Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-18
IYMONDE HELD FOR COURT
be Tried on Charge of Vio-
lating Postal Laws.

4 lating Postal Laws.
HIS BAIL FIXED AT S5OO
NEARING Will Take Place in
3t Philadelphia.
1fs. Raymonde Released After United
a MATES District Attorney william Nj.
N eyrne Had Announced That He Did Not
3are to Press the Charge Against Her.
Dr. and Mrs. q. G. Raymonde. who
were arrested at their apartments, at
No. III West Eighth sti eet, last Friday
afternoon by Deputy United States
Marshal James II. CLARK, on the charge
o{susing the Uuited States mails for
t}Ies purpose of furthering a scheme to
dSf]nud, were given preliminary hear
in the Federal Building Tuesday
5rnoon before United States Com
missioner S. Redmond Smith, and rs
llblt Raymonde was he'd in $500 bail
xIappearauce at the next term of the
{{jjited States District Court for the
J)28tern District OF Pennsylvania.
Which, meets In Philadelphia next
t66pth, and his wife was discharged,
United States District Attorney Vii
Hmm Michael Byrne announcing. that
I'D did not care to press the charge
akainst her. The hearing was confined
VA Raymondes alleged operations in
York, Pa. last June. Raymonde and
b68 vile were represented by Herbert
~ Ward and Andrew @. Gray, and
W. at
5isted by christopher L. Ward, at
kney for Harper Brothers. publishers
lo<fNew York City, conducted the prose-
6ntion. Postofiios Inspectors William
u Maxwell of this city and Martin W.
Malone of Harrisburg, IA, were also
bfesent in the interests of the govern
Hent. Several witnesses were present
{lk the government, among them being
Eusiness people OF YORK and representa-
tlfes of publishing houses in New York
sUlty and Springfield, Mass.
AIDE. and Mrs. Raymonde sat near
t8ir counsel. Raymonde took notes as
No hearing proceeded and his wife,
iWkp has been sick ever since Monday
4 Rht, was notioeably affected, more SO,
pparently, than her husband. She is
l III lonely young woman, apparently
y f31out 20 years of age, and commanded
,t66 sympathy of the spectators. Her
6tiehand also has an air of refinement.
H1l is only few years older than his
wife. 1t was expected that Mrs. Ray
! n4ohde's father, who lives near Reading,
Ens. and had been communicated with,
would be present, nut he did not arrive
during the afternoon.
The preliminary examination was
enly as to Raymonde. there being no
ohsfge preferred against his wife at
th8shearing. In opening District At
tStney Byrne charged 90. Earle Wes-
r6tt, - alias ''Dr. Edward r. Stearn,"
tli1s "pr. @. G. Raymonde." with
v{plhting the postal laws in his opera
tions at York, Pa, inferring that the
abcused wa, known in different places
Unt5et all three Of tie names. The
I. violation, MI. Byrna said, consisted of
using the mails to further scheme to
sdstrnud, and no alleged that he had
anfIlcisnt proof to ask that the prisoner
Y BIZ held for court.
The scheme the prisoner adopted, Mr..
lynne explained, was intended to be
s{sed in conjunction with the United
atstes mails. At York he purported
III W the controlling factor in a law
trm which never existed, and by at
l1VN4uB u bblnulaHce VI TeSpeCthbilItf
dlaplayed u shrewdness which imposed
4, upon some of the most careful business
houses in the country, such ms Harper
\ Hrothers, Scribners, Appleton & Co.,
Wsnhmaker and others.
Thu first witness called was Miss
!, Hettie Beaverson, refined and comedy
Young woman Of York, Pa, who is
/ wpsEriter at the Colonial Hotel there,
having been employed in that capacity
S0f i've years. In reply 10 questions
Hbked by Mr.. Byrne and O. l.. Ward,
! she laid she saw Raymonde ut the hotel
! in}York several times and knew him
i there as @. Earle Wescott. At his re.
I dpegt she wrote 25 letters for him on
/ Tie typewriter aud directed the envel-
4 1pee In which they were mailed. She
L identified paper used by her for the
\ purpose, which had been furnished by
/. him and contained the letter head
'iWescott Il Folsom, attorneys. No. 20s
North George street, York, Pa. Co.
p0rtnership established in 1892. @.
Eat}a Wesoott. George Folsom" She
' eSi Ia 6he wrote the letters according te
\ hia dictation, and he purported to be
y III Earle Wescott Of the finn of Wesootl
I. ~ F6IBom. She identified letters re,
v oAiveu by D. Appleton & Co., and
.tpthpss as having been written by hel
Nae the prisoners dictation, and also
Y identified the prisoner, known here a:
" Rhymonde, as the man she knew il
" York as q. Earle Wescott.
u y fAeked if she knew of law firm il
~ Vtfk by the name of Wescott & Fol
som, she replied that she knew Their,
u,.wjW DO such firm there. As public
StYpeWriter she was acquainted with tn,
81 uamea of the law firms and was posi-
tiye there was none by that name Sht
~ win not familiar with the building No
" 2cS North George street. She identified
le ttbe letters written by her and sent t.
~ &fper & Brothers on June 10Th ant
~ 2ad last and to d. Appleton & Co.
Inn6 10th, ordering books, and ais,
.!op8 written to Nicholas & Co., o
, 1IlHpringtield, Mass, on June 21st.
!, " "a Tipdley M. Taylor, manager of tn,
y Eh ilhdelphia house of Harper 4
Brdthers, testified that on June 2lst h.
az r4e&ived from the New York house
~ ldt}af from g. Earl Wesoott Of York
Nv F8., ordering set of Shakespear
" W53tth S42, and on the strength OF tn
10 lSttqf Immediately shipped the order L
W tEe addiess given at York. On Jun
.l92d b. received letter from Wescot
,jinquiring about set of Carleton, blu
Hdid not ship any books at that time
He wrote to the New York house abou
y Ia the natter and was informed that Their
~ wAs such a set on hand, but it was nc
: hound Just as Wescott desired Core
y ysb0ndenoe followed between Mr.. lay 10
y and Wesoot,. Some letters were re
~ turned, with the information that Yves
!pT colt could not be found. No none