The sun., 1897-12-09
TEIXEIRA BLACKMAILING.
TURyBULL GIVES MORE TEsTIMoNT
IGAIHsT GOULD.

| No says That Gould Tsid His, AFTER Thsir
Arrest, THAT the spanish Consul was &c
Get = Cenmission Out sr the scherne-A
Letter frea the Csnsni IutroducinE Geuid'
Tho examination of William b. Turnbnll and
William k. Gould. who arc charged with at
tempting to blackmail Eugenio Teixoira- tho
| wealthy Brazilian artist, was continued In tho
| Centre Street Police Court before Magistrate
Hcade yesterday morning. At Tuesdays hear
ing Turnbull was on the stand for over an hour,
and was virtually witness for the people. Ho
testified that 1t was true that there had been n
scheme to blackmail Mr.. Teixeira, but that 1t had
been conceived and planned by Gould. Ycster-
day Turnbull was put on the stand again, and
when asked by Assistant District Attorney
Campbell whether he had had any converse.
| tion with Gould since his arrest, he said
| After the proceedings on Sunday morning
we were taken over to the Tombs and placed
in tho same cell At fret we didn't speak.
Finally Gould said to me:
What's tho use of both OF us going to
prison for this thingi Suppose you plead
| guilty. beg for mercy, and take q small sen.
tence. Exonerate me, and III turn around and
sue Toixeira for big damages for falso Inn
prisonment. I'll takc caro- Of your wife and
family out Of what get in tho suit, and will
SEQ that you arc all right when you get out
81 refused to listen to this proposition, and
no said nothing moro about 1t. After whilo
! / asked Gould to tell me whether or not tho
Spanish Consul was really implicated In tho
case. He said: We'll. all the Consul was to
get out Of It. was commission. Teixeira,
10 o so
"I havo no knowledge myself of whether tho
Consul was involved in the matter
Vernon NJ. Davis representing Gould, asked
whether IL was not true that Turnbull had
Turnbuii said he Knew nothing about il. Ho
Snd been 5asd by Mr. nsnrlGpSes, BY but tin, no
against Turnbnll and Gould. and almost sue
ceeded in getting the former to accept tho
| witness. Valley told how he went to Turn.
bulls ,house at 7West' Nineteenth street. and
son; Mr.. Teixelra's confidential agent. Ho
said that @ after nsgotations % had progressed
he had about Tcixeira was that he had been
| indicted in Brazil for fraudulent transactions,
and had been Obliged to fee TO avoid arrest.
lillian Government was about to tako steps to
have the treaty between n the countries changed
Ht M this sS point % said y Sr. campSeil, wo do
Ne Baldssanq L, Mr.. Teixeira recommending
The letter. which was admitted in evidence
after tussle among tho lawyers. was as
| follows:
| November 10. Spanish Consulate.
| DON Etipenfo de Frrfd Teirciru.
MT OLD AND Esrrxakp FRIESD: Mr.. williamE E. Gould.
whom see frequently has Iead with great interest
the speech made by you at Madrid connected with
the painting which you and the reproduction of
who Is an eniSusass in art and Who has in his family
painter asks my advice concerning art studies in
and he is desirous of speaking you concerning
another matter. 1t is my pleasure to Introduce him
Mr. Gould is a well.informed man. not only in art
but in Wall street matters, where sometmes he has
speaks Spanish perfectly; and from reading your
as % G and n
that Il may serve his purpose: ! rem remain your most
| ARTURO DE BALDAsASo Y ToPETE.
! Detective Valley resumed the stand after the
| letter had been read.
toS he said he had
Gould had then told him that the spanish Con.
sui had warned him that there were Detectives
.on saturday Iiy night met Gould for tho frs.
Was @ there with with TurnbuI and Nj. Teixeira.
warned him as soon as knew who he was that
hide: Then he went on and admitted that he
| had FURNISHED the information about MI; TEX.
S Ss sna eUm the s cSnsa Shs11 he
| to his house frequently no said, and heard
most Of az talk about Mr. reIIera around the
Gould admitted that he knew of the letters
that TprnbulI had written to Mr.. Gould. but
Oen1eu having anything 10 90 Win the one In
which demand for So, $50 was made. He told
| me that Turnbull lied when he said that ho,
| Gould, had inspired this letter as well as the
others. Turnbull was out of the room while
| this conversation went on. 1 brought him in
| and got him to repeat his story before Gould.
| The first part of Turnbull's narrative seemed to
please Gould, for he kept saying That's right!
| That's right! When Turnbull declared, how
a chance to force money out OF Mr Teixeira,
Gould broke in with. Look here, Buttons, that
| a lie.' After that he kept saying: buttons,
/ VnT'r r. IN Tn fntn aji
| Buttons was Turnbulls nickname when he
| and Gould were schoolboys together"
At the conclusion of Valleys testimony the
examination was adjourned until this morning