two notes for Sl.OuO each. bearing the sigma
| ture OF Gustav Preston. and endorsed 10y Mr..
Ruiz. lie said that tho notes had been given to
| his deceased stcp'ather. Broker Miiack. hy
| Mrs. I.uu. who assured him that the signature
| OF Mr.. Preston was genuine Witness also
| swore that Mr. Ruiz had said that he would
| nav tho notes. lie did not know who had
| signed Mr.. Prestons name to the notes. They
| had been returned by Mr.. Preston. who DO
nounccl thom as forgrrics. and Mr. Epstein.
| who had cashcd them for Nliiack. was out tho
| amount he had advanced.
| Mrs. Lau by her own request. took the stand
| ncxt. Turning her back on Mr. Ruiz she said:
| I'm regard to the two $1,000 notes / know
nothing about their making snvo what Mr..
| Ruiz told me. Mr.. Ruiz left my house on q
Friday for Boston to see Mr.. Preston. He got
hack on sunday with the two notes. On Mon
| day morning following. about Aug. IL. think.
| Miiack met Mr. Ruiz Mt nv house and took one
| OF tho notes. | got tho other note in part pay
ment of what Mr.. Ruiz owod me. Mr. Pohul-
sky cashed it for me. l owed Po-
husky $500 and he gave me $3.50
in exchange for tho note. The way
lcamo to the note was that at breakfast
| Mr. liuiH said. 7 haro not pail my board for
note. Taks 500 d i ior Eoafd and 500 les
my house and TOOK another LADY to the coun;:
try. went to st. Louis to n soc my husband; |
due Mr. Euiz asked me to keep the brokers
away from Boston and to get him more time.
Knew that the c"nssE ' own paper esr was
good. but was sure Mr.. lreston,s was Tor 10
Teamed Mr. XVI Miz 5000 once before The
said That 1t could not be true Il, ! assured him
self so said tho next day. On that day he
nskc! rohu'sky for three days time. tie got
II and several other extensions. one through
my husbands lawyer But he did not pny the
notes"
| ~ understood you TO say. SnlQ JUSTICE
own they would not be taken. Why mott"
He owed SO much. and his notes were not
Then why did YOU tell Pohulshy that the
notes could not be bad. for Ruiz had endorsed
them. and that that made them good?"
Mrs. Lau did not answer the question.
his notes - asked the Court :,
| ~ had too many OF his mortgages" said
Lawyer Edmund Z Price asked Mrs. Lau
| how n, uph m she had rapeiyed from Mr..
Ruiz during the past seven months. She said
that she had received none, ooo .,
| Haven't you got over $1,000 from him Z"
LAWYER Price produced five letters in which
your signature?' he asked ~
i-s wrote those ! .te sa!d d Mrs L Is6
Not cent. said" snapped the witness.
he city at and
Yes. have"
and checks were not good p
II paid the checks as they were returned. -"
That is. YOU haye been paving them since
haze been trying to buy up all tho protested
Mrs. Iau then denied that she had caused
s put ceTk nns sk to
him arrested. After Lawyer Price had
brought out; notwithstanding. the witness 9
from Ruiz for seven months. that she had re-
ceived a large number Of checks from him.
and tried to patch up her story. Under his
guiding hand she said that she, met MIR. Ruiz
eheess ah or lent him
and even reioemed dress suit and trunk ha
na% her shs sHs snd bst E ESz
asked her and her husband to take, the West
End avenue hcnso and that no would pay her
$500 per month: $50 for its rent. and $50
70. expenses.
~" What is tho rent Of the house he got you %
-, Eighteen hundred dollars year. said
wen then. where did , YOU h have az any money
:" made it at my business"
What is your husincsST
u 60 70 the race track every day. and !
have proof never make less than SI5 a day.
WI Mr TX Euiz VAS then sworn. He said: II did
n bed 'i Sick @ $s Gds W.
She said. are two notes for yon from Boston
l want yon to endorse them ! locked at them
"ay ssni'B @ f. Knew sAf
needed money. and when ! saw the notes
was tGushSd for thought T. no had dsieates
fSnd In It'll the past ST. seven months MIS- Lny
ia, gotten thousands Of dollars from nc
for her / told Milack. when he came to sot
the two 5000 notes Mrs. Lnu had mo sign
them. but could not "thsrwise say that the,
were good When checks came back prot este,
which | had given her money to pay. sh" "X
rlnined that she had used the money pawn.
matter. was like n child In hor hands
never live,, or boarded in her house. wen
there mt times because l was clay. and sh,
moulded mo-"
After hearing his story. Justice Ryan said:
" believe Ny. Ruiz. and do not believe he l.
gnilty HoisS discharged, and Mrs. l.nu is Eel,
in 81, 900 bull FOR trial"
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