The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-07-14
A CRIMINAL RONANCE
Revealed in the Hearing Of Alleged
Costa Rican Counterfeiters.
FRBDBRICA MoRNs AMBITION,

He Was to Become President of the
Republic Had the Revolution suc-
oeeded, and Would Then Redeem tho
Alleged Counterfeit Notes.
New York July 14.-Mrs. Eugenia
Reineman was the star witness yester-
day when the examination Of the four
alleged Costa Rica counterfeiters
Louis Hausman, Mrs. Betsy Chevin
Frederlca Mora and Herman Dohn
was resumed before United States
Commissioner Shields. Mrs. Relnman
Is also under arrest as one of the coun-
terfelters, and has turned states evil
dence. Yesterday she toll all she
knew about the alleged counterfeiting
of S1,0OO,OOO worth of notes Of the Bank
of Costa Rica, at San Jose, to assist a
revolution to overthrow President
Ygleslas and the government Of Costa
Rica. Mora was to be the new presi-
dent of Costa Rica in the event of the
success of the revolution.
Mrs. Reinman said that on March 2
last Ricardo De Requeseus, who owns
the Spanish American printing estab-
llshment in this city, and who is also
under arrest as one of the counterfeit
ers, went to her room just prior to his
departure for New Orleans, on his way
to Costa Rica. He had a 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 counter
feits which are in the possession Of the
district attorney De Desqueseus 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
Requeseus to his printing place, he
carrying the satchel. Mora. Hausman
and several other men were there.
Il felt bad about De Requeseus go
ing away" said the witness, and
told Mora that he was sending De
| Requeseus to his death. Mora told me
! If 1 thought that way 1 ought to go
! with him to Costa Rica I asked Mora
| II he knew what was in the valise, and
| he pretended that he did not know.
\ Mora accompanied De Requeseus and
/ myself to the Pennsylvania station.
| Then De Requeseus took the train for
| New Orleans. Mora carried the sat
! chel to the station. The next day Mora
| insisted that I should follow De Reque-
| seus to New Orleans. and l did so,
meeting De Requeseus at the st.
| Charles hotel in that city, De Reque-
/ seus had the satchel in his room all the
time. Before ! left New York Mora
! gave me a letter, which 1 handed to
! De Requeseus at New orleans"
Mrs. Reineman then told of the trip
to San Jose. Costa Rica, where they
remained two weeks. She and De Re
] 20 n off
then continued: Mora called on Dc
Reaueseus and myself the next day.
told him about the arrest of Jose Cam
DO on the steamer at Port Limon, Costa
Rica, and he exclaimed: My God, tins
government must have got the bill OF
lading for the sofa He referred to
the sofa which contained the $5O0,00C
worth of counterfeit Costa Rican bank
notes. De Redueseus told me of the
sofa and it's contents when we were
together in New Orleans and showed
me the bill of lading. De Requeseus
and Mora had quarrel. and Mora said
that DE Requeseus had spoiled thi
| game. He said that everything would
| have been all right if he had carried
out his original plan and sent the
| money to Costa Rica in a piano, Mora
WAS lllutu phA oAAf eAhA 9esA0 NAApHN NAtN
revolution was a failure. On May II
he advised De Requeseus and his fore
man, Hausman to leave the city, as
he feared they would be arrested"
on cross examination she stated thai
De Requeseus told her that he ha6
made the counterfeit notes for Mora'i
political business, and that Mora woult
redeem them when he became president
of Costa Rica. When she saw the
money in the satchel she was surprised
that the two men, who owed her &
great deal of money should have 81
many bank notes in their possession
She had been supporting De Reaueseui
and Mora for a long time.
Chief Hazen, of the secret service
SAID today that young Dohn had con
fessed to MIN that after the arrest o.
De Requeseus ana Mrs, Reineman h'
became frightened and threw the litho
graph stones from which the notel
were printed into the North river
near the Pennsylvania ferry slip. TIL,
stones were eight In number, anC
weighed rs or 80 pounds. Chief HazeI
said that he had two divers at worl
looking for the stones. and that he ex
pected to find them shortly.
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