Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-21
TELLS OF THE PLOT TO FLOOD cos
IA RIGA WITH BOGUS MONEY.
WEALTHY PLANTERS INVOLVED.
THE SCHEME WAS TO MAKE $1,000
600 IN 500 BILLS.
More Than Half That Amount Was
Made and shipped TO Costa
Rica in a SOfa-Womsn Had
Hand in the
Plot.

New York. July 2O.-Ricardo DeRequese-
US, the principal conspirator in the plot to
food Costa RiCa with counterfeit bank
bills. who is now in Ludlow street Jail
awaiting trial. has made a written confess
sion. His confession duplicates three
wealthy coffee planters in Costa Rica-Jose
Campos. Jose Villalord and Salvador
Ocampo. OF Santo Domingo. Costa Rica,
and a nephew of A Quires, the present
minister Of war of the same name OF that
republic Indeed, DeRequeseus intimates
that the minister also had something to do
with the counterfeiting business. His con-
fessiOn in part is as follows:
About July 70. 1894, Senior Jose Campos
and Senor Jose Villalord came TO this city
from San Francisco, Cal. bringing with
them two stones already engraved, for
the printing OF SI00 bills of the Bank Of
Costa Rica. CampOs showed me I'm my Of
flee a 500 bill of the said bank and asked
me how much it would cost TO print 1000
OF them, making 100000, adding that he
had had the stones made in California for
500
4 answered that that kind Of work
could not be done by Hthographic presses.
but only by steel plates. He asked me
then how much il would cost TO make the
steel plates and print the bills. l said
$500, and that I would take the job II he
would advance $1,000. He agreed and gave
me the money. The following day Campos
and Villalord left the city and went 10
London. expecting that upon their return
here the notes would be delivered to them.
but had done nothing, and had no inten-
ton of doing anything in the matter.
1t was seven months after that, in the
month OF February. 1895 that / became
acquainted with Frederico Mora. His visit
n nv offiga yHsac in, rauard he rYsbIica-
tiOn Of pamphlet.
When Campos and Nillalord returned
from London. got 1900 more from them,
and let them go to Costa Rica under the
impression that I would do the Job and
send the bills TO them. They promised to
pay be 5000 more on delivery Of the bills.
Then CampOs came to New York about
July, 1895. and urged me 10 Go the work.
! promised him to do II II he gave me
81 900 cash to begin at once. He did so.
and 1 spent that amount in making proofs |
on copper plates by photo-engraving pro- |
;ess. i showed Campos the plates.
He went back 10 Costa Rica and never |
thought OF the matter any more. Finally |
le and o Villalord became disgusted aud sent |
oenOF QulreS here to push the work. Senor |
SuiTes was the confidential secretary OF /
oenoTs Campos and Nilialord. He is a /
lephew of SenOr Juan Il. tQuires, secretary !
If war in President Inglesias' cabinet. |
Which makes me suspect that the secretary
II war had something TO do with the /
sed me 1900 upon the delivery OF the ,
lotes. This was last November. l had /
opper plates made by photo engraving. for
which paid about 500 / gave the plates
o Mr.. Dohmes. who transferred them to 1
ithograph stones. Mr.. Dohnes spent sew
raj weeks doing the work and finished IL
asst February. He made about 400 bills. !
tenor Quires saw them and was very much
,leased with them.
After Quires left for Costa Rica Mr. |
)Ohmes and ] cut the bank notes at night |
nd then / took my sofa, which / had in
- office since December last. and packed |
he bills into IL. and shipped it to Campos
{ Port Limon. Costa Rica.
I arrived in Port LimOu with Mrs !
under the name of Mr.. Refine
IAN The day after We landed, the chief