The sun., 1908-03-22
M BEUL DBL PRTGOEERO
OTRERWISE THE Trunk or TIE
SPANISH PRISONER.

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Nlck Man n TIE jail ToIls-Alto Abou'
ne abmpitSVpSiIy Reautiful Daagh'
ter ~ the Maa IN Dwance we
That unhappy Spanish prisoner With tha
fortune IN trunk and TIE beautiful daugh'
tsr 90 unfortunately Asparated from her
imprisoned Gire b oDoo more IN eruption.
He would consider himself under eternal
obligations II any Of bic many American
relatives would send him $50 or $500 OF any
thing like that 70 that he might send his
beautiful and 20 unhaPpiV abandoned
daughter 10 America. here 70 remain under
the care Of the said American relative TO-
getheF with the fortune In the trunk, until
such time - the nslAnoholy prisoDeS dies
or u able 10 escape from that horrible
dungeon In which he h confined,
New York lawyer very recently re-
oelved one Of the hteSt OF the SpaniAh
prisOusrS bttsrs You would perhaps
think that New York lawyer would have
Known an about the Spanish prisoner and
hb beautiful daughter BY this time. But
apparently No didn't. Anyhow he sent
his letter 10 Willie Collier. William M. Col
her To be exact, the American Minister 70
Spain, and inquired how about Il, MI
Collier knew all about IT, For some time
his principal business At the Spanish court
has consisted In telling inquirers ell about
The spanish prisoner, he fortune IN the
trunk and he 90 very beautiful daughter
This h what he wrote 10 the New YORK
lawyer who was 90 touched by the prisoners
sad, sad story
In reply 70 your letter Of recent date IN
regard 10 an estate IN Spain beG 70 inform
you that the whole matter 10 9 sgindle and
an attempt 10 obtain money from you by
false pretsnces. There are on Ole at this
legation hundreds Of communications re
celyed from people In the United states
70 whom letters similar 70 the one YOU re-
ceived have been sent There has been In
existence In this country Tor upward Of
thirty years an apparently we'll organized
band Of tWtndleTG who work upon the same
lines that have bSta used In the attempt 70
deceive you. You may Be sure that there 70
no truth whateveH 10 the siatemsnts made
70 you BY the people on this side. Ifyou we're
10 continue the correspondence With these
SWtndlsrt they would send you copies OF
court DEGREES, tettaments, Wills, 4c.. ell tend
ins 70 support their statements, but ! warn
you they are ell forgaries.
Recently within one week one man 10 Iowa
and another 10 New Hampshire have each
sent $500 here 10 pSy the eTpenSes Of the re-
puied daughter TO America. Two other men
have arrived 10 Madrid. having journeyed
all the way from MontAna. for the purpose
OF taking the same child to their home, and .
priest 10 Columbus. Ohio. has informed me
that members Of bis parish had started 70
mortgSEO their farms In ordsr 10 raise money
To send 10 the svinders, 10 the last few
months victims from nearly every State In
the Union have written 10 this legation
AZ you have been saved financial loes by
the information have sent you ] ask you
in return 10 help save others from being
swindled and 10 tighten my labor in the
matter (my correspondence in connection
With Il being burdensome) BY Immediately
giving to the newspapers Of your locality
an account OF this swindle 50 that publicity
may knl II. Efforts are being made TO bring
the parties 10 justice here. but the only
effective remedy 10 . public and complete
exposure Of the absolutely false and fraudu-
lent character Of the entire scheme.
There 10 a postscript which adds: =To-
day another OF the fools ono OF whom is
born every minute, has written 10 me 10
stop, u possible, the delivery Of q letter
In which he sent $3.50.
90 many Of the dear American relatives
OF the unfortunate Spanish prisoner have
written TO Minister Collier 10 inquire II II q
q good speculation or TO ask him 10 gee
their money bsok, please, that the Minister
has had circulars printed setting forth
the facts that the poor prisoner 10 merely
Z rutnanoer. that his beautiful daughter
10 q fake and the fortune in the trunk
myth So far a. anybody knows. there
isn't even q trunk. lt's got 30 now that
whenever . new victim complains the
on the pad and mails tt 10 him.
The Spanish prisoner has been in jail
now for good many years. He 10 always
in very bad health aud he fears that he will
not long survive the horrors Of incaroera-
tion, His daughter, ike Keats's ardent
swain. 10 forever painting and forever
young She never gets any older, She
never had any mother and " she could only
get 70 America just onoe all would always
Be well She never has succeeded ~ yet
in reaching this country but II doesn { ssem
10 affect her health and spirits. She has
always been beautiful. She u beautiful
still, And che still yearns for that dear
AmerlOa,
The spanish prisoner has been con-
spirsd against in @ gfeat variety Of ways
He always starts lie somewhere outside
Of SS ain. Then his enemies begin their
hAlush work and be goes back 10 Sr ain In
diSgllse, He fnust employ a very bad
wfgnnAker for hie disguise Ie always pefle.
rrisoH, sometimes for one thing and some
tiuAes for another, but POLITICAL offences or
treason Ara the things that get him In clink
the oitenest.
The only friend the Sr Gnish prisoner
has in prison 10 the chaplain, We're Il not