Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-03-03

fortune OF about SEQ. 0Ooy II the DIS
tant relative accepts the trust one
fourth OF the prisoner entire fortune
viii Oe the material rewsrd. The good
priest will 40 at once TO the United
States and take the darling daughter
with him. There 10 but one condition,
the ready money which the prisoner
brought with him 90 Spain has been
exhausted the distant relative II
therefore requested 20 send enough TO
nbsrate the valise containing the Sc
cret receptacle and the certificate OF /
deposit This money Is TO be sent 90 I
ne good priest 81 an address indl- /
Gated. and. having received II. the
GOOD priest viii Al once secure the |
vallse and start for America. the land
of the free and the home 81 thf
| brave with the daring daughter.
The above Is generally the hrst let
I ter OF the series. IL - quicNlN follow
+ I'd by another. in which the prisoner
I pathcticaflv states that his strength is
/ rapidIv failing and the end ~ near
+ He beseeches his dear distant relative
+ 20 assume the trust and be loving
+ father 60 the darling daughter me
3 third letter is from the good priest
himself who in brief. touching terms.
and hopeiessly bad English, announces
the death 81 the unhappy prisoner.
u The good priest adds that the darling
daughter Isl under his care he is
ready 90 put his promise into eXecu-
ton and start for the United states
/ as soon as he shall have received the
necessary funds from the distant rcia-
, 1--WE. The good priest frequently en-
! closes with his letter bogus news
, paper cNpplug announcing the cfath
I tu prison mt Barcelona rt tne famous
- 4 cuban patriot sometimes called AH-
Do EIstin Lafeutelt the newspaper DOE
A., tice also speaks cunnlnEIy or inc GEO.
= nscatcd valisc and tnc darling oauEn-
Z GER.
- It IS simple scheme. nut present.
a .t .r snUn n plausible W'f In't ..
. most a.y ur~lsI cct.n- distant rr
/. ltt ~ Eurorrnn extraction N "al
y be more or less deceived by che Ela,
= urnsuorr rf fn'.IrC nr.r tn tnn a- .t
liable custody ut darling .ar-
|aIrh a big fortune. aro o.e-foert'
5, Interest therein as an additional De-
+. Naurauy the FIRST impulse ~ tn
u distant eS1atiNe Isl tn ask "a lawyer a.
p. d judge coz some author IS VIVA
a.. .ourse pc ought to pursue in OBJ
p premises. but as be thinks % dom
- this his attention is tafsn oy th
90 |uarniuc in the prisoner s. letter tt
secchiuC him not 10 mention the mai
.er Co any living soul lest che Srcr'
90 the vaUse and the hidden reCeI
faclo te iudlsCreCtIy betrayed.
The valisc. after am. with ite cor
. cealcl ccrtiiiCs 60 ~ dcrosit ie the E.
~ + fo the situation. and possession mn
% De taken 81 III before anything cor
dome ur Ssul. This ESQ CUNNING 90
81 forth by che urIsonerl Is very cslocI
''' to the distant relative. and SO Pee gut
frequently preserves the secret intal
- and instead or conrulfiug lawyer
" writing Co the American Consul Gel
~ eral az barcelona De quietly sends
draft for tho sum demanded to 81
good priest and awaits results.
p, course he waits in Nain- and the p"t
~ dead prisoner and the good priest al
- the darling daughter in the course
It time pass ont OF his life forever, Tea
80 INK him only an uncomfortable meI
~ DRY OF the money DE 60 Cheerful
contributed 20 the confidence game
-, For nearly twenty years these Sal
~ Snaves have been practrinE tn
- swindle. and IL is needless 10 sugg'
- that they are very carefully ORA
lied. they have confederates not oi
an, In the United States. but in most OF
80 / countries. The confederates IA Qu
- tion select a man and ind out
-, they can about him; they get hold
800 family names. family origin and "a
- ily characteristics. This infOrma q
49, is transmitted 90 the rascRls in Spa
~ and letters are al once written 60
-. prospective victim. The scheme
- presented and developed In a "
plausible way. and many Of
,be fellow countryn have "hitt'
-l@9 promptly and cheerfuuy.
~ Under the Spanish laws "a fel'
must be contaminated before the
t,.r lice may act. and mere attempt
- obtain money by false preteuSes q
80 ROT IN pear 90 warrant arrest
- money must Doe actually Yaid over
- The prosecuting witness must be pl
50 elt in propria persona 20 test
-. otherwise prose co tiuu would De-
-S-b less
49,. Recently the letters written e.
- distant relative have varied sorlt 81
"' from the original. the political 81
.,. oncr having become "a noted kus
- banker who ahscouded. leaving
80 Gcit OF some millions OF rouhles.
- ed ln q quarrel in England anu
- Russian. and finally took retl-t
- Spain. where Doe was unprecedented
49, charged with manslauEhter.
This change Of character. howe
is fmmaterial. and i'm the future n
- ucW characters viii probably nt
roGlrcl hv Che cams The schl1
r, ri.e same. and the public Is u-ai
80 to place zoo creoence iu such or b
-.'0 Iar letters
Every EFFORT has been made tE
~ department. uf state anu us re
~, -entatives ODD spain 90 uumasS q
~e-' sloundreIs and bring Them to Iu"
and the Spanish aGtnorities have
.t been active and several mem ler
ths -he Sang have been apprchenoed
- held for trial. but So GAR no co
pa - lions have suited. ewing prol
"a ~ 90 the peculiarly az the Spanish
referred 90 in the report ot the
SUI General at Barcelona
Department OF state.
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