Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-30
SECOND EDITION.
HE'S A SLICK ONE.
The Writer of Cuban Letters Residing in Flor ida Caught Dead to Right-ln a
 Critical Condition.

Jacksonville. Fla, June 29.--A special to the Times-Union from Gainesville, Fla, says: It developed positively this after noon that the letters sent out from hefe to the Chicago Associated Press papers purporting to have been written In Cuba by Major Ham," are fakes of the first water It was stated by Anderfer ana those who have been assisting him that the originals of these letters were Wrlt- ten in a Greek cipher and that they would be shown any one aesli0us J1I oL sse 5e ing them Yesterday Major Ienen ue- manded one of the originals or j. V. sI,afontisze. and after the offer had been mada he could not refuse. Ihls leutel was given to Rev. MT. Hundley, Wilo translated it. They were not Wrlpten ,ai,,ii II cipher and any one having a lalr hlio"i- edge of Greek can read them. ,
 The one that MT. Hundley transi1ee" Iss, beejns Dear Frank" and is dated m, ], adelpha, Pa, May l, 1893, ana is iot1 .Maiors F. P. Ham. On May : iet7 7 for anpeared in certain papers uateu "Puerto Principe" and signed by the seme name How Major Ham went rom III Philadelphia to Cuba and sent letler hack to Frank Anderfer here M nfe nfe days is not understood. This same letu .Y. . addressed to Anderfer contains lnls. ,ie n was with a great amount or suIpI,9S ne I learned you were in Cuba, and especlaly in the business you are in. Ihe WrleeI seems to be of the opinion that Ahue. lel |. ! was in Cuba but further on contrauioea ,ll ea himself and he refers to nm as oeihe in this part of the south 4 .,o
 Anderfer knew nothing about .le ul translation of this letter. MT. flulolsg and several others went down ana ashei GU hin, to read it for them. He commehce,i with child-like simplicity, reading as TOT lows: |. ,2oz
 have just returned from very sucoe@9
 Here he was advised to stop on ac- count of his weak condition and the par ty left ,,.,a,,
 The Daily Sun issued an extra edition sbis afternoon. in which J. O. Lafontisze, who has assisted Anderfer to dispose ol these letters, admits that they are fakes, but claims that he has been humbugged as well as the public |.
 The conduct of Anderfer, however, IS still unexplained. A large majority thlnh that he is shamming Illness. ana pr Lancaster one of the first physlclans called. says that he is positive Of lhls; Considerable indignation is eXpressea against Anderfer for the manner Ill which he has fooled the public.
 It is said that Anderfer's real name IS Ham. and it is alleged that he is fugl- five from justice, and that he was the tramn who shot and killed an associate here last Christmas. It IS stated tnat Anderfer was at one time employed Tn a grocery store in Philadelphia, and that he stole S350 from his employer and ran away. Sheriff Tillis has telegraphed the chief of police there for information, put as yet has received no reply
 The strange conduct of Anderfer, to- gether with the developments Tn regard to the Cuban letters. is the general topic of conversation tonight. It is given out that Anderfer's condition is critical to- night, and no one is permitted to see him