The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-28
MR.. BELVIN SAYS
THERE IS A PLOT.
Claims That He Was Arrested With
out Good Reasons.
HE IS A NATIVE OF THIS CITY.
Loft Here for the West. where He
Married aud was Divorced and -
il Now in Trouble in
New York.

. The New York Herald of yesterday
prints the following about former Rich
monder.
William wayne Belvin. who, as told in
Yesterdays Herald was arrested ON sat
urfav night by Detective schuyler West
of the Naidorf-Astoria, on the charse
that be was unable to pay board OH
OF siG which he owed the hotel was at
RANGED i'm the jefferson Market court
,csterdav lie told MAGISTRATE Meade
that his arrest was the result of con-
s,iracv. He said that be was able 10
paw. and asked 20 be pmoled. our '.'
MAGISTRATE held him IN S'tp nan i''
animation this morning. p.,,u
Though tile charge against MI Dew
is violation Of the hCtcl ltW' ID.
reason for his arrest was that D"Nla II.
No0at. the Denver Millionaire d. t'''
of the hotel. had comp. uned that h''''''
had threatened ana annoyed i'''''
HIS ARREST a PLOT.
Az Kelvin declares that Sir. Mofat
49,. him a large sum Of money ana ihal
,,hon he requested payment he was ai-
r,s,ed ON , charge which he says was
trrmpod up for tho purpose OF -eln"-
,,5 Of him a. "a time when ne couiu "''
Obtain ready money 20 free hin's'"
H. Kelvin is well known as ? promoter
ir Wall street and for years mas
, .milisr figure in the hotels OF NE ''''
When I saw him yesterdaF W "D
.,,,,son Al Jefferson Market ne t'lN.'
iv about his case ,,ee.. ,-
81 became connected with Mo'.
fs4 when we made an agreement To- 20
tho Victor gold mine ih 'flpI.'
o,, of the richest mines there
% came 10 this city and ohialh'"
scribcrs 20 the stock Oh me "''..'
,h.r, were j. Edward Simmons. p
white Percy Pine and Clarence
and a dozen more.
.erbov took the stock and % was agre 'n
that ID was 10 hoe listed 900 the Ne" YORK
stock Exchange when ] tried 20 have J"
uste1 There the authorities refused bee
cause Of M00at
aAIo0,t came cast. and the mine was
cold FL, France. AS result Of The irat
ection he owes me- 500 fo. I went Zoo hi'"
and said. see here Dave. m i'ri ODD
waiting for that money, and / want Pr.
Do said. wait "a little while ana "-I
sea IL We can't make "a compromise
HE MADE A THREAT
..rro complained of me TO tie hotel peo-
nra on Friday and [ was arrested. 900
vrito him "a letter in which J called h.m
81 thief and O cur and told him J would
size him for $4,000 bat 1 never dIe+lnlt
of doing him any bodily injury
.erbcv never asked me 40 the hotel 10
nav mv bin until Saturday night J ad-
mlt that ] had been out with some friends
and had been drinking { offered them
"a draft which they could have cashed
ON Monday morning but they refused TO
accept either that or my note
could not reach Mf. Monat. and D
was told that he did not care % discuss
the case At the Waldorf-Astoria ] was
informed that Mt Belvin would mot have
been arrested IF he had not annoyed Mr
Mofat. J was told. however. that he n
been asked before Saturday night to pay
his bin
Mr. Belviu married Ecbecca Wentworth
NcNullin. the daughter of n Ca'iforn 20
mine owner. She brought suit for dirorc"
against him in 1896. while they were living
AT the Gerlach. and obtained decree.
Her husband was excused from paying
her allm0ny on the ground that he had
no money.
Mr.. Monat is president OF the First Na-
tional Bank I'm Denver. Ho went 10 Eu-
rope a few months ago and carried with
him waiter from the Fifth Avenue
! Hotel 90 whom he had taken fancy.
Mr.. Pelvin belongs TO tho well known
Richmond family OF that name and has
! several very near relative here. He lcf'
| this city some fifteen years ago 20 make
! his home i'm the West.