The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-07-21
COUNTERFEITING
CONSPIRACY
Plot Is Disclosed 10 New iork by The
Principal couspIrator.
THE STORY OF THE JOB
Nov Costa Klca was 10 be Flooded With
Counterfeit Bills Prominent Coffee
Planters Implicated,

New csss. July 20. Ricardo dc 80
Quenos, The principal oonHplraior 20 1oot
Costa Hica with counterfeit hank bilis
WIN 10 now In The LUDLOW street jull
awaiting trial. has made a written con
fesHion llls confession lmpllettor lhre,
wealthy eoireo planters In Costa ltica
joss campob. Jons vlllaiaboa aud saim
dor Ecampo. ot aant9 Domingo, coutp
Iioa.-- and "a rephrw Of AanlriF. ,h'
present minister of war OF the sam,
name of that republic Indeed. Do Bu
auvtoy lnilmatcs that tho mluster had
something to DO with the eountgrfcilins
businoss. Ills confession IN part Ia a,
follows
About July ~, 1894. Eenor loso Campo,
and Aenor Jose Villalahos camo 10 60,
city from Han Francisco bringing with
them tive stones already engraved for
H' M ~ AZ rsuh 20
Coata Rioa campcs showed mo IN my
IN = H. VI IA bank uni ,.,.
ne how much II would ems; 10 print
loooo OF them. making sicoo.ooo, addins
that he had had the stones made In mi.
ifoTa Tor 500 answered that that
kind Of work could not be- dane by litho.
graphic presses. Dyt by steel plates. 10
asked mo then how much I, would cost
TO make tho atsei plates aud print the
bills ! said tisoo. ana would take the
Job " he would advance 1900 lie
agreed and gave me The money The foi.
lowing day campos and ViiHlabos len
uhp city and woHi in i.lndop pNp0ctlng
that upon their riuru hsrs tho notes
would bc delivered 20 them. hu, had
nothing and had no intention Of doing
anything Ia thr matter
II was soYen months after that In
he month Of February is5. that be-
came acquainted with rrederloo Mora.
hla ylsl, 20 NE was In regard 10 tho pub.
iicalion or ,hr pamphlet Whom Campoa
ana Nillalal'oa rr,nrnsd from London t
got yi,so from them ana I lc, them so to
Costa Riea under u,r impression THAI |
would do the job aud send tho bills TO
them. They promised TO pay me tsop
morc on delivery Ot tho btis Then
Cainpos came to New York about July.
lsiS, ana urEcd me 10 do tho work, !
promised him TO do u II Ae guve mc
liue1 cash 10 BEGIN a, ones. hc did 20
aud | spent that amount In making
proofs on copper platoa hy phoio.en.
CRAVING prorcps l showed campos these
plates Ho went back 10 Costa Rica. and
never thought OF tho matter any morv.
Finally he and Vllhiobos hccamo dis.
Runtod and ssnt Senior Quirrs mo, Aqui-
reel hero 10 push the work scnor Quirrs
was the confidential secretary Of Senior
Campoa and Vilhlohos Hr IL nephew
OF Senior Jean Qucsada Quiros, secretary
OF war IN President insleaiAn' cabinet.
which makes me suspect that the sccrr.
tary OF war had something to do with
the cuunterfslting business. Scnnt Quircs
promised mo Sl.OoO upon the delivery OF
the notes This VIA las, November
had copper piates made 10y photo-enRray.
Ing. FOR which ! paid about Eoo. | gavc
The pntsa to Mr. pohmcr's son. who
transferred thom to llthosmph stones
MIR pohmcr spent several weeks IN dolnR
the work and finished Il laat February
lie made t6.i@ III this scnor Qulrrs
rtw them and was much pleascd with
them senior Quires left for Costa Riea
MIR Dohmer and cnt the bank notes
at night. and then took my sofa, which
I had In my oillcc since December last.
and packed the bills into Il and shipped
II 10 Campoa az Port Llmou. Costa Rica,
l arrived NJ Port Llmon with Mrs. II.
ltclnmnn under tho name OF MIR Rein
man The day after We landed the chicf
NJ police and tho private secretary OF
President inRlraias came to Llmon by
special train and was advised TO leave
The country, Before landing Mira Rein
man concealed under h'r dress the four
packages OF bills which we had brousht
from New York, aud she amugglod them
through the custom house, Noticing that
we worc closely watched and might De
searched. we decided to put the four
packages OF bills upon u wardrobe While
| was on board Campos arrived from
The capital lie and Senior Chacon. one
of the witnesses acnl here by the govern
mcnt OF Costa Rlca, and who acted as
a confederate OF Campos In Llnon, came
on board and | took them both Into my
cabin. where | delivered 10 them the bill
OF iading and consular invoice, The sofa
had arrived In Limon about three weeks
before wo did During our interview l
asked Cnmpos for the $4,000 he had prom
iacd to pay mo. lie said he had only
$500 In his pocket, and added that u Mrs.
Rclman went TO SAN Jose, the capital,
h. would pay her the money In about
two weeks. This and the fact that Mrs.
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