The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-14
TOLD ALL SHE KNEW.
FEMALa coUNTERFEITER
TURNS STATES EVIDENCE.
Work Done on the 100000 Worth
of Notes OF the Bank of Costa
Rica-A. Daring Adventure - 1t
Was Nearly Successful.

New York, July 13.-Mrs. Eugenia
Reiaemann was the star witness today
rshen the examination of the four alleged
counterfeiters, Louis Hausmann. Mrs.
BETSY Chevin, Frederick Mora and Her
hlan Dohn. was resumed before United
States Commissioner Shields. Mrs. Refine
mann Is clso under arrest as one of the
counterfeiters and has turned states evil
9ence. Today she told all she knew about
the alleged counterfeitnS OF SlGUU.utO
8 Orth OF notes of TIE DanZ OF Costa
Rica at San Jose. to assist a revolution
10 overthrow President NgieEias and the
government OF Costa Rica. Mora was 10
pc the new president of Costa ttica IN the
erenl Of the success OF the revolution.
Mrs. Reinemann said that on Ma-cn
Esr Ricardo lie EequesUs. who owns the
Spanish-American printing estaolis hment
IN ta.S city and who Is also under ar
rest, went 10 her room just prior TO his
departure for New Orleans on his way 10
costa Kica. He mad satchel which the
witness opened. She said that she found
1t packed with pesos notes from the bank
bf Costa Rica. The notes were similar 10
the alleged counterfeits, which are in the
possession of the district attorney. De
Recuesus said that his mOtner-1n-laW
Mrs Betsy Chevin had packed it at her
her house in Long Island City After
wards, Mrs. Reinemann said she went
with De Reuuesus TO his printing place.
he carrying the satchel- Mora and sew
eral other men We're there.
Il Felt bad about De Reeuesus going
away said the witness. and told Mora
that he was sending De Reouesus 10 his
death. Mora told me thar If l thought that
way / ought TO go with him to Costa
Rica. l asked Mora if he knew what
was = the vai.se, and he PRETENDED that
he did not know. The next day Mora in
sisted that : should follow De Recuesus
10 New Orleans, and l did so. meeting
him at the st. Charles hotel in that city
De Requesus had the satchel in his room
oil Ia
Mora gave me P letter which | handed
TO De Reouesus at New Orleans"
Mrs. Reinemann then told of the trip
TO San Jose Costa Rica where they re-
NAMED two weeks. She and De Requesus
returned TO this city She then continued:
Mora called on De Requesus and myself
the next day. ! told him about the arrest
of jose Campo on the steamer at Port
I--mcn. Costa Rica, and he exclaimed:
My Cod the government must have got
the bill for the sofa. He referred 10 the
sofa in which had been packed the $780,
600 worth of counterfeit Costa Rican
bank notes. De Requesus told me of the
sof.. and its contents. when We were to-
-sther in New Orleans. and showed me
The bill of ladin2. De Requesus and Mora
hcd 2 quarrel and Mora said that De
R.Guesus had spoiled the game. He said
that everything would have been all right
if he had carried out his original plan
FL sent the money TO Costa Rica in
piano Mora was much put out and said
tint the revolution was failure. On
NJ 10 he advised De Requesas and his
foreman. Hausmann, to leave the city, as
he feared they would be arrested.
On cross-eXa mination. she told that De
ReGu,=sus tod her he mad made the coun-
terfeit notes for Morals political business
and that Mora would redeem them when
Nora became president of Costa Rica.
Wdlliam j. Burns. one of Chief Hazen's
secret service agents. testified to the ar
rest of Herman donna. photographer of
this city The younger Dohn confessed
thai his father knew nothing about the
matter
Chief Hazen said today that young
Dom had confessed to him that after the
g rest of De Renuesus and Mrs. Refine
mann he became frightened and threw
the Autograph stones from which the
notes We're printed into the North river