New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
middle OF April
Then Sugden goes to tell about entering
suit against Mr.. Wilson for 81 $50 and con-

middle OF April
suit against Mr.. Wilson for $1,000 and con-
tinues:
Finding Mr.. Wilson would not pay the money
went to his house June % last. about o'clock
p m. ] went to the basement gate, which was was
mn?bserved l took from the room of Richard T;
Wilson. jr. and Robert Goelet tr.; quantity 81 81
cash and managed to- leave the house without
being instse,rGeptsd IT., took the properly TO my roo room
the, next day in the vaults Of the New-Jersey Title
Jersey City. in the name Of s. II. Taylor. No; ~
until this afernoon % when y vounariIy vent with
the custody OF Captain O'Bren.
KEEPING THE JEwELRY AS SECURITY.
The amount OF money and jewelry took from
Mr.. Wilson's house was what I thought would
cover the amount Of my claim against Mr.. Wilson,
and intended to send It TO former sweetheart
in London. TO he kept by her in safe.keepnG until
MI wilson paln over the amount OF Hi"D I wnlCIi ne ne
coll on him and return it personally
The box in the vault was numbered 49i, and
all the jewelry had been carefully packed In
separate packages There was a note also In
the box which showed that Sugden had intended
carrying out his intention as TO sending the
jewels abroad The note read:
Dear Alice: Please not to open packages by
any means as the contents not mine. Put
them in good safe deposit vault Lovingly.
ALBERT"
Two letters were found in Sugdens possession
both of which were written by convict in the
Columbus (Ohio) Penitentiary. The writer is a
seventeen-year- boy named Richard f. T.
Kent The first letter was dated Sunday. July
% 1897. II told how the writer had read or the
scurrilOus letters about Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bit jr and about the robbery in the Wilson
household. The writer said that he knew the
author of the scurrilous letters. He gives more
particulars. however. in the second letter, dated
August 3. 1897. In this he acknowledges the re-
ceipt of letter from Sugden. and tells about
the alleged author Of the scurrilous letters VINO.
he alleges. is a rich man high in social circles
and an enemy Of the Vanderbilt and wilson
families.
Kent then goes to say that when the letters
first appeared he had no direct evidence against
tha man who wrote them. but that he set about
trapping him. The writer Of the letters theh
went TO cousin of the convict ana brlhen ieI
into silence, he says. Then he had letter SNUG
ged in to the convict in which he offered hlm
$50 600 cash and a we'll paid place for life II nc
kept quiet. The convict refused. but PROMISED
not to betray him until released from JAN me
convict then makes the following oath IN hand-
writing different from the rest of the letter;
l. Richard Francis Paul Kent, do swear in the
ma me of our Almighty God in HEAVIER that the
slanderer OF Mrs G. Vanderbilt. jr.. snail confess
his Sins before those whom he sandcred and in,
jured unjustly. Let justice be done unto a"
humanity by Richard F. p Kent
The convict writes that he will be released on
June = 1895 He intended writing again 10
Sueden on August 30. AS soon as he was re-
leased he said, he would come TO New-fork by
way Of Washington. reaching here before June
% 1898