New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-23
4 MYSTERIOUS. CONSPIRACY TALE.
LONG ISLAND PEOPLE CHARGED WITH ATTEMP,
ING TO FLEECE A NETWORK LAWYER


ING TO FLEECE A NETWORK LAWYER.
There was complicated case OF alleged blacKma'l
and conspiracy In the Tombs Police Court before Jud-c
Duffy yesterday afternoon in which Charles w.
Klebisch, of No. 90 West Nincty-sixth-st. charged
number of persons living on Long Island with con
spracy to blacImail him ont of 5000 one OF the
alleged consprators, Henry wustein. who lives In
Deer Park, l.. L. arrested in the POsofhce yester
day morning, and thus the came into the Tombs
Klebsch In his affidavit says that he has Known
Wulstein for long time In January 1892, the com
painant, who is lawyer and has an Office in the
Pulitzer Building caused the arrest Of Rudolph Weissen
berger Of Brooklyn The magistrate discharged
Weissenberger for lack of evidence, and the latter then
threatened Klcbisch for false arrest and i'm
psonmcnt. klebisch then went 10 Mr.. Mauritius, the
fatherinlaw of Wcssenberger, and asked him to use
bis influence to settle the matter ont OF cOurt. on
January "A Wulscin went to the Office OF klebisch and
told him that he had made mistake in sending
Mauritius TO settle the case but that he would agree
10 get IL settled for $500.
Klebisch then gave Wulscin authority to settle and
promised him $50 for his trouble. lie also gave
Wulscin authority TO sell for him attached prop
erty in Holbrook, l.. l. He then gave Wustein n
check for $500 dated February "a, 1892. The next
he heard OF Wulsten he had been arrested in suffolk
County for bIibng n witness, and within few days
both Kebsch and Mauitius arrested on the same
charge. After the discharge OF wulsein Kebsch
asked him for the check which returned, ard then
he asked the Of the arrest
The story told 10 Kebsch by Wulstcin Is certainly
an odd one, and In substance is follows Wulsein
said that living about RoDkonhoma Lake l.. l., there
party OF consprators and backmailers who we've
trying 10 obtain money from Klebisch. Until he paid
them certain OF money he 90 be annoyed in
all possible ways His property Long Island WAS
TO be destroyed, his animals billed, and they even
threatened desecrae his lot I'm the cemetery. The
pators also claimed % have in their ~Scsson
a stertous package of letters which. II Kletd>ch
would pay them 5000, they woud return and they
would also their dcpcdnons upon his property
The consprators were. according TO Wulstein. "A man
named StollwOrthy ex detective OF Brooklyn who
lived in Hobrook: Jacob SPURS, dgaTnakcr :;
Bowers a conductor on the Long Island Railroad !,
Fraze the station agent at Hobrook, and Deputy
Sheriff Freeman, of Rapport. l.. l. stoworhy had but
recently been made deputy sheriff OF suffolk County.
and as he afraid the Sheriff might have some sus
pcion of bis scheme. the arrest of Wulstcn
ranged. Another motive in causing the arrest was to
stop all payment Of money TO Wels,enbergcr.
Additional pressure brought to bear Klebisch
when Wulsten went to his sister at HOlbTOok and
threatened her life unless her brother paid $1,000.
When Klebisch heard OF this he sent for Wulsten and
after giving him release from 500 debt gave him
$3.50 for the cOnspratOr $50 for himself, and promised
20 pay 900 In three months 500 In six months
and 500 in nine months. In return for this the
,praOrs 10 cease annoying kleblscl and at the
end OF the nine months hand over u him the miS
FERROUS package OF letters. After the first money was
received Wuhtein called klcbisch and said that the
balance of the money must DC paid at once. Upon
klebischs refusal valuable dog Of his his IIOlbrJJk
farm shot lie then decided 10 begin proceedings
against the consplrtors. The first bc arrested
Wulstein but when he taacn Ia the 1Ombs yes
erdav afternoon klebisch did not appear against him
and he was remandcd until March 80.