The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-14
100000 BAD MONEY
BIG BUNDLE OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS
ON COSTA RIGA BANK.
RevOIutiOnists Intended to Use the
"Queer" to Help Overthrow
Their Government.

NEW YORK, July 13-Mrs Eugena
Relneman was the star witness to-day
when the examination of the four alleged
Costa Rican couHterfeiters Louis Haus-
man. Mrs. Betsy Chevin, Frederica Mora
and Herman Dohn, was resumed before
United States Commissioner Shields. Mrs
Reineman is also under arrest as one of
the counterfeiters and has turned States
evidence. To-day she told all she knew
about the alleged counterfeiting Of s.. 900 600
worth of notes of the Bank of Costa Rica
at San Jose to assist a revolution to. over
throw President Yglenias and the govern
ment. Mora was to be the new President
OF Costa Rica in the event of the success
Of the revolution. Mrs. Reineman said that
on March last Ricardo de Reauesus. who
owns the Spanish-American printing estab-
lishment in this city and who is also un-
der arrest as one of the counterfeiters
went to her room just prior to his de-
parture for New Orleans on his wav to
Costa Rica. He had satchel which the
witness opened. She said that she found
it packed with 100 pesos notes of the Bank
of Costa Rica. The notes were similar to
the alleged counterfeits which are in the
possession of the district attorney. De
Requesus said that his mother-in-law
Mrs. Betsy Chevin had packed it at her
home in Long Island City. Afterward, Mrs
Reineman said, she went with De Re-
quesus to his printing place, he carrying
the satchel. Mora, 4 ausman and several
other men were there
L felt bad about pequesuS going
away, said the v.t"-se. :. l told Mora
that he was sending De Requesus to his
death; Mora tod me If ,hought that way
l ought to go Wit an to Costa Rica
asked Mora If he knew what was i'm the
valise and he pretended that he did not
Know, The next day Mora insisted that |
and | did so, meeting De Requesus at the
St Charles Hotel in that city. De Re
duesus had the satchel in his room all the
me letter which / handed to De Reuuesus
at New Orleans"
:, Mrs. Reineman then told of the trip to
two weeks. She and De Reqeusus then re-
turned to this city. She then continued:
Mora called on De Requtsus and myself
theEn day. | told him about the arrest
or Pose Campo on the steamer at Port
Ilpon, Costa Rica and he exclaimed: NV
COO the government must have got the bill
torWhe sofa. He referred to the sofa which
contained the $500 900 worth of counterfeit
Costa Rcan bank notes. De Requesus told
me OF the sofa and its contents when we
We're together in New Orleans and showed
me the bill of lading. De Requesus and
Mora had quarrel and Mora said that De
that everything would have been ali right
If he had carried out his original plan and
sent the money to Costa Rica in a piano
Mora was much put out and said that the
revolution was failure. On May 10 he ad-
yised De Requesus and his foreman Haus-
man, to leave the city as he feared they
would be arrested"
On cross-eXamination she stated that De
Requesus told her that he had made the
counterfeit notes for Mora s political busi-
ness and that Mora would redeem them
when he became president of Costa Rica
William j. Burns, one of Chief HaZen's se-
cret service agents, testified to the arrest
OF Herman Dohn a photographer of this
city. The younger Dohn confessed that nis
rather knew nothing about the matter nd
that he had printed the pesos notes at the
request of De Requesus. Chief Hazen said
to-day that young Dohn had confessed to
him that after the arrest of De Reouesns
and Mrs Reneman he became frightened
and threw the lithograph stone from which
the notes were printed into the North river
near the Pennsylvania ferry slip.