El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-21

COnSplraLOTS TO desert the WANo -
returned and told her of it AS she
heard and understood it all, she Drohs
into historical crying and denunclallou
Of the man who had deceived her IHey
should all suffer for what they hao
done to her, she said.
had his confession at last
Love. Revolution and Society.
The part Of the little " idow had be
gun months before, when she had LrsJ
reached New York from California,
with several hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars in her own right. she nau
seen little Of the excitement OF ne,
and she had come east TO see the me
of the great city as well as 70 ram
her voice. And then she had chancs1
to meet the two fascinating CenLIal
American adventures in her board
From the start both men, old and
vc1neg had been devoted to her. Inc
younger VOOed her with intense IerEor-
In a very short time they admitted ner
to their conferences about Lnelr III
0aDdirq- occupatfon Of Costa Rica.
1--WE shall strike a blow that wiz
Daralvza the government from the very
start" explained Cen ue MORA OuL
troops will land here, and mere, ne
said. sticking pins in a map OF COsIa
Rica that lay before n1Iu
"Ricardo" he asked, looking up
srhave you closed the deal Win the
German agent for the rifiesZ
ready-the rifles and ammunition anu
the supplies. There seemed TO pc ~
pOssfble slip. and when the reVoluuon
came the young man was 70 De costa
Rfca's ambassador at washington
C,ounterfeitinr As a War Measure.
While the lights burned PlnkIy On
the on the tables In the lobster pal
aces on Broadway, de Requesans nau
poured his story softly into the ut
lie widows ear; and finally the psy-
GEOLOGICAL moment came hlcaIuO us
Reouesans and Julia Girard were en-
gaged. Then at last the great coup II
self was sprung.
one night e ReQuesans unfOlded 70
her the latest scheme OF de Mora s. II
was brilliant, ingenious IL struck
double blow at the republic II pro-
vided them with funds to finance Lhe
revolution. without. calling on the num-
merOus mythical bankers VINO sJoou
ready TO aid them; and, at the same
time, It would ruin the Costa hlean
government itself, and make It an easy
prey. The scheme was nothing 4esS
than cOunterfeiting the currency OF
Costa Rica- .--
OF course it was not really counter
fefting, after all he said Ihey were
So nearly in control that they might
issue their own money If they cnOse-
But this plan had its advantages. o.,
ut is a war measure, my dear Jullal,
he said you see, We shall lnuouuce
exchange them for gold OF course ~
shall have to do 1t at a premium, Du-
We can afford to do that, Tor, oou = 49, ~
see. it viii be nearly all clear pr Ol
Think of tive shall make them puI
nm the money for our own reFOlulloA-
And at the same time, we shall sum-
q tremendous blow at the InoAeta
system of the country. It VIII cIipp4o
them so that they can not ralse L- l,Is
to fight US. There is CONSIDER "
trouble in money affairs now, ana ~
government is in arrears even on tl-S
interest on the existing DEBT
s3JOOO.OOO Worth Of COunterfeits.
And now he had found a financial
hacker. a capitalist 70 IlQeL - tlJ E5s
rrise in the woman who loNeu MN -
did not have - urge the hIJie Wloow
to put money into It; she InanAeu
him for allowing her to do So
Once there was real money 20 w. 49,
with. things moved swiftly A phoIO-
anrraver in New York was Iounu 10
make a plate by the photo-etchlnG pIo-
cess. From this phOto-eIched pLates,
transfers were made by an eApeLl
traDsferer 1t was all done IN ABOUT
The same manner in which the govern
ment printed its money Ihey pILI-Le-
an enormous batch of the money, some
So 600. 600 worth Of 100-colon notes
At last everything was ready: one
dav de ReQuesans and MS IlaIlC1S
sailed together secretly LOT C0Ss -o1 y y - q;
In their grips they carried $zeo;UgU ~
Counterfeit notes. They also shipped
the sofa to Costa Fdc1- ~..z
De Requesans aan MIS-, vi p
landed at Port Lmcn. De HeQuesans
BEGAN quietly TO pass the counter elts-
Then came the deluge, and they were
compelled to flee -,
The glamour On the romance OF &I9
little widow began wearing OIL IN
staa5 of dinners and society at WASH
ington. she found herself Ileelns s.
cretlv from place to place Ike
hunted creature. And yet, IKE "Ollle-Lt
kind from the beginning OF the WoI i.l-'
she had still the uncOmpromlslng IA, IN
that II would all turn out right IN ths
end. Ricardo said il would
Trunk With a False Bottom
Rut now that the establishment haq
come. the woman, wild with anger GU
hatred. poured out into my ears ne
bitter story OF her deception at Ine
hands Of her conspiratOrs. There were
more cases Of CONTRIBUTING Inan one
She told them all fully. and l lald my
pIans for returning Gen de mora .
call. Nv whole concern now was 70
fasten my hands upon the CRAFTY menu
Of the whole operation. -,.
The widow had not confined herselI
alone to financing the operations IN
Costa Rica- She had backed, as Wen
q DIan for cOunterfeiting COLOMBIAN
notes: and in this de Mora had acted
directly. He had arranged Tor PRINT
ing $3.50 900 worth Of bills, nad nad d
trunk with a false bottom MADE Tor
carving them. and had sent them
down. The government Of COLOMBIA
had then confiscated the notes, and
shot de MOra's accompllce-tne man
who was introducing them.
That trunk" I said to myself, When
Z left Mrs Girard, was probably maze
by some trunk maker near the board
ing house"
So I started out to look for trunk
makers in the neighborhood- 1 FOUND
two within a few blocks, and / dropped
in to see one Of them.
About four months ago" I remarked,
pvou put a false bottom in a trunk Tor
a friend of mine. I want one Just ike
The trunk maker was puzzled de-
scribed my friend-de Nora Still the
trunk maker was puzzled His puzzle
ment was genuine, for a good reason
he hadn't made it.
excused myself as best could
/ crossed the street to the other shop
I and put the same question TO the Sec
I Ond man.
The look on the trunk makers face
was most encouraging. "Ohs yes, ne
I nodded: Il remember well A big tai
/ man with a large white mustache, and
/ a small fellow, fat, dark like mig
/ ger"
! That was enough. The little fat mar
J was the one who had been shot by tn,
/ COlOmbians. I thanked the trunk max
( er and said I would call again. Th'
! first the man knew that all had no