The evening times., 1897-07-20
GREAT sWIND[E LAID BARE
RequeSens Exposes the Costa
Rican CounterfeitiRg Scheme.
MAKES A FULL CONFESSION
He ExoUeratcs All His Fellow-Pris-
oners Except Mrs. Reineman, the
Pretty Widow to Whom He Was
Engaged, and who Turned states
Evidence.
York, July 2o.-Ricardo de Re

New York, July 2O-Ricardo dc Re
QHesens made a complete exposure OF the
famous nilI.on-diollar Costa Rican counter
feiting case In written confession over
has signature in Ludlow-street Jail yester-
day So far as his fellow prisoners are
concerned, except Mrs. Eugenia Reineman.
the young and attractive Pittsburg widow,
20 whom he was engaged TO be married
before their joint arrest last month, but
who turned states evidence last week and
gave testimony against him and the others,
he takes all tie blame upon himself.
The confession duplicates three wealthy
coffee planters In Costa Rica-Jose Campos,
Jose villalobos and Salvador Ocampo, OF
Santo Domingo, Costa Rica-and A. Quiros.
a nephew of the present minister of war oil
the same name of that republic. Indeed,
De Requesens inttmates that the minister
also had something to do with the coun-
terfeitang business. His confession is In
part as follows
.sAbout J July, 1 s94, Senor jose Camposand
Senor Jose Tillalobos came TO TINS city
from San Francisco, Cal, bringing with
them two stones already engraved for the
printing of SlC0 bIils Of the Bank of Costa
Rica. Campos showed me in my Office
500 snIl OF the said bank and asked me
how mach it would cost TO print 10 200 uf
them. making 81 Geo, ,o0o, adding that he
had had the stones ma DE in California for
$500. / answered that that kind OF work
could not lie done by lithographic process,
but by steel plates. He asked methen how
much IL would cost to make the steel plates
and print the .iils. said 5000, an d that
l would do tie jolt if he would advance
81 900. lie agreed and gave me the money.
The following day Campos and Villalobos
left this city and went to London, expect
ing that upon their return here the notes
would he delivered 20 them, but had done
dothing, and had no intention of doing
anything in the matter.
at WAS seven months after that, in the
month of February, 1895, that became
acquainted with Frcderico Mora. His
visit to my office was in regard to the pub
lication OF pam phlet.
when Campos and villaobos returned
from Lontlen got 81 900 more from them
and LEI them go to Costa Rica under the
impression that I would do the job and
send the bills to them. They promised TO
pay m So, 900 more on delivery Of the bills.
Then Ocampo came TO New York about
July, S95, and urged me to do the WORK,
1 promised him TO do it IL he gave me
81 900 cash to begin at once He did so,
and 7 spent that amount in ma king
proofs on copper Plates by photo-engraving
process I showed ocampo two of these
plates
He went back to Costa Rica and never
thought OF the matter any more. Finally
be and Nillalobos became Disguised and
sent Senior A. Quiros here to push the
work. SeDor Quiros was the confidential
seC retary of SenoIs Ocampo and Nillalobos.
He is a nephew of Senior Juan B. Quiros
secretary OF war in President Iglesias'
cabinet. which makes me suspect that the
secretary Of war had something TO do with
the counterfeitng business.
''ScDor Quiros promised me 81 {. 600 upon
the delivery of the notes. This was last
November. / had copper plates made by
photo-engraving. for which | paid about
$500. ] gave the plates to Mr.. DohIn's son,
Mr. Eohm spent several weeks doing the
work. and finished it last February. He
made about 5,40o hills Senior Quiros saw
them and was very much pleased with
them.
After QuiroS left for Costa Rica Mr..
Dohm and l cut the bank notes at night.
and then / took to my house the sofa
which I had in my office since Decem
Der last. and packed the bills in it and
shipped it to ocampo, at Port Limon, Costa
Rica.
I arrived in Port Limon with Mrs.
Reinenan, under the name OF Mr.. RENE
man. The day after We landed the chief
OF police and the private secretary OF
President Igiesias cameto London by special
train, and was ordered toleave the coun.
try. Before landing. Mrs. Reineman con
cpalei under herdress the four packages or
bills which we had brought in q satchel
from New York, and she smuggled them
through the custom-honse. Noticing that
we were closely watched and might be
searched, we decided to put the four pack
ages OF bills upon a wardrobe.
while I was on hoard Ocampo arrived
from the capital. He and Senor Chaoon.
ohN " AhS -tAEcr>rs Stut mere Nv tHP gov
eminent Of Costa Rita, and who acted as
confederate OF ocampo in Lmon, came
on board. and took them both into nv
cabin, where I delivered to them the bin
of lading and consular invoice The sofa
had arrived in LImon about three weeks
before we did
During our interview asked Ocampo
for the $4,000 he had promised to pay me
He said he had only $500 in his pocket.
and added that il Mrs. ReineIfian went
to san jose, TIE capital, he would pay her
the money in about two weeks This and
the fact that Mrs. Reineman w as to receive
$4,000 as her share in the transaction, ex-
plains her trip TO the capital.
"I had told Mrs. Reineman not to remove
the four packages OF bills bad left on the
wardrobe for 0campo, but she thought she
could make some money with the four
packages of bills. by selling them to some
one in San Jose, and she took them up
with her and made arrangements with Wal
cOtt, a waiter in the Hotel Imperial where
she was stopping, and gave him the four
packages, so that be would put them in
circulation. She has told me the waiter
put in circulation about $4,000 and the
Balance OF $50, was found in his DOS
session when he was arrested. 1t was,
therefore, through Mrs. Reineman's Gu
pidify that the bills were put in fircpla