Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-12-06
A DEEP PLOT DISCLOSED
To Blackmail a Brazilian Million
aire
Out of a Large Amount of Money.
A High Spanish Official Said to
Be Connected With the Scheme.
Two Arrests Made, and the Hear
ing Will Disclose Astounding
Facts.

New York, December 5.-A plot to
blackmail Senior Don Eugene de
Faria Tiexeira, a Brazilian millionaire,
which has been frustrated by the CEN
trail office detectives, was revealed to-
day by the preliminary police court
proceedings, in the prosecution of VIM.
B. Turnbull, who claims to be an ac-
countant, and William Elford Gould,
who has been known as Wall street
speculator. The name of Arturo Bal
desano y Topete, Spanish consul gem
eral, has been mentioned in connection
with the scheme to eXtort the sum of
$4,000 from Senior Tiexeira. A sub
poena was issued for his attendance at
the examination in the case of Gould
and Turnbull, which has been set down
for Tuesday The prisoners were COM
mitted to the Tombs prison in default
Of bail, and it is said at the police
court investigation Turnbull will be-
come witness for the prosecution, and
by disclosing the full details
OF THE CONSPIRACY
fasten the guilt upon his confederate,
Gould, and implcate the high Spanish
government official.
The money was demanded from
Senior TieXeira under the threat to pub
lish his ''lifes history and the alleg-
ed fact that he had violently assaulted
his wife while she was in delicate
condition. The detectives had inter-
views with Turnbull during the course
of the negotiations to extort the
money, the amount of which was final
ly reduced to $3.50, and are in posses
sion of the letters written to the Bra
lillian millionaire.
Senior Don Tiexeira, who is wild
over, arrived here in October, 1896,
with his mother, Nine. Marie Louise
Tiexeira, from Spain. 1t was then an
nounced that Tiexeiras intended to IN
vest their fortune of
ABOUT s5O,O0O,OO0
in this country. They spent half a
million dollars in the erection OF a
mansion at the corner OF West Ed
avenue and One Hundred and Fifth
street. this city There mother and
son have since lived quietly.
Consul Baldansamo comes into the
case because of his friendship for Gould.
He gave Gould letter of Recommended
ton, which Gould presented to TieXelra,
in applying for the position Of private
secretary. When a detective posing as
the agent of Tiexeira, conducted nego-
tiations with Turnbull, the latter
brought Gould into the case. Then the
detective inquired at the Spanish consul
late concerning Gould. The consul said
that he considered Gould eminently fit
ted to act as secretary to Senior Tick
EZRA.
This was the substance of the letter
of recommendation which Gould had
presented. The visit of the detective to
the consul general offices tended to
block the plan to fleece Senior Tiexeira,
Turnbull said, because the visit had
become known to Turnbull and Gould
and they were
WARNED TO BE CAREFUL.
"The Spanish consul" Nid Detective
Valley, notified Gould that l was a
detective and Gould warned Turnbull.
After his arrest, Gould said that he had
been acquainted with Turnbull for
twenty-six years, and that they were
schoolmates- Gould further admitted
that he had told Turnbull about Senior
Tiexeira and that the Spanish consul
had told him the alleged facts of the
inside history of the Brazilian million
aires life.
Gould told me-" said Detective VAL
lelyi, 1.-The the Spanish consul had told
him that Senior Tiexeira was
MIXED UP IN A SCANDAL
in Brazil, and that there was an in
dictment against him. Gould also said
that he knew positively that the Bra
lillian government had made application
to Washington to take Senior Tiexeira
back there and to have the treaty be-
tween the United States and Brazil al
tered, if necessary to do it"
Senior Tiexeira has reputation as an
artist He painted the celebrated pic
ture, "The First Communion in Amer
ica," which took prizes in Paris, Mad
rid and Chicago. He is first cousin of
Dom Pedro, once Emperor of Brazil
Senior Tiexeira is reputed to own rich
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