Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-18
SPANISH sN|hDLEAs
ARE STILL ACTIVE
of Their Letters Inviting
Suckers" to Bite Are Still
Being Received in Augusta
County And Many People
Have Been Taken in by
Them Mfs Rosen Asked
to Nibble


United States Mail Inspector Mr. T
?. Boushee has jast CO npiete1 con-
plsts inspection of the rural routes in
Augusta county and as result severa,
changes may be expected for the sys.
te n has been in effect long enough
now for the officials to be able 60
ldge better about the routes and not
make several men 20 over the sa ne
ROAD. Mr. Boushee says ne was pargi-
,1l srly struck with the amber of the
Spanish swiu1le letters which have
oeen recsi:ei here aud Is also surpris.
81 with how ma y people nave been
aiken in by the II. Thsy are a swindle
pure aud 81 nple but the United States
govern nj neus can do nothing for shs let.
ters bear the right address AMI postage
and of course have to be delivered.
ne told of Maryland man who had
conai israble money being entice1 to
Spain and spent all he had on one of
thsse sche mes but fortunately had hi.
rsturn ticket 30 cane back hone and
is uow working as a day laborsr.
One of these letters was received b,
ur D. q Roseu &C Miadlebrook 1t
'outaine1 clipping apparently taken
from an English ne wspaper but which
vas clssrly fake THIS described the
.rrest of st Petersburg banker. who
,ai absc i. leaving q deficit of s.
100. 600 roables; just as he was about
60 sail for New York This nan had
ACC ,rdiug to the clipping, been In hid
ing in Spain, where he had been living
With wo nan aud with his daughter
A few lays bsfore leaving Spain b
iai vi ,lent quarrel with another
Russian who vas shot aud killed. Th
,ltsgsj barker was Alsxau ler Deni-
iof,s vi1ovsr. As years oil. With a
,uly da 1ghtsr who he left in Spain
N escaEing fro n that country The al
ticle relates how two of Demidoffs
:atchsls had been seizsi but state.
that nothing but psrsoual effects Ser.
found in ths II. aud goes on to say that
De- nidoff was finally taken TO Spai
to stau1 trial tor ma slaughter. am
that only after mis- trial coult tn
aussi IN govern nent ask Spain. through
Ii l)natic channels, foI his extra Ii.
zion.
The letter. dated Ma irii. October
I, 1910 is as f)llo VS.:
Dear Sir:
Although I know you ouly fro N
goot references of your h onesty, ny
'si situation ..conpels ne 70 reveal
ycu an Important al air in which you
Eau procure a moiest fortune saving
't the sa ne tine, that of ny darling
laughter
Before being imprisoned here I was
established as Q banker in Russia, as
1ou will ses by the enclosed article
about ne of many English newspapers
which have Published my arrest
Lon1on.
l beseech you TO help me obtain a
50 n of $3.50. 600. I have in merica an
to cone here to raise the seizure Of
ny baggage. paying to the Registrar
of the court, the expenses of my trial
racover NY potrmanteau containing
the secret pocket where have hidden
tls'd cine { ini; sp,n q Die { reco er
the said sun
As re ward I will give up to you
tue thiri part, viz 1900 dollars
caunot receive your answer in the
prison, bat you must send a telegra d
to a psrson of my condfience who will
lelivsr it to ns.
Awaiting your cable TO instruct you
in eli my secret, I am, Sir
Yours truly,
Denidof
First of all, answer BY cable, not by
Litter as folio VS.: Escuders, Luaa siete
,uarto. Madrid. Received Roseu. But
Nj. Rossn didn't bite. AMI the poo
prisoner. willing to give up $l6o, 700.
didn't get the cablegrsm.
The letter ls some what shorter than
those sent out year OF so ago, al
rhougL in much the san haniwrit-
ing.
The clipping also tells a different
story. The letters and clippings used
to tell heart reuding stories about tbs
writer being political prisoner so ne
ii mes sentenced to death-he care
nothing for hi nself, only wanted tc
save part Of his I'm nense fortune for
4 darling daughter, and he also want.
ed the recipient Of the letter to act as
guardian fer the daughter and as Gus.
toiiau of her snare Of the fortune